Blackfish Publishing
{{Short description|Former magazine publisher}}
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| name = Blackfish Publishing
| logo = Wiki BF logo.png
| type = Limited company
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| foundation = 2006
| founder = Matt Bielby
| location_city = Bath, Somerset
| location_country = United Kingdom
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| key_people = Matt Bielby
| industry = Magazine Publishing
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| homepage = {{official website|http://www.blackfishpublishing.com}}
| footnotes = dissolution: 7 August 2012
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Blackfish Publishing was a magazine publishing company based in Bath, UK.{{cite news | url=http://www.thisisbath.co.uk/New-movie-mag-launched-Bath/story-11329908-detail/story.html | title=New movie mag launched in Bath | newspaper=This Isbath | publisher= Thisisbath.co.uk | date=May 28, 2009 | accessdate=January 12, 2012}}{{cite web|url=http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=37393 |title=SFX founder returns to sci-fi |publisher=Press Gazette Magazine|date=April 27, 2007 |accessdate=January 12, 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120205073911/http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=37393 |archivedate=February 5, 2012 }} 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 format (longer but quarterly) and the changes were to allow Blackfish to launch other monthly special-interest titles.[http://www.blackfishpublishing.com/content/view/83/1/ All change at Blackfish] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090225111938/http://www.blackfishpublishing.com/content/view/83/1 |date=2009-02-25 }}, August 18, 2008
In October 2009, it was announced that Blackfish Publishing had split from Rebellion and that both Death Ray and Filmstar would cease production. Matt Bielby was quoted as saying:
"I've got some sad news, I'm afraid. Blackfish Publishing is currently in the process of splitting from its parent company, the video game developer and publisher Rebellion, which means that the current issues of Filmstar and Death Ray magazines will, at the very least, be the last for some time."{{Cite web |url=http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/news/2009/The-death-of-Death-Ray--14295.php |title=The death of Death Ray |access-date=2009-10-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091012160221/http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/news/2009/The-death-of-Death-Ray--14295.php |archive-date=2009-10-12 |url-status=dead }}
The company was formally dissolved on 7 August 2012.{{Cite web|url=https://www.duedil.com/company/05880746/blackfish-publishing-limited|title = DueDil}}
Titles
- Death Ray
{{Infobox magazine|
title = Filmstar |
editor = Matt Bielby|
frequency = Monthly |
category = Film |
company = Blackfish Publishing |
firstdate = 28 May 2009 |
finaldate = October 2009 |
finalnumber = 5 |
circulation = 55,000{{cite web | url=http://www.mediaweek.co.uk/news/898526/ | title=May launch for new film mag | publisher=Mediaweek.co.uk | date=April 14, 2009 | accessdate=January 12, 2012 | author=Reynolds, John}} |
country = United Kingdom |
language = English |
website = [http://www.filmstarmag.com/ http://www.filmstarmag.com/] |
issn =
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- Filmstar was a British magazine devoted to films. Launched on 28 May 2009, Filmstar was the second magazine launched by Blackfish Publishing.{{cite web|url=http://www.blackfishpublishing.com/content/view/121/1/ |title=Filmstar #1 out 28 May |publisher=Blackfishpublishing.com |date=2009-05-22 |accessdate=2009-07-14}} It was published monthly and aimed at movie-goers aged 25 and over.{{cite web|url=http://www.cision.net/tag/blackfish-publishing-ltd/ |title=Blackfish Publishing Ltd |publisher=CISION.net |date=2009-05-27 |accessdate=2009-07-16}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}} Filmstar ended in October 2009 with issue 5.
References
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External links
- {{official website|http://www.blackfishpublishing.com}}
Category:Magazine publishing companies of the United Kingdom