Magazine Timeline

Published on Dec 18, 2016

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Magazine Timeline

Early Developments

  • 1665: The Journal des Scavans, an intellectual journal, appears in France.
  • 1741: The first magazines in the American colonies, American Magazine and General Magazine, appear.
  • 1879-1890s: Federal government lowers postal rates for magazines and starts free delivery service.

Titles

  • 1883: Cyrus Curtis starts Ladies’ Home Journal.
  • 1914: The New York Times uses gravure printing for a magazine supplement.
  • 1923: Henry Luce launches Time.
  • 1925: The New Yorker starts publication.
  • 1936: Life launched.
  • 1945: John Johnson starts Ebony.
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Magazine Titles

  • 1953: Hugh Hefner begins Playboy.
  • 1972: Gloria Steinem launches Ms.
  • 1989: Hispanic Magazine issues its first edition.
  • 1996: Microsoft starts Slate.
  • 2001: America Online merges with Time-Warner.

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