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1/3/2008
IPC Southbank to sell Practical Parenting to Magicalia
IPC Southbank today announces it is to sell Practical Parenting to Magicalia.
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31/7/2007
Magicalia announces purchase of Future’s parenting titles
Magicalia has today announced the purchase of parenting titles Junior, Junior Pregnancy and Baby, and Pregnancy, Baby and You from Future for an undisclosed sum.
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24/4/2007
Magicalia acquires leading motorcycling website
Magicalia has further strengthened its position in the motorcycling market with the acquisition this week of the UK’s leading motorcycling community website Visordown.com.
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5/4/2007
Magicalia acquires ‘Good Woodworking’ magazine after OFT clearance
Magicalia welcomes the decision by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) to clear its acquisition of Good Woodworking.
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29/1/2007
Magicalia announces purchase of Haymarket’s Two Wheels Only Magazine
Two Wheels Only Magazine has been acquired by Magicalia Ltd. Haymarket Magazines, publisher of TWO since 2003, has relinquished the title to concentrate on its four-wheel portfolio.
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13/11/2006
Magicalia Advertising Specifications
This document provides advertising traffic specifications for Magicalia placements across the proprietary portfolio. Magicalia may change these specifications from time to time.
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22/8/2006
Magicalia makes first magazine acquisition
As the initial step in its strategy to become a fully integrated cross-media publisher, Magicalia has acquired specialist magazine publisher Encanta Media
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18/1/2006
Magicalia acquires leading cycling sport website
Magicalia is delighted to announce the acquisition of LondonCycleSport.com, further consolidating its leadership position in cycling media online
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6/9/2005
Magicalia up for top industry awards
Industry body AOP has short-listed Magicalia and 2004 launch RoadCyclingUK for two of its top awards
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31/8/2005
E-business Briefing: Interview with Jeremy Tapp
E-consultancy interview with Magicalia on the topic of online publishing
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22/8/2005
Magicalia names new clutch of sites
Magicalia is delighted to announce it's next wave of new site projects
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10/8/2005
Magicalia cycling goes female
The latest cycling site in the Magicalia stable, SheCycles.com, is due for launch in August and will be edited by experienced mountain bike racer and journalist, Bex Hopkins.
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2/8/2005
Magicalia gives birth to Thinkbaby.co.uk
Magicalia is delighted to announce the arrival of ThinkBaby.co.uk. The site represents a broadening of horizons for Magicalia, moving the company into more general interest markets.
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2/8/2005
New Publisher for cycling portfolio
Simon Whiten has joined Magicalia as Publisher for the Magicalia Cycling Portfolio. He will be responsible for the commercial development of Magicalia’s three cycling sites...
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17/5/2005
EPS - MAGICALIA: Making Consumer E-Publishing Work
The six year old start-up Magicalia describes itself as "the UK's leading online publishing group" and, hyperbole aside, has clearly succeeded where its print-based cousins have failed.
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16/8/2002
Beyond the Bubble
Both Sportal.com and Sportinglife.com have been relaunched as sports content sites with shopping and gambling links...
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24/6/2001
TAKE FIVE - www.outdoorsmagic.com
Fresher and funkier than most activity websites, Outdoorsmagic is a destination that tailors its content to your interests...
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12/5/2001
Sporting an online challenge: Matthew Garrahan on the problems facing Sportal as it seeks an investor
After pornography, sport is one of the strongest drawcards for the internet...
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26/4/2001
Atlas shrugs off dotcom blues
UK – Atlas Venture has shrugged off its reputation for backing ill-fated, glittery websites to raise £660m for its next start-up fund...
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26/4/2001
30 under 30
Jeremy Tapp has just managed to secure £1.1m in second-round funding for Magicalia.com, an online sports network that includes...
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26/4/2001
Funds set up Magicalia for partnership deals
Niche sports Web site network Magicalia is targeting partnerships with a number of major media companies, having just secured £1m in funding...
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25/4/2001
Life After the Crash: Dot-Com Survivors Offer Valuable Lessons
...Like Ms Toole, fellow Briton Jeremy Tapp kept his costs low and didn't let future images of wealth cloud his vision...
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19/4/2001
Ibiz Interview with Adam Laird
Adam Laird is CEO of Magicalia, a sports information and community website aimed at people interested in biking, surfing and other outdoor activities like climbing...
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9/4/2001
Sport on the Internet
Surf Magic is another British-focused site which covers recreational and competitive surfing. News from ASP is picked up...
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4/4/2001
DEALFLOW EUROPE: Magicalia, $1.6M
DEALFLOW DASHBOARD / April 4, 2000
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30/3/2001
Net Sports Community Magicalia Conjures Up $1.6M Round One
Magicalia, a developer of a community of sports Web sites, said it has closed its first round at GBP 1.1 million ($1.6 million)...
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26/3/2001
Six success stories to watch in the bombed-out dot.com sector
With dot.com valuations still plunging amidst the stock market meltdown, it is tempting to believe that the concept of a successful internet business is a contradiction in terms...
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5/3/2001
Winners move from internet freebies to dot.com
It wasn't long ago that the guideline for spotting the next internet winner was to "follow the free". This meant focusing on companies that were giving away something that had previously been charged for...
Read more
5/3/2001
Gone Fishing
One is always being told angling is the most popular participation sport in England. With the Web's expansion, plenty of fisherman are being caught in the Net...
Read more
23/8/2000
Magicalia signs Freeserve deal
Magicalia, a participation sports site company, is to provide content to Freeserve, including features on cycling, sailing, golf and fishing in the UK...
Read more
23/7/2000
Magicalia climbs towards profit
Magicalia, the special interest website creator, is poised to launch Outdoorsmagic, a site for walker, climbers and reamblers and has hired Joe Simpson, the legendary mountaineer...
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15/6/2000
There's more sporting action to be had in a series of sites from Magicalia
There's more sporting action to be had in a series of sites from Magicalia. Golfmagic, Boatmagic, Fishingmagic (do you see what they are doing?) Surfmagic and Bikemagic are for people who prefer to participate in sport rather than hurl abuse at the TV set...
Read more
20/3/2000
Pedalling online
The bike shop is one of the few survivors on the high street, offering a good, local service. A new web site should help keep it that way...
Read more
18/3/2000
Magicalia is planning to begin discussions about a flotation
Magicalia, an internet company which creates specialist sports websites, is preparing for an $8m round of financing which will value the company at $40m...
Read more
16/3/2000
Golfmagic. Handsome, simple and intelligent
Handsome, simple and intelligent, this is a general golf information resource rather than a holiday site. The links will take you off to tour operators and lots more...
Read more
2/2/2000
More magical than ever, BIKEmagic... have redesigned their already phenomenally successful website
More magical than ever, BIKEmagic... have redesigned their already phenomenally successful website. The new look BIKEmagic, home of the freshest news on the web, makes it much easier to search for the hottest product reviews...
Read more
1/2/2000
BOATmagic: a great boat fans' resource...
A great boat fans' resource, which brings you the latest news and expert analysis on any boating event you care to mention - and you can personalise it to suit your sailing interests...
Read more
20/1/2000
... splash out on a mountain bike and get onto BIKEmagic.com...
If soul-destroying activities such as going to the gym or running around the park don't appeal, then splash out on a mountain bike and get onto BIKEmagic.com...
Read more
3/1/2000
BIKEmagic.com will inspire you to get fit...
If you got a bike for Christmas why not use it to get fit for the New Year? BIKEmagic.com will inspire you to get fit by telling you what is going on in your area...
Read more
1/12/1999
... a model for the further community sites planned by Magicalia...
Split your time into aliquots, advises John Metcalfe, the winter fitness counsellor hired to whip into shape the mountain biking fraternity assembled at bikemagic.com...
Read more
18/11/1999
Sport venture aims at specialist communities
Internet upstart Magicalia.com has launched the embryo of its planned community of sporting and leisure sites this month, following the confirmed £1.4m backing from venture capital firm Atlas Venture and supported by Episode One...
Read more
10/11/1999
Outdoor Pursuits Now Online
Two former Boston Consulting Group consultants, Adam Laird and Jeremy Tapp, have set up a Web site called Magicalia that offers an online forum for outdoor activity enthusiasts...
Read more
1/11/1999
... you will get access to all the features that BIKEmagic has to offer
BIKEmagic is giving away a set of Lumicycle lights to one of its members on Bonfire Night – November 5th. Everyone who has signed up to the site on that day will be entered in a draw to win the lights, so if you’re not a member, you can’t win…
Read more
IPC Southbank to sell Practical Parenting to Magicalia
IPC Southbank today announces it is to sell Practical Parenting to Magicalia.
Read more
31/7/2007
Magicalia announces purchase of Future’s parenting titles
Magicalia has today announced the purchase of parenting titles Junior, Junior Pregnancy and Baby, and Pregnancy, Baby and You from Future for an undisclosed sum.
Read more
24/4/2007
Magicalia acquires leading motorcycling website
Magicalia has further strengthened its position in the motorcycling market with the acquisition this week of the UK’s leading motorcycling community website Visordown.com.
Read more
5/4/2007
Magicalia acquires ‘Good Woodworking’ magazine after OFT clearance
Magicalia welcomes the decision by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) to clear its acquisition of Good Woodworking.
Read more
29/1/2007
Magicalia announces purchase of Haymarket’s Two Wheels Only Magazine
Two Wheels Only Magazine has been acquired by Magicalia Ltd. Haymarket Magazines, publisher of TWO since 2003, has relinquished the title to concentrate on its four-wheel portfolio.
Read more
13/11/2006
Magicalia Advertising Specifications
This document provides advertising traffic specifications for Magicalia placements across the proprietary portfolio. Magicalia may change these specifications from time to time.
Read more
22/8/2006
Magicalia makes first magazine acquisition
As the initial step in its strategy to become a fully integrated cross-media publisher, Magicalia has acquired specialist magazine publisher Encanta Media
Read more
18/1/2006
Magicalia acquires leading cycling sport website
Magicalia is delighted to announce the acquisition of LondonCycleSport.com, further consolidating its leadership position in cycling media online
Read more
6/9/2005
Magicalia up for top industry awards
Industry body AOP has short-listed Magicalia and 2004 launch RoadCyclingUK for two of its top awards
Read more
31/8/2005
E-business Briefing: Interview with Jeremy Tapp
E-consultancy interview with Magicalia on the topic of online publishing
Read more
22/8/2005
Magicalia names new clutch of sites
Magicalia is delighted to announce it's next wave of new site projects
Read more
10/8/2005
Magicalia cycling goes female
The latest cycling site in the Magicalia stable, SheCycles.com, is due for launch in August and will be edited by experienced mountain bike racer and journalist, Bex Hopkins.
Read more
2/8/2005
Magicalia gives birth to Thinkbaby.co.uk
Magicalia is delighted to announce the arrival of ThinkBaby.co.uk. The site represents a broadening of horizons for Magicalia, moving the company into more general interest markets.
Read more
2/8/2005
New Publisher for cycling portfolio
Simon Whiten has joined Magicalia as Publisher for the Magicalia Cycling Portfolio. He will be responsible for the commercial development of Magicalia’s three cycling sites...
Read more
17/5/2005
EPS - MAGICALIA: Making Consumer E-Publishing Work
The six year old start-up Magicalia describes itself as "the UK's leading online publishing group" and, hyperbole aside, has clearly succeeded where its print-based cousins have failed.
Read more
16/8/2002
Beyond the Bubble
Both Sportal.com and Sportinglife.com have been relaunched as sports content sites with shopping and gambling links...
Read more
24/6/2001
TAKE FIVE - www.outdoorsmagic.com
Fresher and funkier than most activity websites, Outdoorsmagic is a destination that tailors its content to your interests...
Read more
12/5/2001
Sporting an online challenge: Matthew Garrahan on the problems facing Sportal as it seeks an investor
After pornography, sport is one of the strongest drawcards for the internet...
Read more
26/4/2001
Atlas shrugs off dotcom blues
UK – Atlas Venture has shrugged off its reputation for backing ill-fated, glittery websites to raise £660m for its next start-up fund...
Read more
26/4/2001
30 under 30
Jeremy Tapp has just managed to secure £1.1m in second-round funding for Magicalia.com, an online sports network that includes...
Read more
26/4/2001
Funds set up Magicalia for partnership deals
Niche sports Web site network Magicalia is targeting partnerships with a number of major media companies, having just secured £1m in funding...
Read more
25/4/2001
Life After the Crash: Dot-Com Survivors Offer Valuable Lessons
...Like Ms Toole, fellow Briton Jeremy Tapp kept his costs low and didn't let future images of wealth cloud his vision...
Read more
19/4/2001
Ibiz Interview with Adam Laird
Adam Laird is CEO of Magicalia, a sports information and community website aimed at people interested in biking, surfing and other outdoor activities like climbing...
Read more
9/4/2001
Sport on the Internet
Surf Magic is another British-focused site which covers recreational and competitive surfing. News from ASP is picked up...
Read more
4/4/2001
DEALFLOW EUROPE: Magicalia, $1.6M
DEALFLOW DASHBOARD / April 4, 2000
Read more
30/3/2001
Net Sports Community Magicalia Conjures Up $1.6M Round One
Magicalia, a developer of a community of sports Web sites, said it has closed its first round at GBP 1.1 million ($1.6 million)...
Read more
26/3/2001
Six success stories to watch in the bombed-out dot.com sector
With dot.com valuations still plunging amidst the stock market meltdown, it is tempting to believe that the concept of a successful internet business is a contradiction in terms...
Read more
5/3/2001
Winners move from internet freebies to dot.com
It wasn't long ago that the guideline for spotting the next internet winner was to "follow the free". This meant focusing on companies that were giving away something that had previously been charged for...
Read more
5/3/2001
Gone Fishing
One is always being told angling is the most popular participation sport in England. With the Web's expansion, plenty of fisherman are being caught in the Net...
Read more
23/8/2000
Magicalia signs Freeserve deal
Magicalia, a participation sports site company, is to provide content to Freeserve, including features on cycling, sailing, golf and fishing in the UK...
Read more
23/7/2000
Magicalia climbs towards profit
Magicalia, the special interest website creator, is poised to launch Outdoorsmagic, a site for walker, climbers and reamblers and has hired Joe Simpson, the legendary mountaineer...
Read more
15/6/2000
There's more sporting action to be had in a series of sites from Magicalia
There's more sporting action to be had in a series of sites from Magicalia. Golfmagic, Boatmagic, Fishingmagic (do you see what they are doing?) Surfmagic and Bikemagic are for people who prefer to participate in sport rather than hurl abuse at the TV set...
Read more
20/3/2000
Pedalling online
The bike shop is one of the few survivors on the high street, offering a good, local service. A new web site should help keep it that way...
Read more
18/3/2000
Magicalia is planning to begin discussions about a flotation
Magicalia, an internet company which creates specialist sports websites, is preparing for an $8m round of financing which will value the company at $40m...
Read more
16/3/2000
Golfmagic. Handsome, simple and intelligent
Handsome, simple and intelligent, this is a general golf information resource rather than a holiday site. The links will take you off to tour operators and lots more...
Read more
2/2/2000
More magical than ever, BIKEmagic... have redesigned their already phenomenally successful website
More magical than ever, BIKEmagic... have redesigned their already phenomenally successful website. The new look BIKEmagic, home of the freshest news on the web, makes it much easier to search for the hottest product reviews...
Read more
1/2/2000
BOATmagic: a great boat fans' resource...
A great boat fans' resource, which brings you the latest news and expert analysis on any boating event you care to mention - and you can personalise it to suit your sailing interests...
Read more
20/1/2000
... splash out on a mountain bike and get onto BIKEmagic.com...
If soul-destroying activities such as going to the gym or running around the park don't appeal, then splash out on a mountain bike and get onto BIKEmagic.com...
Read more
3/1/2000
BIKEmagic.com will inspire you to get fit...
If you got a bike for Christmas why not use it to get fit for the New Year? BIKEmagic.com will inspire you to get fit by telling you what is going on in your area...
Read more
1/12/1999
... a model for the further community sites planned by Magicalia...
Split your time into aliquots, advises John Metcalfe, the winter fitness counsellor hired to whip into shape the mountain biking fraternity assembled at bikemagic.com...
Read more
18/11/1999
Sport venture aims at specialist communities
Internet upstart Magicalia.com has launched the embryo of its planned community of sporting and leisure sites this month, following the confirmed £1.4m backing from venture capital firm Atlas Venture and supported by Episode One...
Read more
10/11/1999
Outdoor Pursuits Now Online
Two former Boston Consulting Group consultants, Adam Laird and Jeremy Tapp, have set up a Web site called Magicalia that offers an online forum for outdoor activity enthusiasts...
Read more
1/11/1999
... you will get access to all the features that BIKEmagic has to offer
BIKEmagic is giving away a set of Lumicycle lights to one of its members on Bonfire Night – November 5th. Everyone who has signed up to the site on that day will be entered in a draw to win the lights, so if you’re not a member, you can’t win…
Read more