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Sloane Citron

Sloane Citron (born 1956) is an American publisher based in Menlo Park, California.

Sloane Citron
Sloane Citron in 2018
Born (1956-02-20) February 20, 1956 (age 68)
NationalityAmerican
EducationPhillips Academy
Alma materClaremont McKenna College[1]
Stanford Business School[1]
OccupationPublisher
Years active30+ years
Websitepunchmagazine.com

Early life

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Citron has loved magazines and magazine publishing since he was a youth.[1] In second grade, he started his first publication entitled The Second Grade News,[2] and in junior high school, he subscribed to Folio, a trade publication about the magazine business.[1] While at Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts, he founded a humor magazine entitled Muse; he graduated in 1974.[3] He studied at Claremont McKenna and was involved in journalism, and received an internship at Los Angeles magazine.[1] He graduated from Stanford Business School.[4]

Career

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In the 1980s, Citron was general manager of Miami magazine and South Florida Home & Garden. In 1985, he founded Westar Media in Redwood City, California.[5] His first magazine Peninsula was an upscale monthly[6] which focused on the San Francisco suburbs in San Mateo and Santa Clara counties. He founded magazines Northern California Home & Garden and Southern California Home & Garden; the firm owned six magazines at one point.[7] In the 1990s, he launched 18 Media with journalist and business partner Elsie Floriani.[8][9]

Glossy high production magazines were sent free to every home in the highly affluent cities and towns of Silicon Valley.[10][11][12][13][14][15] The new format meant that he could virtually eliminate the subscription department, and avoid renewals and insert cards.[4] His magazines Click Weekly and CAFE covered the lifestyles of people in Silicon Valley's high-tech industry.[16][17][18][19][20][21][22] In 2018, he launched Punch magazine, a publication that showcases new ideas and culture from the San Francisco peninsula.[4][1]

Personal life

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Citron is married with four children in a traditional Jewish family.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f Linda Hubbard Gulker, July 27, 2018, InMenlo magazine, Sloane Citron is back in the world of magazines with the launch of Punch, Retrieved May 8, 2020
  2. ^ a b InMenlo magazine, Linda Hubbard Gulker, July 26, 2013, Publisher Sloane Citron on living and working in Menlo Park for two decades, Retrieved May 8, 2020
  3. ^ Sloane Citron, Gentry Magazine, Sloane Citron, Retrieved May 8, 2020
  4. ^ a b c Interview with Samir Husni, Mister Magazine, h1Punch Magazine: A New Regional Title That’s Packing A “Punch” On The San Francisco Peninsula – The Mr. Magazine™ Interview With Sloane Citron, Founder & Publisher, Retrieved May 8, 2020
  5. ^ Regional Interest Magazines of the United States. Greenwood Publishing Group. Page 255. Sam G. Riley, Gary W. Selnow. 1991
  6. ^ John Gabree (February 5, 1988). "New Ms. Has a Few New Twists". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2012-03-21.
  7. ^ George Lazarus (October 18, 1991). "Magazine's New Home Out West". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2012-03-21.
  8. ^ "Jennifer Montana's launch party". San Francisco Chronicle. 2012-03-21. Retrieved 2012-03-21.
  9. ^ Moanalani Jeffrey (November 26, 2011). "The Next Bag Thing: The Fall Tiffany Leather Collection From Lambertson & Truex". San Francisco Examiner.
  10. ^ "Jessica Goldman: SF Healthy Foods Examiner". San Francisco Examiner. 2012-03-21.
  11. ^ "Tiffany Carboni: SF Motherhood Examiner". San Francisco Examiner. 2012-03-21.
  12. ^ Diane Sussman (Feb 15, 1995). "Gentry: rank has its linage -- The latest in a long line of Peninsula magazines weathers charges of elitism to celebrate its second anniversary". Palo Alto Online. Retrieved 2012-03-21.
  13. ^ Elsie M. Floriani (Mar 15, 1995). "Letters to the Editor". Palo Alto Online. Retrieved 2012-03-21.
  14. ^ Cassius L. Kirk Jr. (Mar 1, 1995). "Enjoying the good life (letter to the editor)". Palo Alto Online. Retrieved 2012-03-21.
  15. ^ Jane Knoerle (December 1, 2004). "Elsie Floriani puts thoughts on life between hard covers". The Almanac. Retrieved 2012-03-21.
  16. ^ MARK SIMON (August 28, 1999). "Weekly Tries To 'Click' in Silicon Valley: Newspaper venture looks to 'capture excitement' of region". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2012-03-21.
  17. ^ MARK SIMON (November 27, 1999). "CLICK ON, CLICK OFF, CLICK ON". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2012-03-21.
  18. ^ Jennifer Kavanaugh (Nov 24, 1999). "Covering Silicon Valley with a Click: Weekly newspaper morphs into glossy magazine". Palo Alto Online. Retrieved 2012-03-21.
  19. ^ Sean Howell (August 2, 2006). "Business: Gentry publishers launch magazine for a 'younger demographic'". The Almanac. Archived from the original on January 20, 2013. Retrieved 2012-03-21.
  20. ^ Sandy Brundage (August 11, 2010). "Publisher Sloane Citron to start local newspaper". The Almanac. Archived from the original on December 6, 2010. Retrieved 2012-03-21.
  21. ^ Sandy Brundage (August 25, 2010). "The WAMP goes weekly". The Almanac. Archived from the original on December 6, 2010. Retrieved 2012-03-21.
  22. ^ Editorial staff (November 24, 2010). "Menlo briefs". The Almanac. Archived from the original on January 16, 2013. Retrieved 2012-03-21.
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