LAUNCHES
Marmalade
Sector: creative industries
Frequency: quarterly
Price: £5
Publisher: Hotbed Publishing
Print run: 20,000
Marmalade is aimed at anyone working in the creative industries – from advertising and magazines to fashion. The magazine, which is smaller than the standard A4, follows the success of a pilot issue that was sent to industry insiders at the beginning of the year. The first edition will include interviews with actor Rhys Ifans and Labour politician Tony Benn by Guardian and Now magazine columnist Zoe Williams. Marmalade is the first of a number of titles that newly created Hotbed Publishing is researching and developing.
Editor: Kirsty Robinson
Contact: Hotbed, 2nd Floor, Kent House, 14-17 Market Place, London, W1W 8BY
Tel: 020 7612 1139
Digital Camera Shopper
Sector: technology
Frequency: monthly
Price: £4.99
Publisher: Future
Digital Camera Shopper is for anyone who owns a digital camera. The 148-page monthly serves as a buyer’s guide, with articles on the different types of camera as well as featuring information on accessories. The magazine hopes to show people what they can achieve with their photographs by using different kinds of equipment.
Editor: Dan Slingsby
Contact: Future Publishing, Beauford Court, 30 Monmouth Street, Bath, BA1 2BW
Tel: 01225 442244
AWARDS
Prize For Student Journalists In Northern Committee Area Of NCTJ
Journalism students at three NCTJ colleges in the northern area can scoop a £150 prize in their preliminary examinations. The Wakefield Express Group is launching the new award for the best handout paper at a first attempt. Entries will be accepted from the 2003 calendar year students at Trinity and All Saints College, Leeds, Sheffield College (Norton) and Sheffield University.
Contact: Ed Asquith, editor, Workshire Weekly Newspaper Group Ltd, Express House, Southgate, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, WF1 1TE
E-mail: edasquith@wakefieldexpress.co.uk
INFORMATION
Freedom of Information Act Help Pack
This is a practical information pack produced by Cleland Thom to explain issues surrounding the Freedom of Information Act. Thom delivers law training at newspapers and radio stations over the UK and operates a legal hotline service for journalists who have legal queries.
Price: £25 a pack
Telephone: 07733 145620
E-mail: cleland.thom@tesco.net
Website: www.ctjts.com
AWARDS REMINDERS
Baker Tilly Aim Financial Journalist Of The Year
Deadline: 16 May 2003
Contact: Laura Presland, Baker Tilly, Spectrum House, 20-26 Curistor Street, London, EC4A 1HY
E-mail: laura.presland@bakertilly.co.uk
RELAUNCHES
Sector: financial news
Publisher: Bloomberg Media
Bloomberg.com is being relaunched with sharpened content and a vivid, minimalist design aimed at giving serious investors essential news with a global view. The website which is powered by the resources of Bloomberg News is to focus on the Dow Jones, FTSE and Nikkei and aims to quickly show which of the world’s major markets are moving, and the top stories behind those moves. There has been a cut in advertising inventory on the site and the home page now has only nine top news stories and two opinion columns chosen by its team of editors.
David Wachtel, head of Bloomberg Media, said: “The redesign raises the standard of news delivery online by redefining content and creating a better environment for users.”
Editor: Eleanor Verbin
Contact: City Gate House, 39-45 Finsbury Square, London, EC2A 1PQ
Tel: 0207 330 7500
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