History of Magazines
A Brief History of Magazines
Magazines are regularly published storehouses of information.
The Gentleman's Magazine, May 1759 |
Magazines – a.k.a. periodicals, serials, glossies, slicks – are publications that appear on a regular schedule and contain a variety of articles.
They are financed by advertising, a purchase price, pre-paid subscriptions or sometimes all three of these means.
The English word magazine recalls a military storehouse of war materiel and originally was derived from the Arabic word makhazin meaning "storehouses." The term magazine was coined for this use by Edward Cave, editor of The Gentleman's Magazine.
Types of Magazines
Most magazines look more or less the same at first glance, but they are targeting different audiences. * Consumer: magazines targeting general reading audiences who are subsets of the general public with special interests. For instance, there are consumer magazines that cover homes, sports, news, fashion, teen gossip, and many more groups of readers. Examples include AARP The Magazine, Reader's Digest, Better Homes & Gardens, National Geographic, People, Time, TV Guide, Sports Illustrated, Cosmopolitan, Playboy, Redbook, Parents, Seventeen, ESPN Magazine, Money, Men's health, In Style, and thousands more. * Trade and Professional: magazines targeting people working in trades, businesses and professional fields. These periodicals provide news, information and how-to articles for readers working in specific industries with advertising content focused on those industries or trades including job notices. By comparison, Golf Course Management is a magazine for golf course superintendents who maintain golf courses, while Golf Digest is a consumer magazine aimed at people who like to play golf. Other examples of trade magazines include Airbrush Action Magazine, a trade publication covering the spectrum of airbrush applications; Florida Realtor Magazine, the official publication of
Magazines are regularly published storehouses of information.
The Gentleman's Magazine, May 1759 |
Magazines – a.k.a. periodicals, serials, glossies, slicks – are publications that appear on a regular schedule and contain a variety of articles.
They are financed by advertising, a purchase price, pre-paid subscriptions or sometimes all three of these means.
The English word magazine recalls a military storehouse of war materiel and originally was derived from the Arabic word makhazin meaning "storehouses." The term magazine was coined for this use by Edward Cave, editor of The Gentleman's Magazine.
Types of Magazines
Most magazines look more or less the same at first glance, but they are targeting different audiences. * Consumer: magazines targeting general reading audiences who are subsets of the general public with special interests. For instance, there are consumer magazines that cover homes, sports, news, fashion, teen gossip, and many more groups of readers. Examples include AARP The Magazine, Reader's Digest, Better Homes & Gardens, National Geographic, People, Time, TV Guide, Sports Illustrated, Cosmopolitan, Playboy, Redbook, Parents, Seventeen, ESPN Magazine, Money, Men's health, In Style, and thousands more. * Trade and Professional: magazines targeting people working in trades, businesses and professional fields. These periodicals provide news, information and how-to articles for readers working in specific industries with advertising content focused on those industries or trades including job notices. By comparison, Golf Course Management is a magazine for golf course superintendents who maintain golf courses, while Golf Digest is a consumer magazine aimed at people who like to play golf. Other examples of trade magazines include Airbrush Action Magazine, a trade publication covering the spectrum of airbrush applications; Florida Realtor Magazine, the official publication of