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Heat

Heat is an entertainemnt magazine published by Emap, and edited by Mark Frith. It is one of the biggest selling magazines in the UK, with a regular circulation of over half a million. Its mix of celebrity news, gossip and fashion is primarily aimed at women, although not as directly as in other women's magazines. It also features movie and music reviews, TV listings and a major celebrity interview.

Heat was launched in late 1999 as a general interest entertainment magazine, at a cost of more than £4m. However, unlike other Emap launches before and after, it was not an immediate success, with a circulation below 100,000. A series of revamps quickly repositioned the magazine as a less serious, more gossip-oriented magazine aimed at women, and circulation quickly grew. A series of high-profile celebrity relationships, such as between David and Victoria Beckham, and Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt provided ample material, while reality shows such as Big Brother and Pop Idol grew popular at just the right time to help fill pages.

The magazine has come under criticism from different areas for its use of paparazzi photography, most notably from Ewan McGregor, who has called for a boycott of it by all celebrities, and described it as a "Dirty, filthy piece of shit."[1]

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