Square Peg Media
British publishing and event management company
Square Peg Media Ltd (SPM) is a publishing and event management company based in London, England, founded in 2005.
History of ownership
The company was formed in 2005 by Linda Riley and her partner Sarah Garrett to take over the business of g3 magazine, a publication set up by Garrett and Lisa Knight in 2001. Originally a free title, g3 was a lifestyle and listings publication for lesbians and bisexual women, which became a paid-for publication available nationally through newsagents in 2012. Since acquiring this title, SPM has added annually to its publications, events, and brand extensions.
The company split its products in 2013, and Square Peg Media is now solely owned by Garrett.
Publications and events
Under the new company structure, Square Peg Media started other publications and events focusing on diversity and inclusion:
Out In The City, begun in 2007, is a gay men’s magazine, which, like g3, began as a free title and is now available nationally as a paid-for magazine.
Diversity Careers Show, started in 2008 in London, is a diversity-specific careers event aimed at LGBT students, graduates and job-seekers nationwide to showcase the UK’s most inclusive recruiters.
As a brand extension of the Diversity Careers Show, SPM published Out at Work (OAW) magazine in 2008, a free publication supported by Stonewall, the lesbian, gay and bisexual rights charity. The OAW magazine and website is a career workplace guide aimed nationally at gay school leavers, graduates and diversity professionals.
Also in 2009, SPM launched the Alternative Parenting Show, sponsored by the London Women’s Clinic, which aims to showcase the various fertility services increasingly available to the LGBT community.
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