User:TheCanary

The Canary

This user is currently Editor-in-Chief of The Canary News, English language newspaper for The Canary Islands, based in Gran Canaria, joined Wikipedia to contribute initially to the entry for The Erotic Review, with which he was closely involved for over 4 years, having being hired as a researcher, being asked to become deputy editor and then editor of that magazine and others owned by the same group.

Included here is part of his Linkedin.com entry as a declaration of his direct connection to the subject:

Editor-in-Chief, (+ Associate Editor for final 6 months) The Erotic Review August 2004 – October 2008 (4 years 3 months) London, United Kingdom

"Through three different publishing houses over four years I and my team took ER from a subscription-only periodical on the verge of collapse down to a quarterly and then back to monthly title with UK and international distribution then from independent stores on to a pride of place position between the Literary Review and Spectator on the shelves of WHSmiths nationally.

We were only able to do this having recognised the need to downsize the editorial team (learning new skills, taking on much extra work myself) and to move the printing of the title to the far east, slashing the cost of production.

To subsidise the magazine's rebirth for 2 years I was also editor-in-chief of Forum magazine (Q3 Ltd), a 40 year old title of some infamy.

At one point I oversaw the production of 23 published units a year, 3 full time staff and more than 20 regular contributors. I learned the complete publishing process from commission brief through to edit, layout and delivery.

Once ER had been bought back by Jamie Maclean, its original founders (The Erotic Print Society), in 2007 I did a stint as Senior Editor for Penthouse (UK, Trojan Publishing) before returning for a time to Erotic Review Ltd. as Associate Editor (specialising in Design & Marketing) to aid in its further development.

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Senior Editor (Editor-in-Chief ER) - Trojan Publishing June 2006 – April 2007

Moved to work with managing editor & team of five on high profile men's lifestyle title Penthouse, to introduce cultural content similar to ER. Responsible for branding, PR and online strategy as well as planning editions, commissioning articles, feature writing, interviews, reviews, events planning & press liaison.

Editor-in-Chief Forum Magazine [Q3 Media (inc. Bluepoint Media Ltd.)] November 2004 – July 2006 (1 year 9 months)