Kevin Kelly (publisher)

Kevin Kelly is an Irish publisher and editor who has created magazines in England, America and Ireland.[1]

Among his best-known titles is World of Interiors,[2] which he established in 1981 with Min Hogg as editor. Condé Nast later bought the publication from Kelly.[3] 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.

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.[1][4] While living in America in the 90s, Kelly launched The World of Hibernia,[5][6] 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.[7] The publication folded in 2002[8]

Kelly owns ESM (European Supermarket Magazine),[9] Checkout magazine and created the Irish women's glossy, Image and its sister title, Image Interiors. [1][10]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Kevin Kelly". The Independent 29 August 2004
  2. ↑ "Ruth Dudley Edwards: Terry's star turn shows the triumph of Ireland Fund". The Independent. Ruth Dudley Edwards 23 June 2013
  3. ↑ "Penny must drop on top end prices". The Independent.
  4. ↑ Trevor White (27 May 2008). Kitchen Con: Writing on the Restaurant Racket. Arcade Publishing. pp. 88–. ISBN 978-0-470-15883-8.
  5. ↑ "World of Hibernia magazine eyes expansion" Irish Echo By Ray O’Hanlon
  6. ↑ "The world of Hibernia". National Library of Ireland Catalog.
  7. ↑ http://www.highbeam.com/publications/world-of-hibernia-p3585
  8. ↑ http://www.independent.ie/opinion/analysis/bad-tidings-it-is-the-end-of-the-world-of-hibernia-504259.html
  9. ↑ "Publishing veteran Kevin Kelly goes from groceries to glossies and back again". The Irish Times.
  10. ↑ "Kevin Kelly Steps Down from Image". AdWorld.

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