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Filmstar (magazine)
Blackfish Publishing was a magazine publishing company based in Bath, UK. Its first title was ''Death Ray'', a science fiction and fantasy title. History Blackfish Publishing was founded in late 2006 by Matt Bielby, best known for his work at Future Publishing, also based in Bath, UK, where he worked on ''Total Film'', ''PC Gamer'' and '' SFX''. Blackfish's launches were ''Death Ray'', a science fiction and fantasy title intended to go head-to-head with the runaway market-leader, Future's ''SFX'' (which Bielby edited from 1995 to 1996) and ''Filmstar'', a general film magazine in competition with ''Total Film'' and ''Empire''. ''Death Ray'' launched in May 2007 and ''Filmstar'' in May 2009. The company logo was a deep sea angler fish, and the corporate motto was We Go Deeper. In August 2008 Blackfish Publishing announced that it had been bought by Rebellion, the video-game producer which already published '' 2000 AD'' and Abaddon Books. ''Death Ray'' was to change to a new fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matt Bielby
Matt Bielby is a magazine editor based in the UK. He is best known for launching and editing many successful titles in assorted markets during the 1990s, mostly on the subjects of computer and video games, and film and television. These include '' .net'', '' Amiga Power'', '' Super Play'' and ''PC Gamer''. Biography Early life Bielby was born in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, in 1965, and spent most of his early life in Bradford, West Yorks, where he attended Bradford Grammar School. Career Developing an interest in journalism, and magazines in particular, he was film editor of the University of Nottingham student newspaper, Impact, before getting a job at Emap in London in February 1988, as staff writer on '' Computer and Video Games'' magazine. By the end of 1988 he was deputy editor of ''Your Sinclair'' magazine at Dennis Publishing, also in London, and became editor in early 1989. In 1990 Bielby moved to Bath, when ''Your Sinclair'' was bought by Bath-based Future Publish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |