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May 2010

We know it’s still early days, but UCM has had a great start to the new financial year and we are ever grateful to the FHM and heat brand fans for loving us so much!

We are just as proud of our deep relationships built over many years with our many key advertising partners, who continue to support our brands ... because they deliver. The latest Amps figures look fabulously healthy for both FHM and heat – so we’ve got a lot to blow our vuvuzelas and mini-horns about in the coming month.

Change is a constant in our industry and at the end of May we are handing the advertising sales function for 70% of UCM’s business over to Media24 Central Sales, who are committed to delivering a better service to our clients. On the management side of the business, Darryl Rahme will continue to lead FHM Commercial Sales and Davlynne Lidbetter will do the same at heat. They’ll be the main internal point of contact for Media24 Central Sales at UCM and will be responsible for, among other things, helping Media 24 Central Sales deliver on their promise.






Not to be outdone, the Black team finished second, a few seconds after the Yellow team in the UCM Amazing Race 2010. *The facts in this caption are of dubious origin.



heat News Reporter Jessica Levitt interviewed the F1 legend himself Lewis Hamilton at Kyalami. She presented him with a branded heat vuvuzela which he chose not to blow as he was a tad unsure who's lips were on it.



Who can say that they own a photo with Bono? heat News Reporters Andre Neveling and Jessica Levitt jumped at the opportunity and posed for a photo with the U2 frontman in Sandton recently.


A lethal FHM June issue!

FHM June is one of the greatest FHMs of all time. And we’re not just saying that! It’s a blistering package that features The Hills’ Audrina Patridge in a lethal cover shoot. There’s an all-new FHM 100 Great Adventures and a feature looking at the worst coup plot in history. We also interview men with some of the strangest sex fetishes on earth. We send a man to become a real, spandex-clad superhero in New York. There’s also “Live Fast, Die Old, a celebration of ageing disgracefully, SA’s best B-Boy, the FMX champ, Booth vs Henry, Quentin Tarantino and a man who married a pillow!


heat 5 Star Awards!

The countdown has started to the first-ever heat 5 Star Awards! For the past month or so heat’s lipgloss girls have voted online for their favourite brands and the results are being collated as we speak. We know heat readers have a black belt in shopping and are probably the most brand-conscious of consumers; so we can’t wait to find out, once and for all, where their loyalties lie, and which brands truly excite them. Best sunnies, best jeans, best chocolate, best energy drink… the readers have spoken in 30-odd categories. Don’t miss the results, coming soon on heat.co.za!


Two million votes already!

FHM 100 Sexiest Women in the World 2010, presented by Samsung 3D, FHM’s longest-running and most prestigious online and print property has crested a stunning landmark, with a grand total of 2 million digital votes cast! With two weeks of voting still left, votes still streaming in at a massive rate, and models actively canvassing for votes on a variety of social networking platforms such as Twitter and Facebook, it’s safe to say that this year’s iteration of FHM 100 Sexiest Women in the World is the most successful ever! Last year’s record-breaking 1.5m vote barrier has long since been shattered, proving once again that FHM 100 Sexiest Women in the World still captures the imagination of the South African audience unlike any other!


It was a truly joyous occasion when UCM Digital Publisher Jian Reis took delivery of one of the first iPads in South Africa, seven days after its launch in the USA.


UCM Marketing Manager Bronwen Pickford celebrated her baby shower recently as she's expecting her third little one.


With her recent visit to SA, heat News Reporter Andre Neveling met up with Kelly Rowland in Johannesburg.


heat Managing Editor Jennifer Platt holds on for dear life as team Black participates in the UCM Amazing Race.


FHM Copy Editor Lindsey "Half-Mash" Schutters tied the knot with his long-time fiancee Monique Kensley in April.


UCM hosted the UCM Amazing Race at Gold Reef City on the 16th of April. Team Yellow won this grueling event as they finished first by crossing the finish line in epic UCM style.



FHM appointed Natasha Deyzel the deserving face of FHM fashion - FHM Fashion Editor.


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