Kevin Kelly (publisher)

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Kevin Kelly (born c. 1937), [1] is an Irish publisher and editor who has created magazines in England, America and Ireland. [2] Born in County Londonderry, he is married to Rose with whom he set up Image magazine in 1975. Among his best-known titles is World of Interiors , [3] which he established in 1981 with Min Hogg as editor. Condé Nast later bought the publication from Kelly. [4] In 1987 Condé Nast and the Financial Times financed the creation of the monthly BUSINESS magazine, which won a PPA Business Magazine of the year award. Kelly held a 20% stake in the title, while the remaining 80% was divided between Condé Nast and the Financial Times. The magazine was last published in 1991.

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In 1990 Kelly produced a British edition of W at the request of John Fairchild. Departures was a title that Kelly created and published for American Express Black cardholders. [2] [5] While living in America in the 90s, Kelly launched World of Hibernia , [6] [7] [8] The up-market publication was created in 1997 with Kelly as publisher and editor-in-chief and Thomas Farley as editor. It covered various topics of interest to the Irish diaspora in America. [9] The publication folded in 2002 [8]

Kelly owns ESM (European Supermarket Magazine), [10] Checkout magazine and created the Irish women's glossy, Image and its sister title, Image Interiors. [2] [11]

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References

  1. ↑ "Life Between the Sheets". 6 April 2012.
  2. 1 2 3 "Kevin Kelly". The Independent. 29 August 2004.
  3. ↑ Edwards, Ruth Dudley (23 June 2013). "Terry's star turn shows the triumph of Ireland Fund". The Independent.
  4. ↑ "Penny must drop on top end prices". The Independent.
  5. ↑ Trevor White (27 May 2008). Kitchen Con: Writing on the Restaurant Racket. Arcade Publishing. pp. 88–. ISBN   978-0-470-15883-8.
  6. ↑ "World of Hibernia magazine eyes expansion" Irish Echo By Ray O’Hanlon
  7. ↑ "The world of Hibernia". National Library of Ireland Catalog.
  8. 1 2 "Bad tidings; it is the end of the World of Hibernia".
  9. ↑ HighBeam
  10. ↑ "Publishing veteran Kevin Kelly goes from groceries to glossies and back again". The Irish Times.
  11. ↑ "Kevin Kelly Steps Down from Image" [ permanent dead link ]. AdWorld.
  12. ↑ Smurfit Communications consumes gourmet title for undisclosed sum by Bernice Harrison, The Irish Times, July 26, 2001.
  13. ↑ Losses narrow at Image Publications by Charlie Taylor, Irish Times Business, Jun 28, 2016.
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