Maxim
Avril Lavigne on the cover of Maxim in 2008. Avril Lavigne Whibley,[7] better known by her birth name of Avril Lavigne (IPA: ), (born September 27, 1984) is a Canadian rock/punk-pop singer, musician and actress. ...
Editor-in-chief	Jim Kaminsky (September, 2007 - present)
Categories	Men's
Frequency	Monthly
Publisher	Dennis Publishing, Inc.
First issue	1995
Country	United Kingdom,  United States, others
Language	English, many others
Website	www.maximonline.com

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In the United States, Maxim is an industry leader, reporting a circulation of 2.5 million readers which they claim is enough to outsell leading competitors GQ, Esquire, and Details combined. The magazine is now using the brand name to market a myriad of other magazines and projects. GQ can refer to several things: Gentlemens Quarterly, a mens magazine The ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Equatorial Guinea GQ, a replacement Quake 1 game engine This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... August 2005 issue of Esquire Esquire is a mens magazine by the Hearst Corporation. ... Cover of an issue of Details magazine Details, a monthly mens magazine, is published by Condé Nast Publications. ...

Expansion

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Due to its success in its primary markets, Maxim has expanded into many other countries, including Argentina, Canada, India, Indonesia, Israel, Belgium, Romania, the Czech Republic, France (marketed under "Maximal"), Germany, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Korea, Mexico, Netherlands, Poland, Russia (where it stands now as the most popular men's magazine), Serbia, the Philippines, Singapore, Spain, Thailand, Ukraine, and Portugal (marketed under "Maxmen"). A wireless version of the magazine was launched in 2005 across cellular carriers in twenty European and Asian countries. Image File history File links Mergefrom. ... This article is about the Korean civilization. ... Not to be confused with Republika Srpska. ... For other uses, see Europe (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Asia (disambiguation). ...

In 1999, MaximOnline.com was created. It contains content not included in the print version and focuses on the same general topics, along with exclusive sections such as the "Girls of Maxim" galleries and the "Joke of the Day". "Maxim Video" contains video clips of interviews, music videos, photo shoots, and original content. The success of this website inspired Dennis Digital to create sites for its sister publications, such as Blender. This article is about the year. ... Blender is an American magazine that bills itself as the ultimate guide to music and more. ...

In January 2002, Dennis Publishing established an online and retail video division, Dennis Media Group. In 2005 this division was disbanded and restructured to focus on creating video and multimedia content for the editorial branch of Dennis Digital. 2002 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December A timeline of events in the news for January, 2002. ... Dennis Logo Dennis Publishing Ltd. ... Dennis Media Group is the broadcast, online, and retail video arm of Dennis Pubilshing Ltd. ... Dennis Digital is the interactive Internet and mobile divison of Dennis Publishing, which publishes Maxim, Stuff, Blender and The Week. ...

On February 5, 2005, Maxim launched their own radio channel, Maxim Radio, on Sirius Satellite Radio. is the 36th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... On February 5, 2005, Maxim Radio was launched on Sirius Satellite Radio, and has several popular shows. ... Sirius Satellite Radio NASDAQ: SIRI is one of two satellite radio (SDARS) services operating in the United States and Canada, along with XM Satellite Radio. ...

On June 5, 2006, the magazine announced plans to build a casino on the Las Vegas Strip north of Circus Circus, but the casino plan failed after local condominium owners complained that the proposed casino would ruin their view. The land was sold to MGM Mirage.^[1] is the 156th day of the year (157th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The south end of The Strip; approximately one third of the entire Strip is represented here. ... This article is about the Circus Circus hotel and casino in Las Vegas. ... MGM Mirage (NYSE: MGM) is a Las Vegas, Nevada-based business engaged in the development, ownership and operation of hotels and casinos throughout the world. ...

On June 15, 2007, private equity firm Quadrangle Group, along with long-time media executive Kent Brownridge, announced the acquisition of the parent company of Maxim, Blender, Stuff and MaximOnline.com, although Maxim will continued to be published by Dennis Publishing in the UK. is the 166th day of the year (167th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... Look up blender in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Stuff is a mens magazine featuring interviews, pictorials, and other articles of interest to a predominantly male audience. ... Dennis Logo Dennis Publishing Ltd. ...

Criticism

Maxim was protested by the gender issues department of Thunder Bay, Ontario's Lakehead University during an on-campus "Maxim Coors Light Girl Search".^[2] Nickname: Motto: Superior by nature Location of Thunder Bay, Ontario Coordinates: , Country Canada Province Ontario Region Northwestern Ontario District Thunder Bay District CMA Thunder Bay Settled 1679 as Fort Caministigoyan See histories of Port Arthur and Fort William Amalgamation 1 January 1970 Government [1][2]  - Type Municipal Government  - Mayor Lynn... Lakehead University (LU) is situated at the head of Lake Superior in Thunder Bay, Ontario. ...

In 2002, the popular German football club FC St. Pauli removed Maxim magazine advertisements from the team's stadium in response to fan protests over the alleged sexist depictions of women in the ads ^[3]. This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ...

In 2003, after receiving phone and email complaints from a "well-organized writing campaign"^[4], Maxim issued an apology for a cartoon^[5] depicting Mahatma Gandhi being beaten, kicked and bloodied. The apology did use the word "sorry" but was more of a defense than an apology, discussing that they had chosen Gandhi not because he was Indian or "of color", but because picking him as a target of aggression was ironic and akin to picking Ted Kennedy to be your designated driver.^[6] Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... “Gandhi” redirects here. ... For other persons named Ted Kennedy, see Ted Kennedy (disambiguation). ...

In the December Issue of 2004, Maxim had published a strip that was identical to Sexy Losers' Strip 230 word for word without crediting its original author. It has yet to make a formal apology.^{[citation needed]}

Maxim was criticized by Sports Illustrated model Veronica Vařeková for using her photo, without permission, on a cover. "I’m sure many men will say, ‘what is she talking about,’ but I don’t like (Maxim), personally,” Varekova said, "I don’t want to trash it, but I don’t want to be a part of it either."^[7] Maxim maintains they obtained rights to the photograph.^[8] The first issue of Sports Illustrated, August 16, 1954, showing Milwaukee Braves star Eddie Mathews at bat in Milwaukee County Stadium. ...

In January 2006, Southern Indian actress Kushboo Sundar filed a complaint with local police against the magazine for using and doctoring her image without her permission in the Indian edition of the magazine. Her picture was used as part of a running "Women You Will Never See in Maxim" series featuring doctored photos of prominent celebrities.^[9] January 2006 : ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad accuses European nations of trying to complete the Holocaust by creating a Jewish camp Israel in the Middle East. ... // Kushboo was born on 29th September 1970. ...

In June 2007, Maxim began photoshoots of female Israeli models who serve in the Israeli army. The campaign drew an angry reaction from lawmaker Colette Avital, a former diplomat who served as Israel's consul-general in New York in the 1990s.^[10] June 2007 is the sixth month of that year. ... The State of Israel (Hebrew: מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, transliteration: ; Arabic: دَوْلَةْ اِسْرَائِيل, transliteration: ) is a country in the Middle East on the eastern edge of the Mediterranean Sea. ... The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) (Hebrew: צבא ההגנה לישראל Tsva Ha-Haganah Le-Yisrael ([Army] Force [for] the Defense of Israel), often abbreviated צהל Tsahal, alternative English spelling Tzahal, is the name of Israels armed forces (army, air force and navy). ... Colette Avital (in Hebrew קולט אביטל) (born May 1, 1940) is an Israeli parliamentarian from the Israel Labor Party, who served in the 15th, 16th, and 17th (current) Knessets. ... This article is about the state. ... For the band, see 1990s (band). ...

In February 2008, Maxim was critcized by the rock band The Black Crowes for a review of their upcoming cd, Warpaint, with the band claiming that the magazine reviewed the cd without hearing it.^[11] According to Black Crowes manager Pete Angelus, the magazine stated in an email that "Of course, we always prefer to (sic) hearing music, but sometimes there are big albums that we don’t want to ignore that aren’t available to hear, which is what happened with the Crowes. It’s either an educated guess preview or no coverage at all, so in this case we chose the former." The magazine's editorial director James Kaminsky later apologized, stating "It is Maxim's editorial policy to assign star ratings only to those albums that have been heard in their entirety. Unfortunately, that policy was not followed in the March 2008 issue of our magazine and we apologize to our readers."^[12]Facing more criticism over rating albums without listening to them, Maxim magazine maintains it was previewing CDs in its March 2008 issue, not reviewing them, and the mistake was to include star ratings.^[13] February 2008 is the second month of the leap year and has yet to occur. ... This article is about the type of musical group. ... The Black Crowes are a blues-oriented hard rock jam band who have sold over 19 million albums[1] and were hailed by Melody Maker as The Most Rock n Roll Rock n Roll Band in the World.[2] The band has toured with acts such as Aerosmith, ZZ Top... E-mail, or email, is short for electronic mail and is a method of composing, sending, and receiving messages over electronic communication systems. ... 2008 (MMVIII) will be a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Celebrities

For a full listing, please see: List of people in Maxim magazine 1997 to 2008

Many celebrities (singers, actresses, models, etc.) have posed for Maxim over the years. Examples include:

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See also

• Glamour photography
• List of men's magazines
• Maxim Radio
• Dennis Digital

Glamour photography is the photographing of a model (usually female), in a way that is intended to be erotic, yet not pornographic. ... This is a list of magazines primarily marketed to men. ... On February 5, 2005, Maxim Radio was launched on Sirius Satellite Radio, and has several popular shows. ... Dennis Digital is the interactive Internet and mobile divison of Dennis Publishing, which publishes Maxim, Stuff, Blender and The Week. ...

References

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External links

• Maxim U.S. site
• Maxim en Español official subscriptions site
• Official Maxim web site with content for mobile phones
• Maxim U.K. site
• Maxim German site
• Maxim South Korean site
• Maxim India site
• The Candy Pitch