Thirteen minutes
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Thirteen Minutes Magazine (sometimes abbreviated 13MinMag) is a magazine
Magazine
Magazines, periodicals, glossies or serials are publications, generally published on a regular schedule, containing a variety of articles. They are generally financed by advertising, by a purchase price, by pre-paid magazine subscriptions, or all three...

 published by (IMatrix Inc.) in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 which covers high fashion, Asian women’s beauty, movies/tv, food, and popular culture
Popular culture
Popular culture is the totality of ideas, perspectives, attitudes, memes, images and other phenomena that are deemed preferred per an informal consensus within the mainstream of a given culture, especially Western culture of the early to mid 20th century and the emerging global mainstream of the...

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(13 Minutes) is a new magazine about bicultural Asians and those interested in Asia
Asia
Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...

n culture.

The magazine follows a typical format by featuring an editor’s monthly thoughts and table of contents
Table of contents
A table of contents, usually headed simply "Contents" and abbreviated informally as TOC, is a list of the parts of a book or document organized in the order in which the parts appear...

 in the first few pages, while also featuring advertisements. While some ads are unrelated to the fashion industry, the majority of ads are typically related to high fashion, makeup, film and women’s beauty related materials.

Featured celebrities

To date, the magazine has featured the following celebrities on the covers and inside its pages:
  • Brenda Song
    Brenda Song
    Brenda Song is an American actress, film producer, and model. Song started in show business as a child fashion model. Her early television work included roles in the shows Fudge and 100 Deeds for Eddie McDowd...

     of the Disney Channel's "The Suite Life of Zack and Cody"
  • The Scorpion King's
    The Scorpion King
    The Scorpion King is a 2002 American action film directed by Chuck Russell, starring Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Kelly Hu, Grant Heslov, and Michael Clarke Duncan...

     Kelly Hu
    Kelly Hu
    Kelly Ann Hu is an American actress and former fashion model. She was Miss Teen USA 1985 and Miss Hawaii USA 1993.-Early life:Hu was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, the daughter of Juanita, an engineering drafter for Honolulu, and Herbert Hu, a salesman and exotic bird breeder; the two divorced during...

  • Battlestar Galactica's
    Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series)
    Battlestar Galactica is an American military science fiction television series, and part of the Battlestar Galactica franchise. The show was developed by Ronald D. Moore as a re-imagining of the 1978 Battlestar Galactica television series created by Glen A. Larson...

     Grace Park
    Grace Park (actress)
    Grace Park is an American-born Canadian actress. She gained recognition as Sharon Valerii on Battlestar Galactica, as well as Shannon Ng in the Canadian television series teen soap Edgemont...

  • DJ Shy of the world famous Los Angeles based 102.7 KIIS FM.
  • Heroes
    Heroes (TV series)
    Heroes is an American science fiction television drama series created by Tim Kring that appeared on NBC for four seasons from September 25, 2006 through February 8, 2010. The series tells the stories of ordinary people who discover superhuman abilities, and how these abilities take effect in the...

     Masi Oka
    Masi Oka
    Masayori "Masi" Oka is a Japanese-American actor and digital effects artist.He has performed in numerous feature films and TV series, most prominently as Hiro Nakamura in the NBC TV series Heroes from 2006 until its cancellation in May 2010. He resides in Los Angeles, California.-Early life:Oka...

  • HBO’s Entourages
    Entourage (TV series)
    Entourage is an American comedy-drama television series that premiered on HBO on July 18, 2004 and concluded on September 11, 2011, after eight seasons...

     Rex Lee
    Rex Lee
    Rex Lee is an American actor. He is best known for his role on the HBO original series, Entourage, as Lloyd Lee.-Early life:Lee was born in Warren, Ohio...

  • Maggie Q
    Maggie Q
    Margaret Denise Quigley , professionally known as Maggie Q, is an American-born actress and former fashion model. She currently stars as the titular character on the action-thriller TV series Nikita.-Early life:...

     of Die Hard 4 and Mission Impossible 3
  • Yunjin Kim of LOST
  • Nancy Yoon
  • Chloe Dao
    Chloe Dao
    Chloe Dao , is an American fashion designer of Vietnamese ancestry who lives and works in Houston, Texas. She was the winner of the second season of the reality show Project Runway with a collection of women's evening wear...

     of Project Runway
  • Michelle Krusiec
    Michelle Krusiec
    Michelle J. Krusiec born October 2, 1974 in Fallon, Nevada, is an American actress of Taiwanese ancestry.Krusiec was recruited to be one of six globe-trotting travel reporters for the Discovery Channel new series called Travelers...


Major Articles

There are typically four to six major articles within the middle pages of the magazine. These articles are most commonly interviews
Interviews
Interviews is:# the plural form of "interview"# a compilation album by Bob Marley & the Wailers, see Interviews # a C++ toolkit for the X Window System, see InterViews...

, but there are also narrative articles as well as lists. Feature articles tend to focus mostly on celebrities, movies and high fashion how-to’s.

Featured Advertisers

Jeep, Dodge, Porsche, South Coast Plaza, Elite Body Concepts, Pool Trade Show, Sartoro Jewelry, La Perla, Cartier, Tadashi, ENGLISH Clientele, and more…

Circulation information

Circulation = 15, 000
Readership = 51, 000
Cover Price = $4.95
Subscription Rate = $15 / 6 Issues

Event attendance

Thirteen Minutes is dedicated to supporting and serving the Asian and Pacific Islanders community. Thirteen Minutes continually attends events including MAGIC trade show
Magic (trade show)
The Magic Marketplace is a Las Vegas biannual men's apparel and accessory tradeshow, founded in 1933, by the Men's Apparel Guild in California. Exhibitor categories include: designer, contemporary, casual, streetwear, active sporting wear, accessories, young men's, and kids.-External links:*...

, the Sundance Film Festival, the Los Angeles Lunar New Year Parade, Miss Asia, LA Fashion Week (and also Japan & Hong Kong) to mention just a few.

Specialty Issues

Every year, 13 Minutes Magazine publishes a number of specialty issues. These issues are often published as issues larger than the normal standard.

Common specialty issues include:
  • Swimsuit Issue – Every Summer, 13 Minutes covers the industry’s hottest and sexiest bathing apparel in their scorching pages. In the vein of Sports Illustrated’s top selling swimsuit issue, 13 Minutes ensures that every page will leave its reader breathless. Hot and off the market, these swimsuits (not sold in stores and found nowhere else) are featured in the daring, sexy, and glossy manner as only 13 Minutes can provide.

Onboard Photographers

  • Don Le (2006)
  • Tony Nguyen Campobello (2006)
  • Paige Apadoca (2006)
  • Andrew Matusik (2006)
  • Wilfredo Pascu (2006)
  • Rodney Ray (2006)
  • Christopher Voelker
    Christopher Voelker
    Christopher Voelker is an American photographer.-General information:Voelker is a full-time wheelchair user due to a spinal cord injury from a high-speed, motocross accident at 16....

    (2006)

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