ShortList

ShortList was launched on 20 September 2007 with the slogan "For men with more than one thing on their minds", to differentiate it from the "lads' mags" of the time, such as FHM and Loaded.{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/organgrinder/2007/sep/20/shortlistitshereanditsfre|title=Shortlist – It's here and it's free but is it any good?|last=Brook|first=Stephen|date=2007-09-20|website=The Guardian|language=en|access-date=2018-08-13}} ShortList was distributed free every Thursday in London, Manchester, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Newcastle, Leeds, Dundee, and Birmingham. In March 2015, ShortList launched a weekly edition in Dubai and Abu Dhabi as a license with APP Media Group, a division of ITP Publishing.{{Cite web |date=September 24, 2014 |title=ShortList to launch in the UAE |url=http://the-media-network.com/shortlist-to-launch-in-the-uae/ |access-date=2018-08-13 |website=The Media Network |language=en-US}}

Marking the occasion of ShortList's 10th birthday at the end of September 2017, the team produced a special edition magazine with a collection of photos that featured celebrities and their photographs from 10 years ago. Content included brief product reviews, pub and bar reviews (Pints and Pistachios), recipes, fashion pages, interviews, and a weekly column by Danny Wallace. The title had a circulation of 502,773 (ABC July–December 2017) and took up 58.9% of the total men's lifestyle sector across 8 major UK cities{{Cite news |title=Consumer ABCs: Round-up |url=https://mediatel.co.uk/newsline/2018/02/15/consumer-abcs-round-up/ |access-date=2018-08-13 |work=The Media Leader |language=en}} with the largest print circulation of all men's magazines in the UK.{{Cite news |title=Consumer ABCs: Men's Lifestyle |url=https://mediatel.co.uk/newsline/2018/02/15/consumer-abcs-mens-lifestyle-2/ |access-date=2018-08-13 |work=The Media Leader |language=en}} At launch, ShortList was published by Shortlist Media Ltd., which in 2009 launched Stylist, a similar magazine for women. Another publication, Shortlist Dubai, launched in March 2015.

The magazine's print edition was discontinued in 2018 due to declining advertising revenue. Around 20 staff members were estimated to have lost their jobs as a result of its closure.{{Cite web |last=Waterson |first=Jim |date=16 November 2018 |title=ShortList magazine to close amid declining revenues |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2018/nov/16/shortlist-magazine-to-close-amid-declining-revenues |access-date=11 March 2019 |website=The Guardian |language=en}} The magazine released its last issue on 20 December 2018.{{Cite web |last=Tobitt |first=Charlotte |date=20 December 2018 |title=Shortlist prints its last as staff tell of shock at the closure of 'brave' magazine after 11 years and 552 issues |url=https://www.pressgazette.co.uk/shortlist-prints-its-last-as-staff-tell-of-shock-at-closure-of-brave-magazine-after-11-years-and-552-issues |access-date=11 March 2019 |website=Press Gazette |language=en}}

In October 2022, Future plc acquired ShortList. "The acquisition also sees ShortList editor-in-chief, Marc Chacksfield, return to Future, where he was previously editor-in-chief of TechRadar," the company announced in a press release about the purchase.

Gerald Lynch is the current editor-in-chief of ShortList and Chacksfield is content director.{{Cite web |date=28 February 2025 |title=Who are we? - ShortList |url=https://www.shortlist.com/team |access-date=28 February 2025 |website=ShortList}}

• Men's Magazine Editor of the Year, BSME Awards, 2009{{Cite web |last=Ponsford |first=Dominic |date=November 11, 2009 |title=BSME Awards: Full list of winners – Press Gazette |url=https://www.pressgazette.co.uk/bsme-awards-full-list-of-winners/ |access-date=13 August 2018 |website=Press Gazette |language=en-US}}
• New Editor of the Year – Consumer, BSME Awards, – Terri White 2010{{Cite web |title=BSME Awards 2010: Full category shortlists – Press Gazette |url=https://www.pressgazette.co.uk/bsme-awards-2010-full-category-shortlists/ |access-date=2018-08-13 |website=Press Gazette |date=21 September 2010 |language=en-US}}
• Columnist of the Year, PPA Awards, – Danny Wallace 2011{{Cite news |date=June 16, 2011 |title=PPA Awards 2011: the full list of winners – Press Gazette |url=https://www.pressgazette.co.uk/ppa-awards-2011-the-full-list-of-winners/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200812214946/https://www.pressgazette.co.uk/ppa-awards-2011-the-full-list-of-winners/ |archive-date=August 12, 2020 |access-date=13 August 2018 |website=Press Gazette |language=en-US}}
• Cover of the Year – Jeremy Clarkson, PPA Awards, 2017{{Cite news |date=June 30, 2017 |title=PPA Awards 2017 – winners announced |language=en-gb |work=InPublishing |url=http://www.inpublishing.co.uk/news/articles/ppa_awards_2017__winners_announced_11165.aspx |access-date=13 August 2018}}

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• [http://www.shortlist.com Shortlist's official website]
• {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20150502171544/http://www.shortlistabudhabi.com/ ShortList UAE's official website]}}
• [http://www.shortlistdubai.com/ ShortList Dubai's official website]

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