Remnant Media
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Remnant Media was a British company which published a variety of pornographic magazines.
On 1 March 2004 Richard Desmond's company Northern and Shell sold a package of 45 titles, for about £20m, to Remnant Media in order to help reshape Desmond's image as part of his strategy to bid for the The Daily Telegraph.[1]
The Bank of Scotland became embroiled in controversy by lending Remnant Media £5 million towards the financing package.[2]
The company's most notorious title was Asian Babes magazine. Other magazines published under its Fantasy Publications brand included Readers Wives, Horny Housewives, Mega Boobs, Mothers-in-Law, Big Ones, Just 18 and 60 Plus.
Remnant Media also published the gay lifestyle magazine attitude until January 2007.
Remnant Media entered administration in late 2007 after a bankruptcy order was made against owner Simon Robinson. The assets of the company were soon sold to Trojan Publishing, itself soon acquired by Interactive Publishing.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ " Desmond breaks links with porn as he fights for 'Telegraph'", Andrew Clennell, The Independent, 2 March 2004
- ^ "Bank apologises for porn funding", BBC News, 22 March 2004
- ^ Simon Bowers. "Flotation for porn publisher". Guardian Online. 12 February 2008. Retrieved 21 May 2008.
