| Michael O'Doherty | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Irish |
| Occupation | Publisher |
| Employer | Self-employed |
| Known for | his vast publishing empire |
| Spouse | Single |
| Parents | Father (d. France, 2008) two brothers, one sister |
Michael O'Doherty is a television talent judge, newspaper writer and the publisher of the VIP magazine group in Ireland. He is originally from Killiney in County Dublin, and was educated at Sandford Park School [1] in Dublin and studied English and French at Trinity College, Dublin to undergraduate level. O'Doherty's multi-million-euro publishing empire includes magazines such as VIP,[2] TV Now, Kiss, Stellar and The Dubliner Magazine. O'Doherty also known for his joint business venture with John Ryan, the unsuccessful New York Dog, a magazine for dog lovers.
O'Doherty has also written for the Evening Herald newspaper.[3] He served as a judge on TV3's reality television show Total Xposure, adopting a somewhat unconvincing Simon Cowell persona on the jury.[4]
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O'Doherty's first solo publishing venture was Level3,[5] a magazine aimed at university students in Ireland. The first issue of Kiss launched in Ireland on 31 October 2002, aimed at a teenage market. His previous magazine launches - Magill in 1997, VIP in 1999 and TV Now in 2000 - were alongside his business partner, John Ryan.[6]
The idea for the magazine came from a joint business venture by Irish magazine publishers O'Doherty and Ryan. Ryan's publishing company inititally owned the publishing venture Stars on Sunday which folded with losses, whilst O'Doherty still maintained VIP. New York Dog magazine was promoted on The Late Late Show, and was set up alongside a New York City-based website, blogorrah.com, which was described by the Irish Independent as "a sort of Phoenix without portfolio".[7] The site was edited by Derek O'Connor but mysteriously stopped filing new posts in July 2007.
The most recent addition to O'Doherty's publishing "empire" were Stellar, a glossy monthly targeted at women in the age group of eighteen to thirty-four,[8] and The Dubliner magazine.
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