Village magazine to close down

Updated: 13:31, Friday, 29 August 2008

The current affairs magazine, Village, has ceased publication.

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Morning Ireland: Michael Foley, DIT journalism lecturer, discusses the news that Vincent Browne's Village magazine is to close down over a funding shortfall
Morning Ireland: Michael Foley, DIT journalism lecturer, discusses the news that Vincent Browne's Village magazine is to close down over a funding shortfall
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Its editor Vincent Browne has blamed a significant downturn in advertising and the cancellation of some separate publishing contracts for a shortfall in funding.

The magazine began as a weekly publication in 2004, before becoming a monthly one in January last year.

The closure will result in the loss of three jobs.

  • Morning Ireland: Michael Foley, DIT journalism lecturer, discusses the news that Vincent Browne's Village magazine is to close down over a funding shortfall

    Morning Ireland

    29 August 2008

    Michael Foley, DIT journalism lecturer, discusses the news that Vincent Browne's Village magazine is to close down over a funding shortfall

  • Morning Ireland: Listen to a clarification regarding Magill magazine's separation from this story

    Morning Ireland

    29 August 2008

    Listen to a clarification regarding Magill magazine's separation from this story

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