Barry McIlheney
Barry McIlheney (born 1960) is a
City University
.
Journalism and management career
After a brief spell in local newspapers and at Premiere magazine when in launched in September 1992.[2]
In 1994, McIlheney became managing director of
Zoo
both in the UK and Australia.
At the end of 2006, McIlheney moved to a consultancy role, working on new titles at
EMAP. In January 2008 he became editor-in-chief at Sport Media Group.[3] Responsible for a £1 million relaunch in April 2008 of their newspaper titles, the Daily Sport and Sunday Sport,[4] McIlheney left the role the following July after a decline in sales, to another post within the company.[5] In 2009 he launched media consultancy mcilheneybovis with newspaper art director Julian Bovis and has written for publications including The Word
magazine.
McIlheney is Chief Executive of the Professional Publishers Association (PPA).
References
- ^ a b Braid, Mary (2 February 1999). "Media: Can he take the heat?". The Independent.
- Premiere. Autumn 1992. p. 9.
- ^ Stephen Brook "Zoo founder joins Sport papers", The Guardian, 14 January 2008
- ^ Stephen Brook "Daily Sport unveils £1m redesign", The Guardian, 21 April 2008
- ^ Oliver Luft "Daily Sport editor-in-chief leaves role", The Guardian, 22 July 2008