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Hamburg, Germany
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Hamburg, officially Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg, is the second largest city in Germany and the eighth largest city in the European Union. It is the second smallest German state by area and its population is over 1.7 million people, and the wider Hamburg Metropolitan Region covers more than 5.1 million inhabitants. The city is situated on the river Elbe, the official long name reflects Hamburgs history as a member of the medieval Hanseatic League, a free imperial city of the Holy Roman Empire, a city-state, and one of the 16 states of Germany. Before the 1871 Unification of Germany, it was a sovereign state. Prior to the changes in 1919, the civic republic was ruled by a class of hereditary grand burghers or Hanseaten. Though repeatedly destroyed by the Great Fire of Hamburg, the floods and military conflicts including WW2 bombing raids, the city managed to recover and emerge wealthier after each catastrophe. On the river Elbe, Hamburg is a port and a global service, media, logistics and industrial hub, with headquarters and facilities of Airbus, Blohm + Voss, Aurubis, Beiersdorf. The radio and television broadcaster NDR, Europes largest printing and publishing firm Gruner + Jahr, Hamburg has been an important financial centre for centuries, and is the seat of Germanys oldest stock exchange and the worlds second oldest bank, Berenberg Bank. The city is a fast expanding tourist destination for domestic and international visitors. It ranked 16th in the world for livability in 2015, the ensemble Speicherstadt and Kontorhausviertel was declared a World Heritage Site by the UNESCO in 2015. Hamburg is a major European science, research and education hub with several universities and institutes and its creative industries and major cultural venues include the renowned Elbphilharmonie and Laeisz concert halls, various art venues, music producers and artists. It is regarded as a haven for artists, gave birth to movements like Hamburger Schule. Hamburg is also known for theatres and a variety of musical shows. St. Paulis Reeperbahn is among the best known European entertainment districts, Hamburg is on the southern point of the Jutland Peninsula, between Continental Europe to the south and Scandinavia to the north, with the North Sea to the west and the Baltic Sea to the north-east. It is on the River Elbe at its confluence with the Alster, the city centre is around the Binnenalster and Außenalster, both formed by damming the River Alster to create lakes. The island of Neuwerk and two neighbouring islands Scharhörn and Nigehörn, in the Hamburg Wadden Sea National Park, are also part of Hamburg. The neighbourhoods of Neuenfelde, Cranz, Francop and Finkenwerder are part of the Altes Land region, neugraben-Fischbek has Hamburgs highest elevation, the Hasselbrack at 116.2 metres AMSL. Hamburg has a climate, influenced by its proximity to the coast
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Hamburg
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Hamburg, officially Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg, is the second largest city in Germany and the eighth largest city in the European Union. It is the second smallest German state by area and its population is over 1.7 million people, and the wider Hamburg Metropolitan Region covers more than 5.1 million inhabitants. The city is situated on the river Elbe, the official long name reflects Hamburgs history as a member of the medieval Hanseatic League, a free imperial city of the Holy Roman Empire, a city-state, and one of the 16 states of Germany. Before the 1871 Unification of Germany, it was a sovereign state. Prior to the changes in 1919, the civic republic was ruled by a class of hereditary grand burghers or Hanseaten. Though repeatedly destroyed by the Great Fire of Hamburg, the floods and military conflicts including WW2 bombing raids, the city managed to recover and emerge wealthier after each catastrophe. On the river Elbe, Hamburg is a port and a global service, media, logistics and industrial hub, with headquarters and facilities of Airbus, Blohm + Voss, Aurubis, Beiersdorf. The radio and television broadcaster NDR, Europes largest printing and publishing firm Gruner + Jahr, Hamburg has been an important financial centre for centuries, and is the seat of Germanys oldest stock exchange and the worlds second oldest bank, Berenberg Bank. The city is a fast expanding tourist destination for domestic and international visitors. It ranked 16th in the world for livability in 2015, the ensemble Speicherstadt and Kontorhausviertel was declared a World Heritage Site by the UNESCO in 2015. Hamburg is a major European science, research and education hub with several universities and institutes and its creative industries and major cultural venues include the renowned Elbphilharmonie and Laeisz concert halls, various art venues, music producers and artists. It is regarded as a haven for artists, gave birth to movements like Hamburger Schule. Hamburg is also known for theatres and a variety of musical shows. St. Paulis Reeperbahn is among the best known European entertainment districts, Hamburg is on the southern point of the Jutland Peninsula, between Continental Europe to the south and Scandinavia to the north, with the North Sea to the west and the Baltic Sea to the north-east. It is on the River Elbe at its confluence with the Alster, the city centre is around the Binnenalster and Außenalster, both formed by damming the River Alster to create lakes. The island of Neuwerk and two neighbouring islands Scharhörn and Nigehörn, in the Hamburg Wadden Sea National Park, are also part of Hamburg. The neighbourhoods of Neuenfelde, Cranz, Francop and Finkenwerder are part of the Altes Land region, neugraben-Fischbek has Hamburgs highest elevation, the Hasselbrack at 116.2 metres AMSL. Hamburg has a climate, influenced by its proximity to the coast
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Emap
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Ascential plc, formerly EMAP, is a British business-to-business media business specialising in exhibitions & festivals and information services. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE250 Index, Richard Winfrey purchased the Spalding Guardian in 1887 and later purchased the Lynn News and the Peterborough Advertiser, he also started the North Cambs Echo. Sir Richard Winfrey was a Liberal politician and campaigner for agricultural rights, during World War II Winfreys newspaper interests began to be passed over to his son, Richard Pattinson Winfrey. The Peterborough Advertiser Co. the West Norfolk and Kings Lynn Newspaper Co. and commercial printing sections at Rushden, Kings Lynn, the magazine division was founded on a hunch when the companys printing presses lay dormant between printing issues of the local papers. The staff gambled that a weekly angling publication would be a hit - and this was soon joined by another weekly heavyweight when EMAP bought Motor Cycle News from its founder in 1956 for a hundred pounds. EMAP grew significantly in the late 1970s under the guidance of the successful partnership of Sir Robin Miller. In 1996 EMAP PLC agreed to sell its 65 newspaper titles, including the 300-year-old Stamford Mercury, scottish Radio Holdings was acquired by EMAP on 21 June 2005. In 2006, EMAP sold its French division to Italys Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, on 27 July 2007, EMAP announced that it was undertaking a review of the structure of the group in response to receiving a number of unsolicited proposals to purchase parts of the company. On 12 September 2007, EMAP announced that it had completed the disposal of its Australian consumer magazine division, on 29 January 2008, EMAP completed the sale of its radio, television and consumer media businesses to German company Bauer for £1. 14bn. In March 2012, the announced that it would be renamed Top Right Group. The EMAP name would continue to be used for the magazines operation, the database business was renamed 4C Group, and the events unit was renamed I2i Events Group. Then in October 2015 the company announced that the EMAP brand would be scrapped as all its titles move to digital-only format, in December Top Right Group rebranded as Ascential. The company was the subject of an initial public offering in February 2016
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ACP Magazines
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ACP Magazines was an Australian media company. It published the Australian Womens Weekly and the Australian edition of Womans Day, Consolidated Press was formed in 1936, combining ownership of The Daily Telegraph and Frank Packers Australian Womens Weekly. It was renamed Australian Consolidated Press in 1957, and acquired The Bulletin in 1960, the Daily Telegraph was sold to News Limited in 1972, the same year ACP founded Cleo and took over Publishers Holdings. Two years later, Frank Packer died, and his son Kerry took over the company, in 1988, ACP acquired Fairfaxs magazines. In 1994, ACP merged with the Nine Network to form Publishing and Broadcasting Limited, in 1999, PBL acquired Crown Limited, and in 2002, it combined ACP and Nine into a new division, PBL Media. CVC Capital Partners acquired PBL Media in 2007, in 2011, ACP sold its magazines in Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia to Singapore Press Holdings. On 4 September 2012, Nine Entertainment Co. announced that it was selling ACP Magazines to Bauer Media Group for an undisclosed sum, Bauer then ended the use of the ACP name. The publisher had many tie-ins with other Nine Entertainment Co. companies, such as Nine Network programs and the Magshop web service which is now operated by Bauer Media Group
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CVC Capital Partners
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CVC Capital Partners is a private equity firm with approximately US$80 billion in secured commitments across European and Asian private equity, credit and growth funds. In total, the CVC Group manages over US$52 billion of assets, since 1981, CVC has completed over 300 investments across a wide range of industries and countries. CVC was founded in 1981 and today has over 400 employees working across its network of 24 offices throughout Europe, Asia, American banking giant, Citicorp, had established an investment arm in 1968 to focus on venture capital investments. CVC Capital Partners was founded in 1981 as the European arm of Citicorp Venture Capital, among Citicorp Venture Capitals early managing directors in Europe were John Botts, Otto Van der Wyck, Jon Moulton and Frank Neale. Of the groups original European leadership, most would leave by the late 1980s, Botts left in 1987 to found his own boutique investment banking firm, Botts & Company. Moulton left the bank to co-found Schroder Ventures in 1985, the following year, Van der Wyck left to co-found European private equity firm BC Partners in 1986 and today serves as chairman of AlpInvest and a senior advisor to Coller Capital. Neale also departed to join Phildrew Ventures, which subsequently became UBS Capital, in 1993, Smith and the senior investment professionals of Citicorp Venture Capital negotiated a spinout from Citibank to form an independent private equity firm, CVC Capital Partners. In 2006, the US arm of Citigroup Venture Capital also spun out of the bank to form a new firm, CVC operated offices in London, Paris and Frankfurt. Following the spinout, CVC raised its first investment fund with $300 million of commitments, half coming from Citicorp, now independent, CVC also completed its transition from venture capital investments to leveraged buyouts and investments in mature businesses. CVC would follow up with its second fund in 1996, its first fully independent of Citibank, by 2000, CVC was one of the largest and best known private equity firms in Europe. In 2007, CVC expanded to the U. S. opening an office in New York City, headed by Christopher Stadler, in January 2013, Smith retired from the role of chairman and Koltes, Mackenzie and Van Rappard were appointed co-chairmen of the group. In June 2015, CVC acquired the German perfume retailer Douglas AG for a fee from US private equity firm Advent International. In September 2015, CVC opened an office in Warsaw, in November 2015, CVC and the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board both acquired American pet supplier Petco for a fee of around $4.6 billion. In April 2016, CVC Capital Partners acquired German betting operator Tipico, in September 2016, CVC Capital Partners agreed to sell control of Formula One to John Malone’s Liberty Media in a deal worth $4. 4bn. The two-part deal would see the US media group buy 18.7 per cent of the F1 parent company Delta Topco for $746mn in cash from a consortium of shareholders led by CVC
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Radio Times
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Radio Times is a British weekly television and radio programme listings magazine. It was the worlds first broadcast listings magazine when it was founded in 1923 by John Reith and it was published entirely in-house by BBC Magazines from 1937 until 2011 when the BBC Magazines division was merged into Immediate Media Company. Radio Times was first issued on 28 September 1923, carrying details of BBC radio programmes, initially, Radio Times was a combined enterprise between the BBC and the publisher George Newnes, who type-set, printed and distributed the magazine. But in 1925 the BBC assumed full control, and by 1937 the publication was fully in-house. The Radio Times established a reputation for using leading writers and illustrators, in 1928, Radio Times announced a regular series of ‘experimental television transmissions by the Baird process for half an hour every morning. The launch of the first regular 405-line television service by the BBC was reflected with television listings in the Radio Times edition of 23 October 1936, thus Radio Times became the first television listings magazine in the world. Initially only two pages in each edition were devoted to television, however, in January 1937 the magazine published a lavish photogravure supplement and by September 1939, there were three pages of television listings. Britain declared war on Germany on 3 September 1939 and television broadcasting ceased, Radio listings continued throughout the war for a reduced service, but by 1944, paper rationing meant editions were only 20 pages of tiny print on thin paper. After the war resumed and the Radio Times expanded too. In 1953 the television listings, which so far had been in the back of the magazine, were alongside the radio schedules. By the 1950s Radio Times had grown to be the magazine with the largest circulation in Europe, today both publications carry listings for all major terrestrial, cable and satellite television channels in the United Kingdom. A number of magazines, from independent publishers, also exist. Radio Times is published on Tuesdays and carries listings for the following Saturday through to Friday, since Christmas 1969, a double-sized issue has been published each December containing listings for two weeks of programmes. Originally, this covered Christmas and New Year listings, but in some years these appear in separate editions, by the early 2000s, advertisements for the publication had become sparse on the BBC. The Radio Times has not been promoted on BBC television and radio channels since 2005, the latest circulation figure for the Radio Times is 831,591 making it third in the TV listings magazine market behind TV Choice and Whats on TV. There are several editions, which each contain different listings for regional programming. All editions carry variations for adjoining regions and local radio listings, the number of English regional editions has been reduced since the 1990s due to there being fewer variations in the schedules. The most recent of these was in August 2007 when the Midlands, the exception to this process of merging is Wales, which used to be part of a larger Wales/West version, mirroring the HTV region
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TVTimes
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TVTimes is a television listings magazine published in the United Kingdom by Time Inc. It is known for its access to actors and their programmes. In 2006 it was refreshed for a modern look, increasing its emphasis on big-star interviews. TVTimes belongs to Time UKs family of magazines including Whats on TV and TV & Satellite Week. The magazine was launched on 22 September 1955, at the start of transmissions of ITV, prior to 1968, several of the regional ITV companies – Westward Television, Scottish Television, Tyne Tees Television, Ulster Television, TWW and Teledu Cymru – produced their own listings magazines. The Midlands originally had their own edition of TVTimes listing ATV and ABC programmes, until television listings were deregulated in 1991, TVTimes was the only place where complete listings of ITV and, from 1982, Channel 4 for the week ahead could be published. In 1989, the magazine was acquired by IPC Media, its current owners which became Time Inc
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Freeview (UK)
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Freeview is the United Kingdoms digital terrestrial television platform. It is operated by DTV Services Ltd, a joint venture between the BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Sky and transmitter operator Arqiva, the service provides consumer access via an aerial to the six DTT multiplexes covering the United Kingdom. In April 2014 it had some 60 DVB-T TV channels,26 digital radio channels,10 HD channels, six services,11 streamed channels. A number of new HD channels launched in 2014, from a new group of multiplexes awarded to Arqiva, the new HD channels were launched in selected areas on 10 December 2013 with a further roll-out during 2014. DTV Services delivery of television and radio is labelled Freeview. Reception of Freeview requires a Freeview tuner, either in a separate box or built into the TV set. Since 2008 all new TV sets sold in the United Kingdom have a built-in Freeview tuner, Freeview HD requires a HDTV-capable tuner. Digital video recorders with a built-in Freeview tuner are labelled Freeview+, depending on model, DVRs and HDTV sets with a Freeview tuner may offer standard Freeview or Freeview HD. DMOL, a company owned by the operators of the six DTT multiplexes is responsible for platform management and policy, including the electronic programme guide. The founding members of DTV Services, who trade as Freeview, were the BBC, Crown Castle UK, on 11 October 2006, ITV plc and Channel 4 became equal shareholders. Since then, the Freeview model has been copied in Australia, with the launch of Freeview other channels were broadcast free-to-air, such as, Sky Travel, UK History, Sky News, Sky Sports News, The Hits and TMF were available from the start. BBC Four and the interactive BBC streams were moved to multiplex B, under the initial plans, the two multiplexes operated by Crown Castle would carry eight channels altogether. The seventh stream became shared by UK Bright Ideas and Ftn which launched in February 2003, the eighth stream was left unused until April 2004 when the shopping channel Ideal World launched on Freeview. There are now 14 streams carried by the two multiplexes, with Multiplex C carrying 6 streams, and Multiplex D carrying 8 and it has recently been announced that more streams are now available on the multiplexes, and that bidding is under way. The Freeview service underwent an upgrade on 30 September 2009. The changes, meant to ensure reception of Channel 5. The Freeview website crashed and the centre was inundated as a result of the problems. The change involved an update to the NIT, which some receivers could not accommodate, many thousands of people could not receive some channels
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Heat (magazine)
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HEAT was an international Australian literary magazine published by Giramondo Publishing and the University of Western Sydney. HEAT was first published in July 1996, the first series of 15 issues ran until 2000. A new series began in 2001 and ended in 2011, HEAT has been edited throughout by Ivor Indyk. Official website The Australian review of HEATs final issue Profile of publisher Ivor Indyk
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Kiss (UK radio station)
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Kiss is a UK radio station which is broadcasting on FM and National DAB, specialising in pop, hip hop, R&B, urban and electronic dance music. It also broadcasts on DAB Digital Radio around the UK & nationally on Freeview, Sky, owned by Hamburg based Bauer Media Group, Kiss forms part of Bauers National portfolio of radio brands. Kiss spin-off brands include Kisstory and Kiss Fresh, Kiss FM began in October 1985 as a pirate radio station, broadcasting first to South London then across the whole city, on 94FM. The station had gained an audience by the time it was awarded a legitimate licence in 1990. Lyn was brought in to write the original proposal in 1989 and was Head of Talks responsible for all spoken word output on the new KISS100 FM. This material had never been broadcast in the UK on radio or TV, a missed opportunity indeed as it became the standard fare of every major broadcaster through the 1990s and noughties. Lyn Champion was the first to leave as a result, followed by such icons as Norman Jay, lyn lectures extensively about media de-regulation and content. Everyone during Kiss 94s pirate period had stickers in their cars, and it was suggested that the station had commanded almost 500,000 listeners while operating as an unlicensed pirate station. Kiss FM was established by Gordon Mac McNaeece and his friends, Tosca, Pyers Easton, Gordon Mac approached a successful London club promoter, Guy Wingate, to discuss ways of improving the Kiss FM profile. As a result, Wingate launched the very successful Kiss nights at the Wag Club and these nights increased the stations credibility with its target audience and Wingate joined the Kiss team, followed shortly thereafter by Lindsay Wesker. Kiss was owned by Gordon Mac and in 1986 he sold shares to 10 of the DJs, including Tim Westwood, Jonathan More, Norman Jay, Trevor Nelson and others. Gordon Mac, Wesker and Wingate, the team of DJs, in 1988, the Department of Trade And Industry advertised the first new radio licence in London for many years and Kiss FM mounted a strong campaign to be awarded this licence. Despite public support, the licence was awarded to Jazz FM, new licences were subsequently advertised and this time Kiss, with significant public and listener support, was awarded one of these. On 1 September 1990 Kiss relaunched as a station, with its studio and offices located on the Holloway Road. EMAP took full control of Kiss 100 as early as 1992, but there was no significant rebranding of Kiss 100, the rebranding resulted in a new logo being adopted in 1999. EMAP wanted to align Kiss 100 with the rest of its operations and to do so. At the same time, the Kiss studios and offices was moved from its roots to EMAPs main premises in Central London. These changes led to criticism from both presenters and listeners alike, concerned that Kiss 100 was losing its musical direction
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Magic Radio
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Magic was an AM radio network based in Northern England. It can be regarded as the successor to Great North Radio which was a network in the North East that consisted of what became Magic 1170. Prestons Red Rose Gold was the last to be converted to the Magic brand, in 2000, in London, Melody FM was rebranded Magic 105.4 in 1998. The regional AM stations played Hot Adult Contemporary music, the playlists of these Magic stations predominantly consisted of hits from the 1960s and 1970s, although music from other decades was included in the mix. The London station is more laid-back and its playlist more contemporary, playing adult contemporary hits from the 1980s, 1990s. The London station is branded with the tagline, More music, on 5 January 2015, the network merged with the Greatest Hits Network of Scottish AM stations to form the Bauer City 2 network. The London-based Magic became available nationally via DAB at the same time, the Magic network released several albums since the formation of the network in the late 1990s. The albums predominantly feature music on the Magic 105.4 play list, but were also promoted on the Northern England stations too
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Absolute Radio
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Absolute Radio is one of the UKs three Independent National Radio stations. The station rebranded to its current name at 7,45 am on 29 September 2008, the station is based in London and plays popular rock music. It currently broadcasts on medium wave and DAB across the UK, on 105.8 FM in London and 105.2 FM in the West Midlands, Sky, Virgin Media, Freeview and Freesat. It is also available in parts of the world via satellite, cable. As of 31 December 2013, international streaming via the internet has been discontinued, Absolute Radio is a patron of The Radio Academy. Absolute Radio is owned and operated by Bauer Radio of Hamburg based Bauer Media Group, the 1990 Broadcasting Act allowed for the launch of independent national radio stations in the United Kingdom. The Radio Authority was mandated to award three INR licences, one of which had to be for a station, and one of which had to be for a predominantly speech-based service. The remaining licence was to be open to all-comers, the licences were to be awarded to the highest cash bidder, providing that the applicant met criteria set down in the Broadcasting Act. The second national licence, INR2, would take over the 1197 kHz and 1215 kHz frequencies, later that year, TV-am lost its ITV license and its stake in the radio station was sold in March 1993 to Apax Partners, JP Morgan Investment Corporation and Sir David Frost. The station launched as Virgin 1215 at 12.15 pm on 30 April 1993, the original line-up of DJs included Richard Skinner, Russ Williams, Jono Coleman, Mitch Johnson, Graham Dene, Nick Abbot, Wendy Lloyd, Tommy Rivers, Emperor Rosko and Dave Fanning. Chris Evans was also hired to present a Saturday morning show, the Show, The Big Red Mug Show was sponsored by Nescafe. The first song was a version of the Steppenwolf song Born to be Wild. Richard Branson was the first voice to be heard, live from the Virgin Megastore in Manchester, Skinner was also Programme Director, a role he shared with John Revell. John Pearson, formerly Sales Director of LBC was launch Sales Director, andy Mollett was launch Finance Director. David Campbell, previously managing director of one of Virgins post-production television companies, was the executive at launch. From before its launch on AM, Virgin Radio was campaigning for a national FM network, Virgin Radio launched on 105.8 MHz FM in London on 10 April 1995 beginning with a message from broadcaster David Frost at 6 am followed by the Russ n’ Jono breakfast show. Part of the requirements for the London service meant that a daily London opt-out was broadcast on FM. Within a year, Virgin Group was considering the next steps for the station, including the option of a flotation or buying back the shares of JP Morgan, Apax
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Times of India
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The Times of India is an Indian English-language daily newspaper. It is the fourth-largest newspaper in India by circulation and largest selling English-language daily in the according to Audit Bureau of Circulations. It is the oldest English-language newspaper in India still in circulation, in 1991, the BBC ranked The Times of India among the worlds six best newspapers. It is owned and published by Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. which is owned by the Sahu Jain family. In 2014 however, The Times of India was ranked 174th among Indias most trusted brands according to the Brand Trust Report 2014, the Times of India issued its first edition 3 November 1838 as The Bombay Times and Journal of Commerce. In 1850, it began to publish daily editions, in 1860, editor Robert Knight bought the Indian shareholders interests, merged with rival Bombay Standard, and started Indias first news agency. It wired Times dispatches to papers across the country and became the Indian agent for Reuters news service, in 1861, he changed the name from the Bombay Times and Standard to The Times of India. In the 19th century, this company employed more than 800 people and had a sizeable circulation in India. In 1946, Bennett Coleman & Co, Ltd was sold to sugar magnate Ramkrishna Dalmia of the then-famous industrial family, the Dalmiyas, for Rs 20 million, as India was becoming independent and the British owners were leaving. In the court case followed, Ramkrishna Dalmia was sentenced to two years in Tihar Jail after having been convicted of embezzlement and fraud. But for most of the term he managed to spend in hospital. Upon his release, his son-in-law, Sahu Shanti Prasad Jain, to whom he had entrusted the running of Bennett, in the early 1960s, Shanti Prasad Jain was imprisoned on charges of selling newsprint on the black market. Based on the pleading, Justice directed the Government to assume control of the newspaper which resulted in replacing half of the directors, curiously, the court appointed D K Kunte as Chairman of the Board. Kunte had no business experience and was also an Opposition member of the Lok Sabha. In 1976, during the Emergency in India, the Government transferred ownership of the back to Ashok Kumar Jain. The move was a critique of Prime Minister Indira Gandhis 21-month state of emergency, in late 2006, Times Group acquired Vijayanand Printers Limited. VPL previously published two Kannada newspapers, Vijay Karnataka and Usha Kiran, and an English daily, Vijay Times, Vijay Karnataka was the leader in the Kannada newspaper segment then. The paper launched a Chennai edition,12 April 2008 and it launched a Kolhapur edition, February 2013
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Channel 4
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Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster that began transmission on 2 November 1982. With the conversion of the Wenvoe transmitter group in Wales to digital on 31 March 2010, before Channel 4 and S4C, Britain had three terrestrial television services, BBC1, BBC2, and ITV. The Broadcasting Act 1980 began the process of adding a fourth, after some months of test broadcasts, it began scheduled transmissions on 2 November 1982. Indeed, television sets throughout the 1970s and early 1980s had a spare channel called ITV/IBA2. It was most likely politics which had the biggest impact in leading to a delay of almost three decades before the commercial channel became a reality. The campaign was taken so seriously by Gwynfor Evans, former president of Plaid Cymru, the result was that Channel 4 as seen by the rest of the United Kingdom would be replaced in Wales by Sianel Pedwar Cymru. Operated by a specially created authority, S4C would air programmes in Welsh made by HTV, since then, carriage on digital cable, satellite and digital terrestrial has introduced Channel 4 to Welsh homes where it is now universally available. The first programme to air on the channel was the game show Countdown. The first person to be seen on Channel 4 was Richard Whiteley with Ted Moult being the second, the first woman on the channel, contrary to popular belief, was not Carol Vorderman and was a lexicographer only ever identified as Mary. Whiteley opened the show with the words, On its first day, Channel 4 also broadcast controversial soap opera Brookside, which ran until 2003. On its launch, Channel 4 committed itself to providing an alternative to the existing channels, Channel 4 co-commissioned Robert Ashleys ground-breaking television opera Perfect Lives, which it premiered over several episodes in 1984. The channel often did not receive mass audiences for much of period, however. Channel 4 for many years had a poorer quality signal compared to other channels, Channel 4 also began the funding of independent films, such as the Merchant-Ivory docudrama The Courtesans of Bombay, during this time. In 1992, Channel 4 also faced its first libel case by Jani Allan, a South African journalist, who objected to her representation in the documentary The Leader, His Driver and the Drivers Wife. After control of the station passed from the Channel Four Television Company to the Channel Four Television Corporation in 1993, instead of aiming for the fringes of society, it began to focus on the edges of the mainstream, and the centre of the mass market itself. It began to show many US programmes in peak viewing time and it gave such shows as Friends and ER their UK premières. In the early 2000s, Channel 4 began broadcasting reality formats such as Big Brother and obtained the rights to broadcast mass appeal sporting events like cricket and this new direction increased ratings and revenues. In addition, the corporation launched a number of new channels through its new 4Ventures offshoot, including Film4, At the Races, E4
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Q (magazine)
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Q is a popular music magazine published monthly in the United Kingdom. Q was first published by the EMAP media group in October 1986, setting apart from much of the other music press with monthly production and higher standards of photography. In the early years, the magazine was sub-titled The modern guide to music, originally it was to be called Cue, but the name was changed so that it wouldnt be mistaken for a snooker magazine. Another reason, cited in Qs 200th edition, is that a title would be more prominent on newsstands. In January 2008 EMAP sold its consumer titles, including Q. The magazine has a review section, featuring, new releases, reissues, music compilations, film and live concert reviews, as well as radio. It uses a system from one to five stars, indeed. While its content is non-free they host an archive of all of their magazine covers, much of the magazine is devoted to interviews with popular musical artists. It is well known for compiling lists and it has created many, ranging from The 100 Greatest albums to the 100 Greatest 100 Greatest Lists. Every other month, Q — and its magazine, Mojo — have a special edition. These have been about musical times, genres, or a very important/influential musician, often, promotional gifts are given away, such as cover-mounted CDs or books. The January 2006 issue included a copy of The Greatest Rock. Every issue of Q has a different message on the spine, readers then try to work out what the message has to do with the contents of the mag. This practice — known as the spine line — has since become commonplace among British lifestyle magazines, including Qs sister publication, Empire, on 4 March 2007, Q named Elvis Presley the greatest singer of all time. The magazine has a relationship with the Glastonbury Festival, producing both a free daily newspaper on site during the festival and a review magazine available at the end of the festival. In late 2008 Q revamped its image, with an amount of text. This Rolling Stone-isation has led to criticism from much of the traditional Q readership, in 2006, Q published a readers survey, the 100 Greatest Songs Ever, won by Oasis Live Forever. Q has a history of associating with charitable organisations, and in 2006 the British anti-poverty charity War on Want was named its official charity, in the April 2007 issue, Q published an article containing the 100 Greatest Singers, won by Elvis Presley
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Snooker
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Snooker is a cue sport which originated in India in the latter half of the 19th century. It is played on a covered with a green cloth, or baize, with pockets at each of the four corners. Using a cue and 22 coloured balls, players must strike the ball to pot the remaining balls in the correct sequence. An individual game, or frame, is won by the player who scores the most points, a match is won when a player wins a predetermined number of frames. In the 1870s, billiards was a sport played by members of the British Army stationed in India. Snooker gained its own identity in 1884 when officer Sir Neville Chamberlain, while stationed in Ooty, devised a set of rules that combined pyramid, the word snooker was a long used military term used to describe inexperienced or first year personnel. The game grew in popularity in England, cemented by the formation of the Billiards Association and it is now governed by the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. The World Snooker Championship has taken place since 1927, with Joe Davis becoming a key figure in the growth of the sport with 15 championship wins from 1927 to 1946. Top professional players now compete regularly around the world and attain multi-million-pound career earnings, the sport has become increasingly popular in China. The origin of snooker dates back to the half of the nineteenth century. In the 1870s, billiards was a popular activity amongst British Army officers stationed in India, one such variation originated at the officers mess of the 11th Devonshire Regiment in Jabalpur in 1875, which combined the rules of two pocket billiards games, pyramid and life pool. The former was played with fifteen red balls and one positioned in a triangle, while the latter involved the potting of designated coloured balls. The name instantly stuck with the players, in 1887, snooker was given its first definite reference in England in a copy of Sporting Life which caused a growth in popularity. Chamberlain came out as the inventor in a letter to The Field published on 19 March 1938,63 years after the fact. To accommodate the growing interest, smaller and more open snooker-specific clubs were formed, in 1919, the Billiards Association and the Billiards Control Board merged to form the Billiards Association and Control Club and a new, standard set of rules for snooker first became official. Davis won every championship until 1946 when he retired. The game went into a decline through the 1950s and 1960s with little interest generated outside of those who played, in 1959, Davis introduced a variation of the game, known as snooker plus to try to improve the games popularity by adding two extra colours. The TV series became a success and was for a time the second most popular show on BBC Two
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Q (radio station)
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Q Radio was an online, DAB and DTV radio station, broadcasting on digital television across the UK and online. The station launched in June 2008 as an alternative to the UKs rock and alternative stations, the station formed part of the Bauer Passion Portfolio. Coinciding with the launch of Kiss spin-off stations Kisstory and KissFresh, Q Radio launched on DAB in London on 2 June 2008 with a full schedule including Samanthi and comedian and 2008 If. comeddies nominee Russell Kane. Co-founder of Acid Jazz records Eddie Piller also presented a weekly show, the station launched with a Coldplay interview with Samanthi on QPM, where Chris Martin revealed that the band planned to release sessions with Kylie Minogue. The first song played live on the station was Rocks by Primal Scream, the station relaunched in April 2009 with a new playlist and all-new line up. Radios headquarters in Birmingham, West Midlands and was run by Kerrang, radios programming team who forged closer links with Q Magazine in a bid to bring it closer to the focus on new music, broad range of music genres and content found in the monthly publication. The playlist itself was managed by James Walshe and Loz Guest, in May 2009, the station was removed from the Sky Digital EPG, along with sister stations Kerrang, Heat and Smash Hits, as part of cost-cutting measures by parent company Bauer Media. In May 2010 it was taken off DAB, coinciding with the launch of Kiss spin-off stations Kisstory and KissFresh, Q Radio closed on 7 May 2013. List of radio stations in the United Kingdom Bauer Radio Official site Q Radio at Media UK QPM On Facebook Q Radio on Facebook Q Radio on Twitter
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Q TV
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Q was a UK music channel based on Q Magazine, launched on 2 October 2000. It was operated by Box Television, and specialised in indie, rock and it was available in the UK on Sky channel 364 and Virgin Media channel 338. In Ireland, it was available on UPC Ireland channel 714 and it is also available in South Africa on TopTV channel 503. The channel was also called Q The Music, which was the channels slogan, the channel played a wide variety of music, predominantly bands like Snow Patrol, Coldplay, and Stereophonics. Q was launched on 2 October 2000, in common with other EMAP channels, Q was originally a jukebox channel, where music video selections made were by the viewers using premium rate phone lines, however this element was dropped in 2004. On 3 July 2012, Q closed and was replaced with Heat, however in October 2007, the FHM TV block on Q was dropped and Q regained its full hours
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Kerrang!
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Kerrang. is a UK-based magazine devoted to rock music, currently published by Hamburg based Bauer Media Group. It was first published on 6 June 1981 as a supplement in the Sounds newspaper. In the early 2000s it became the best-selling British music newspaper, angus Young of AC/DC appeared on Kerrang. s first cover. Launched as a magazine, Kerrang. began to appear on a fortnightly basis later. The original owner was United Newspapers who then sold it to EMAP in 1991, during the 1980s and early 1990s the magazine placed many thrash and glam metal acts on the cover but later discarded them when grunge acts such as Nirvana rose to fame. Readers often criticise the magazine for repeating this process every time a new musical trend becomes popular, Kerrang. s popularity rose again with the hiring of editor Paul Rees circa 2000 when the nu metal genre, featuring bands like Limp Bizkit and Slipknot were becoming more popular. Rees went on to edit Q magazine and Ashley Bird took over as editor from 2003 to 2005, however the magazines sales went quickly into decline in 2003 and Paul Brannigan took over as editor in May 2005. Prior to this Metallicas James Hetfield referred to their sound as power metal, with the emergence of emo and metalcore, Kerrang. began to heavily feature this musical trend. However, the revamp was not welcomed by all readers and many complaints were received about Kerrang. s sudden emphasis on emo, Brannigan took the magazine into its most commercially successful period with a record ever ABC for the title of 80,186 copies. In 2008, EMAP sold its magazine to current owner Bauer Media Group. Brannigan left Kerrang. in 2009 and Nichola Browne was appointed editor and she later stepped down in April 2011. Former NME features editor and GamesMaster deputy editor James McMahon was appointed as editor on 6 June 2011, Kerrang. s website, www. kerrang. com, was launched in summer 2001 by Dan Silver. Kerrang. ’s parent company Emap acquired the name from a Norwegian cybersquatter by the name of Steingram Stegane for a token sum of £666. Kerrang. s website is dedicated to finding out information to do with the magazine and also the latest information on the current bands. The website hosts Kerrang. s online shop, podcasts, message board, TV and radio segments ensuring even more opportunities to sell associated merchandise, launched its own online forum with the rants and raves section taking up most of the traffic. Though initially extremely popular, the number of users began to peter out around 2005 with the number of people online dropping to as low as 10 when previously it had been closer to the 100 figure. According to Alexa www. kerrang. com generates 60,000 pageviews per month and is ranked 66, since 1993, the magazine has held an annual awards ceremony to mark the most successful bands in the interests of their readers. The event is presented by music celebrities, with many others outside the industry who attend the event
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Mail Online
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MailOnline is the website of the Daily Mail, a newspaper in the United Kingdom, and of its sister paper The Mail on Sunday. MailOnline is a division of DMG Media, part of Associated Newspapers Ltd, launched in 2003, MailOnline was made into a separately managed site in 2006 under the editorship of Martin Clarke. It is now the most visited English-language newspaper website in the world, the website has an international readership, featuring separate home pages for the UK, USA, India and Australia. It is known for its sidebar of shame, a box listing celebrity misdemeanours, one that makes up its facts to the detriment of its readers after it published an untrue story about his fiancées family. The website reached 199.4 million unique visitors in December 2014, up from 189.52 million in January 2014 and 128.59 million in May 2013. According to ComScore, MailOnline recorded 100.5 million visitors across desktop computers, smartphones, in July 2014 it recorded 134 million users. Almost 70% of its traffic comes from outside the UK, mostly from the United States, the Daily Mail print newspaper has no presence there, but has aggressively targeted the country with its online offering, branded as the Daily Mail rather than MailOnline. In January 2014 it paid over £1m to the Charleston Daily Mail for the name www. dailymail. com in order to increase its attractiveness to US advertisers. In January 2014, it was ranked the eighth most-visited news website in Australia, globally the site was forecast to reach £60m in advertising sales in the year to September 2014, up 49%. £35m has been invested in creating the site, the site has introduced sponsored articles, with a guarantee of 450,000 page views at a cost of £65,000 per article. MailOnline features a mixture of international news, and carries mainly UK-focused coverage of sport, personal finance, travel, celebrity news, science. As of September 2014, it employs 615 people, including 406 editorial staff, MailOnline articles tend to be dominated by pictures rather than long-form journalism. A major component of the website is its entertainment news, often featuring celebrities such as Kim Kardashian or members of the British Royal Family such as the Duchess of Cambridge. It is estimated that 25% of the traffic received by the website is purely to access the entertainment, the website allows users to create accounts in order to comment on articles, and also allows anyone to express anonymous approval or disapproval of comments made. The site also publishes statistics about this activity, the house rules state that the monitors usually remove inappropriate content in full, although they do reserve the right to edit comments. The site also does not allow comments on articles for legal or editorial reasons. September 2009, Geek. com reported that a story posted in MailOnline about a panel made from human hair was a hoax. Engineer Edward Craig Hyatt stated that it was not possible to use human hair in any configuration to generate electricity when exposed to light
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Stylist (magazine)
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Stylist is a free weekly magazine for women that is published in the United Kingdom since 7 October 2009 to complement mens magazine ShortList. Mike Soutar, former editor-in-chief of FHM and editorial director at IPC, is CEO, phil Hilton is Editorial Director, Lisa Smosarski is Editor and Glenda Marchant is Publisher. Stylist is owned by independent publishing company Shortlist Media Ltd, which also owns ShortList, Stylist targets affluent 20 to 40-year-old female commuters with high end content that includes fashion, travel, beauty, people and careers news. The magazine aims to take an intelligent approach, covering a range of culture. Stylist has commissioned childrens author and illustrator Quentin Blake and artist Rob Ryan to create bespoke front covers, the advertisers of the magazine include Escada, Hugo Boss, Guerlain and Yves Saint Laurent. Stylist magazine has a distribution of 424,107 copies per week. Stylist hosts regular Stylist Network Events which are career-focused talks with business entrepreneurs, Stylist conducts the annual Stylist Skincare Awards judged by readers and experts which focus on innovative products launched within the last two years. Stylist is distributed free every Wednesday in London, Manchester, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Liverpool and Birmingham, as well as in French Connection stores, airport lounges, city centre offices and it is also available by subscription. In September 2010 Stylist launched its website, which contains re-edited content from the printed publication alongside daily updates, a digital replica of each issue of the magazine is accessible. Each Friday at 1pm the website hosts Lunchtime Masterclasses, a live Q&A webchat with an inspiring, in April 2011 Stylist launched Emerald Street, a daily email covering fashion, beauty, current affairs and work advice. From April 2013, Stylist launches a weekly edition in France, in a joint venture from Groupe Marie Claire, the magazine is distributed free every Thursday in nine cities including Paris, Lyon, Marseille, Aix‐en‐Provence, Toulouse, Bordeaux, Nantes, Lille and Strasbourg. Stylist is also available as a tablet version
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Motor Cycle News
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MCN or Motor Cycle News is a UK weekly motorcycling newspaper published by Bauer Consumer Media, based in Peterborough, United Kingdom. It claims to be the world’s biggest weekly motorcycle newspaper, the title was founded in late 1955 as Motorcycle News by Cyril Quantrill, a former employee of Motor Cycling, and was sold to EMAP in 1956. Bauer bought Emaps consumer media division in 2008, in 2009, average weekly circulation was 114,304 copies according to the Audit Bureau of Circulations, and 2010 it was 106,446 copies. The figure for 2013 was 85,651, Cyril Quantrill was an employee of Motor Cycling under famous editor Graham Walker, learning his trade both pre and post-war. The British motorcycle media was dominated by two rival publishing houses - Temple Press with Motor Cycling and Iliffe with The Motor Cycle. Both were weekly magazine-format Thursday publications, limited by a 3,000 issue print-run capability and underfunding, Quantrill arranged to sell to EMAP in 1956. Under new ownership the issues were priced at fourpence. Quantrill stayed on as editor and with EMAPs backing the brand flourished, by the time of Quantrills resignation in 1961 circulation was at 67,000. Quantrill continued working as a journalist, including as editor of Motor Cyclist Illustrated, published by City Magazines Ltd of London, continuing Quantrills earlier motivation of sports reporting, it had the strapline the sporting monthly. Motorcycle News as a newspaper was pitched to beat the rivals to the newsstands by one day. Both of the rivals were still magazine-format and remained traditionally producing practical, by 1962, the front page had been restyled by replacing the centred-title with a left-corner masthead box. In 1962, rival Motor Cycling had gone to newspaper format having more sporting coverage, the two publications continued as rival papers. From the late 1960s, the MCN corner-masthead became blue, turning to the red for the 1970s. Rival Motor Cycle became Motor Cycle Weekly, which reverted to a format in 1983 in an effort to boost sales figures by then-publisher IPC before eventual closure in late 1983. MCN continued from strength to strength, MCN have been presenting an annual awards ceremony almost since they were founded in 1955. These included the popularity poll Man of the Year and the overall MCN Machine of the Year award, Official website
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Parker's Car Guides
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Parkers Car Price Guide is a monthly magazine and, more recently, a website with reviews and price lists for new and used cars in the United Kingdom. Initial searches are free, with payment required to access further details and it was founded in 1972 and is the longest-running price guide available to the public. It expanded over the years to offer reviews, technical data, the portfolio of products has been edited by Kieren Puffett since 2004. More recently it has specialised in testing high-performance luxury cars, leaving reviews of more vehicles in car ownership to sister publications such as CAR magazine. Parkers also offers valuations for commercial vehicles, and the section is headed by Liam Campbell, since 2008, Parkers is owned and published by the German company Bauer Media Group. 1972, Launch of the Parkers Car Price Guide, 1st issue, March 1972, priced at 20p 1973, Full colour front page 1997, Emap buys Parkers portfolio from Parker Mead. Last Parker Mead edition of the Price Guide was August 19971998, Winter 1998 was the first edition of Parkers Car Chooser Magazine which ran until 20061999, parkers. co
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United Kingdom
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The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom or Britain, is a sovereign country in western Europe. Lying off the north-western coast of the European mainland, the United Kingdom includes the island of Great Britain, Northern Ireland is the only part of the United Kingdom that shares a land border with another sovereign state—the Republic of Ireland. The Irish Sea lies between Great Britain and Ireland, with an area of 242,500 square kilometres, the United Kingdom is the 78th-largest sovereign state in the world and the 11th-largest in Europe. It is also the 21st-most populous country, with an estimated 65.1 million inhabitants, together, this makes it the fourth-most densely populated country in the European Union. The United Kingdom is a monarchy with a parliamentary system of governance. The monarch is Queen Elizabeth II, who has reigned since 6 February 1952, other major urban areas in the United Kingdom include the regions of Birmingham, Leeds, Glasgow, Liverpool and Manchester. The United Kingdom consists of four countries—England, Scotland, Wales, the last three have devolved administrations, each with varying powers, based in their capitals, Edinburgh, Cardiff and Belfast, respectively. The relationships among the countries of the UK have changed over time, Wales was annexed by the Kingdom of England under the Laws in Wales Acts 1535 and 1542. A treaty between England and Scotland resulted in 1707 in a unified Kingdom of Great Britain, which merged in 1801 with the Kingdom of Ireland to form the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Five-sixths of Ireland seceded from the UK in 1922, leaving the present formulation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain, there are fourteen British Overseas Territories. These are the remnants of the British Empire which, at its height in the 1920s, British influence can be observed in the language, culture and legal systems of many of its former colonies. The United Kingdom is a country and has the worlds fifth-largest economy by nominal GDP. The UK is considered to have an economy and is categorised as very high in the Human Development Index. It was the worlds first industrialised country and the worlds foremost power during the 19th, the UK remains a great power with considerable economic, cultural, military, scientific and political influence internationally. It is a nuclear weapons state and its military expenditure ranks fourth or fifth in the world. The UK has been a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council since its first session in 1946 and it has been a leading member state of the EU and its predecessor, the European Economic Community, since 1973. However, on 23 June 2016, a referendum on the UKs membership of the EU resulted in a decision to leave. The Acts of Union 1800 united the Kingdom of Great Britain, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have devolved self-government
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Rebel Wilson
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Rebel Melanie Elizabeth Wilson is an Australian actress, writer, and producer. After graduating from the Australian Theatre for Young People in 2003, she began appearing as Toula on the Special Broadcasting Service comedy series Pizza, in 2008, Wilson wrote, produced and starred in the musical comedy series Bogan Pride. The following year, she won the Tropfest best actress award for her role in Bargain, shortly after moving to the United States, Wilson was cast as Brynn in the feature film Bridesmaids. Wilson also appeared in A Few Best Men, What to Expect When Youre Expecting and she then created and starred in Super Fun Night, a television comedy that aired for one season on the American Broadcasting Company. Wilson was born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia and her mother is a professional dog handler. Wilson grew up in the suburbs of Kenthurst, Parramatta and Castle Hill and she attended Tara Anglican School for Girls. She completed her Higher School Certificate in 1997, including place in the state in food technology. Wilson has three siblings, sisters Liberty and Annachi and a brother, Ryot, Liberty and Ryot appeared on the first season of The Amazing Race Australia in 2011, where they were the first team eliminated. Wilson has claimed that her great-aunt was Lillian Bounds, who was married to Walt Disney until his death in 1966 and this claim was proven false in 2016 by genealogist Dale Sheldon. Wilsons first career choice was mathematics and she told The Sydney Morning Herald, I was very academic at high school and was always good with numbers. She attended the University of New South Wales, graduating in 2009 with Bachelor of Arts, a former Rotary International Youth Ambassador for Australia, she was based in South Africa for one year, where she contracted malaria. She claims the malaria caused hallucinations where she saw herself as an actress who had won an Oscar, there has been some debate about Wilsons claims about her background. In May 2015, Australian magazine Womans Day published a story claiming that Wilson had been misleading about her name, age. The story was picked up by other publications including The Sydney Morning Herald, People Magazine, The Chicago Tribune. Most notably, Wilsons true birth date was revealed and confirmed as a result of business records filed with the ASIC, which were obtained by The Sydney Morning Herald. On 16 May 2016, Wilson said print and online articles in Womans Day, according to a defamation writ filed in the Supreme Court of Victoria, Wilson said her reputation and credit has suffered and she has been humiliated and embarrassed. She is also suing for damages, claiming she missed out on roles. Wilson studied at the Australian Theatre for Young People, in 2003 she moved to New York after winning the ATYP International scholarship, which was funded by Nicole Kidman
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The Box Plus Network
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The Box Plus Network is a British television company which is owned by Bauer Media Group and Channel Four Television Corporation and acts as its music television programme production arm. On 2 April 2013, all The Box Plus Network channels went free-to-air on satellite, the company is based in Victoria in London. The Box is well known for its First Play feature, where many videos often make their UK or world première and this new music is often shown through the Box Fresh show on the channel. In July 2012, Box Television launched a 24-hour pan-African music channel, the channel focuses on international and local music from across the African continent. It is available in 15 countries across Africa, Box Television has also made available its other major channels across Africa. Box Hits mainly broadcasts general pop music from the past few years. It took its name and format of the Smash Hits brand from Bauer which existed in Smash Hits Radio, Box Upfront is a fresh music channel which launched on 3 July 2012. It formerly took its name and format from Bauers weekly Heat magazine and it replaced Q on Sky, Smallworld Cable, UPC Ireland, Virgin Media and in Iceland on Síminn. Kiss TV is a music television channel from Box Television available on the Freesat, Sky. The playlist is predominantly mainstream Urban Pop, Dance and R&B, although since its relaunch in Summer 2006 and it is based on format of the Kiss brand from Bauer which also exists in Kiss Radio. Magic TV plays mainly easy listening music videos and it is based on format of the Magic brand from Bauer which exists in Magic Radio and Magic branded CDs. As of 2005, all of its content is music videos. It is based on format of Kerrang, brand from Bauer which also exists in Kerrang Radio and Kerrang. 4Music showcases a range of pop centring on chart hits and current favourites, the channel is available free-to-air on the British Digital terrestrial television service Freeview on channel 18. The Hits closed on 15 August 2008 and its sister radio station remains on the air. Q specialised in indie, rock and alternative and it is based on format of the Q brand from Bauer which exists in Q Magazine and Q Radio. Q closed on 3 July 2012, when it was replaced by Heat
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4Music
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4Music is a music and entertainment channel in the United Kingdom and available on some digital television providers in the Republic of Ireland. The channel launched on 15 August 2008, replacing The Hits and it is the only Channel 4-branded channel within The Box Plus Network. It is available on Freeview, Virgin Media and Sky, on 2 April 2013, all Box Television channels went free-to-air on satellite, apart from 4Music which went free-to-view. As a result, the channels were removed from the Sky EPG in Ireland, however, 4Music went free-to-air on February 7,2017 and launched on Freesat, replacing The Box. Super Charged Chart Anthems - The biggest chart tracks of the moment, Top 10 - The 10 best singles of the moment. Hot 10 in 10 - The 10 biggest tracks edited into a 10-minute remix, the Hotmix - The best tracks of the last few years. The songs are usually cut down and are edited to flow smoothly into the next track, #Hangouts - Interviews with the biggest artists, while also playing their biggest releases and newest singles. - The latest music videos from the biggest artists, UK Hotlist Top 20 - The 20 most streamed tracks on Spotify in the last week. The UK Music Video Chart - Presented by Bethan Leadley and with data supplied by YouTube and this Weeks Fresh Music Top 20 - A countdown of the 20 freshest music videos at the moment. The Official Box Upfront Chart - Presented by Jon Jackson and with data complied by Radio Monitor, the song that is chosen when the final song of the show is being played is then played at the beginning of the next show instead. Tweet To Beat - Currently shown during the 6-weeks break of Trending Live, from The Start - Selected artist retrospective, from career memory lane - to today. The presenters in each day are AJ Odudu, Will Best, Jimmy Hill, Maya Jama, Vick Hope. Box Fresh launched at the beginning of 2017 as a replacement for the Box Upfront series of shows, Vick Hope presents all Box Fresh branded programming on TV. Todays 4Music Top 10 - A chart compiled by 4Music of the biggest and best videos right now, the first ever Todays 4Music Top 10 Chart was broadcast on 18 August 2008 at 12,00 pm. Yeasayer were top with their single Ambling Alp, Fresh Music Top 20 - Formerly, the 4Music Top 20, this is a chart compiled by 4Music of the biggest and best videos from the current week. The first ever This Weeks 4Music Top 20 Chart was broadcast on 19 March 2009 at 3,45 pm. Your Official Top 20 - A chart is compiled of songs from a particular artist that has released at least 20 singles such as Beyoncé, Christina Aguilera, the public vote for their favourite song on the 4Music website and the results are shown on the results show. The 4Music Buzz Chart - The first 4Music Buzz Chart was broadcast on 18 August 2008 at 12,00 am and it shows a selection of pre-released songs charted into a top 10, similar to sister channel The Boxs Box Breakers
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The Box (UK and Ireland)
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The Box is a television channel in the United Kingdom and Ireland. The channel is one of many within The Box Plus Network, the channel mainly broadcasts music videos, although it also features other music-related programming from across The Box Plus Network. The channel was brought to the United Kingdom by Vincent Monsey and his partner Liz Laskowski, over the next few years, The Box rolled out on a regional basis across the United Kingdom on every cable system available, and eventually onto Sky Digital in 1998. The Box was also broadcast on the Astra Satellite between 2am and 7am during the downtime of Granada Plus and Men & Motors, from 1999, all the regional versions of The Box were shut down and replaced with this version. Ticketmaster Inc. briefly owned 50% of the company becoming a public company on the FTSE. EMAP took ownership of shares in 1997, and purchased the shareholding held by the American company VJN Inc. which had then become TCI Music. The US version of the channel was sold to MTVN in 2000, each week a new playlist is released, and this will generally contain new or current music videos. The playlist was published on teletext and the channels website, now the playlist is programmed in the Up Next section on screen. On 2 April 2013, all Box Television channels went free-to-air on satellite, as a result, the channels were removed from the Sky EPG in Ireland. The Box was added to the Freesat EPG on 15 April 2013, the Box can also be streamed live from their website. The channel is known for its First Play feature, where many videos often make their UK or world premiere. This new music is shown through the Box Fresh show on the channel. Most notably, The Box, were recognised for the force behind the huge success of the first Spice Girls hit Wannabe. The slogan of The Box is Fresh Music First — previous mottos include Big Hits First, Music Television You Control and Smash Hits You Control. Notably, for a period in late 1999 and early 2000, there was a trend of artists name checking The Box in their music videos. In most cases, this was simply an insertion of the logo at some point in the video, however in a few cases. The most notable example of this is the video for the S Club 7 song S Club Party, as with all Box Television channels, The Box now operates from a pre-programmed playlist and does not include video selection jukeboxes. In July 2007, 50% of Box Television was sold to Channel Four Television Corporation, on 28 October 2013, The Boxs logo, branding, onscreen and online design was refreshed
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Kerrang! TV
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TV is a digital television station owned by The Box Plus Network, which is loosely connected to the magazine, Kerrang. As of 2005, all of its content is music videos. The TV stations playlist is mainly nu metal and pop punk/skate punk, certain acts such as Tenacious D and Limp Bizkit get higher-than-average play rates, due to higher rates of text requests. Themed 30-minute segments often cover artists who are on the playlist, with numbers of videos, most noticeably Green Day, Panic. at the Disco, Paramore. The station unusually guarantees to play a video, unlike others where a voting system is in place. However, it may take time for the video to be played. It shares much of the ethos of its magazine, although it will not go as far as to play unsigned acts or veer too far off music which is accepted by the mainstream. Heavy metal is least played, as metal and black metal are very rarely played, although extreme metal act Cradle of Filth have appeared on late-night. More mainstream rock acts are favoured, british and American music is most featured, European music is played rarely, although Rammstein have featured weekly. Gothic metal and power metal are rarely played, many of the videos shown are heavily censored to remove profanity, violence, and references to God and religion. The censorship usually takes the form of dubbing out the phrase or by blurring the picture. Different ones that have been shown include moshing anthems, A-Z of Punk, Todays 10 Most Rockin and Metal, in 2005 Good Charlotte presented the Rock 100 from a strip club in Manchester. In 2009 Charlie Simpson made a voice-over for the show clips from peoples votes in the Download festival. The channel is available on platforms including Sky, Smallworld Cable. It is part of a network of channels owned by The Box Plus Network, on 2 April 2013, all Box Television channels went free-to-air on satellite, apart from 4Music which went free-to-view. As a result, the channels were removed from the Sky EPG in Ireland, TV launched on Freesat on 15 April 2013, alongside three other Box Television channels. TV had a countdown of voters most-desired videos, the most popular choice and the first video ever shown on Kerrang. TV was Nirvanas Smells Like Teen Spirit, Limp Bizkits Break Stuff and Everlasts Black Jesus were also in the first 3 videos ever played
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Kiss TV
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Kiss TV is a commercial music television channel from The Box Plus Network, available on the Sky, Virgin Media, Smallworld Cable and TalkTalk Plus TV digital television platforms. The playlist predominantly consists of mainstream hip-hop, electronic dance music and it is based on the format of the Bauer owned London radio station Kiss 100, which started as a pirate radio station in London in 1985. Kiss TV celebrated the 20th anniversary of its launch in 2005, the channel ran for one hour a night on the Mirror Groups L. VE TV cable circuit and after a year moved up to the Granada satellite and cable platform, taking a similar slot in the evening. Although the original idea for the channel was proposed in 1993, when permission was finally granted, Kiss had once again innovated by becoming the first Masthead TV project in the UK. Within one year, the station was beating MTV in its time slots, the channels presenters included legendary DJs such as BBC Radio 1s Judge Jules. By the time the channel was one old, it had attracted major sponsorship from blue-chip brands such as Levis, Sony consumer products. The channel is available on digital television platforms. It is part of a network of channels owned by The Box Plus Network, TV, Smash Hits, Heat, The Box, and Magic. On 2 April 2013, all Box Television channels went free-to-air on satellite, as a result, the channels were removed from the Sky EPG in Ireland. However, Kiss TV launched on Freesat on 15 April 2013, Kiss TV also broadcasts in Sub-Saharan Africa as a Pay-TV Channel through various Digital TV providers without Commercials and Teleshopping. Past Music Videos are played in place of commercials, Kiss Network Kiss 100 London Kiss 101 Kiss 105-108 Official website
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Magic (TV channel)
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Magic is a British music television station owned by The Box Plus Network. It plays mainly easy listening music videos and is based on the Magic Radio network also owned by Bauer, the channel is available on many platforms and is part of a network of channels owned by Box Television, which include 4Music, Kerrang. TV, Smash Hits, Heat, The Box, and Kiss, on 2 April 2013, all Box Television channels went free-to-air on satellite, apart from 4Music which went free-to-view. As a result, the channels were removed from the Sky EPG in Ireland, however, Magic launched on Freesat on 29 April 2013, alongside Heat, following the addition of four other Box Television channels on 15 April. Magic mainly focuses on music from the 1970s 1980s, the 1990s, there have been several albums to accompany the channels name featuring many of its best loved artists
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International Standard Serial Number
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An International Standard Serial Number is an eight-digit serial number used to uniquely identify a serial publication. The ISSN is especially helpful in distinguishing between serials with the same title, ISSN are used in ordering, cataloging, interlibrary loans, and other practices in connection with serial literature. The ISSN system was first drafted as an International Organization for Standardization international standard in 1971, ISO subcommittee TC 46/SC9 is responsible for maintaining the standard. When a serial with the content is published in more than one media type. For example, many serials are published both in print and electronic media, the ISSN system refers to these types as print ISSN and electronic ISSN, respectively. The format of the ISSN is an eight digit code, divided by a hyphen into two four-digit numbers, as an integer number, it can be represented by the first seven digits. The last code digit, which may be 0-9 or an X, is a check digit. Formally, the form of the ISSN code can be expressed as follows, NNNN-NNNC where N is in the set, a digit character. The ISSN of the journal Hearing Research, for example, is 0378-5955, where the final 5 is the check digit, for calculations, an upper case X in the check digit position indicates a check digit of 10. To confirm the check digit, calculate the sum of all eight digits of the ISSN multiplied by its position in the number, the modulus 11 of the sum must be 0. There is an online ISSN checker that can validate an ISSN, ISSN codes are assigned by a network of ISSN National Centres, usually located at national libraries and coordinated by the ISSN International Centre based in Paris. The International Centre is an organization created in 1974 through an agreement between UNESCO and the French government. The International Centre maintains a database of all ISSNs assigned worldwide, at the end of 2016, the ISSN Register contained records for 1,943,572 items. ISSN and ISBN codes are similar in concept, where ISBNs are assigned to individual books, an ISBN might be assigned for particular issues of a serial, in addition to the ISSN code for the serial as a whole. An ISSN, unlike the ISBN code, is an identifier associated with a serial title. For this reason a new ISSN is assigned to a serial each time it undergoes a major title change, separate ISSNs are needed for serials in different media. Thus, the print and electronic versions of a serial need separate ISSNs. Also, a CD-ROM version and a web version of a serial require different ISSNs since two different media are involved, however, the same ISSN can be used for different file formats of the same online serial
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Australian Geographic
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Australian Geographic is a media business that produces the Australian Geographic magazine, DMag magazine, specialist book titles, travel guides, diaries and calendars and online media. It published editions of the Australian Encyclopaedia and it previously operated the Australian Geographical retail chain stores and Australian Geographic Travel and Australian Geographic Adventures. Australian Geographic magazine, originally titled Dick Smiths Australian Geographic, is a geographical journal created by Dick Smith in 1986. The magazine focuses mainly on stories about Australia, or about Australian people in other countries, the six editions published each year are available by subscription and on newsstands. They include posters or sheet maps in each edition, as well as photographs, Australian Geographic also has a website that includes the entire magazine digital archive. Each year, a portion of the profits is provided to the Australian Geographic Society, members of the public were invited to become members and make financial contributions to the Society. In a circular relationship, the magazine was represented to be the official journal of the Australian Geographic Society, through its Society, Australian Geographic supports scientific research as well as environmental and community projects. Funds are also used to highlight and support Australian adventurers and produce related diaries, calendars, the Australian Geographic magazine, originally titled Dick Smiths Australian Geographic, was initially published by Australian Geographic Pty Ltd, a private company controlled by Dick Smith. Smith, the founder of Dick Smith Electronics and Dick Smith Foods, after two years he removed his name from the magazine cover. Australian Geographic Pty Ltd also operated the Australian Geographic chain of retail stores, the publications offices were originally based in Terrey Hills north of Sydney. Smith wanted the publication to focus on accuracy by exclusively including articles that were peer-reviewed, Australian Geographic acquired rights to the Australian Encyclopaedia and published editions in 1988 and 1996. In 1995, when subscriptions totalled more than 200,000, in December 1998, the business was bought out by its management. From September 2000 to December 2001, Australian Geographic published a bimonthly science, there were, however, only eight issues published before the magazine went permanently out of print. In November 2006, PBL Medias ACP Magazines purchased the Australian Geographic publishing division, today the Australian Geographic magazine is based at Park Street Sydney. The current editor-in-chief of Australian Geographic is Chrissie Goldrick, while the editor is John Pickrell, from 2007 to 2016 Australian Geographic Retail was owned by Myer Family Investments but after large operating losses it was sold in August 2016 to The Co-op, a retail supplier to universities. The Australian Geographic Society Adventure Award has been awarded since 1987 and is Australias longest-running award for adventure and it is judged on merit and therefore not all of the categories are awarded annually. The award is a celebration of achievement and is not a competition, the award is given in two categories – Adventurer of the Year, and Young Adventurer of the Year. Geographic magazine Australian Geographic 10th Anniversary Collectors Edition No.40 Oct – Dec 1995 Australian Geographic
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The Australian Women's Weekly
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The Australian Womens Weekly, sometimes known as simply The Weekly, is an Australian monthly womens magazine published by Bauer Media Group in Sydney. For many years it was the one magazine in Australia but it is now outsold by the Australian edition of the American publication Better Homes. The magazine was started in 1933 by Frank Packer as a weekly publication, the first editor was George Warnecke and the initial dummy was laid out by William Edwin Pidgeon who went on to do many famous covers over the next 25 years. The Weekly celebrated its 50th anniversary of publication in June 1983, PBL launched Womens Weekly versions in Singapore and Malaysia, in 1997 and 2000, respectively, which follow The Weeklys style while containing largely local content. In 2012 the parent company of the magazine, ACP Magazines, audited circulation in June 2013 was 459,175 copies monthly. Readership numbers for September 2014 were estimated to be 1,828,000, the magazine is usually 240 pages long and printed on glossy paper trimmed to A4 page size, although it originally was a Tabloid in size and layout. It typically contains feature articles about the modern Australian woman, for many years, it included a lift-out TV guide. In 1982, publication frequency was reduced from weekly to monthly, Weekly was retained in the name for reasons of familiarity and because a womans monthly was a slang term for menstruation. The final weekly edition was dated 15 December 1982, followed by the first monthly edition dated January 1983, the TV guide was discontinued on introduction of the monthly format. Previous editors of The Weekly have included Alice Mabel Jackson, Deborah Thomas, Julie Zaetta, Ita Buttrose, Jennifer Rowe, the editor was Helen McCabe until January 2016, who has held this position since August 2009. She attempted to improve The Weeklys news coverage, in late 2009, she hired Jordan Baker, formerly a reporter and travel writer for The Sydney Morning Herald, as news editor. In February 2016 Kim Wilson was named as the editor of the magazine
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Cosmopolitan (magazine)
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Cosmopolitan is an international fashion magazine for women. Often referred to as Cosmo, its content as of 2011 includes articles on issues, relationships, sex, health, careers, self-improvement, celebrities, fashion. Published by Hearst Corporation, Cosmopolitan has 64 international editions, is printed in 35 languages, Cosmopolitan began as a family magazine, launched in 1886 by Schlicht & Field of New York as The Cosmopolitan. There was also a department for the members of the family. Cosmopolitans circulation reached 25,000 that year, but by November 1888, John Brisben Walker acquired the magazine in 1889. That same year, he dispatched Elizabeth Bisland on a race around the world against Nellie Bly to draw attention to his magazine. Under John Brisben Walkers ownership, E. D. Walker, formerly with Harpers Monthly, took over as the new editor, introducing colour illustrations, serials and book reviews. It became a market for fiction, featuring such authors as Annie Besant, Ambrose Bierce, Theodore Dreiser, Rudyard Kipling, Jack London, Willa Cather. The magazines circulation climbed to 75,000 by 1892, in 1897, Cosmopolitan announced plans for a free correspondence school, No charge of any kind will be made to the student. All expenses for the present will be borne by the Cosmopolitan, No conditions, except a pledge of a given number of hours of study. When 20,000 immediately signed up, Walker could not fund the school, also in 1897, H. G. Wells The War of the Worlds was serialized, as was his The First Men in the Moon. Olive Schreiner contributed an article about the Boer War. And Colorado - New Tricks in an Old Game, Jack Londons novella, The Red One, was published in the October 1918 issue, and a constant presence from 1910-18 was Arthur B. Reeve, with 82 stories featuring Craig Kennedy, the scientific detective, Magazine illustrators included Francis Attwood, Dean Cornwell, Harrison Fisher, and James Montgomery Flagg. Hearst formed Cosmopolitan Productions, a company based in New York City from 1918 to 1923, then Hollywood until 1938. Cosmopolitan magazine was titled as Hearsts International Combined with Cosmopolitan from 1925 until 1952. In 1911, Hearst had bought a middling monthly magazine called World To-Day, in June 1914 it was shortened to Hearsts and was ultimately titled Hearsts International in May 1922. In order to spare serious cutbacks at San Simeon, Hearst merged the magazine Hearsts International with Cosmopolitan effective March 1925, after Hearst died in 1951, the Hearsts International disappeared from the magazine cover altogether in April 1952
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Dolly (magazine)
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DOLLY was a bimonthly teen magazine started in 1970 by Fairfax Ltd. in Australia and New Zealand, and purchased by ACP in 1988. The magazine became online-only publication and ceased the print edition in December 2016, Dolly was the basis and inspiration for Sassy Magazine in the United States. The magazine also has a website containing games, information on upcoming issues, quizzes, the magazine has now produced over 400 issues and as of 2007 has a readership of 505,000. The magazine was launched in 1970 by Jan Goldie in 1970, the previous editor was Lucy Cousins. The magazine has its headquarters in Sydney, in November 2016 it was announced that the December 2016 issue would be the last print issue of Dolly. The Dolly Model Competition is a branch from the Dolly magazine and it is a competition held for teen readers to enter to have the chance to win a modelling career. The competition first started in 1992 and ended in 2002 when the editor in chief of Dolly, Mia Freedman felt it gave a negative impression towards young teenage girls. In 2012 it returned after a 10-year hiatus, with the announced as 13-year-old Kirsty Thatcher from Brisbane. The winner will be awarded a one year contract with Chadwick Modeling agency, a trip to New York to meet with Chadwicks US affiliates, miranda Kerr is now known world-wide and is a former Victorias Secret model. Past Winners Dolly Doctor is a segment that has run in Dolly since its first issue, john Wright was the first Dolly Doctor. Melissa Kang has been the Dolly Doctor since 1993, a Dolly Doctor standalone app was released in 2015. A comparison of Dolly Doctor with other Australian magazines found that Dolly Doctor gave the most accurate health advice, in 2005, Dolly came into media attention for taking advantage of young people wanting to get into the magazine industry. Dolly was accused of soliciting, publishing and ridiculing unpaid articles from hopeful young women looking for a job in magazine journalism, the accompanying caption which included an arrow pointing to the models genital region said Look Closer, Eww. Not that close and Umm, we think you forgot something
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Empire (film magazine)
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Empire is a British film magazine published monthly by Bauer Consumer Media of Hamburg based Bauer Media Group. From the first issue in July 1989, the magazine was edited by Barry McIlheney, Bauer purchased Emap Consumer Media in early 2008. It is the biggest selling magazine in the United Kingdom and is also published in the United States, Australia, Turkey, Russia, Italy. Empire organises the annual Empire Awards which were sponsored by Sony Ericsson, the awards are voted for by readers of the magazine. Empire is populist in both approach and coverage and it reviews both mainstream films and art films, but feature articles concentrate on the former. As well as news, previews, and reviews, Empire has some other regular features. Each issue features a Classic Scene, a transcript from a film scene. The first such classic scene to be featured was the I could have been a scene from On the Waterfront. The regular Top 10 feature lists Empires choice of the top ten examples of something film-related, for example,10 Best Chase Scenes or 10 Best Movie Gags in The Simpsons. The Re. View section covers Blu-ray and DVD news and releases, Kim Newmans Movie Dungeon is a regular feature in the Re. View section, in which critic Kim Newman reviews the most obscure releases, mostly low budget horror movies. How much Is Pint of Milk presents celebrities answers to silly or unusual questions and this is intended as a guide to the chosen celebritys contact with reality, and as such can be more informative than a direct interview by reporting some surprising responses. Each magazine includes a Spine Quote, in which a relatively challenging quote is printed on the spine of the magazine, there are usually some obvious and obscure links from the quote to the main features of that months edition. Readers are invited to identify the source and the links to win a prize. Celebrity Mastermind is another regular in which a celebrity is given questions about the films they were in or they directed, celebrities range from Quentin Tarantino and Christopher Lee to John Carpenter and Michael Keaton. A regular feature since issue 167, the feature is a two-page essay on a film selected by Empire in the Re. View section. The selection of the films seem to be random and follow no specific pattern. Only a few issues since the first masterpiece feature have not featured one –169,179,196,197,198 and 246, Issue 240 had director Frank Darabont select 223 masterpieces. L. A. Confidential was featured twice, once in issue 191 and this list is as follows, Alien – Dinner chestburster The Omen – Glass decapitation An American Werewolf in London – Wolf transformation The Exorcist – Crucifix abuse Risky Business – Ready Ralph
