Magazines

Free weekly men’s magazine ShortList has published its 400th issue, a 'tribute to what makes men great'.

It’s the end of the line for lads’ mags FHM and Zoo. Publisher Bauer has announced that it has suspended publication of both titles.

Cosmopolitan magazine has moved from web offset to gravure in its new midi-format, in a move that could have a far-reaching impact if the new size sets a publishing trend.

Heat-reactive ink, which reveals hidden images when warmed, has been used to enhance the latest issue of Future Publishing’s graphic design magazine Computer Arts.

Bertelsmann is to create Europe’s biggest printing group by putting all its print operations under one umbrella.

Commercial printer Pagefast Print & Publishing has bought a Horizon SPF/FC-200L bookletmaker to futureproof its business.

Polestar owner Sun Capital Partners has put a further £10m into the group by way of new equity.

Wyndeham Peterborough is capitalising on the buoyant market for children's magazines by printing a brand extension of kids’ TV show Hey Duggee, which hit the newsstands last week.

Polestar is parting company with a second main board director as the group moves to a de-centralised structure.

Polestar is proposing to close its Polestar Stones sheetfed site, after nearly two centuries in business, as the company’s chief financial officer departs for pastures new.

Bertelsmann has taken sole ownership of pan-European gravure printer Prinovis.

Former Emap group production director Andy Franks is targeting his magazine management service at UK publishers keen to have print titles on sale in Australasia in a timely fashion.