Essentials (magazine)

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Essentials
EditorSarah Gooding
Categories Fashion, lifestyle.
FrequencyMonthly
Circulation 106,648 (ABC Jul - Dec 2013)
Print and digital editions.
First issueApril 1988 (1988-04)
Final issueDecember 2016
Company IPC Media
Country United Kingdom
Based inLondon
LanguageEnglish
Website www.essentialsmagazine.com
ISSN 0953-6337

Essentials was a British lifestyle magazine published by IPC Media, [1] part of Time Inc. [2] It is still published in South Africa.

Contents

History and profile

Essentials was launched in April 1988 in London, England [1] with its final issue cover dated December 2016. [3] It has several international editions. [4] The French edition of the magazine is published under the name of Avantages . [1] [4]

The circulation of Essentials was 106,648 copies between July and December 2013. [5]

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References

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  4. 1 2 Dominic Strinati; Stephen Wagg (2004). Come on Down?: Popular Media Culture in Post-War Britain. Routledge. p. 111. ISBN   978-1-134-92368-7.
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