John Ruddy, Checkout, named magazine editor of the year Checkout, the grocery trade monthly, won two awards at the Irish magazine awards 2009. It won the B2B category for titles over 5,000 circulation and its editor, John Ruddy, won the B2B magazine editor of the year. Image was honoured as the fashion magazine’s editor was […]
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Irish Times faces €600,000 legal bill
Geraldine Kennedy and Colm Keena. Photo: Matt Kavanagh, The Irish Times The editor of The Irish Times Geraldine Kennedy and reporter Colm Keena have been ordered by the Supreme Court to pay €600,000 in legal costs in the case they won in not disclosing their sources to the Mahon Tribunal for the story about monies […]
The Observer to shrink in size
The Observer is to reduce in size from seven to four sections and close its sport, music and woman monthly magazines next year in cutbacks announced by publisher Guardian News & Media. The business and personal finance sections will be merged into the main paper. The travel section will move into the Observer Magazine. The […]
Independent goes with iPhone app
Independent.ie has launched what it claims is the country’s first national newspaper title iPhone application allowing readers news access on the Apple iPhone and iPod Touch in any location. Users can view news headlines, articles and pictures quickly and send them to friends. The iPhone application from Independent.ie contains the latest news updated throughout the […]
RTE Guide slashes Christmas charges
RTE Publishing has cut its display advertising rates for its Christmas double issue of the RTE Guide by 23 per cent. The rate card cost of a page drops from €12,840 to €9,950, a spokesperson confirmed. The magazine will have a run of 520,000 with a potential readership of two million. Last year, 420,000 copies […]
Friday deadline for magazine awards
Entries for the ninth annual Irish magazine awards organised by Magazines Ireland close this Friday, October 2nd. Awards co-ordinator Grace Aungier said the competition is aimed at rewarding the best Irish magazines on the market and the people behind them. Awards are made in various categories, including consumer, B2B, customer and annual magazines. Designers, editors, […]
Printer questions marketers' overuse of agency services
The founder and managing director of a Dublin printing company has questioned the wisdom of Irish marketers who are facing huge pressure on budgets continuing to use a host of different agencies to “target the same bunch of people”. Colin Culliton of The Printed Image said: “Do companies which are struggling with vastly reduced marketing […]
Ex-publisher advocates glossies debate "unhappy marriage"
Trevor White, former publisher of The Dubliner magazine, has called on Irish TV and filmmakers to consider making a documentary on the “unhappy marriage” between the editorial and advertising departments of a big glossy publication. White said it would be “engrossing” to see a documentary about the struggle between two magazines such as Image and […]
O'Brien claims London titles costing INM €285 million
Businessman and media owner Denis O’Brien has fired another salvo in the latest battle for control of INM by accusing his fellow board members of allowing the Independent titles in the UK of drumming up costs of €285 million since the newspapers were first acquired in the mid-1990s. O’Brien, who owns a 26 per cent […]
Ben Dunne signs up to The Irish Sun
Ben Dunne, the former Dunnes Stores director who now runs a chain of gyms and fitness clubs, is to write a weekly consumer column for The Irish Sun every Saturday. News International said the move was part of its ‘Value Campaign’ to help Irish consumers. Dunne has long been a colourful character in Irish media. […]
Mail offers massive discount on page ad
Associated Newspapers Ireland is canvassing agencies this week with a one-off offer of €999 for a full page colour ad in the Irish Daily Mail next Wednesday – 9/9/09. Hazel Galbraith of OMD said the offer is a discount of over 90 per cent on the normal rate of €11,340. The Irish Daily Mail had […]
O'Reilly denies INM examinership an option
Gavin O’Reilly, chief executive, Independent News & Media (INM), has ruled out a call made by group shareholder Denis O’Brien to appoint an examiner to INM as the group tries to sort out its debt problems after again defaulting on a €200 million bond payment. O’Reilly said examinership was “certainly a million miles away” from […]
Former Irish footballers sign up for The Sun
Former Republic of Ireland players David O’Leary, Tony Cascarino and Joe Kinnear have joined The Irish Sun as sports columnists. O’Leary, who spent most his playing days at Arsenal, will preview weekend games every Saturday, editor Michael McNiffe has confirmed. Tony Cascarino, who played up front for Chelsea and Millwall, will give post match analysis […]
