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‘Nothing to report’ on Time Out Manchester as editor joins TalkSport | Print |  Email to a friend
Wednesday, 04 June 2008
Tony Elliot, the founder and owner of the Time Out publishing brand, has nothing concrete to report on the future of the much-delayed Time Out Manchester magazine, as the launch editor for the publication, Bill Borrows, moves to join TalkSport’s new digital magazine.

Borrows, a former editor at large for Loaded and Maxim, was signed up as the launch editor for Time Out back in 2006, steering the generally well-received pilot copy that hit the city streets in September of that year.

Tony Elliot, the founder and owner of the Time Out publishing brand, has nothing concrete to report on the future of the much-delayed Time Out Manchester magazine, as the launch editor for the publication, Bill Borrows, moves to join TalkSport’s new digital magazine.
A weekly launch was then planned for Spring of 2007, before Elliot, who was trying to raise £1m to fund the publication, told How-Do that the launch would be delayed until October and, if negotiations dragged out, possibly January 2008.

He said at the time that he was “adamant” that the launch would happen.

Since then news on the magazine front has been hard to come by, with many industry commentators now firmly of the opinion that it simply won’t come into being.

The dedicated Manchester website, however, has seen more activity and has since become the obvious hub for the brand’s foothold in the region.

Time Out also published the first edition of its Time Out Manchester Guide last year.

When contacted by How-Do to get an update on his plans Elliot simply stated that there was “nothing to report” in terms of further movement.

Meanwhile, Burrows has moved on to Talksport’s new heavily financed online title, which will be emailed to subscribers each week when it launches this summer.

TalkSport currently claims listening figures of 2.5m people every week.

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 1 By old-timer, on 05-06-2008 10:15
There was a short-lived pocket-sized Manc edition of Time Out in 1970 or 71. Nobody else remember it? Will anybody buy a listings mag? The unlamented Manchester Flash also disappeared in a flash.
 2 By Stopher Osterhoudt, on 05-06-2008 14:21
If Time Out London (or Amsterdam) has 110 pages, Time Out Manchester would have 5 pages! I've come to Mcr for work and nothing happen here. 
 
Apart from tacky bar openings and bands passing thru, there's nothing. Minimal theatre, art, good cinema, good food etc. It's all about getting 'mashed' here. Odd for a city this size. That's why Time Out MCR will never happen.
 3 By Not Stopher Osterhoudt, on 05-06-2008 15:37
You don't half read some guff on the internet, but the contribution from 'Stopher Osterhoudt' takes some beating. Time Out Manchester may never happen, but if it doesn't, it certainly won't be because 'nothing happens here'. Open your eyes, there's tons of culture in Manchester!
 4 By Stopher, on 05-06-2008 16:09
Hey, I'm not running Manchester down, or comparing it to Amsterdam (my home) or London. It has a cool creative design community and interesting people.  
 
But, it is an almost culture-free zone. Most people here don't really seem to want great art shows, amazing theatre, fantastic (inexpensive) food...., so those ventures don't start here. Believe me, I get around the city a lot (with my eyes open).  
 
'Mancs' are, on the whole, just into 'Primark' and getting blasted. Which is fine. That's why a comprehensive listings magazine (however well written and designed) wouldn't work here. Accept that.
 5 By Pete, on 05-06-2008 19:52
You sure, Stopher? Most people in most cities are into Primark or its equivalent: take a stroll through central London. Manchester has a significant student base, and a significant role in lots of cultural sectors - which is why a good listings mag could work. Yes, the last version of Time Out stuttered - but then it done with little conviction. And yes, City Life had a go... 
 
But my belief is that the context for such a development is in place; and that an imaginative mag could help trigger expansions in these activities (as Time Out undeniably impacted in London). 
 
It might fail, of course, who knows. But is sure as hell ain't because there's too little going on here.

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