LONDON – The Haymarket Media Group today announced its decision to release ownership of Eye magazine, the international review of graphic design, to its editor, John L. Walters.
Following discussions, both parties mutually agreed that the international quarterly title would receive greater benefit from the attention a smaller, design-oriented company could provide its niche market readers.
From today, Eye is managed through Eye Magazine Ltd, a new company established by John Walters (editor) with Simon Esterson (Eye's art director) and Hannah Tyson (business director at Esterson Associates). Both Esterson and Tyson were involved in the launch of Eye magazine in 1990.
The new management team comprises Walters, editor since 1999, Esterson, art director since 2005, Tyson, managing director, and Vicky McDougall, commercial manager at Eye since 2006, who has been promoted to publisher.
“This is a great moment for Eye, its readers and the designers and design writers who contribute to the publication worldwide,” said Walters. “I have learned a lot from my time at Haymarket, and we have a fantastic team to spearhead the new company, both commercially and creatively.”
“We have very much enjoyed working with the Eye team whose attention to detail and quality is second to none, and we wish them all the best with their new venture,” said Rufus Olins, managing director, Haymarket Brand Media.
The spring issue, Eye no. 67 vol. 17, out this weekend, is the first edition to be published by Eye Magazine Ltd.
For further information, please contact:
John L. Walters
Editor, Eye Magazine
email: john.walters@haymarket.com
T: + 44 (0) 20 8267 8046
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