ZIP (magazine) explained

Zip Magazine
Editor:Chris Andrews
Editor Title:Editor
Frequency:Weekly
Circulation:10,000 (approx)
Category:Men's magazines
Company:OOHYEAH
Publisher:OOHYEAH Publishing
Firstdate:2013
Lastdate:2015
Country:United Kingdom
Language:English
Website:www.zipmagazine.co.uk

Zip was a weekly men's magazine published in the United Kingdom. It was launched on 1 March 2013 as a sister title to Loaded and was published by Blue Publishing for nine issues before being sold to OOHYEAH Publishing.[1] It relaunched in September 2013.[2] The original owners of Zip launched the title to take on rival titles Zoo and Nuts which were aimed at the same demographic, and had similar content.[3]

Loaded

Loaded launched its weekly sister title, ZIP, after failed bids to acquire rival titles Nuts and Zoo.[4]

Closure

The website for Zip changed to zip-mag.com temporarily[5] and then became zip.am[6] The domain zip.am ceased to be used by the magazine some time in 2015,[7] the Facebook account no longer exists,[8] and the Twitter account is no longer updated.

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Notes and References

  1. News: Turvill . William . Weekly lads' mag Zip to relaunch three months after its closure . 13 August 2013 . Press Gazette . 13 August 2013 .
  2. Web site: Home page: ZIP Magazine – The Comeback Issue . https://web.archive.org/web/20140209070914/http://zipmagazine.co.uk/ . 9 February 2014 . zipmagazine.co.uk . 22 September 2013 .
  3. News: Hughes . Robert . Zip takes on Nuts and Zoo with soft launch . 18 March 2013 . Whats New In Publishing . 18 March 2013 .
  4. News: Turvill . William . Loaded owner launched new weekly after failed bids to buy Nuts and Zoo . 9 August 2013 . Press Gazette . 1 May 2013 .
  5. Web site: Twitter @zipmag . twitter.com . .
  6. Web site: Home page . https://web.archive.org/web/20141218142348/http://zip-mag.com/ . 18 December 2014 . Zip Magazine .
  7. Web site: Home page . https://web.archive.org/web/20150930020842/http://zip.am/ . 30 September 2015 . Zip Magazine .
  8. Web site: Profile page . facebook.com/zipmaguk . .