Magazines
See also: List of New York City newspapers and magazinesThe city has a long history in American magazine publishing. The 19th Century was rife with popular titles: Harper's Weekly launched in 1857, claiming to be "A Journal of Civilization" to readers; St. Nicholas Magazine, a pioneering children's publication; and Collier's Weekly, which counted Upton Sinclair and Ernest Hemingway as contributors. New York Magazine, founded in 1968 by Milton Glaser and Clay Felker, was one of the first "lifestyle" magazines. The New Yorker, founded in 1925 by Harold Ross, is a weekly magazine of arts, literature, and journalism.
Today more than 350 magazines have their editorial offices based in the city. New York is home to the corporate headquarters of publishing giants:
- Condé Nast Publications: The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, Vogue
- The Hearst Corporation: Cosmopolitan, Esquire
- Time Warner: Time, People, Sports Illustrated
Other national leaders are Rolling Stone, published by Wenner Media, and Newsweek, owned by the The Newsweek Daily Beast Company.
Read more about this topic: Media In New York City
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—Aldous Huxley (1894–1963)
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—Rebecca West (1892–1983)
“The want of an international Copy-Right Law, by rendering it nearly impossible to obtain anything from the booksellers in the way of remuneration for literary labor, has had the effect of forcing many of our very best writers into the service of the Magazines and Reviews.”
—Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849)