DMG Media has appointed a new editorial and advertising sales team to replace Business Plus founders Nick Mulcahy and Siobhán O’Connell in running the magazine. Ben Haugh has taken over as editor from Mulcahy, while Mairead Kearns (top, left) is now commercial manager and Win Moore account manager. […]
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Author and journalist Hugh Oram dies
The death has occurred of Hugh Oram, author of The Advertising Book, a history of Irish advertising which was published by Derek Garvey’s MO Books in 1986. Oram was a prolific writer and journalist who worked as a magazine editor with Frank Grennan’s publishing company, Jemma Publications, for many years. Other books he wrote included […]
Eoghan Corry acquires TravelExtra
Travel and tourism publication TravelExtra has been acquired from Business Exhibitions by travel journalist Eoghan Corry for an undisclosed sum. TravelExtra was founded in 1995 by Gerry O’Hare, former travel correspondent of the Irish Press, and Tony Barry, former travel editor of the Evening Herald, with the assistance of Anne Cadwallader and PR man John […]
RSVP shows back on the road
Last year, RSVP Magazine hosted its second series of roadshows across Ireland, a series of live pop-up events which the lifestyle magazine hosts. The shows return for the third year and this time they take place in Cork plus the latest destination to be added to the list, Killarney, with over 200 attendees expected at […]
DMG and Business Plus a done deal
A proposal by DMG Media to buy Business Plus magazine and BizPlus.ie for an undisclosed sum, which was reported in the November issue of Marketing.ie, has been given the green light by the various powers that be in approving media acquisitions in Ireland. The deal gives DMG Media full control of Nalac Limited, where Nick […]
Record Media partners with Irish Runner
Athletics Ireland has signed a deal with Record Media to publish Irish Runner, the magazine launched by Frank Greally in 1981. The publication will be distributed free with the Business Post on a quarterly basis from next January. The magazine’s website and social media channels will be revamped to host free-to-view content for Ireland’s runners […]
Ashford Castle top resort hotel in these islands
Ashford Castle has been voted the top resort hotel in the UK and Ireland in the US travel magazine Travel + Leisure annual reader survey. In all, as many as eight luxury Irish hotels made the top 10, with Ballyfin Demesne, Powerscourt Hotel Resort & Spa, Sheen Falls Lodge, the K Club, Ballynahinch Castle Hotel, […]
David Markey is honoured with lifetime award
IFP Media publisher and founder David Markey was honoured with a lifetime achievement award at the 2017 Irish Magazine Awards staged at Dublin’s Smock Alley Theatre. Markey first embarked on his magazine business adventure in 1975 with its flagship Irish Farmers Monthly title. IFP Media is now one of Ireland’s top B2B publishing houses. At the […]
Zahra and Eumon merge to form new family unit
Zahra Publishing and Eumom have joined together to create Zahra Media Group platform for marketing to families. ZMG will now have 42 staff, with plans to further expand. To meet the growing demand for branded video content and imagery, the company is investing €150,000 on building a state-of-the-art studio which will open in early 2018. The […]
Aer Lingus appoints Cedar for Cara
With Aer Lingus in the throes of reviewing its creative ad agency, the airline will see a new business relationship take off soon. International Airlines Group (IAG) has appointed Omnicom/BBDO’s Cedar network to handle its owned content and media sales for Aer Lingus, British Airways (BA) and Iberia, after working with BA. The brief includes […]
SuperValu Fresh top customer magazine
Musgrave and its SuperValu Fresh was named the top customer magazine at the Irish Magazine Awards held in the Chocolate Factory. Edited by Ross-Golden Bannon with contributions from TV chef Kevin Dundon, the title is published by Musgrave Retail Partners with Caitiona Hayes, SuperValu’s food leadership brand manager in charge. Zahra was named the publisher […]
Banotti to judge magazine awards
Institute of Advertising Practitioners in Ireland (IAPI) CEO Tania Banotti (pictured) is among the judges for this year’s Magazines Ireland awards. She is joined by Aidan Power of KBC Bank and Association of Advertisers (AAI) president; Laura Slattery, business reporter, The Irish Times; Niall Quinn of The Reputations Agency and Public Relations Institute (PRII) president; […]
Image voted top publisher
Image Publications was named publishing company of the year at the Irish magazine awards presented by Magazines Ireland at a gala dinner in the Marker Hotel. The company, run by brothers Robert and Richard Power, launched a new website, ImageDaily.ie and a new wedding quarterly, Bash. Their custom publishing division increased ad revenues for Cara […]
