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National Geographic
8Marie Claire UK goes mobile
Kids in Greece
Launching this spring, Marie Claire Mobile will be
The National Geographic Society has launched the
a weekly subscriber-based service providing readers
15th international edition of its children’s magazine,
with topical fashion and beauty features, insider
National Geographic Kids, in Greece. National Geographic
shopping tips and recommended best buys. “Web and
KIDS Hellas is published by Lambrakis Press, which
mobile technology is clearly playing a greater role in
has been publishing National Geographic magazine in
our readers’ lives,” says Richard Johnstone, Marie Claire
Greece since 1998. Content will be a combination
publishing director. “So, giving readers the ability to
of articles from the award-winning US edition and
interact with Marie Claire on a mobile platform is an
local Greek content related to the environment,
exciting opportunity both for them and for advertisers.”
animal life, new technologies, archaeology, museum
Marie Claire Mobile will be available on any WAP-enabled
exhibitions and special educational events. The
phone and will be a paid-for subscription service with
magazine was launched in March and will be printed
weekly updates.
11 times per year with an initial print run of 25,000.
Harper’s Bazaar hits
newsstands in Dubai
Launched by ITP Consumer Publishing and Hearst
Magazines International, Harper’s Bazaar Dubai will
be published in English and cover the UAE, Kuwait,
Qatar and Oman. At 176 pages, the premiere issue
is one of the largest launch issues the Middle East
has witnessed, as well as the biggest that ITP has
produced in its 20-year publishing history. This is
the 22nd global edition of Bazaar, and the premiere
issue hits newsstands on March 1 with a circulation
of 15,000.
Time Out in Singapore
The first issue of Time Out Singapore, the
most comprehensive arts, entertainment
and listings magazine Singapore has
ever seen, hit the newsstands on 28
February 2007. The monthly magazine by
Ink Publishing and Time Out International
African Surfrider hits
is available at newsagents, as well as in
selected hotels, entertainment venues and
shelves in South Africa tourist offices. Like its sister magazines in
Edited by veteran surfer Hugh Thompson, 17 other cities around the world, Time Out
African Surfrider has just been launched Singapore features reviews of films, music,
in South Africa. A full-colour bimonthly books, performance, restaurants, bars,
glossy, African Surfrider is a fresh surfing shops and clubs. The expected monthly
lifestyle magazine for a highly motivated readership is 120,000.
audience passionate about surf culture.
Covering the entire spectrum of the surfing
experience, including thought-provoking
articles on the lifestyle, travel, equipment
Vogue in India
and brands penned by some of the planet’s
Based in Mumbai, the Indian edition of Vogue will be
most knowledgeable surfers, African Surfrider
the 17th edition worldwide and represents publisher
features beautiful photography from the
Condé Nast’s first foray into the Asian Subcontinent.
world’s best. The magazine launched in
“Unlike most other Western publishers, Condé Nast
December 2006.
will own and operate its own magazines in India
rather than publishing through a joint venture or
a licence,” said Jonathan Newhouse, chairman of
Condé Nast International. “This approach reflects
Condé Nast’s deep commitment to the Indian
market. Vogue is just the beginning.” The Indian
Vogue will be launched in autumn 2007.
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