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{{Infobox Magazine
| title = Blender
| image_file = Blender magazine 1995.jpg
| image_size = 200px
| image_caption = Issue 2.1 from 1995, featuring [[Björk]]
| editor = Joe Levy
| editor_title = Editor-in-chief
| previous_editor =
| staff_writer =
| frequency = 10 times per year
| circulation =
| category = [[Music magazine|Music]]
| company = Alpha Media Group
| publisher =
| firstdate = {{start date and age|1994}}
| finaldate = {{end date|2009|4}}
| finalnumber =
| country = United States
| based = New York
| language = English
| website = [https://web.archive.org/web/20130821212248/http://www.blender.com/ Blender.com]
| issn = 1534-0554
| oclc = 34610465
}}
'''''Blender''''' was an American [[music magazine]] that billed itself as "the ultimate guide to music and more". It was also known for sometimes steamy pictorials of celebrities. It compiled lists of albums, artists, and songs, including both "best of" and "worst of" lists. In each issue, there was a review of an artist's entire [[discography]], with each album being analyzed in turn.

''Blender'' was published by [[Dennis Publishing]]. The magazine began in 1994 as the first digital [[CD-ROM]] magazine by Jason Pearson, David Cherry, and Regina Joseph, acquired by Felix Dennis/Dennis Publishing, UK it published 15 digital [[Compact disc|CD]] issues, and launched on the web in 1997. It started publishing a print edition again in 1999 in its most recent form. Blender CD-ROM showcased the earliest digital editorial formats, as well as the first forms of digital advertising. The first digital advertisers included [[Calvin Klein]], [[Apple Computer]], [[Toyota]] and [[Nike, Inc.|Nike]].

In June 2006, the ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'' named it one of the top ten English-language magazines, describing it as "the cool kid at the school of rock magazines".<ref>"50 Best Magazines", ''Chicago Tribune'', June 15, 2006.</ref>

Owner Alpha Media Group closed ''Blender'' March 26, 2009, going to an online-only format in a move that eliminated 30 jobs and reduced the company's portfolio of titles to [[Maxim (magazine)|''Maxim'']] alone. ''Blender''{{'s}} final print issue was the April 2009 issue.<ref>Jason Fell, "[http://www.foliomag.com/2009/breaking-blender-folds Blender Folds: Music magazine latest to succumb to recession]", Folio, March 26, 2009.</ref> Subscribers to the magazine were sent issues of ''Maxim'' magazine to make up for the unsent ''Blender'' issues.

== Indian edition ==
{{Infobox magazine
| title = Blender India
| logo =
| logo_size =
| image_file = Priyanka Chopa Blender India November 2008 cover.jpg
| image_size = 
| image_alt =
| image_caption = [[Priyanka Chopra]] on the November 2008 cover of the Indian edition of ''Blender''
| editor = Sam Lal<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.medianewsline.com/blender-india-launches-tv-campaign-announces-free-copies/ |title=Blender India launches TV Campaign, announces Free Copies |publisher=Medianewsline.com |date=2009-04-21 |access-date=2013-05-04}}</ref>
| editor_title = Editor in Chief
| previous_editor =
| staff_writer =
| photographer =
| category = [[Music magazine|Music]]
| frequency =
| circulation =
| publisher = Piyush Sharma<ref name="dmnews1">{{cite web|url=http://www.dmnews.com/blender-enters-indian-market/article/109893/# |title=Blender enters Indian market |publisher=Dmnews.com |access-date=2013-05-04}}</ref>
| founded =
| firstdate = {{Start date|2008|May}}
| company = Dennis Media Transasia India
| country = [[India]]
| based = [[New Delhi]]
| language = [[English language|English]]
| issn =
| oclc =
}}

The [[India]]n edition of ''Blender'' was the title's first venture outside the United States. It commenced publication with its May 2008 issue, which featured [[Mariah Carey]] on the cover.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mariah-Carey-Blender-Magazine-INDIA-May-2008-Def-Leppard-/140906012857 |title=Mariah Carey Blender Magazine INDIA May 2008 Def Leppard |publisher=eBay |access-date=2013-05-04}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://tmobile.net-genie.co.uk/interviews/165091/mariah_carey_in_a_candid_interview_with_blender_india.html |title=Mariah Carey talks about her latest album E=MC2, and all the fun, emancipation and sexiness she sends out with it – Blender India |publisher=Tmobile.net-genie.co.uk |date=1970-03-27 |access-date=2013-05-04 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130603094832/http://tmobile.net-genie.co.uk/interviews/165091/mariah_carey_in_a_candid_interview_with_blender_india.html |archive-date=2013-06-03 }}</ref> The magazine was targeted at educated male city dwellers aged between 18 and 34.<ref name="dmnews1"/> The magazine was launched through Dennis Media Transasia India, a [[joint venture]] between Dennis Publishing and Media Transasia,<ref>{{cite web|author=Dan Leahul |url=http://www.brandrepublic.com/News/845331/Dennis-Publishing-taps-Indian-market-joint-venture/ |title=Dennis Publishing taps into Indian market with joint venture |publisher=Brandrepublic.com |date=2008-09-11 |access-date=2013-05-04}}</ref> which also publishes the Asian versions of ''Blender'' and ''Maxim''.<ref>{{cite web|author=Jennifer Whitehead |url=http://www.brandrepublic.com/News/845305/Dennis-moves-Indian-market-joint-publishing-venture/ |title=Dennis moves into Indian market with joint publishing venture |publisher=Brandrepublic.com |date=2008-09-11 |access-date=2013-05-04}}</ref> The joint venture was based in New Delhi<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.marketingweek.co.uk/dennis-publishing-expands-into-india/2062397.article |title=Dennis Publishing expands into India |work=Marketing Week |date=2008-09-11 |access-date=2013-05-04}}</ref> with offices in Bangalore, Chennai, Kolkata and Mumbai.

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