''Arena'' was a British monthly men's magazine. The magazine was created in 1986 by Nick Logan, who had founded ''

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'' in 1980, to focus on trends in

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and entertainment. British graphic designer Neville Brody, who had designed ''The Face'', designed ''Arena's'' launch appearance. The headquarters of ''Arena'' was in London. The magazine was part of Bauer Media and featured articles on food,

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s, fitness, sex, music,

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, and books. It was pitched at a similarly upscale audience to '' GQ'', attempting to offer a more adult read than

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like '' Maxim'' and '' FHM'', and gearing itself specifically towards the "black collar worker". ''Arena'' launched the careers of British media professionals such as

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, the editor of ''GQ UK'' who had served as ''Arena''s editor in the late 1980s. In July 2006, facing competition from the internet, the editorial team behind ''Arena'' launched a team blog which features regular posts from its contributors. In spite of this, magazine circulation continued to fall and in 2007, Giles Hattersley, chief interviewer at ''

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'' was brought in as Editor. Hattersley oversaw a revamp of the publication and in November 2007, the magazine relaunched with a new design and new palate of content, featuring

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on its cover. Hattersley returned to ''The Sunday Times'' in March 2008 and was replaced in the interim by deputy editor Mat Smith. Smith left in August 2008 to take over as features director at '' Esquire UK''. In April 2009, ''Arena'' ceased publication. As of April 2009, international editions of Arena outside the UK continued to be published. These editions included

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and

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. ''Arena Singapore'', the first English language edition outside the UK, was launched on 27 October 2006 by the publishing division of Mediacorp. Two and a half years later, Mediacorp announced on 30 April 2009 that it was closing the Singapore edition of ''Arena''.

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