The Independent Publishing People
After over a decade of success, Britain’s leading classic dirt bike show is set to step up a gear as part of the Mortons stable of motorcycle events and magazines. The Putoline Telford Twin Shock Classic & Road Racing Show – known to many of the thousands who attend each year as ‘Wrighty’s Show’ – [Read more...]
A celebration of motorcycles featuring more than 1000 two-wheeled dream machines will be held at Mallory Park Racing Circuit in Leicestershire this summer. The newly christened Mallory Bike Festival takes place on July 11, 12 and 13, 2014. It will be run by circuit owner Real Motorsports with Mortons Media Group, publisher of The Classic [Read more...]
Promoto, the owner of the International Dirt Bike Show, has announced that it has signed a buyout deal with Mortons Media Group Ltd. The Lincolnshire-based publishing house will take control of the largest off-road show in Europe with immediate effect, but Show organiser Joanne Watson will retain a frontline consultancy position which will effectively ensure [Read more...]
As part of the review of IPC Media’s niche and specialist titles, the sale of The Railway Magazine to Mortons Media Group Ltd. is announced today. The Railway Magazine is renowned for offering a clear and trusted voice for the railway community, covering all aspects of the scene: from steam through to modern rail developments. [Read more...]
Mortons Media Group has purchased Rail Express magazine from Foursight Publications Ltd of King’s Cliffe, near Peterborough. As one of the largest independent publishers in the UK, Mortons Media Group already hold an extensive portfolio of heritage titles, including one of the UK’s leading Railway magazines – Heritage Railway. Since being launched 14 years ago [Read more...]
Lincolnshire publishers Mortons Media Group Ltd have purchased Classic American magazine from the Trader Media Group. The magazine is the market-leading title for all things relating to classic American cars. Mortons are one of the largest family-owned independent publishing companies in the UK with a portfolio of magazine titles of a similar size to Classic [Read more...]
For motorsport fans everywhere and fresh from his first Formula One World Drivers’ Championship, the story that everyone has been waiting for is finally here in a quality ‘bookazine’ format… Just Jenson. Charting Jenson Button’s life story from the tough and unforgiving circuits of the karting world to his defining moment this season when he [Read more...]
The World’s number one nostalgia fix for enthusiasts of motorcycle racing, Classic Racer, has been given a fresh new look, with a revised cover masthead combined with a clean, innovative, design for the feature pages. Classic Racer editor Malc Wheeler said of the new design, “We have already moved Classic Racer’s timeline on and in [Read more...]
Insurance specialist Carole Nash has returned as sole sponsor of all the Classic Bike Show team’s events, including the International Classic MotorCycle Show, the Bristol Classic MotorCycle Show and the Classic Motorcycle Mechanics Show in a three-year deal that has delighted both organisers and Carole Nash alike. Rebecca Donohue, head of marketing at Carole Nash [Read more...]
The ITV series of Heartbeat is inspired by the novels of Nicholas Rhea, which have famously become known as the ‘Constable books’. After 17 series and a 16-year run, finally, the thousands of loyal fans of the famous Yorkshire-based drama will now have a book that encompasses it all, the bikes, the music and the [Read more...]