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[[File:Axm.png|thumb|AXM Digital logo]]'''''AXM''''',  originally launched around 1997 as ''Axiom News''<ref name=mediaweek /> was a British lifestyle magazine aimed at young gay and bisexual men.
[[File:AXM May 2006.jpg|thumb|Magazine cover for May 2006]]'''''AXM''''',  originally launched in 1999 as ''Axiom News''<ref name=mediaweek /> was a British lifestyle magazine aimed at young gay and bisexual men.


Its content was heavily based on fashion, sex and health-related features. It also had reviews on music, film and gay nightlife.
Its content was heavily based on fashion, sex and health-related features. It also had reviews on music, film and gay nightlife.


. It was acquired by by [[Millivres Prowler Group]]  from [[Blue Maverick Media]] in April 2006. At that time it was said to have a circulation of 30,000, and to target a younger reader than Gay Times, typically aged between 16 and 30.<ref name=mediaweek>http://www.mediaweek.co.uk/article/554023/gay-times-publisher-acquires-axm Robin Parker, "Gay Times publisher acquires AXM", 13 April 2006.<.ref>
''AXM'' was acquired by by [[Millivres Prowler Group]]  from Blue Maverick Media in April 2006. At that time it was said to have a circulation of 30,000, and to target a younger reader than Gay Times, typically aged between 16 and 30.<ref name=mediaweek>http://www.mediaweek.co.uk/article/554023/gay-times-publisher-acquires-axm Robin Parker, "Gay Times publisher acquires AXM", 13 April 2006.</ref>


''AXM'' was given a new look for its January 2008 issue, having previously titled itself in lowercase.
[[File:AXM Digital.jpg|thumb|left|Cover of the first (and only) digital edition]]''AXM'' was given a new look for its January 2008 issue, having previously titled itself in lowercase.


The magazine ceased publication of printed magazines after December 2008 due to financial downturn, and so it claimed, to show videos online, thus it is now in an online-only format.
Publication of printed magazines ceased after December 2008, and it became a digital-only magazine. Its first issue is available online.<ref>http://www.nxtbook.com/nxteu/millivres/axm1/. Accessed: 2015-12-06. (Archived by WebCite® at http://www.webcitation.org/6dZBqUFzR)</ref> but no further issues seem to have been produced.


==References==
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==External links==
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Magazine cover for May 2006

AXM, originally launched in 1999 as Axiom News[1] was a British lifestyle magazine aimed at young gay and bisexual men.

Its content was heavily based on fashion, sex and health-related features. It also had reviews on music, film and gay nightlife.

AXM was acquired by by Millivres Prowler Group from Blue Maverick Media in April 2006. At that time it was said to have a circulation of 30,000, and to target a younger reader than Gay Times, typically aged between 16 and 30.[1]

Cover of the first (and only) digital edition

AXM was given a new look for its January 2008 issue, having previously titled itself in lowercase.

Publication of printed magazines ceased after December 2008, and it became a digital-only magazine. Its first issue is available online.[2] but no further issues seem to have been produced.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 http://www.mediaweek.co.uk/article/554023/gay-times-publisher-acquires-axm Robin Parker, "Gay Times publisher acquires AXM", 13 April 2006.
  2. http://www.nxtbook.com/nxteu/millivres/axm1/. Accessed: 2015-12-06. (Archived by WebCite® at http://www.webcitation.org/6dZBqUFzR)

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http://www.axm-mag.com/