The Magazine Century - American Magazines Since 1900, Second Edition

The second edition of The Magazine Century: American Magazines Since 1900 offers the freshest and most up-to-date history of American magazines through 2020. It includes chapters telling the stories of new magazine launches in each decade since 1900. These chapters offer a behind-the-scenes look at America's best-known magazines and publishers and how they got started. It also includes this key information not included in the first edition:
- Updated circulation data for major magazines
- Major magazine closings and new launches
- Ownership changes at major publishing companies
- Histories of several magazines not in the 1st edition
- The internet's effect on magazine publishing
- Biographies of colorful and controversial editors
- New details about the history of Black-owned magazines
- The pandemic's effect on magazine publishing
- Recent interviews with magazine editors and publishers
- The surprising rebound of print magazines

List of contents

List of Tables - Foreword - The Magazine Century - The Emergence of Modern Magazines: The 1890s - Publishing Pioneers Create a Prosperous Century: 1900-1920 - Good Times, Great Magazines: The 1920s - More Readers, Fewer Advertisers: The 1930s - War, Censorship, and More Magazines: The 1940s - Magazines versus Television: The 1950s - Social Change for Magazines and America: The 1960s - Americans Pursue Leisure Interests: The 1970s - Computers and Celebrity Editors Dominate the Decade: The 1980s - New Media, Magazines, and Controversies: The 1990s - From Bust to Boom and Bust Again: 2000-2010 - From Magazines to Magazine Media: 2010-2020 - Publishing During an Uncertain Future: Beyond 2020 - For Further Reading - Index.

Product details

• Authors: Samir A Husni, Samir A. Husni, Husni Samir A., David E Sumner, David E. Sumner
• Assisted by: Kimberly Wilmot Voss (Editor), Kimberly Wilmot Voss (Editor), Kimberly Wilmot Voss (Editor of the series)
• Publisher: Peter Lang
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 21.12.2022
• EAN: 9781433187674
• ISBN: 978-1-4331-8767-4
• No. of pages: 284
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 16 mm x 225 mm
• Weight: 420 g
• Illustrations: 23 Abb.
• Series: Mediating American History
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