ShortList

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ShortList
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Type of site
 lifestyle journalism
Founded2007
Headquarters
London
,
United Kingdom
EditorGerald Lynch, editor-in-chief
CEOKevin Li Ying (as of 31 March 2025) [1]
Parent Future plc
Current statusActive

ShortList is a lifestyle website and newsletter based in London that covers news, tech, movies and TV, music, books, and alcohol. It is owned by Future plc. [2] The site began as a free weekly print magazine that was distributed in various cities in the United Kingdom.

Contents

History as a print magazine

ShortList was launched on 20 September 2007 with the slogan "For men with more than one thing on their minds", to differentiate it from the "lads' mags" of the time, such as FHM and Loaded. [3] ShortList was distributed free every Thursday in London, Manchester, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Newcastle, Leeds, Dundee, and Birmingham. In March 2015, ShortList launched a weekly edition in Dubai and Abu Dhabi as a license with APP Media Group, a division of ITP Publishing. [4]

Marking the occasion of ShortList's 10th birthday at the end of September 2017, the team produced a special edition magazine with a collection of photos that featured celebrities and their photographs from 10 years ago. Content included brief product reviews, pub and bar reviews (Pints and Pistachios), recipes, fashion pages, interviews, and a weekly column by Danny Wallace. The title had a circulation of 502,773 (ABC July–December 2017) and took up 58.9% of the total men's lifestyle sector across 8 major UK cities [5] with the largest print circulation of all men's magazines in the UK. [6] At launch, ShortList was published by Shortlist Media Ltd., which in 2009 launched Stylist, a similar magazine for women. Another publication, Shortlist Dubai, launched in March 2015. [4]

The magazine's print edition was discontinued in 2018 due to declining advertising revenue. Around 20 staff members were estimated to have lost their jobs as a result of its closure. [7] The magazine released its last issue on 20 December 2018. [8]

New ownership and transition to a digital model

In October 2022, Future plc acquired ShortList. "The acquisition also sees ShortList editor-in-chief, Marc Chacksfield, return to Future, where he was previously editor-in-chief of TechRadar ," the company announced in a press release about the purchase. [2]

Gerald Lynch is the current editor-in-chief of ShortList and Chacksfield is content director. [9]

Awards

References

  1. ↑ "Kevin Li Ying Appointed Chief Executive Officer". Future. Future plc. Retrieved 26 February 2025.
  2. 1 2 "Future acquires ShortList, enhancing its market-leading position in tech". Future plc . 21 October 2022. Retrieved 28 February 2025.
  3. ↑ Brook, Stephen (20 September 2007). "Shortlist – It's here and it's free but is it any good?". The Guardian. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
  4. 1 2 "ShortList to launch in the UAE". The Media Network. 24 September 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
  5. ↑ "Consumer ABCs: Round-up". The Media Leader. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
  6. ↑ "Consumer ABCs: Men's Lifestyle". The Media Leader. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
  7. ↑ Waterson, Jim (16 November 2018). "ShortList magazine to close amid declining revenues". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
  8. ↑ Tobitt, Charlotte (20 December 2018). "Shortlist prints its last as staff tell of shock at the closure of 'brave' magazine after 11 years and 552 issues". Press Gazette. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
  9. ↑ "Who are we? - ShortList". ShortList . 28 February 2025. Retrieved 28 February 2025.
  10. ↑ Ponsford, Dominic (11 November 2009). "BSME Awards: Full list of winners – Press Gazette". Press Gazette . Retrieved 13 August 2018.
  11. ↑ "BSME Awards 2010: Full category shortlists – Press Gazette". Press Gazette . 21 September 2010. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
  12. ↑ "PPA Awards 2011: the full list of winners – Press Gazette". Press Gazette . 16 June 2011. Archived from the original on 12 August 2020. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
  13. ↑ "PPA Awards 2017 – winners announced". InPublishing. 30 June 2017. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
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