Popworld is to re-enter the magazine market in April, with the launch of Popworld Pulp.

The company has employed contract publisher Brooklands Group, which produces Channel 4 spin off magazine A Place In The Sun, to develop the new weekly title and a dummy issue is already in place.

Brooklands has assembled a new music team to develop the magazine, including former Smash Hits deputy editor Hannah Verdier as editor, former Empire publisher Mark Elliot as publishing director and Gyles Abbott ...