Back to EMAP music brands, or, to be more precise, former EMAP music brands. Yep, the media group has sold its dance title Mixmag to Development Hell, the independent company set up in 2003 by former EMAP execs David Hepworth, Jerry Perkins, Mark Ellen and Andrew Harrison. The purchase will help Development Hell expand their print media output - their flagship title is currently the thinking man's music mag The Word.
EMAP say the sale will help them concentrate on their "core brands" Kerrang!, Q and Mojo. The last EMAP-published issue of Mixmag will be published next week. No word yet on what editorial or personnel changes the ownership switch will bring.