Dennis Publishing

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Dennis Publishing Ltd. is one of the world’s leading independent publishers. Founded in 1974, the group consists of a number of operating companies in both the UK and USA, with a turnover exceeding £200 million a year^{[citation needed]}.

The company publishes 19 magazines in the UK (including MacUser, Maxim, Auto Express, Computer Shopper, PC Pro, Viz, Fortean Times, PokerPlayer magazine, Monkey and The Week) and four titles in the US (Maxim, Stuff, Blender and The Week). Maxim is published in 21 editions in 32 countries.^{[citations needed]}

Dennis Publishing is owned by Felix Dennis.

Dennis himself started out in the magazine business in the late 1960s as one of the editors of the counterculture magazine OZ. In the mid-70s, Dennis Publishing was born, beginning with a kung-fu magazine.

Dennis followed this up in the early 1980s by publishing titles in the soon-to-be-lucrative computer enthusiast sector, including Your Spectrum (re-named later as Your Sinclair and sold to Future Publishing). Dennis has since maintained a foothold in the computer magazine business - until Maxim's success in the US in the late 1990s, computer magazines were the mainstay of Dennis' magazine holdings, second only to Future Publishing in the UK.

Dennis Publishing, Inc. publishes one of the most successful modern men’s lifestyle magazines in America - Maxim (2.5 million rate base) - along with Stuff (1.3 million rate base) and general interest music magazine Blender (800,000 rate base). Maxim, Stuff and Blender are registered trademarks of Felix Dennis. Maxim Radio is broadcast on Sirius Satellite Radio on channel 108.^{[citations needed]}

Through its three successful magazine brands, Maxim, Blender and Stuff, it dominates the coveted 18-34 year old male audience. This includes successful brand extensions ranging from more than 25 international editions, worldwide websites, worldwide mobile telephone content delivery to branded network and cable television programs, a satellite radio channel and various successful branded product line extensions.^{[citations needed]}

On February 15, 2007, Dennis Publishing, Inc. announced that it had retained media investment firm, Allen & Company as its exclusive financial advisor to explore various strategic alternatives available to the Company including a possible sale of the Company.^{[citation needed]}