Blender (magazine)

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Blender
Blender magazine 1995.jpg
Issue 2.1 from 1995, featuring Björk
Editor-in-chief Joe Levy
Categories Music
Frequency 10 times per year
First issue 1994; 28 years ago
Final issue April 2009
Company Alpha Media Group
Country United States
Based in New York
Language English
Website Blender.com
ISSN 1534-0554
OCLC 34610465
Blender was an American music magazine that billed itself as "the ultimate guide to
music and more". 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 began in 1994 as the first
digital CD-ROM magazine by Jason Pearson, David Cherry, and Regina Joseph, acquired
by Felix Dennis/Dennis Publishing, UK it published 15 digital CD issues, and
launched on the web in 1997. It started publishing a print edition again in 1999 in
its most recent form. Blender CD-ROM showcased the earliest digital editorial
formats, as well as the first forms of digital advertising. The first digital
advertisers included 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".[1]

Owner Alpha Media Group closed Blender March
format in a move that eliminated 30 jobs and
titles to Maxim alone. Blender's final print
Subscribers to the magazine were sent issues
unsent Blender issues.
26, 2009, going to an online-only
reduced the company's portfolio of
issue was the April 2009 issue.[2]
of Maxim magazine to make up for the

Indian edition
Blender India
Priyanka Chopa Blender India November 2008 cover.jpg
Priyanka Chopra on the November 2008 cover of the Indian edition of Blender
Editor in Chief Sam Lal[3]
Categories Music
Publisher Piyush Sharma[4]
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.[5][6] The magazine was targeted at educated male city dwellers
aged between 18 and 34.[4] The magazine was launched through Dennis Media Transasia
India, a joint venture between Dennis Publishing and Media Transasia,[7] which also
publishes the Asian versions of Blender and Maxim.[8] The joint venture was based
in New Delhi[9] with offices in Bangalore, Chennai, Kolkata and Mumbai.

References
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March 26, 2009.
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"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
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Dan Leahul (2008-09-11). "Dennis Publishing taps into Indian market with joint
venture". Brandrepublic.com. Retrieved 2013-05-04.
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