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''. December 8, 2003. Retrieved on September 25, 2012. "New York-based ''A Magazine'' lived 12 years and finally turned a profit in its 10th year with a circulation high of 200,000, .. Geared towards a young audience, its mission was to "report on the developments, address the issues, and celebrate the achievements of this siandynamic new population." It was created in 1989 by

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, Amy Chu, Sandi Kim and Bill Yao to cover East Asian American issues and culture, and often featured fashion spreads, advice columns, horoscopes, and news stories. ''A. Magazine'' grew out of a campus magazine edited by Yang while an

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. Though well-known and influential in the East Asian American community, it was not profitable in its thirteen-year existence. The magazine operated for twelve years though it reached a circulation high of 200,000. When the economy declined in 2001, the magazine declined. When it ceased on February 20, 2002, it was the largest English-language publication for Asian Americans in the United States, with bi-monthly readership exceeding 200,000 in North America. In November 1999, ''A. Magazine'' obtained $4.5 million in venture capital funding, and the company was renamed

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, reflecting a branching out into Web publishing. In early 2000, after announcing their expansion into a office in

, the U.S. economy entered into a downturn. In an attempt to recover, the company merged with

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in November 2000. After a shareholder fight, the merged company closed in 2002.

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