A Century of Men's Magazines - Magforum.com
WEBApr 11, 1997 — by Tony Quinn. In the history of men's magazines, the launch of Loaded in 1994 is the stuff of legend. It revolutionised magazine publishing in the UK – and the US when Dennis took 'lads' mags' there in the form of Maxim. In between came FHM, which trounced Loaded in the sales stakes in the UK and launched overseas.
Collecting, buying and selling magazines on eBay - Magforum
WEBA search in 2020 showed 616,000 live listings – a decade earlier it was just 98,095 using the words 'magazine -book' in the section Books, Comics & Magazines. Analysis of the 2007 data suggests the price breakdown in Table 1. So, 86% of all the magazines would fetch less than £10, and 99.66% less than £65. Table 1.
Men's Magazines History: Loaded and FHM and lads's mags
WEBIts first audited yearly sales figure was 96,000 - and this rose by 82% to 174,763 for the period Jul-Dec 1995. Loaded deputy editor Tim Southwell described the early days of lads mags in his book Getting Away with It (Ebury, 1998). FHM in December 2001. Men's Health first issue: a new type of men's magazine in the UK.
Men's Magazines A to Z. Tit-Bits, Weekend, Zoo - Magforum
WEBTit-Bits from December 3 1955 in a tabloid newspaper format when it was at a peak, selling about 1.2m copies a week. Tit-Bits from December 16 1961. The style of cover had hardly changed, though the paper quality was better and printing had shifted to Sun Printers in Watford. Titbits – note the subtle name change – from 13 January 1973.
Men's magazines: Mayfair, Men in Vogue, Men Only, Men Only …
WEBPearson launched the pocket men's magazine Men Only (stapled, 115x165mm) in 1935. Its editorial strategy was clearly stated: 'We don't want women readers. We won't have women readers...' It sought 'bright articles on current male topics'. From the first issue, Men Only carried colour paintings of 'art' nudes. Early covers were drab; just the ...
Men's magazines: Ice magazine,So,Switched On,i-D,Jack,King
WEBLilliput was intended for a general audience but became a men's magazine after the second world war. Sales of the first issue were estimated at 150,000. At sixpence, Lilliput was half the price of the similarly-sized Men Only. The title was soon bought by Hulton who let Lorant go on to create Picture Post.
Men's magazines IV: the weeklies - Magforum
WEBSep 29, 2006 — For 30 years from the mid-1960s, IPC was the UK's top magazine publisher and, by the mid 1980s, Emap was the number two. IPC has a history in women's weeklies back to the 1930s. By 1980, it published 69 weekly and …
Horatio Bottomley and John Bull magazine - Magforum
WEBMasthead for the first issue of Horatio Bottomley's John Blunt magazine, dated 16 June 1928. Bottomley portrayed his prison experiences in the manner of Oscar Wilde, with a poem ‘A Ballad of Maidstone Gaol’ by ‘Convict 13’ (his prison number). He founded John Blunt magazine in 1928, having been released from jail the year before.
Extreme Sports magazines and Publishers - Magforum
WEBRouleur magazine was founded in 2006 and immediately established itself as a classic title – demonstrated by the demand for issues on eBay and the high prices paid for copies of the first issue – typically between £80 and £200. The magazine states: 'Staffed entirely by passionate cyclists, we are obsessive about the sport and its rich ...
Custom magazine publishers in Britain - Magforum
WEBFitzgerald Shurey Tarbuck – now 3CC. Fitzgerald Shurey Tarbuck is a multimedia agency set up in 2007 by Mark Fitzgerald and James Shurey, both formerly of Publicis Blueprint, and James Tarbuck, formerly of Toni & Guy, the hair salon chain. FST’s first magazine was in 2008 for Toni & Guy, an account it won from Publicis Blueprint.