About OK!

Packed with the biggest stories, the best photographs, exclusives and the hottest stars from the world of showbiz and entertainment, OK! magazine and okmagazine.com bring you the truth and the inside scoop about celebrities. Whether it's movies, music, TV, celebrity weddings, babies, fashion, break-ups or make-ups, if you want to get up close and personal to the stars, you're in the right place!

About Northern & Shell

Throughout the past three decades, Northern & Shell Network has grown by making the most of its opportunities, and in turn by making opportunities for others. In 1974 it started out as a small publishing company with limitless vision. Publishing a single music title with a few hundred thousand copies a year, determination, radical ideas and attention to detail were used to make the most of a specialized market.

By the early Eighties the group had broadened its publishing base and also owned a fully recognised advertising agency. In 1982 Northern & Shell became the first company to put up its own building in London's burgeoning Docklands-a bold move affording opportunities for ever more rapid expansion. Through the eighties a range of specialist magazines were launched, licensed and acquired, a number of which were sold in the early nineties. Meanwhile successes in celebrity publishing and women's titles laid the groundwork for yet more ambitious undertakings.

The launch of OK! magazine brought together all the Network's strengths. There were celebrity connections from the music magazines and a wide-ranging and technically innovative production base. Decision-making could be rapid, thanks to short lines of communication and there was tight control due to ownership of ancillary functions such as reproduction and distribution. There was commitment and stamina to invest and keep on investing until the title reached the status of market leader.

For more information about Northern & Shell: www.northernandshell.co.uk