Fairplay (magazine)

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Fairplay
CategoriesTrade magazine
FrequencyWeekly
FounderThomas Hope Robinson
Founded1883
Final issueDecember 6, 2018 (2018-12-06)
Company
ISSN
2514-4057

Fairplay was a weekly

merchant shipping industry, delivering “content tailored for its core audience of ship owners, managers, operators and charterers.“[1] It was founded by Thomas Hope Robinson in 1883 and remained in continual publication until 2018.[2] From 2011, Fairplay's publishing company IHS Fairplay was a division of IHS Markit.[3]

History

Startup and development

After Thomas Hope Robinson had lost his money at the

spectacles."[2]
Apart from a brief period in the 1990s, this maxim appeared in every issue. The enterprise was successful and soon increased in size and revenue. The publisher's son Gordon Hope Robinson (died 1953) took over in 1912 and Fairplay remained a family business until 1973.[3] It was then taken over by the Financial Times before a management buyout, led by John Prime, created Prime Publications in 1978.

Data management

The company began publishing directories in the 1960s and

management buy-out in 1978, one of the first in the UK, transferred ownership to Prime Publications.[2] Prime improved the data management sector by storing information in databases and started to sell directories on CD-ROM in the 1990s.[3]

Internet age

Fairplay was the first maritime publication to start an

broadcast system for tracking vessel movements. Fairplay was acquired by IHS in 2008, including 50% of LR Fairplay, and the corporation also bought Lloyd's Register's 50% share of that maritime data business in 2009.[3]

Final years

In 2011, the Fairplay publication company was renamed IHS Fairplay.[3] It produced the weekly magazine in print, a digital edition, a daily email newsletter, and the monthly magazine Solutions.[1] Fairplay's website also provided up-to-date news and information for registered users and subscribers.[4] The organisation was then based in Coulsdon, UK, with offices in America, Singapore, Sweden and a network of correspondents worldwide.

In September 2018 it was announced that Fairplay would cease publication by the end of 2018, with the last issue in the first week of December.[5][6]

Editors

  • Thomas Hope Robinson (1883-1912)
  • Gordon Hope Robinson (1912-1953)
  • WH Wendon (1953-1959)
  • John Hearth (1959-1966)
  • Dunlop Ewart (1966-1981)
  • Michael Grey (1981-1988)[7]
  • Chris Hewer (1988-1995)
  • Stewart Wade (1995)
  • Bruce MacMichael (1995-1996)
  • Paul Gunton (1996-2003)
  • Patrick Neylan (2003-2008)
  • Richard Clayton
  • Nicola Good

References

  1. ^ a b "About Us About Fairplay". Janes.com. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  2. ^
    ISBN 0905045483
    .
  3. ^ a b c d e f g Miller, Greg. "History of Fairplay". Fairplay.IHS.com. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
  4. ^ "Fairplay". Retrieved 17 August 2018.
  5. ^ Chambers, Sam (27 September 2018). "Maritime media stalwart Fairplay bows out at 135/". Splash247. Asia Shipping Media. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
  6. ^ "Fairplay to cease publication". Fairplay. IHS Fairplay. 27 September 2018. Retrieved 26 March 2023.
  7. ISBN 0905045483
    .

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