Mixmag

History

The first issue of Mixmag was printed on 1 February 1983 as a 16-page black-and-white magazine published by Disco Mix Club, a DJ mailout service. The first cover featured American music group Shalamar.

When house music began in the 1980s, editor and DJ Dave Seaman turned the magazine from a newsletter for DJs into a magazine covering all dance music and club culture. Mixmag, in association with its original publishing company, DMC Publishing, released a series of CDs under the "Mixmag Live" heading. The magazine, which reached a circulation of up to 70,000 copies, was later sold to EMAP Ltd. in the mid-1990s.

In 1996, an American version titled Mixmag USA was launched. It was renamed Mixer after the UK edition of Mixmag was sold to EMAP. It ceased publication altogether in 2003.

After a fall in sales in 2003, Mixmag was acquired by Development Hell, in 2005. In 2007, Nick DeCosemo became editor. Duncan Dick became editor in April 2015. Patrick Hinton became editor in August 2022. In 2012, The Guardian collaborated with Mixmag on a survey of British drug-taking habits.

The magazine ended its print edition in April 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic, and as of 2025 is now online only.

Mixmag is owned by Wasted Talent Ltd, a company which changed its name from Mixmag Media Ltd in May 2017.

References

References

1. (18 April 2008). "Mixmag celebrates 25 years of clubbing".
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3. Ressler, Darren. (30 June 2020). "BILL BREWSTER RECALLS HIS NYC STINT LIVING (AND RECORD COLLECTING) IN THE '90S".
4. Ressler, Darren. (30 November 2017). "MIXMAG PAUSES PRINT EDITION DUE TO PANDEMIC".
5. (9 February 2003). "Last Dance for Mixer Magazine".
6. Romero, Dennis. (15 February 2021). "Reading the Beat".
7. Petridis, Alexis. (2003-10-03). "The road to Wigan Pier". The Guardian.
8. Walker, Tim. (14 April 2008). "Mixmag – It's Not Just About Drugs and Bikini-Clad Women – How 'Mixmag' Turned the Tables on Its Doubters and Made Its 25th Birthday". [[The Independent]].
9. (11-13 October 2018}}{{dead link). "London Music Conference". London Music Conference Ltd.
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11. Topping, Alexandra. (2012-03-14). "Guardian/Mixmag drug survey reveals a generation happy to chance it". The Guardian.
12. "A message from Mixmag".
13. (30 June 2020). "Mixmag pauses print magazine".
14. "Wasted Talent".