Immediate Media Co Origin was launched in late 1997 (although in those days we called ourselves Origin Publishing). Our aim? – to help enthusiasts that read our magazines and now use our websites, videos, podcasts and digital publications, to realise their dreams in whatever passion they follow.
We began with The World of Cross Stitching magazine. Soon we added Cross Stitch Card Shop and Cross Stitch Crazy to create our craft portfolio.
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At the same time we started to build a team of highly talented publishing professionals who pretty much turned their hand to anything in the early days (and many of whom are still helping to build our business today).
In 1999 we launched into the hair market, with Your Hair magazine, followed 18 months later with the launch of Hair Ideas in small format. Now we dominate this sector: Hair Ideas is the market leading hair title in the UK and has nine international licensed versions and we also publish www.loveyourhair.com, our fast growing website.
We made two acquisitions along the way: 220 Triathlon and Knit Today. Both are now thriving titles and still growing. We also launched into the wedding market with Perfect Wedding magazine and our recent launch, Wedding Day Venues.
On 1 November 2011 we became part of Immediate Media Co, joining forces with BBC Magazines and Magicalia (a leading digital publisher) to become part of a new powerhouse in consumer publishing. The next part of our adventure is about to begin!
Our mission is to deliver specialist content to entertain our customers and enhance their lives in whatever medium they choose. So we have built strong and busy websites across all our brands and are embracing new platforms as they become available all the time.
Our aim remains the same as it always was – to meet and exceed the needs of everyone who engages with us. If you’re one of them I hope we do that for you..
Andy Marshall
Managing director
andy.marshall@immediatemedia.co.uk
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