St. Louis Magazine is a monthly periodical published in St. Louis, Missouri, that covers local history, cuisine, and lifestyles. Founded in 1969 as Replay, it was quickly renamed The St. Louisan, then given its current title in 1977.[2]
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| Editor | Jarrett Medlin |
|---|---|
| Former editors | Harper Barnes, Jeannette Batz Cooperman, Steve Friedman, Stephen Schenkenberg |
| Categories | cuisine, lifestyle, local history |
| Frequency | monthly |
| Publisher | Ray Hartmann, St. Louis Magazine, LLC |
| Total circulation (2017) | 45,405[1] |
| First issue | 1969 |
| Company | SLM Media Group |
| Country | USA |
| Based in | St. Louis, Missouri |
| Language | English |
| Website | www |
| ISSN | 0272-1279 |
| OCLC | 5297869 |
History
editThe magazine started under the name Replay in 1969. Its president and publisher was Steve Apted, and its editor was Doris Lieberman. The home office was in the basement of the Cheshire Inn, a local hotel.[3]
It was quickly renamed The St. Louisan OCLC 6462976, then in 1977 renamed to its current title of St. Louis Magazine OCLC 5130754.
In 1990, it was acquired by the St. Louis Business Journal. In 1994, it was acquired by Hartmann Publishing, the owner of The Riverfront Times. Its editor for a time was the author Harper Barnes, who left in 2001 to concentrate on writing books, though he remained as senior writer and movie columnist.[4][5] In 1998, Hartmann Publishing sold The Riverfront Times to New Times Media and retained St. Louis Magazine.[6]
References
edit- ^ Circulation Verification Council. "Publication Search". Circulation Verification Council. Archived from the original on May 21, 2017. Retrieved June 30, 2017.
- ^ "Saint Louis Magazine Online February 2014". www.jennypresent.com. Archived from the original on 13 January 2016. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
- ^ Pollack, Joe (July 1997). "St. Louis Magazine: The good, the bad, the ugly". Vol. 27, no. 198. The St. Louis Journalism Review. p. 1.
- ^ "May 2002 - From the Source". The Commonspace. 2000-01-01. Archived from the original on 2013-11-03. Retrieved 2013-11-02.
- ^ "A GUIDE TO RESEARCHING ST. LOUIS HISTORY". www.umsl.edu. Archived from the original on June 30, 2007. Retrieved 2013-11-02.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "New Times, Inc. Buys Riverfront Times". Archived from the original on 2017-05-10. Retrieved 2017-05-08.