User:DavidJMCurtis

David John Michael Curtis (born in London England) is the editor/publisher of The Landscaper  a monthly B2B news magazine www.landscapermagazine.com. He is the founder/editor and publisher of Cruise Trade News-  now  a well established trade magazine. He still writes for Cruise Trade News on a ad hoc basis In 1989 he also founded swmagazine www.southwestmag.co.uk which he sold  in 1992 It is now published by Archant. www.archantlife.co.uk In 1987 together with Barry Cain launched Pop Shop a music title with free classifieds. After only 9 months of publishing this was sold to Maxwell Publications the title was later sold to the BBC magazine division but closed a year later. In 1986 David Curtis left IPC Magazines www.ipcmedia.com  where he was publisher of The New Musical Express (NME) www.nme.com   Melody Maker  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melody_Maker Tit-bits http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tit-Bits  Puzzle Monthly http://www.totalpuzzles.co.uk/pages/mags/pmc.html He was also responsible for the launch of No 1 magazine and was deeply involved in the launch of Black Music, http://www.dancecrasher.co.uk/archiveblackmusicmain.html During his tenure at the helm of the music press David Curtis made sure that editors and writers were given editorial freedom  -  although all the music titles under his leadership were notably left leaning. NME in particular was strikingly left wing and regarded by many as a socialist reactionary magazine. Any musician that advocated right wing views were unlikely to receive any positive coverage in any of the music titles that Curtis published. Educated by the Domincans http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominican_Order Curtis is a keen scholar of history and in particular The Reformation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protestant_Reformation