Note publique d'information : LES "CITY MAGAZINES" OU MAGAZINES URBAINS DE LONDRES REPRESENTENT UNE FORME DE PRESSE
RELATIVEMENT NOUVELLE. IL EN EXISTE ESSENTIELLEMENT DEUX : TIME OUT, FONDE EN 1968,
ET CITY LIMITS, COOPERATIVE CREEE PAR D'ANCIENS JOURNALISTES DE TIME OUT EN 1981.
CES DEUX MAGAZINES, OUTRE UN AGENDA DES SPECTACLES DETAILLE, PROPOSENT UN AUTRE REGARD
SUR LA VIE CULTURELLE, POLITIQUE ET SOCIALE DE LONDRES ET, EN CE SENS, SE DISTINGUENT
DE L'ENSEMBLE DE LA PRESSE BRITANNIQUE ETABLIE. CETTE DIFFERENCE SE RETROUVE DANS
LE CONTEXTE SPECIFIQUE HISTORIQUE ET SOCIAL DE LEUR CREATION ET EVOLUTION, DANS LE
CONTENU EDITORIAL ET LE CHOIX DES THEMES TRAITES, DANS L'ORGANISATION DU TRAVAIL DE
REDACTION, LE GENRE DE PUBLICITE QU'ILS ATTIRENT ET, ENFIN, LEUR LECTORAT.
Note publique d'information : THE LONDON CITY MAGAZINES REPRESENT A RELATIVELY NEW TYPE OF PRESS. THERE ARE TWO
MAIN EXAMPLES : TIME OUT, WHICH WAS FOUNDED IN 1968, AND CITY LIMITS, A COOPERATIVE
CREATED BY EX-TIME OUT JOURNALISTS IN 1981. THESE TWO MAGAZINES, AS WELL AS GIVING
A DETAILED PROGRAMME OF WHAT IS HAPPENING IN TOWN, OFFER AN ALTERNATIVE APPROACH TO
LONDON CULTURAL, POLITICAL AND SOCIAL LIFE. IN THAT, THEY STAND APART FROM THE ESTABLISHED
BRITISH PRESS. THIS DIFFERENCE ALSO BECOMES CLEARER ONCE THE SPECIFIC HISTORICAL AND
SOCIAL CONTEXT OF THEIR CREATION AND EVOLUTION IS OBSERVED, AS WELL AS THE EDITORIAL
CONTENT AND THE VARIOUS THEMES DEALT WITH, THE ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE OF WORK, THE
KIND OF ADVERTISING THEY ATTRACT AND, FINALLY, THEIR READERSHIP.