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'''Michael O'Doherty''' is a television talent judge, newspaper writer and the publisher of the ''[[VIP (magazine)|VIP]]'' magazine group in [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]. |
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'''Michael O'Doherty''' is a television talent judge, newspaper writer and the publisher of the ''[[VIP (magazine)|VIP]]'' magazine group in [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]. He is originally from [[County Wicklow]].<ref name="Sad reality of TV3's summer celeb-fest as the MOD squad fails to impress">{{cite web|url=http://www.independent.ie/national-news/sad-reality-of-tv3s-summer-celebfest-as-the-mod-squad-fails-to-impress-1855294.html|title=Sad reality of TV3's summer celeb-fest as the MOD squad fails to impress|date=2009-08-09|accessdate=2009-08-16|publisher=''[[Sunday Independent]]''}}</ref> O'Doherty's multi-million-euro publishing empire includes magazines such as ''[[VIP (magazine)|VIP]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tribune.ie/article/2006/apr/16/tomorrow-never-dies-but-vips-live-for-today/|title=Tomorrow never dies, but VIPs live for today|date=2006-04-16|accessdate=2009-01-12|publisher=''[[Sunday Tribune]]''}}</ref> ''[[TV Now]]'', ''[[Kiss (Irish magazine)|Kiss]]'' and ''[[Stellar (magazine)|Stellar]]''. O'Doherty also known for his joint business venture with [[John Ryan (publisher)|John Ryan]], the unsuccessful ''[[New York Dog]]'', a magazine for dog lovers. This eventually collapsed, bringing Ryan's other remaining business ventures, such as [[blogorrah.com]] down with it. Before its collapse the magazine was lauded by respected international publications such as ''[[The New York Times]]''. Whilst O'Doherty is still involved with ''VIP'', Ryan has attempted a different career in television and is now known for his 2009 [[RTÉ Two]] comedy television show ''[[This is Nightlive]]'', which mimics the antics of Ireland's newscasters and other newsroom members. |
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O'Doherty's publishing business includes magazines such as ''[[VIP (magazine)|VIP]]'',<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.tribune.ie/article/2006/apr/16/tomorrow-never-dies-but-vips-live-for-today/ |title=Tomorrow never dies, but VIPs live for today |date=16 April 2006 |accessdate=12 January 2009 |work=[[Sunday Tribune]] }}{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> ''[[TV Now]]'', ''[[Kiss (Irish magazine)|Kiss]]'', ''[[Stellar (magazine)|Stellar]]'' and ''[[The Dubliner]]'' Magazine. |
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O'Doherty has also written for the ''[[Evening Herald]]'' newspaper.<ref name="Have a nice fight">{{cite web|url=http://www.herald.ie/entertainment/hq/have-a-nice-fight-1852818.html|title=Have a nice fight|date=2009-08-06|accessdate=2009-08-12|publisher=''[[Evening Herald]]''}}</ref> He served as a judge on [[TV3 (Ireland)|TV3]]'s reality television show ''[[Total Xposure]]''.<ref name="The joy of X, by TV3's toughest talent judge">{{cite web|url=http://www.herald.ie/entertainment/tv-radio/the-joy-of-x-by-tv3s-toughest-talent-judge-1857493.html|title=The joy of X, by TV3's toughest talent judge|date=2009-08-12|accessdate=2009-08-13|publisher=''[[Evening Herald]]''}}</ref> |
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== Career == |
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The idea for the magazine came from a joint business venture by Irish magazine publishers O'Doherty and [[John Ryan (publisher)|John Ryan]]. Ryan's publishing company initially owned the publishing venture ''[[Stars on Sunday]]'' which folded with losses, whilst O'Doherty still maintained ''VIP''. ''New York Dog'' magazine was promoted on ''[[The Late Late Show (Ireland)|The Late Late Show]]'', and was set up alongside a [[New York City]]-based website, [[blogorrah.com]], which was described by the ''[[Irish Independent]]'' as "a sort of ''[[The Phoenix (magazine)|Phoenix]]'' without portfolio".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/news-gossip/andrea-gives-ryan-some-dogs-abuse-136202.html|title=Andrea gives Ryan some dog's abuse|date=29 October 2006|accessdate=12 January 2009|work=Irish Independent}}</ref> The site was edited by [[Derek O'Connor (journalist)|Derek O'Connor]] but stopped filing new posts in July 2007. Its closure, and that of ''New York Dog'', was extensively covered by the Irish media, many of whose members had been satirised on ''Blogorrah''.{{citation needed|date=December 2020}} |
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=== Early ventures === |
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The first issue of ''Kiss'' launched in Ireland on 31 October 2002. It is an Irish magazine aimed at a teenage market and was O'Doherty's first solo venture. His previous magazine launches - ''Magill'' in 1997, ''VIP'' in 1999 and ''TV Now'' in 2000 - were alongside his business partner, John Ryan.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tribune.ie/article/2002/oct/27/irelands-kiss-takes-on-bliss/|title=Ireland's 'Kiss' takes on 'Bliss'|date=2002-10-27|accessdate=2009-01-12|publisher=''[[Sunday Tribune]]''}}</ref> |
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==''The Dubliner'' failure== |
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O'Doherty also failed to make a success of ''[[The Dubliner]]'' magazine, purchased by him in 2008, which ceased publication as an independent magazine in January 2012, eleven years to the day after the first edition hit the newsstands. The Dubliner's last editor was Martha Connolly.{{citation needed|date=December 2020}} |
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The idea for the magazine came from a joint business venture by Irish magazine publishers O'Doherty and Ryan. Ryan's publishing company inititally owned the publishing venture ''[[Stars on Sunday]]'' which folded with losses, whilst O'Doherty still maintained ''VIP''. ''New York Dog'' magazine was promoted on ''[[The Late Late Show]]'', and was set up alongside a [[New York City]]-based website, [[blogorrah.com]], which was described by the ''[[Irish Independent]]'' as "a sort of ''[[The Phoenix (magazine)|Phoenix]]'' without portfolio".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/news-gossip/andrea-gives-ryan-some-dogs-abuse-136202.html|title=Andrea gives Ryan some dog's abuse|date=2006-10-29|accessdate=2009-01-12|publisher=''[[Irish Independent]]''}}</ref> The site was edited by [[Derek O'Connor]] but mysteriously stopped filing new posts in July 2007. O'Doherty's business partnership with Ryan, led to his disappearance after the collapse of his business empire in early 2007. Ryan was declared missing after he claimed a pet-food scare led to the closure of ''New York Dog''. Staff at Manhattan's Cinema Café, a regular haunt said: ‘He would come in here with his dog pretty regularly, but we haven’t seen him for months. The last time [we] saw him, he looked like he had the weight of the world on his shoulders’, whilst his partner O'Connor declared that he had not spoken to Ryan since he had left New York City a few months previously and said his email address was ‘out of commission’. O'Doherty said he had not heard from Ryan for over a month.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://neilmichael.wordpress.com/2007/11/25/publisher-john-ryan-missing/|title=Publisher John Ryan ‘missing’.|date=2007-11-25|accessdate=2009-01-12|publisher=[[Random Mostly Irish News]]}}</ref> Before his disappearance Ryan had attended the [[Electric Picnic]] music festival in the company of fellow publisher Trevor White and soon after appeared as a guest on ''[[The Tubridy Show]]''. However, a rival website then accused him of mistreating his workers and he left the country. |
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The most recent addition to O'Doherty's publishing empire, ''[[Stellar (magazine)|Stellar]]'' is a glossy monthly targeted at women in the age group of eighteen to thirty-four.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tribune.ie/article/2008/aug/17/odoherty-to-launch-new-irish-fashion-magazine/|title=O'Doherty to launch new Irish fashion magazine|date=2008-08-17|accessdate=2009-01-12|publisher=''[[Sunday Tribune]]''}}</ref> |
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== Personal life == |
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O'Doherty is single and lives in [[Dublin]]. His seventy-one year old father died from a heart attack in his sleep whilst holidaying in [[France]] in late 2008. He has two brothers and one sister. He enjoys playing golf, but claims to have not held a golf club for four years.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tribune.ie/article/2008/nov/02/getting-the-cleaners-in-vip-magazine-publisher-mic/|title=Getting The Cleaners In: VIP Magazine Publisher Michael O'Doherty|date=2008-11-02|accessdate=2009-01-12|publisher=''[[Sunday Tribune]]''}}</ref> He also plays piano. |
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Latest revision as of 11:11, 3 November 2024
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Michael O'Doherty is a television talent judge, newspaper writer and the publisher of the VIP magazine group in Ireland.
O'Doherty's publishing business includes magazines such as VIP,[1] TV Now, Kiss, Stellar and The Dubliner Magazine.
New York Dog collapse
[edit]The idea for the magazine came from a joint business venture by Irish magazine publishers O'Doherty and John Ryan. Ryan's publishing company initially owned the publishing venture Stars on Sunday which folded with losses, whilst O'Doherty still maintained VIP. New York Dog magazine was promoted on The Late Late Show, and was set up alongside a New York City-based website, blogorrah.com, which was described by the Irish Independent as "a sort of Phoenix without portfolio".[2] The site was edited by Derek O'Connor but stopped filing new posts in July 2007. Its closure, and that of New York Dog, was extensively covered by the Irish media, many of whose members had been satirised on Blogorrah.[citation needed]
The Dubliner failure
[edit]O'Doherty also failed to make a success of The Dubliner magazine, purchased by him in 2008, which ceased publication as an independent magazine in January 2012, eleven years to the day after the first edition hit the newsstands. The Dubliner's last editor was Martha Connolly.[citation needed]
References
[edit]- ^ "Tomorrow never dies, but VIPs live for today". Sunday Tribune. 16 April 2006. Retrieved 12 January 2009.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Andrea gives Ryan some dog's abuse". Irish Independent. 29 October 2006. Retrieved 12 January 2009.