Immediate Media Co launches new Disney and Pixar Lightyear magazine

Published: 04 Oct 2022

Press Release: 4 October 2022

Immediate Media Co, the special interest content and platform company, is launching a new Disney and Pixar magazine, Pixar Adventures with…, bringing the magic of Disney and Pixar’s Lightyear and Disney and Pixar’s Toy Story to life.

Immediate Media Co is launching Pixar Adventures with… magazine on Wednesday 5 October. The brand-new title alternates between Disney and Pixar’s Lightyear and Disney and Pixar’s Toy Story every four weeks. The first issue of Lightyear includes a collectable Lightyear Wrist Communicator gift set so fans can gear up like the Space Ranger.

Both magazines are bursting with action-packed games, puzzles and colouring and filled with content to help young readers immerse themselves in the movies’ themes; Disney and Pixar’s Lightyear focusing on self-belief and adventure and Disney and Pixar’s Toy Story’s emphasis on friendship and play - featuring much-loved characters from the iconic Disney and Pixar Toy Story movies including Woody, Jessie and Buzz.

Rachel Clare, Youth & Children’s Publisher adds ‘We are delighted to announce the launch of Pixar Adventures with… Lightyear and Pixar Adventures with… Toy Story and are extremely proud to add such a loved and respected brand to our magazine portfolio’.

Immediate's portfolio of Disney titles include Pixar Adventures with…, Disney Princess Create and Collect, Disney Frozen, Frozen Funtime, and Disney Stars.

The first issue of Pixar Adventures with… Lightyear is on sale from 5 October 2022, available at newsagents and most major supermarkets, priced at £4.99

Pixar Adventures with… magazine cover is available here

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For more information: Katy Caybakan, Communications & PR Executive katy.caybakan@immediate.co.uk

About Immediate Media Co:

Immediate Media Co is the special interest content and platform company, home to over 1,000 people across three business units, based in London and Bristol. We own and operate some of the best-loved brands in the UK. And we only focus on special interest markets, engaging over 75 million people globally each month, with world-class content, innovative new products and services and live events.

Immediate operates over 70 consumer brands and sells over 39 million magazines each year. With over 1.2 million active subscribers, we are the UK’s leading publisher by subscribers. Immediate is the market leader in many of the sectors we operate in, including food, gardening and children’s publishing.

Our wholly-owned brands include Radio Times, olive, Girl Talk, Homes & Antiques, Cycling Plus, MadeForMums, and Mollie Makes. We publish BBC Good Food, BBC History magazine, BBC Gardeners’ World magazine, BBC Science Focus and the CBeebies portfolio, under licence from BBC Studios, BBC Top Gear on behalf of BBC Studios and children’s titles for LEGO and Disney.

Immediate Live, our live events business, is the UK’s leading organiser of unmissable consumer events. We create premium events and experiences that connect and inspire our audiences, including BBC Gardeners’ World Live, the Good Food Show, London Art Fair, The Cycle Show, Move It, The Festival of Quilts and the Hampton Court Food Festival.

In the last year, Immediate has won over 27 industry awards, including Digital Consumer Publisher of the Year at the 2021 AOP Awards. In January 2022, Immediate was named the UK’s 4^th best place to work in the Glassdoor Employees’ Choice Awards 2022 and was the highest ranked media company in the list confirming its position as the leading employer in the sector.