Why The ’90s Was The Golden Age Of Magazines

Thanks for ruining all this, internet.

Sky still existed.

Sky still existed.

Running from 1988 to 2001, Sky was unusual in that it appealed to both sexes equally. It was sex-obsessed, but in a fun rather than a leering way. It was edited in the mid-'90s by Mark Frith, who established a clubby tone that he later took to Heat.

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So did Select.

So did Select .

The one fact most people know about Select is that the term Britpop was coined in its pages, in the 1993 'Yanks Go Home' issue. It was always full of inventive feature ideas, and many of its contributors have gone on to big things, not least Father Ted creator Graham Linehan. The mag folded in 2000.

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And The Face.

And The Face .

The Face ran from 1980 to 2004, but its most successful period was the mid-'90s.

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And Arena.

And Arena .

Arena was created in 1986 by Nick Logan, who had started The Face in 1980. It had a good run in the '90s, before declining in the '00s as the men's magazine market became over-saturated.

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