I blogged about this excitedly a few months ago – Vogue produces a junior version of their well respected publication was huge news. What would it be like? Will it be like Teen Vogue and Company magazine? Will they be able to pull it off? The answer to those questions are – great, yes and [...]
Last week I was having a discussion with the lovely Madeka from Afro Boudoir about the future of print magazines. I said they were dead to the water and how the successful ones live off their legacy or rely on their digital assets to stay alive. She disagreed citing the amount of new publications that [...]
They say that buses like men come in threes but in the land of magazines I would say that they arrive in pairs. In June UK Elle announced that they were creating an Intern special for their October issue where they would recruit graduates who would produce the magazine. Roles such as news editor, fashion [...]
Ebony have really moved on leaps and bounds since their makeover a few years back and I can barely recognise the publication. Gone is the frumpy 80s look and now what we have is a fresh and modern feel. The September issue features starlets, Jordin Sparks, Tika Sumpter and Carmen Enjogo who star in the [...]
I heard about the Topshop magazine last year but despite many attempts I failed to get my hands on it. However a tweet from a fellow blogger brought to my attention that the Spring/Summer issue was making it way round stores on both sides of the Atlantic. So during the weekend while I was at [...]
I heard about Cosmo on Campus last year and thought that it sounded like an interesting concept. The magazine is aimed at students in the UK and uses the brand of Cosmopolitan to entice a student readership. Cosmo on Campus falls in line with the academic term and issues are published on a seasonal basis. [...]
As the economic climate worsens people start to tighten their belts and only purchase items that are a necessity or add value. That means that treats like eating out, trips to the cinemas and holidays abroad are cut down. No other sector has felt the brute of the recession than the magazine one where sales [...]