Blender (magazine)
![]() Issue 2.1 from 1995, featuring Björk | |
Editor-in-Chief | Dale Hrabi |
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Former editors | Regina Joseph (Founding Editor-in-Chief), Howard Stringer |
Categories | Music |
Frequency | 10 times per year |
Founded | 1994 |
First issue | August 1994 June–July 2001 (Print) | (CD-ROM)
Final issue | June 1997 April 2009 (Print) | (CD-ROM)
Company | Dennis Publishing |
Country | United States |
Based in | New York |
Language | English |
Website | Blender.com |
ISSN | 1534-0554 |
OCLC | 34610465 |
[1][2][3][4]Blender was an American music magazine published from 1994 to 2009 that billed itself as "the ultimate guide to pop culture"[5]. It was also known for sometimes steamy pictorials of celebrities. It compiled lists of albums, artists, and songs, including both "best of" and "worst of" lists. In each issue, there was a review of an artist's entire discography, with each album being analyzed in turn.
Blender was published by Dennis Publishing. The magazine was created by founding Editor-in-Chief Regina Joseph as the first digital magazine, delivered entirely on CD-ROM disc and before the development of graphical browsers required to view the web[6][3][7][4][8][9][10][11][12]. She brought in co-founders Jason Pearson and David Cherry, and Blender's original publisher, Felix Dennis/Dennis Publishing, UK[3][4][1][11]. Joseph's CD-ROM editions of Blender also featured the first forms of digital advertising[7][1][4][8][11]. Felix Dennis published 15 digital CD issues, and launched a web version in 1996.[13] The final CD-ROM issue was published in June 1997, issue 14.[14] Dennis started publishing a print edition again in 1999 which became the final distribution format of the title. Blender CD-ROM showcased the earliest digital editorial formats, as well as the first forms of digital advertising. The first digital advertisers included SonicNet[1][7], Time-Life/Philips[11][7], Calvin Klein, Apple Computer, Toyota and Nike.
In June 2006, the Chicago Tribune named it one of the top ten English-language magazines, describing it as "the cool kid at the school of rock magazines".[15]
Owner Alpha Media Group closed Blender March 26, 2009, going to an online-only format in a move that eliminated 30 jobs and reduced the company's portfolio of titles to Maxim alone. Blender's final print issue was the April 2009 issue.[16] Subscribers to the magazine were sent issues of Maxim magazine to make up for the unsent Blender issues.
Indian edition
[edit]![]() Priyanka Chopra on the November 2008 cover of the Indian edition of Blender | |
Editor in Chief | Sam Lal[17] |
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Categories | Music |
Publisher | Piyush Sharma[18] |
First issue | May 2008 |
Company | Dennis Media Transasia India |
Country | India |
Based in | New Delhi |
Language | English |
The Indian edition of Blender was the title's first venture outside the United States. It commenced publication with its May 2008 issue, which featured Mariah Carey on the cover.[19][20] The magazine was targeted at educated male city dwellers aged between 18 and 34.[18] The magazine was launched through Dennis Media Transasia India, a joint venture between Dennis Publishing and Media Transasia,[21] which also publishes the Asian versions of Blender and Maxim.[22] The joint venture was based in New Delhi[23] with offices in Bangalore, Chennai, Kolkata and Mumbai.
References
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- ^ a b LLC, New York Media (1995-11-13). New York Magazine. New York Media, LLC. p. 51.
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: CS1 maint: date and year (link) - ^ Gould, Jennifer (2022-04-07). "Blender mag's Regina Joseph lists $2.5M West Village home". Retrieved 2024-08-27.
- ^ "The Pop Life". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-08-27.
- ^ a b c d Mirabella, Alan (October 24, 1994). "Put Music, Multimedia in 'Blender' and You Get a CD-ROM Magazine". Ad Age. Retrieved August 26, 2024.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ L, H. (September 1994). "From A to Zine". CD-ROM World.
- ^ "Blender.com on archive.org". 1996-10-19. Archived from the original on 1996-10-19. Retrieved 2022-10-04.
- ^ Brown, Janelle (June 26, 1997). "Blender Relaunches as Webzine". Wired. ISSN 1059-1028. Retrieved 2024-07-22.
- ^ "50 Best Magazines", Chicago Tribune, June 15, 2006.
- ^ Jason Fell, "Blender Folds: Music magazine latest to succumb to recession", Folio, March 26, 2009.[dead link]
- ^ "Blender India launches TV Campaign, announces Free Copies". Medianewsline.com. 2009-04-21. Retrieved 2013-05-04.
- ^ a b "Blender enters Indian market". Dmnews.com. Retrieved 2013-05-04.[dead link]
- ^ "Mariah Carey Blender Magazine INDIA May 2008 Def Leppard". eBay. Retrieved 2013-05-04.
- ^ "Mariah Carey talks about her latest album E=MC2, and all the fun, emancipation and sexiness she sends out with it – Blender India". Tmobile.net-genie.co.uk. 1970-03-27. Archived from the original on 2013-06-03. Retrieved 2013-05-04.
- ^ Dan Leahul (2008-09-11). "Dennis Publishing taps into Indian market with joint venture". Brandrepublic.com. Retrieved 2013-05-04.
- ^ Jennifer Whitehead (2008-09-11). "Dennis moves into Indian market with joint publishing venture". Brandrepublic.com. Retrieved 2013-05-04.
- ^ "Dennis Publishing expands into India". Marketing Week. 2008-09-11. Retrieved 2013-05-04.
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