The Magazine Century

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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