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Barry McIlheney (born 1960) is a British journalist, editor, broadcaster and publisher. Born in Belfast, McIlheney is a graduate of Trinity College, Dublin and London's City University. ==Journalism and management career== After a brief spell in local newspapers and at ''Melody Maker'' magazine, McIlheney was appointed editor of ''Smash Hits'' in 1986, seeing its circulation rise double to 800,000 during his time in the job.〔Mary Braid ("Media: Can he take the heat?" ), ''The Independent'', 2 February 1999〕 From there he moved on to become launch editor of ''Empire'' magazine.〔 In 1994, McIlheney became managing director of EMAP Metro, publishers of titles such as ''Q'', ''FHM'', and ''Mojo''. In 1999 he launched ''Heat'' and a year later became chief executive of EMAP Elan, publishers of ''Elle'', ''Red'', and ''The Face''. In 2003, McIlheney moved into new product development, overseeing the launch 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.〔Stephen Brook ("Zoo founder joins Sport papers" ), ''The Guardian'', 14 January 2008〕 Responsible for a £1 million relaunch in April 2008 of their newspaper titles, the ''Daily Sport'' and ''Sunday Sport'',〔Stephen Brook ("Daily Sport unveils £1m redesign" ), ''The Guardian'', 21 April 2008〕 McIlheney left the role the following July after a decline in sales, to another post within the company.〔Oliver Luft ("Daily Sport editor-in-chief leaves role" ), ''The Guardian'', 22 July 2008〕 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). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Barry McIlheney」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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