Kevin Kelly (publisher) explained

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.

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.^[5] While living in America in the 90s, Kelly launched World of Hibernia,^{[6] [7]} 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.^[8] The publication folded in 2002^[9]

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

Publications

• Checkout - Kelly bought it in 1973
• Irish Business Magazine - Monthly magazine launched in 1974
• Image - Launched in 1975
• World of Interiors - launched in 1981
• BUSINESS - monthly magazine launched in 1987
• Food and Wine - founded by Kelly, sold in 2001 to Smurfit Communications^[12]
• Vision - short lived European publication by Kelly and Smurfit
• Cara - Image Publications produced Cara inflight magazine for Aer Lingus^[13]

External links

• Image
• ESM magazine
• Check Out

Notes and References

1. Web site: Life Between the Sheets . Apr 6, 2012 .
2. Web site: Kevin Kelly . The Independent . 29 August 2004 .
3. Web site: Terry's star turn shows the triumph of Ireland Fund . The Independent . Ruth Dudley . Edwards . 23 June 2013 .
4. Web site: Penny must drop on top end prices . The Independent .
5. Book: Trevor White. Kitchen Con: Writing on the Restaurant Racket. 27 May 2008. Arcade Publishing. 978-0-470-15883-8. 88–.
6. http://irishecho.com/?p=51837 "World of Hibernia magazine eyes expansion"
7. http://catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000021803/Details "The world of Hibernia"
8. https://web.archive.org/web/20160410040244/https://www.highbeam.com/publications/world-of-hibernia-p3585 HighBeam
9. Web site: Bad tidings; it is the end of the World of Hibernia.
10. http://www.irishtimes.com/business/publishing-veteran-kevin-kelly-goes-from-groceries-to-glossies-and-back-again-1.643466 "Publishing veteran Kevin Kelly goes from groceries to glossies and back again"
11. http://www.adworld.ie/news/read/?id=a86a1f62-bb3d-4cda-9b24-52bb07d6419d "Kevin Kelly Steps Down from Image"
12. https://www.irishtimes.com/business/smurfit-communications-consumes-gourmet-title-for-undisclosed-sum-1.319668 Smurfit Communications consumes gourmet title for undisclosed sum
13. https://www.irishtimes.com/business/media-and-marketing/losses-narrow-at-image-publications-1.2703077 Losses narrow at Image Publications