Kevin Kelly (publisher)
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.[2][5] While living in America in the 90s, Kelly launched World of Hibernia,[6][7][8] 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.[9] The publication folded in 2002[8]
Kelly owns ESM (European Supermarket Magazine),[10] Checkout magazine and created the Irish women's glossy, Image and its sister title, Image Interiors.[2][11]
Publications[edit]
- 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]
References[edit]
- ^ "Life Between the Sheets". 6 April 2012.
- ^ a b c "Kevin Kelly". The Independent. 29 August 2004.
- ^ Edwards, Ruth Dudley (23 June 2013). "Terry's star turn shows the triumph of Ireland Fund". The Independent.
- ^ "Penny must drop on top end prices". The Independent.
- ^ Trevor White (27 May 2008). Kitchen Con: Writing on the Restaurant Racket. Arcade Publishing. pp. 88–. ISBN 978-0-470-15883-8.
- ^ "World of Hibernia magazine eyes expansion" Irish Echo By Ray O’Hanlon
- ^ "The world of Hibernia". National Library of Ireland Catalog.
- ^ a b "Bad tidings; it is the end of the World of Hibernia".
- ^ HighBeam
- ^ "Publishing veteran Kevin Kelly goes from groceries to glossies and back again". The Irish Times.
- ^ "Kevin Kelly Steps Down from Image"[permanent dead link]. AdWorld.
- ^ Smurfit Communications consumes gourmet title for undisclosed sum by Bernice Harrison, The Irish Times, July 26, 2001.
- ^ Losses narrow at Image Publications by Charlie Taylor, Irish Times Business, Jun 28, 2016.