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*8days*

Former actor James Lye on 8 DAYS, Issue 486 (29 Jan – 8 February 2000)
Chief Editor	Lau Kuan Wei
Categories	Asian & Hollywood, Celebrity, Entertainment, Television, TV listings
Frequency	Weekly
First issue	13 October 1990
Final issue	27 September 2018
Company	Mediacorp
Country	Singapore
Language	English
Website	www.8days.sg

8 Days (stylized as 8days) is a Singaporean online magazine published by Mediacorp. Published in print weekly from 1990 to 2018, it covers a wide range of topics including entertainment, food, fashion, beauty, travel and lifestyle. ^{[citation needed]} The magazine is known for its tongue-in-cheek humour and its coverage of the Singapore entertainment scene, and also features regional and international entertainment stories and celebrity features, such as interviews with Hollywood, Hong Kong, Taiwanese and Korean celebrities.

There is usually a main feature story, which often has an interview with a celeb and photos. The main sections of the magazine include “See & Do”, which has celebrity news and gossip, “Movies”, which contains reviews and film features, and “Eat & Drink”, a large food section with reviews, new openings and recipes. Other sections include “Lifestyle”, “Travel”, "Home Matters “The Feelgood Page”, “What They Never Taught You In School” and “Shirtless Guy Of The Week.”

The stars who have been featured on the covers of the magazine range from Singaporean artistes such as Zoe Tay, Rebecca Lim, Joanne Peh, Elvin Ng and Tay Ping Hui, and Singapore personalities like Joseph Schooling, to regional and Hollywood stars such as Angelina Jolie, Scarlett Johansson, Ryan Gosling and Johnny Depp.

History

8Days is one of Singapore's longest-running magazines, in print for more than 28 years as of 2018.

The magazine started out as an A4-sized publication, but was changed to become a B4-sized one instead in 2008. On 13 December 2009, the 1000th issue of 8Days was launched at Iluma. There was also an exhibit of the 999 different covers.

In 2013 and 2016, the magazine was named Magazine of the Year in a poll by trade journal, Marketing magazine.^[1] The publication was also named Entertainment and Lifestyle Magazine of the Year in 2013 for the second year running.^[2]

Since September 2018, 8Days ceased its print editions and moved to become digital-only.^[3]

References

^ "Marketing Magazine Singapore". Issuu. September 2016. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
^ "Magazine of the year 2013". Marketing Magazine Group. November 2013. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
^ 8 DAYS, i-Weekly to move to digital-only

External links

Official website

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Radio	BBC World Service RIA 897 GOLD 905 SYMPHONY 924 YES 933 CNA938 WARNA 942 CLASS 95 CAPITAL 958 OLI 968 LOVE 972 987
Artiste group	Mediacorp's Ah Jie 8 Dukes of Caldecott Hill Seven Princesses of Mediacorp HST 4567
Other	Digital 8 Days meWATCH Today Reebonz Singapore Media Academy
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See also: Mass media in Singapore