Heat (magazine)
Heat cover from 2006 featuring Big Brother 7 contestant Glyn Wise
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| Editor | Suzy Cox Lucie Cave |
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| Categories | Entertainment |
| Frequency | Weekly |
| Publisher | Bauer Media Group |
| Total circulation (June-December 2015) |
163,392 |
| First issue | 1999 |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Based in | London |
| Language | British English |
| Website | lifestyle |
| ISSN | 1465-6264 |
Heat is a British entertainment magazine published by German company Bauer Media Group. As of 2004[update] it is one of the biggest selling magazines in the UK, with a regular circulation over half a million. Its mix of celebrity news, gossip, beauty advice and fashion is primarily aimed at women, although not as directly as in other women's magazines. It also features movie and music reviews, TV listings and major celebrity interviews. The magazine is headquartered in London.
Heat was launched in February 1999 as a general interest entertainment magazine, at a cost of more than £4m. However, unlike other Emap (now Bauer) magazine launches before and after, it was not an immediate success, with a circulation below 100,000. A series of revamps quickly repositioned the magazine as a less serious, more gossip-oriented magazine aimed at women, and circulation quickly grew. A series of high-profile celebrity relationships, such as Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt provided ample material, while reality shows such as Big Brother and Pop Idol grew popular at just the right time to help fill pages. Heat achieved record sale figures when Jade Goody had a make-over and was first on the front cover after her stint in Big Brother 3 (2002) and later when Nikki Grahame and Pete Bennett from Big Brother 7 split and Grahame was interviewed for Heat in 2006.
In 2009–10 Heat spearheaded a campaign alongside Girls Aloud's Nicola Roberts advocating the banning of sunbed use in the UK for under-18s. The campaign was a success and a bill was passed by Parliament shortly before the 2010 General Election.
The site crashed after the magazine was mentioned on Channel 4's The Million Pound Drop; it took up to eight days to restore the site.
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