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Dive in to Strathclyde People
Seven years after going to the University of Strathclyde with a proposal for a genuinely effective biannual alumni marketing magazine, we have just published the 14th issue of Strathclyde People – which earlier this year was voted Digital Magazine of the Year at the IoIC Scotland Awards, and shortlisted in the Scottish Magazine Awards. We now produce a print version and a Flash-based digital version of the magazine that together reach more than 100,000 alumni all over the world. The team at White Light Media writes and designs all the content, and builds the digital version. The latest issue features an interview with Olympic swimmer and Strathclyde student Robbie Renwick. see detail →
What we learnt at the Festival
Hot Rum Cow was one of 40 outstanding independent magazines showcased at the inaugural Edinburgh International Magazine Festival this week. The exhibition, called The Rise Of Print, was curated by Jeremy Leslie, Creative Director of magCulture, who cited the collection as evidence that the 'golden age of magazine publishing' is now.
The two-day festival celebrated innovation and creativity in magazines with a wealth of speakers ranging from John Bird, founder of The Big Issue, to Andrew Losowsky of The Huffington Post and Danny Miller of The Church Of London.
Discover 10 things we learned about magazines at yesterday's conference.
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Strathclyde People goes digital
Our run of high-profile digital magazine launches continues with a new multi-media edition of Strathclyde People, our alumni magazine for the University of Strathclyde. We’ve been writing and designing Strathclyde People for six years, but this year we were appointed to create a biannual digital edition to sit alongside the print version. The result is an animated and engaging magazine embedded with video, photo galleries, and interactive features. See the magazine online. see detail →
EICC goes digital
We’ve worked with Edinburgh International Conference Centre for a decade, writing and designing Conference Call magazine. Conference Call has always moved with the times and this May, we relaunched it in a custom-built digital format that reflects the innovative qualities of the EICC. See the magazine online. see detail →
White Light Media wins IoIC Gold
White Light Media swept the board at Friday's IoIC Scotland awards. We won six awards, including the overall Gold prize for the outstanding project of the year. That honour went to Life, our online magazine for Lloyds Banking Group, which also won Best Ezine, Best Use Of Interactive Media and Best Redesign. Our other big success story of the night was the magazine we publish for Exova, which won Best Employee Magazine and Best Use Of Photography. Creative Cities, a design project for Channel Four, also won a Highly Commended Award. The IoIC (Institute of Internal Communications) celebrates excellence in corporate communications. see detail →
Connected pitch win
Three in a row! We’ve received great news that White Light Media has, for the third time running, won the contract for Connected, the magazine published by Learning and Teaching Scotland. 32-page Connected is produced three times a year and distributed to teachers across Scotland. White Light Media originally won the contract in 2005. The new contract has also been expanded to include a large online element complementing the print version.
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Lifetimes lands award
We cracked open the bubbly at Our Dynamic Earth in Edinburgh last night as White Light Media won Best Staff Magazine at this year's PPA Scottish Magazine Awards. The award went to Lifetimes, the staff magazine for Scottish Widows, written and designed by White Light Media. We also won commendations in the Best Customer Magazine category for Connected (Learning and Teaching Scotland) and The Equiniti Magazine (Equiniti). It was a great night for the Scottish magazine industry – and a great thrill for me in my second and final year as Chairman of PPA Scotland (after the speech was over anyway). Well done also to all the other winners, including Dumfries & Galloway Life, The List and The Big Issue Scotland, who all did particularly well. There were many jolly faces to be seen at Fingers Piano Bar in the wee small hours…
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Infinite possibilities
The wraps are off one of our latest contract wins – Infinite magazine. We won the contract to publish the magazine on behalf of the University of Edinburgh this summer – and the new issue is almost out. The 40-page publication provides a comprehensive review of the activities of Edinburgh Research and Innovation, the body promoting the University of Edinburgh's research and commercialisation opportunities.
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International launch
We’ve gone global! Following a successful pitch in the spring, the team here has launched a great new magazine for Exova, the global testing specialists. The Exova Magazine is being distributed quarterly to Exova staff and clients across five continents, and is designed to keep them up to speed on developments across the business. We’ve worked closely with Exova's marketing team in the UK to write and design the magazine, which celebrates the company’s significant impact in making the world a safer, better place. If you haven’t heard of them, check out the Exova website – they’re a fascinating company.
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Early Years Matters
Following a successful pitch this summer, we have helped Learning and Teaching Scotland relaunch Early Years Matters, its magazine for early years practitioners in Scotland. The publication, which is distributed to schools, nurseries and other stakeholders twice a year, was produced in close collaboration with the LTS Early Years team in Glasgow.
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Still in Good Health
The mood is buoyant in the office following the news that we’ve successfully retained the contract with NHS Health Scotland to publish All In Good Health magazine, following a competitive pitch against several agencies. White Light Media relaunched All In Good Health for NHS Health Scotland in 2007 and the new format has won the Best External Newsletter category in the Communicators in Business Scotland awards for the past two years running.
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A magazine – about magazines!
From business to The Beano, from politics to pop and from victuals to vampires, the world of Scottish magazine publishing is rich in variety. And it’s been that way since 1739 when The Scots Magazine – the oldest surviving consumer magazine in the world – was launched in Edinburgh.
To celebrate this history of success, we have launched a special one-off publication called Limited Edition, which also tackles some of the issues that keep publishers awake at night – from retail distribution to skill gaps and government policy.
The magazine was launched at a special event in conjunction with PPA Scotland at the Scottish Parliament last week. If you would like a free printed copy of Limited Edition, please email info@whitelightmedia.co.uk. The magazine content can also be see in full at the Limited Edition website (many thanks to Primitive Media for creating this site).
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Equiniti Launch
We’re pleased to reveal a new magazine launched on behalf of Equiniti, the experts in share registration, employee benefits and retail investor services. The first issue features interviews with John McFall (Chairman of the Treasury Select Committee), rugby star turned boardrooom coach David Sole and the BBC's Declan Curry. White Light Media won the contract before Christmas in a pitch against three London-based agencies organised by the Association of Publishing Agencies.
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