Dennis Publishing Ltd. is one of the world’s leading independent publishers. It was founded in 1974.
The company publishes 18 magazines in the
UKThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe. It is an island country, spanning an archipelago including Great Britain, the northeastern part of Ireland, and many small islands...
(including IT Pro,
MacUserMacUser is a biweekly computer magazine published by Dennis Publishing Ltd. and licensed by Felden in the UK.In 1985 Felix Dennis’ Dennis Publishing, the creators of MacUser in the UK, licensed the name and “mouse-rating” symbol for MacUser to Ziff-Davis Publishing for use in the rest of the world...
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Auto ExpressAuto Express is a weekly motoring magazine sold in the United Kingdom, with features including news, road tests, first drives, readers' letters and feedback, product tests, long-term tests, used cars, prices, motorsport and comment columns. the columnists include Mike Rutherford who also writes for...
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Computer ShopperComputer Shopper is a magazine published monthly since 1988 in the UK by Felix Dennis's company, Dennis Publishing Ltd.. It contains reviews of home computers and related hardware / software products, as well as news and features on related subjects...
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Custom PCCustom PC is a UK based computer customization magazine published by Dennis Publishing Ltd. It contains information on top performance hardware and gaming as well as monthly news related to these topics. The first issue was released in October 2003 and it is published monthly. Audited circulation...
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PC ProPC Pro is one of several computer magazines published monthly in the United Kingdom by Dennis Publishing. PC Pro also licenses individual articles for republication in various countries around the world - and some articles are translated into local languages...
,
VizViz is a popular British comic magazine which has been running since 1979.The comic's style parodies the strait-laced British comics of the post-war period, notably The Beano and The Dandy, but with incongruous language, crude toilet humour, black comedy, surreal humour and either sexual or violent...
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Fortean TimesFortean Times – "The World of Strange Phenomena" – is a British monthly magazine devoted to the anomalous phenomena popularised by Charles Fort. Previously published by John Brown Publishing and then I Feel Good Publishing , it is now published by Dennis Publishing Ltd. As of February 2009, its...
, PokerPlayer,
MonkeyMonkey is a free weekly men's magazine which is published by Dennis Publishing exclusively online and on mobile platforms.Monkey is a digital magazine...
,
BizarreBizarre is a self-described "alternative" and "non-mainstream" magazine. It is a sister publication to Fortean Times. It has no connection to the fetish publication also known as "Bizarre" published between 1946-1959....
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The WeekTHE WEEK is a weekly current affairs magazine founded in the United Kingdom by Jolyon Connell in 1995. In April 2001, THE WEEK launched in the United States and in October 2008, an Australian edition was also launched...
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Octane magazineOctane is a British car magazine, published monthly, and concentrating on classic and performance cars. It was launched in 2003 and is now published by Dennis Publishing. The magazine features news, road tests and buyers guides of both classic cars and some modern performance cars. It also has an...
,
Evo MagazineEvo is a British automobile magazine dedicated to performance cars, from hot hatches to supercars. The first issue was produced in November 1998 as an unofficial successor to Performance Car, which had become part of Car Magazine. It is published monthly but has recently taken the decision to...
, and
Total GamblerTotal Gambler is a monthly British gambling magazine. It was launched by the owner of Maxim magazine, Dennis Publishing, in August 2005. The magazine is published by Richard Downey and edited by Stephen McDowell...
. At one time, it had published four titles in the
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MaximMaxim is an international men's magazine based in the United Kingdom and known for its revealing pictorials featuring popular actresses, singers, and female models, none of whom are nude in the American version....
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StuffStuff is a men's magazine featuring interviews, pictorials, and other articles of interest to a predominantly male audience.- U.S. Edition :...
,
BlenderBlender 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....
and
The WeekTHE WEEK is a weekly current affairs magazine founded in the United Kingdom by Jolyon Connell in 1995. In April 2001, THE WEEK launched in the United States and in October 2008, an Australian edition was also launched...
). In June 2007, all Dennis's United States holdings - minus the U.S. edition of
The WeekTHE WEEK is a weekly current affairs magazine founded in the United Kingdom by Jolyon Connell in 1995. In April 2001, THE WEEK launched in the United States and in October 2008, an Australian edition was also launched...
- were sold to the private equity firm
Quadrangle GroupQuadrangle Group is an alternative investment firm focusing on private equity, public equity and asset management. firm focused on growth capital investments in middle market companies across a range of industries...
.
Dennis himself started out in the magazine business in the late 1960s as one of the editors of the
countercultureCounterculture is a sociological term used to describe the values and norms of behavior of a cultural group, or subculture, that run counter to those of the social mainstream of the day, the cultural equivalent of political opposition...
magazine
OZOz was first published as a satirical humour magazine between 1963 and 1969 in Sydney, Australia and, in its second and more famous incarnation, became a "psychedelic hippy" magazine from 1967 to 1973 in London. Strongly identified as part of the underground press, it was the subject of two...
.
Dennis Publishing Ltd. is one of the world’s leading independent publishers. It was founded in 1974.
The company publishes 18 magazines in the
UKThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe. It is an island country, spanning an archipelago including Great Britain, the northeastern part of Ireland, and many small islands...
(including IT Pro,
MacUserMacUser is a biweekly computer magazine published by Dennis Publishing Ltd. and licensed by Felden in the UK.In 1985 Felix Dennis’ Dennis Publishing, the creators of MacUser in the UK, licensed the name and “mouse-rating” symbol for MacUser to Ziff-Davis Publishing for use in the rest of the world...
,
Auto ExpressAuto Express is a weekly motoring magazine sold in the United Kingdom, with features including news, road tests, first drives, readers' letters and feedback, product tests, long-term tests, used cars, prices, motorsport and comment columns. the columnists include Mike Rutherford who also writes for...
,
Computer ShopperComputer Shopper is a magazine published monthly since 1988 in the UK by Felix Dennis's company, Dennis Publishing Ltd.. It contains reviews of home computers and related hardware / software products, as well as news and features on related subjects...
,
Custom PCCustom PC is a UK based computer customization magazine published by Dennis Publishing Ltd. It contains information on top performance hardware and gaming as well as monthly news related to these topics. The first issue was released in October 2003 and it is published monthly. Audited circulation...
,
PC ProPC Pro is one of several computer magazines published monthly in the United Kingdom by Dennis Publishing. PC Pro also licenses individual articles for republication in various countries around the world - and some articles are translated into local languages...
,
VizViz is a popular British comic magazine which has been running since 1979.The comic's style parodies the strait-laced British comics of the post-war period, notably The Beano and The Dandy, but with incongruous language, crude toilet humour, black comedy, surreal humour and either sexual or violent...
,
Fortean TimesFortean Times – "The World of Strange Phenomena" – is a British monthly magazine devoted to the anomalous phenomena popularised by Charles Fort. Previously published by John Brown Publishing and then I Feel Good Publishing , it is now published by Dennis Publishing Ltd. As of February 2009, its...
, PokerPlayer,
MonkeyMonkey is a free weekly men's magazine which is published by Dennis Publishing exclusively online and on mobile platforms.Monkey is a digital magazine...
,
BizarreBizarre is a self-described "alternative" and "non-mainstream" magazine. It is a sister publication to Fortean Times. It has no connection to the fetish publication also known as "Bizarre" published between 1946-1959....
,
The WeekTHE WEEK is a weekly current affairs magazine founded in the United Kingdom by Jolyon Connell in 1995. In April 2001, THE WEEK launched in the United States and in October 2008, an Australian edition was also launched...
,
Octane magazineOctane is a British car magazine, published monthly, and concentrating on classic and performance cars. It was launched in 2003 and is now published by Dennis Publishing. The magazine features news, road tests and buyers guides of both classic cars and some modern performance cars. It also has an...
,
Evo MagazineEvo is a British automobile magazine dedicated to performance cars, from hot hatches to supercars. The first issue was produced in November 1998 as an unofficial successor to Performance Car, which had become part of Car Magazine. It is published monthly but has recently taken the decision to...
, and
Total GamblerTotal Gambler is a monthly British gambling magazine. It was launched by the owner of Maxim magazine, Dennis Publishing, in August 2005. The magazine is published by Richard Downey and edited by Stephen McDowell...
. At one time, it had published four titles in the
USThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
(
MaximMaxim is an international men's magazine based in the United Kingdom and known for its revealing pictorials featuring popular actresses, singers, and female models, none of whom are nude in the American version....
,
StuffStuff is a men's magazine featuring interviews, pictorials, and other articles of interest to a predominantly male audience.- U.S. Edition :...
,
BlenderBlender 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....
and
The WeekTHE WEEK is a weekly current affairs magazine founded in the United Kingdom by Jolyon Connell in 1995. In April 2001, THE WEEK launched in the United States and in October 2008, an Australian edition was also launched...
). In June 2007, all Dennis's United States holdings - minus the U.S. edition of
The WeekTHE WEEK is a weekly current affairs magazine founded in the United Kingdom by Jolyon Connell in 1995. In April 2001, THE WEEK launched in the United States and in October 2008, an Australian edition was also launched...
- were sold to the private equity firm
Quadrangle GroupQuadrangle Group is an alternative investment firm focusing on private equity, public equity and asset management. firm focused on growth capital investments in middle market companies across a range of industries...
.
Dennis himself started out in the magazine business in the late 1960s as one of the editors of the
countercultureCounterculture is a sociological term used to describe the values and norms of behavior of a cultural group, or subculture, that run counter to those of the social mainstream of the day, the cultural equivalent of political opposition...
magazine
OZOz was first published as a satirical humour magazine between 1963 and 1969 in Sydney, Australia and, in its second and more famous incarnation, became a "psychedelic hippy" magazine from 1967 to 1973 in London. Strongly identified as part of the underground press, it was the subject of two...
. In the mid-1970s, Dennis Publishing was born, beginning with a kung-fu magazine.
Dennis followed this up in the early 1980s by publishing titles in the soon-to-be-lucrative
computer enthusiastA computer is a machine that manipulates data according to a set of instructions.Although mechanical examples of computers have existed through much of recorded human history, the first electronic computers were developed in the mid-20th century . These were the size of a large room, consuming as...
sector, including
Your Spectrum (re-named later as
Your Sinclair and sold to
Future PublishingFuture plc is an international special-interest media company. Future Publishing is its UK business, jointly based in Bath and London. The brand produces magazines, websites and events in a range of specialist sectors including games, technology, automotive, cycling, films and photography...
). Dennis has since maintained a foothold in the computer magazine business - until Maxim's success in the US in the late 1990s, computer magazines were the mainstay of Dennis' magazine holdings, second only to Future Publishing in the UK.
Dennis Publishing, Inc. publishes one of the most successful modern men’s lifestyle magazines in America - Maxim (2.5 million rate base) - along with Stuff (1.3 million rate base) and general interest music magazine Blender (800,000 rate base). Maxim, Stuff and Blender are registered trademarks of Felix Dennis. Maxim Radio is broadcast on Sirius Satellite Radio on channel 108.
Through its three successful magazine brands, Maxim, Blender and Stuff, it dominates the coveted 18-34 year old male audience. This includes successful brand extensions ranging from more than 25 international editions, worldwide websites, worldwide mobile telephone content delivery to branded network and cable television programs, a satellite radio channel and various successful branded product line extensions.
On February 15 2007, Dennis Publishing, Inc. announced that it had retained media investment firm,
Allen & CompanyAllen & Company is a boutique investment bank based in New York, NY.Founded in 1922 by Charles Allen, the firm is generally regarded as the premier investment house in the media and entertainment sector despite having only a small staff .Allen & Company, which is currently run by Herb Allen, nephew...
as its exclusive financial advisor to explore various strategic alternatives available to the Company including a possible sale of the Company.
In January 2008, Dennis Publishing acquired the online news site
The First PostThe First Post is a daily online news magazine published in the UK and based in London. It was launched in August 2005. It publishes news, current affairs, lifestyle, opinion, arts and sports pages, features an online games arcade and a cinema featuring short films, virals, trailers and eyewitness...
for an undisclosed sum.
In February 2008, Dennis Publishing announced the launch of
iGizmo, a free fortnightly interactive digital magazine dedicated to gadgets and consumer technology, launching on 11 March.
In 2007 Dennis Publishing had group turnover of £63m and profit before interest and tax of £6.9m.
Company Details
As of June 2006:
- Chairman: Felix Dennis
Felix Dennis is a British magazine publisher and philanthropist. His privately owned company, Dennis Publishing, pioneered computer and hobbyist magazine publishing in the United Kingdom...
- Chief Executive: James Tye
- Group Finance Officer: Ian Leggett
- Registered Company Number: 1138891 (England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the North Sea to the east, with the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
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- Registered Business Address: 30, Cleveland Street, London W1T 4JD