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Arena - news archive

This is an archive of news about Arena. Some links may no longer work, due to the transient nature of the internet.

Make or break for ITV in international arena
From Financial Times. Posted August 22 2008, 11.52pm
The new head of global content at ITV has a responsibility that could make or break Britain's biggest commercial broadcaster: finding new sources of income as the old ones dry up (more)

Wide net cast for next Arena ed six months after Hattersley exit
From Press Gazette. Posted August 12 2008, 12.00am
Bauer Consumer Media owned men’s monthly Arena has been casting a wide net to attract a new editor since Giles Hattersley returned to his job as Sunday Times chief interviewer in March after just a year at the helm. (more)

Wide net cast for next Arena editor six months after Giles Hattersley exit
From Press Gazette. Posted August 12 2008, 12.00am
Bauer Consumer Media owned men's monthly Arena has been casting a wide net to attract a new editor since Giles Hattersley returned to his job as Sunday Times chief interviewer in March after just a year at the helm. (more)

Mat Smith leaves Arena to become Esquire features director
From Media Guardian. Posted July 16 2008, 12.38pm
Mat Smith is to leave his role as the acting editor of Bauer Consumer Media's Arena magazine to become Esquire's features director. By Oliver Luft (more)

Watch this: In Search of Medieval Britain | Celebrity Come Dine With Me | Arena: The Strange Luck of VS Naipaul | Bones
From Media Guardian. Posted April 9 2008, 11.09pm
Gareth McLean on In Search of Medieval Britain | Celebrity Come Dine With Me | Arena: The Strange Luck of VS Naipaul | Bones (more)

Trent FM sponsors local arena
From Radio Today. Posted April 7 2008, 1.20am
GCap Media station Trent FM has agreed a four year media partnership with a local entertainment venue to re-name it as the Trent FM Arena Nottingham. (more)

Arena editor returns to Sunday Times
From Press Gazette. Posted March 19 2008, 12.00am
Giles Hattersley, editor of Bauer’s men’s monthly Arena, is to return to the Sunday Times after only a year at helm of the title. (more)

Sky to create giant arena for Gladiators
From Media Guardian. Posted January 30 2008, 11.34am
Sky One has said it will build 'one of the biggest studio sets in UK television history' to accommodate its new version of Gladiators. By Leigh Holmwood (more)

Arena magazine has appointed Simon Kurs as features editor
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted January 16 2008, 12.00am
Former Sunday Times commissioning editor joins style and entertainment magazine for men    (more)

Emap relaunches Arena magazine
From Media Guardian. Posted October 30 2007, 7.49am
Emap's struggling men's magazine Arena has relaunched as a lifestyle magazine for the 'me generation'. By John Plunkett. (more)

Channel 4 nets O2 Arena tennis showdown
From Media Guardian. Posted July 10 2007, 1.00am
Channel 4 is to screen live tennis for the first time - a quickfire tournament at the former Millennium Dome. By Leigh Holmwood. (more)

Sponsorship deal sees city venue become Liverpool Echo Arena
From Hold the Front Page. Posted June 4 2007, 12.00am
Five-year deal to sponsor city's new waterfront venue (more)

Emap poaches Sunday Times journalist to edit Arena
From Press Gazette. Posted March 9 2007, 10.14am
10.15am: Sunday Times chief interviewer Giles Hattersley has been confirmed as the new editor of Arena. (more)

Arena appoints Giles Hattersley as new editor
From Media Guardian. Posted March 9 2007, 12.00am
Men's magazine Arena has named Sunday Times journalist Giles Hattersley to be its next editor. By Stephen Brook. (more)

Emap reassigns Arena editor
From Media Guardian. Posted February 15 2007, 12.00am
11am: Emap has relieved Arena editor Will Drew of his duties, ahead of an expected circulation drop in today's ABCs. By Stephen Brook. (more)

20th anniverery Arena issue launches this week
From Press Gazette. Posted September 28 2006, 12.00am
The 20th anniversary issue of Arena, the first men's lifestyle magazine in the UK, is out this week. (more)

Arena: Cheers, lads! It's a man's world again
From The Independent. Posted September 25 2006, 12.00am
The autumn of 1986 was a revolutionary period in British publishing, when readers were offered brand new national newspapers ranging from The Independent to the Sunday Sport - and, for the first time, a men's magazine that wasn't designed for the top shelf. (more)

Jones: ‘Nuts, Zoo, Arena and FHM are all identical’
From Press Gazette. Posted August 25 2006, 12.00am
GQ’s editor has hit out at the ‘limited’ men’s magazine sector and cites his own title’s individuality as its secret for success in a declining market. (more)

Jones: 'Nuts, Zoo, Arena and FHM are all identical'
From Press Gazette. Posted August 25 2006, 12.00am
GQ�s editor has hit out at the �limited� men�s magazine sector and cites his own title�s individuality as its secret for success in a declining market. (more)

Arena launches Singapore edition
From Brand Republic. Posted May 29 2006, 7.05am
UK men’s glossy Arena is to launch a Singapore edition, with MediaCorp Publishing licensing the title from Emap Consumer Media. Arena Singapore will target upscale, affluent men, and adds to MediaCorp’s current men’s magazine portfolio, which also includes FHM Singapore and Style for Men. 50 per cent of the publication’s content will be sourced locally, with the remainder from international editions and sources. The title’s first issue will be September 2006, retailing at S$7.90 (US$5.00) and targeting an initial readership of 30,000. (more)

SES Astra and Germany's Arena sign capacity agreement
From Media Network Weblog. Posted March 16 2006, 9.22am
SES Astra nd Arena, owner of live-TV rights for the German first soccer league (Bundesliga), announced today that they have signed a satellite capacity agreement. The long term contract secures Arena the capacity of a full digital transponder on an ASTRA satellite at the prime orbital position 19.2° East. With its seven satellites at this position, SES Astra can reach more than 16 million German (more)

Philip Graf returns to the newspaper arena with Archant
From Brand Republic. Posted February 6 2006, 11.02am
LONDON – Philip Graf, the former chief executive of Trinity Mirror, has joined regional newspaper group Archant as a non-executive director. (more)

The Who enter BBC2's Arena
From Media Guardian. Posted January 11 2006, 3.44pm
3.45pm: The BBC's Arena strand is to follow up its critically acclaimed Bob Dylan documentary with a similar programme on The Who. By Ben Dowell. (more)