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It was founded in 1989 by Jeff Yang, Amy Chu, Sandi Kim and Bill Yao to cover Asian American issues and culture, and grew out of a campus magazine Yang edited while an undergraduate at Harvard University.{{citation needed|date=September 2014}} The magazine operated for 12 years. On its tenth year, the magazine made a profit for the first time. During that year it reached its circulation high of 200,000. When the economy declined in 2001, the magazine declined.[1] Until it ceased on February 20, 2002, it was the largest publication for English-speaking Asian Americans in the United States, with bimonthly readership exceeding 200,000 in North America.{{citation needed|date=September 2014}} Though well known and influential in the Asian American community, it was never profitable in its 13-year existence.{{citation needed|date=September 2014}} In November 1999, it obtained US $4.5 million in venture capital funding, and the company was renamed aMedia, reflecting a branching out into Web publishing. Unfortunately, this change came right as the dot-com boom was turning to bust. In early 2000, right after announcing their move to a {{convert|20,000|sqft|m2|adj=on}} office in San Francisco, the stock market nosedived. In a desperate attempt to recover, they merged with Click2Asia in November 2000. After a tough shareholder fight, the merged company was shut down in 2002.{{citation needed|date=September 2014}} See also{{Portal|Asian Americans|Media|New York City}}
References1. ^1 2 Wan, William. "Pop Culture Asian American Magazine Falters." Los Angeles Times. December 8, 2003. Retrieved on September 25, 2012. "New York-based A magazine lived 12 years and finally turned a profit in its 10th year with a circulation high of 200,000,[...]" 2. ^"[https://web.archive.org/web/20000620103421/http://www.aonline.com/aboutus/03-31-2000/index.html About Us]." A Magazine. Retrieved on September 25, 2012. "A.Media, Inc. New York 667 Fifth Ave., 3rd Fl. New York, NY 10022" External links
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