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