Michael O'Doherty is a television talent judge, newspaper writer and the publisher of the '' VIP'' magazine group in

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. O'Doherty's publishing business includes magazines such as '' VIP'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Stellar'' and '' The Dubliner'' Magazine.

''New York Dog'' collapse

The idea for the magazine came from a joint business venture by Irish magazine publishers O'Doherty and John Ryan. Ryan's publishing company initially owned the publishing venture '' Stars on Sunday'' which folded with losses, whilst O'Doherty still maintained ''VIP''. ''New York Dog'' magazine was promoted on '' The Late Late Show'', and was set up alongside a

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-based website, blogorrah.com, which was described by the ''

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'' as "a sort of '' Phoenix'' without portfolio". The site was edited by Derek O'Connor but stopped filing new posts in July 2007. Its closure, and that of ''New York Dog'', was extensively covered by the Irish media, many of whose members had been satirised on ''Blogorrah''.

''The Dubliner'' failure

O'Doherty also failed to make a success of '' The Dubliner'' magazine, purchased by him in 2008, which ceased publication as an independent magazine in January 2012, eleven years to the day after the first edition hit the newsstands. ''The Dubliners last editor was Martha Connolly.

References

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