Silvio Berlusconi's publishing house has launched a glossy magazine dedicated to Pope Francis, with photographs and a pull-out centrefold. Here are a few ideas for the next issue …Pope Francis is no ordinary celebrity, but until recently he was lacking one of global fame's most common accessories: a dedicated fanzine.That has changed. The first issue of Il Mio Papa (My Pope) magazine, a weekly glossy featuring papal pronouncements, news, personal details and photographs – including a pull-out centrefold – hit shelves in Italy this week.Il Mio Papa is not an official Vatican publication, but a product of Silvio Berlusconi's publishing house, Mondadori, responsible for titles including TV Sorrisi e Canzoni ("TV Smiles and Songs") and the gossip magazine Chi.Here are a few cover lines we imagine we'll be seeing in future:▶ White is the new purple: 20 infallible looks for summer▶ Eat, pray, lose – The Ephesians 5:2 diet▶ Holy See! We look inside Il Papa's minimalist living space▶ Nun Direction: 7 Habits of highly effective religious orders▶ Father, Son, Holy Ghost: the ultimate love triangle?▶ Deliver Us From Sleeve Hell: chasubles to flatter every figure▶ Lenten Tarantino: 20 films you must not see between now and Easter▶ Smells like teen spirit: altar boys choose their favourite incense fragrances▶ Surplice to requirements: how to strip down to your beach cassock with confidence▶ Thank God It's Friday: easy fish recipes▶ 40-day detox: look and feel your holiest▶ Cardinal... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
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Hearst Corporation, parent to the National Magazine Company, has confirmed for the first time it is no longer in talks to buy BBC Magazines following its Lagardère move. Continue reading at Media Week
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Consumer magazines slowed their general circulation skid, with total paid and verified circ dropping 1.2 percent for the second half of 2010 (compared to a 2.3 percent drop in the first half of the year), according to preliminary figures reported in the Audit Bureau of Circulations' most recent... Continue reading at Folio Magazine
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Hearst Corporation has made a "binding offer" of 651m (£559m) for Lagardère's international magazine business, which includes a licensing agreement for fashion magazine Elle. Continue reading at Media Week
[ Media Week | 2011-01-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hearst Corp. announced today that it has made an offer of 651 million euros (or about $889 million) for Lagardere's international press and magazine business, including 102 titles in 15 countries, and 50 related Web sites. The deal includes publishing rights to Elle in 15 countries as well as 10... Continue reading at Folio Magazine
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Hachette Filipacchi is to close teen print magazine Sugar in March, which has suffered flagging circulation figures, and ahead of an anticipated group sale to US publisher Hearst. Continue reading at Media Week
[ Media Week | 2011-01-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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