September 30th, 2008 by Lloyd Gofton
Last night Tim and I attended the Revolution relaunch party, to see what the fuss is about with the new magazine. We knew that Gareth, Andy and the team had been hard at work since taking over the reigns at Revolution, reworking the magazine and coming up with new ideas, so to be honest we were intrigued to find out what they had been up to.
When we did get to see the mag, I must say it was impressive. Apparently the copies had only arrived a few hours prior to the party, so it really was a first look for everyone and it certainly wasn’t a disappointment.
The design has been reworked, making it much cleaner and easier to digest. The format has been altered, keeping some of the traditional favourites such as the special reports and the masterclasses, but introducing more opinion and indepth articles. As you might expect, there are also many more links to the web and more encouragement for the reader to visit the website for further news.
And there-in lies the future. We know magazines can’t compete with the web for news, especially on a monthly, so that link between the website, which will continue to churn the news, and the main mag which will focus more on indepth analysis, exclusive/major news and opinion is certainly one that i agree with.
Having said that, Revolution doesn’t yet have a new sparkly website to compliment the new magazine, but one step at a time, and i was assured last night that the site is on its way.
Overall, i think the new Revolution is an excellent title. Gareth and Andy’s experience in the sector and knowledge of the subject matter shines through, and as a result Revolution is in safe hands.
When you get to see the new mag, let me know if you agree.
