The Phoenix (magazine) The Phoenix (magazine) The Phoenix is an Irish political and current affairs magazine established in 1983. Inspired by the British magazine "Private Eye" it was edited for thirty years by Paddy Prendeville. The publication is generally fortnightly, with a larger annual issue each December. The magazine was launched in January 1983 and is published by Penfield Enterprises Ltd. The magazine was established by John Mulcahy, who remains the owner. It had an ABC-audited circulation of 19,014 for 2004 and 18,268 in 2007. The current editor is Paddy Prendiville, editor since about a year after the magazine was started. The name
Metro Magazine new owner Hitchcock Publishing renamed the magazine "Modern Passenger Transportation", but in 1961 this was changed to "Metropolitan Transportation" and in 1965 yet again, to simply "Metropolitan". In 1964 Bobit Publishing (now Bobit Business Media) purchased "Metropolitan" and in 1975 shortened the name to "Metro" (or "Metro Magazine"), which the magazine itself writes as "METRO". Metro Magazine Metro Magazine is a trade magazine for bus and rail transit and motorcoach operators, published in the United States since 1904, taking its current name in 1975. It is published monthly, except for July and December, by Bobit Business Media. The magazine is