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Magazines published in New York City

  • Time (magazine)Time magazine was almost called Facts. Two 24-year-olds launched it in 1923.
  • GQGQ began as a 1931 trade magazine that store customers kept taking home. It was first called Apparel Arts.
  • Feed MagazineFeed Magazine won praise but never earned enough from advertising. The New York web magazine launched in May 1995.
  • Harper's BazaarA 1933 photo of a model running on a winter beach changed fashion photography. Models had mostly posed still.
  • The New YorkerThe phrase "back to the drawing board" began as a 1941 New Yorker cartoon.
  • Kirkus ReviewsKirkus Reviews was announced to be shutting down at the end of 2009. Weeks later, a buyer rescued it.
  • Vogue (magazine)When war blocked shipping in World War One, Vogue began printing in England. That led to British Vogue in 1916.
  • Rolling StoneRolling Stone magazine began in 1967 on $7,500 borrowed from family. Its first cover showed John Lennon in a helmet.
  • Variety (magazine)Variety began in 1905 after its founder was fired for panning an act. He borrowed $1,500 to start it.
  • Entertainment WeeklyEntertainment Weekly gave its rare A+ to only two films: Citizen Kane and My Left Foot.
  • Esquire (magazine)In 1943, the government charged Esquire magazine with mailing lewd images. The Supreme Court disagreed in 1946.
  • Fortune (magazine)Fortune magazine was almost called Power. Henry Luce launched it in 1929, just before the crash.
  • Mix (magazine)Mix magazine began in 1977 as a tabloid-style directory of recording services. It later became a glossy trade magazine.
  • Publishers WeeklyPublishers Weekly has come out every week since 1872, before the telephone or the light bulb.
  • NewsweekIn 1970, sixty women at Newsweek sued because only men could be reporters.
  • Bloomberg BusinessweekBloomberg Businessweek launched weeks before the 1929 stock market crash. It was first called The Business Week.
  • Popular MechanicsThree Alcatraz inmates used Popular Mechanics to build a raft. Their June 1962 escape attempt followed its instructions.
  • The NationThe Nation urged a vote for a Socialist in 1932, then backed Roosevelt three times.
  • The New York Review of BooksThe New York Review of Books began during a newspaper strike. Its first issue in 1963 sold out 100,000 copies.
  • Scientific AmericanIn April 1950, a government agency ordered 3,000 copies of Scientific American burned.
  • Slate (magazine)Slate magazine tried a paywall in 1998 and drew up to 20,000 subscribers. It later went ad-supported.
  • New York (magazine)New York magazine died in 1966 and was reborn two years later. It first began as a Sunday supplement in 1963.
  • The Paris ReviewOne founding editor of The Paris Review was secretly working for the CIA.
  • Billboard (magazine)Billboard magazine began in 1894 as a trade sheet for people who pasted ads onto walls.
  • AdweekA blog started as CableNewser by a Towson University student became required reading for TV news chiefs.
  • Vice (magazine)Vice magazine began as a Quebec job training program. In October 1994 it launched as Voice of Montreal.
  • IEEE SpectrumIEEE Spectrum replaced a magazine called Electrical Engineering in January 1964.
  • The New York Times MagazineThe New York Times Magazine's first issue in 1896 carried photographs, a first for the paper.
  • Life (magazine)Life magazine ran Dewey as the next president the day before Truman won.
  • Monthly ReviewA scholar's inheritance paid for Monthly Review, a socialist magazine. He offered $5,000 a year for three years.
  • Atlas ObscuraAtlas Obscura's two founders were voted off its board in November 2025.

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