NEWS BRIEF: Children Now launching

Britain's only weekly title dedicated to the children's service sector is being launched by Haymarket Publishing on 7 January. Children Now - formerly owned and published quarterly by the National Children's Bureau (NCB) - will be sent to more than 25,000 managers and senior practitioners in the sector. NCB will work closely with the magazine, which will be edited by Stovin Hayter, previously editor of Young People Now. For launch copies, contact Phil Manley (tel) 0208 267 4025.