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Magazines published in New York City

  • Time (magazine)On the 3rd of March 1923, a small office in New York City published its first issue. Briton Hadden and Henry Luce stood behind this new weekly news magazine…
  • GQThe year 1931 marked the launch of a publication called Apparel Arts in the United States. This magazine targeted wholesale buyers and retail sellers within…
  • Feed MagazineStefanie Syman and Steven Johnson launched Feed in New York during May 1995. This publication became one of the earliest online magazines to rely entirely on…
  • Harper's BazaarOn the 2nd of November 1867, a new magazine called Harper's Bazar debuted in New York City. Fletcher Harper had proposed an American version of the German…
  • The New YorkerThe New Yorker magazine opened its doors on the 21st of February 1925. Harold Ross and his wife Jane Grant established the publication in a small office at…
  • Kirkus ReviewsVirginia Kirkus left Harper & Brothers in 1932 after the company eliminated her children's book department. She launched an independent service that year to…
  • Vogue (magazine)The first issue of Vogue appeared on the 17th of December 1892. Arthur Baldwin Turnure published this weekly newspaper in New York City with a cover price of…
  • Rolling StoneJann Wenner borrowed seven thousand five hundred dollars from his family and the parents of his soon-to-be wife Jane Schindelheim to launch Rolling Stone in…
  • Variety (magazine)The first issue of Variety appeared on the 16th of December 1905. Sime Silverman launched the weekly periodical from New York City to cover theater and…
  • Entertainment WeeklyOn the 16th of February 1990, a new magazine hit newsstands in New York City. Jeff Jarvis and Michael Klingensmith had just created Entertainment Weekly as a…
  • Esquire (magazine)The first issue of Esquire hit newsstands in October 1933 with a price tag of fifty cents. This monthly publication emerged from the ashes of a trade…
  • Fortune (magazine)Henry Luce launched Fortune magazine in 1929, declaring it the Ideal Super-Class Magazine. The publication made its official debut in February 1930 during…
  • Mix (magazine)David Schwartz, Penny Riker-Jacob, and Bill Laski established a publication called the Mix in 1977. They launched it as a tabloid directory of recording…
  • NewsweekNewsweek launched on the 17th of February 1933 with a cover featuring seven photographs from that week's news. Thomas J. C.
  • Bloomberg BusinessweekThe Business Week magazine debuted in New York City during September 1929. This launch occurred just weeks before the catastrophic stock market crash that…
  • Popular MechanicsHenry Haven Windsor launched Popular Mechanics on the 11th of January 1902 in Chicago. The first issue featured a large illustration of a technological…
  • The NationThe Nation magazine opened its doors on the 6th of July 1865, at 130 Nassau Street in Manhattan. This date marked the end of William Lloyd Garrison's The…
  • The New York Review of BooksThe first issue of The New York Review of Books hit newsstands on the 1st of February 1963. It sold out its initial printing of 100,000 copies within days.
  • Scientific AmericanRufus Porter released the first issue of Scientific American on the 28th of August 1845. This four-page weekly newspaper appeared in New York City at a time…
  • Slate (magazine)On the 24th of June 1996, Michael Kinsley launched Slate under the ownership of Microsoft. This date marked a specific moment when digital journalism began…
  • New York (magazine)The first issue of New York magazine hit newsstands on the 8th of April 1968. Clay Felker and Milton Glaser launched the publication as a direct competitor…
  • The Paris ReviewIn the spring of 1953, three young men named Harold L. Humes, Peter Matthiessen, and George Plimpton launched The Paris Review in a small room above the…
  • Billboard (magazine)The first issue of Billboard appeared in Cincinnati, Ohio on the 1st of November 1894. William Donaldson and James Hennegan published the eight-page weekly…
  • AdweekAdweek first appeared on newsstands in 1979 as a weekly American advertising trade publication. The magazine emerged to cover marketing, creativity, and…
  • Vice (magazine)In October 1994, a small publication named Voice emerged from the English-language section of Images magazine in Montreal.
  • IEEE SpectrumJanuary 1964 marked the birth of IEEE Spectrum. This new magazine replaced Electrical Engineering as the flagship publication for the Institute of Electrical…
  • The New York Times MagazineOn the 6th of September 1896, the first issue of The New York Times Magazine appeared on newsstands. This date marked a turning point for the newspaper under…
  • Life (magazine)Henry Luce purchased the name Life magazine for ninety-two thousand dollars in 1936. He wanted to use that name for his company Time Inc.
  • Monthly ReviewOn a New Hampshire farm in 1948, two former Harvard colleagues met to discuss the future of American socialism. F. O. Matthiessen offered Paul Sweezy $5,000…
  • Atlas ObscuraJoshua Foer and Dylan Thuras met in 2007 to discuss a different kind of atlas. They wanted to feature places not commonly found in standard guidebooks.