TV easy

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TV easy
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EditorRichard Clark
CategoriesTV magazines
FrequencyWeekly
Circulation 108,971 (ABC Jan – Jun 2014) [1]
Print and digital editions.
Year foundedMay 2005
Final issue2014
Company TI Media
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

TV easy was a television mass market, listings magazine notable for its compact size. It was published in the United Kingdom by TI Media. Its focus is on popular TV, with emphasis on soaps. It was aimed at busy young families.

TV easy belonged to TI Media's family of TV entertainment magazines, which belong to the sub-group Connect. This includes its sister title What's on TV , as well as TV Times , TV & Satellite Week and the soap bi-weekly Soaplife .

Time Inc has marked the killing-off of the IPC name with two changes. First is the closure of its compact TV listings weekly TV Easy, with some features of the magazine being taken on by What’s On TV, its best-selling TV guide. The first combined issue went on sale on 30 September 2014.

Editor Richard Clark is a former editor of Webuser magazine.

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References

  1. "ABC Certificates and Reports: TV Easy". Audit Bureau of Circulations . Retrieved 6 January 2015.