Lime (magazine)

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Lime
Lime Magazine Singapore, April 2007.jpg
Actor Wentworth Miller on the cover of LIME, April 2007
Editor Michael Chiang, Angelina George
Categories Tabloid, Celebrity, Entertainment
FrequencyMonthly
Final issueOctober 2008
Company MediaCorp
Country Singapore
Language English
Website LIME

LIME was a monthly magazine published under the umbrella of MediaCorp that targeted Asian youths and focused on tabloid breaking news, music, celebrity, entertainment and lifestyle.

Contents

Profile

The contents in LIME usually featured Asian celebrities and lifestyles of youth in Singapore and was different from 8 Days , another entertainment publication by MediaCorp Publishing.

LIME was published in two editions: Singapore Edition and Malaysia Edition

Awards

The magazine won two awards in ASIA Media Awards 2006 for Best in Design (Silver Award) and in the SOPA Awards 2005 for Excellence in Magazine Design (Honorable Mention).

Early Demise

Management decided in 2008 that LIME, both in Malaysia and Singapore, would be discontinued. While the Singaporean team was reshuffled to various departments, Angelina George the editor of the Malaysian edition was made Group Sub Editor. Michael Chiang has stayed on to be Editorial Consultant. The last issue of the magazine was published in October 2008. [1]

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References

  1. "4 Mediacorp magazines to fold". Asiaone. 23 September 2008. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 3 December 2015.