''Release Magazine'' is an independent

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based in

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, Sweden. It was born in

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in 1986. The first years it was run by Britta Näsman as an A5

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, just for fun. When she moved to Belgium, Mikael Kahrle and Lotta Kahrle (then Jansson) took over the business gradually. They wanted to slowly convert ''Release'' to a real magazine, which they did. The web magazine was established in 1997, while the printed version was published until August 1998.

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