''Magnate'' was a free men's lifestyle publication.Megan Dunsby,
Young Entrepreneurs: Sean Spooner, Magnate Media
, Startups, 18 March 2015. Retrieved 13 December 2017. It was published between 2012 and 2016.

History and profile

Originally a print publication, the magazine launched on 12 December 2012. The launch edition of the magazine was distributed on 14 December 2012 throughout London's Kings Cross,

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, Liverpool Street and Paddington Railway stations and throughout office locations in Central London. In mid-2013 it was announced that ''Magnate'' would be distributed exclusively to distribution stands in the capital, replacing all train station distribution. The publication launched with a cover-interview with Virgin founder Sir Richard Branson, speaking about

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. The headline of the cover read "Branson on Mars". Other cover-stars have included cast member of E4's ''

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'' Jamie Laing and British rapper

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. ''Magnate'' published a number of interviews, including with

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founder Jamal Edwards,

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and

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. The magazine folded in 2016.

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