Zip Magazine
EditorChris Andrews
CategoriesMen's magazines
FrequencyWeekly
Circulation10,000 (approx)
PublisherOOHYEAH Publishing
First issue2013
Final issue2015
CompanyOOHYEAH
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Websitewww.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to be used by the magazine some time in 2015,[7] the Facebook account no longer exists,[8] and the Twitter account is no longer updated.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ Turvill, William (13 August 2013). "Weekly lads' mag Zip to relaunch three months after its closure". Press Gazette. Retrieved 13 August 2013.
  2. ^ "Home page: ZIP Magazine – The Comeback Issue". zipmagazine.co.uk. 22 September 2013. Archived from the original on 9 February 2014.
  3. ^ Hughes, Robert (18 March 2013). "Zip takes on Nuts and Zoo with soft launch". Whats New In Publishing. Retrieved 18 March 2013.
  4. ^ Turvill, William (1 May 2013). "Loaded owner launched new weekly after failed bids to buy Nuts and Zoo". Press Gazette. Retrieved 9 August 2013.
  5. ^ a b "Twitter @zipmag". twitter.com. Twitter.
  6. ^ "Home page". Zip Magazine. Archived from the original on 18 December 2014.
  7. ^ "Home page". Zip Magazine. Archived from the original on 30 September 2015.
  8. ^ "Profile page". facebook.com/zipmaguk. Facebook.

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