Singapore - Lausanne: Revolution International Limited and Edipresse Group plan to bring the prestigious Revolution luxury watch magazine to new market.
Revolution International Limited is pleased to announce the signing of a multi-country licensing agreement with the Swiss-based Edipresse Group. The first two editions will be launched by Edipresse Asia in China and Hong Kong, the latter to be published in English and the former in Chinese. According to Barrie Goodridge, Edipresse Asia's Chief Executive Officer, the Hong Kong and China editions are slated to launch by the third quarter of 2007. Revolution International Limited and Edipresse are also working together to bring Revolution magazine to several major European markets by the year's end.
“We are pleased to be working with Edipresse Asia and the Edipresse Group. We believe that the Edipresse Group is deeply committed to championing the enduring future of the luxury watch industry. We are aware of Edipresse's great work with Geneva's Tribune des Arts, and so we see vast synergy in working with them.” Wei Koh, Editor-in-Chief of Revolution Press Pte Ltd, a subsidiary of Revolution International Limited.
“Working with Edipresse Asia and the Edipresse Group is really exciting for us. Our magazine has seen tremendous growth in the short time since its inception less than three years ago and working with Edipresse can only help grow Revolution's footprint further and faster. With Edipresse's international presence in 15 countries, we hope to work with them in some of the other countries they operate in. Edipresse represents the perfect fit to aid in Revolution's plans to become the number one horology magazine in the world.” Dr. Bruce Lee, Managing Director of Revolution Press Pte Ltd
“We are very excited at the prospects of working with Revolution in bringing this title to China. We feel these markets have significant potential. The Chinese are increasingly becoming watch enthusiasts and Revolution is the ideal publication for high quality and relevant printed content.” Barrie C. Goodridge, CEO of Edipresse Asia
About the Edipresse Group
Edipresse is an international media and communications company headquartered in Switzerland. The Group is active in newspapers, magazines and electronic publishing. It publishes over 150 titles and websites, and employs more than 3,500 people.
Edipresse is present in 15 countries; the company has operations in Switzerland, Spain, Portugal, France, Poland, Ukraine, Russia, Romania, and several Asian countries such as China (including Hong Kong), Singapore, Thailand and Malaysia.
About Revolution International Limited
Revolution Magazine is dedicated to connecting the traditional values of high watch making with the vibrant consumer culture of today. Revolution is an integrated lifestyle magazine where the vision of the dream life is one in which the mechanical watch is the ultimate high luxury symbol for self-expression.
Described by Time Warner executives as “The Wallpaper of Watches.”, Revolution Magazine was founded in 2004 by Wei Koh and Bruce Lee and is currently distributed in the United States, Singapore and Malaysia.
Revolution International Limited is also the owner of www.horomundi.com, one of the fastest growing horological websites in the world. Launched only 4 months ago, the site has in excess of 500,000 unique page views per month. Horomundi.com currently boasts the following forums: Patek Philippe, A. Lange and Sohne, Richard Mille and Jaeger-LeCoultre, and others. The Audemars Piguet forum is soon to be unveiled as well. The horomundi website is the first horological website to have all of its forums authorized by the manufactures.
For further information
Gregory Blatt
Director Marketing, Communications and Strategy
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