FiRST movie magazine
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FiRST is a Singaporean
movie magazine formerly published monthly, now running as a weekly newspaper insert.
Established in December 2002 by SPH Magazines, the magazine was the only Singaporean
publication entirely about movies. Each issue contains reviews of films and DVD
s, as well as collectibles such as posters and postcards. The magazine also includes movie news, early buzz about upcoming films and exclusive interviews. The magazine focuses mostly on films from Hong Kong and the U.S. Often, freebies such as double-sided posters, postcard packs or A4-sized posters are enclosed. The magazine has won an Honourable Mention for Excellence in Magazine Front Cover Design from the Society of Print Awards in 2006. FiRSTs tagline is "Asia's premier movie magazine."
From 7 May 2009, FiRST stopped running as a monthly magazine and became a weekly pull-out section in The New Paper
. http://www.sphmagazines.com.sg/news/2009/04/03/first-moves-to-the-new-paper
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
movie magazine formerly published monthly, now running as a weekly newspaper insert.
Established in December 2002 by SPH Magazines, the magazine was the only Singaporean
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
publication entirely about movies. Each issue contains reviews of films and DVD
DVD
A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....
s, as well as collectibles such as posters and postcards. The magazine also includes movie news, early buzz about upcoming films and exclusive interviews. The magazine focuses mostly on films from Hong Kong and the U.S. Often, freebies such as double-sided posters, postcard packs or A4-sized posters are enclosed. The magazine has won an Honourable Mention for Excellence in Magazine Front Cover Design from the Society of Print Awards in 2006. FiRSTs tagline is "Asia's premier movie magazine."
From 7 May 2009, FiRST stopped running as a monthly magazine and became a weekly pull-out section in The New Paper
The New Paper
The New Paper is Singapore's second-highest circulating paid English-language newspaper, first launched on July 26, 1988, by Singapore Press Holdings . According to SPH, its average daily circulation for August 2010 was 101600....
. http://www.sphmagazines.com.sg/news/2009/04/03/first-moves-to-the-new-paper