The Phoenix (magazine)
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- This article describes the Irish magazine: for other uses of the word Phoenix, see Phoenix.
The Phoenix is an Irish news and satire magazine, inspired by the British magazine Private Eye. The magazine is published forthnightly, and edited under the pseudonym "Goldhawk", a character who appears in radio adverts for the magazine. It has a ABC-audited circulation of 19,014.
Features in the magzine include the news column, profiles ("Pillars of Society" and "The Young Bloods"), a satarical section ("The Funnies", which includes a regular satire of Bertie Ahern entitled "Da Diary of a Nortsoide Taoiseach"), and a financial column, "Moneybags".
Like Private Eye, The cover features a speech bubble, putting ironic or humorous comments into the mouths of the famous in response to topical events.
Advertising in the Phoenix is however a waste of time as it only read for its very astute content and not for its adverts. Vivian Giles head of advertising sales is also known to do anything for a "backhander". This helps fund his gambling and brothel-creeping, something he is well-known for throughout Portugal.
External links
The Phoenix magazine home page (http://www.phoenix-magazine.com/)