''Zip'' was British
men's magazine
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published weekly by ''Blue Publishing'' for nine issues before being sold to ''OOHYEAH Publishing''. It was launched on 1 March 2013 as a sister title to ''
Loaded''.
It relaunched in September 2013. The original owners of ''Zip'' launched the title to take on rival titles ''
Zoo
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The term ''zoological garden'' refers to zoology, ...
'' and ''
Nuts
Nut often refers to:
* Nut (fruit), fruit composed of a hard shell and a seed
* Nut (food), a dry and edible fruit or seed, including but not limited to true nuts
* Nut (hardware), fastener used with a bolt
Nut, NUT or Nuts may also refer to:
A ...
'' which were aimed at the same demographic, and had similar content.
Loaded
''
Loaded'' launched its weekly sister title, ''ZIP'', after failed bids to acquire rival titles ''Nuts'' and ''Zoo''.
Closure
The website for ''Zip'' changed to zip-mag.com temporarily
and then became zip.am The domain zip.am ceased to be used by the magazine some time in 2015, the
Facebook
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account no longer exists,
and the
Twitter
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account is no longer updated.
See also
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Lad culture
Lad culture (also the new lad, laddism) was a media-driven, principally British and Irish subculture of the 1990s and the early 2000s. The term ''lad culture'' continues to be used today to refer to collective, boorish or misogynistic behaviour by ...
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Benito Mussolini
Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini (29 July 188328 April 1945) was an Italian politician and journalist who, upon assuming office as Prime Minister of Italy, Prime Minister, became the dictator of Fascist Italy from the March on Rome in 1922 un ...
References
External links
Official website(archive)
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oohyeah.com - Publisher (archive)
2013 establishments in the United Kingdom
Men's magazines published in the United Kingdom
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Magazines established in 2013
Magazines disestablished in 2015
Defunct magazines published in the United Kingdom
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