The Magazine Century

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