Tiger Beat

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Tiger Beat is an American fan magazine marketed primarily to adolescents. It is currently published by Laufer Media, Inc. of Los Angeles, California.

Founded in 1965 by Charles "Chuck" Laufer and his brother, Ira, Tiger Beat has as its forte teen idol gossip, movies, music and fashion. It is known for its covers with 'cut and paste' collaged photos of the latest teen idols. Its publisher, first named as The Laufer Co., also founded and published the teen magazines FaVE (now defunct) and Right On! (now owned by another publisher).

Girls ranging from the age of 9 to 18 are buying the magazine due to the recent featuring of "pre-teen" teen idols.

Tiger Beat was sold to Primedia late in 1998 by former publisher Sterling/MacFadden. It was purchased in 2003 by Scott Laufer, the son of Chuck Laufer.

Laufer Media also publishes Tiger Beat's sister publication, Bop.

Some teen idols past and present portrayed on Tiger Beat's cover have included The Beatles, The Monkees, Paul Revere and the Raiders, Donnie and Marie Osmond, David and Shaun Cassidy, Leif Garrett, C. Thomas Howell, Matt Dillon, William Zabka, Matthew Broderick, Ralph Macchio, John Stamos, Jon Cryer, Rob Lowe, Aaron Carter, Tommy Page, Diane Lane, Emilio Estevez, Barry Williams, Stacey Q, Susan Dey, Lori Loughlin, Diane Lane, John Travolta, Michael Jackson, Menudo, Michael J. Fox, Tom Cruise, Patrick Swayze, Judd Nelson, Andrew McCarthy, the "2 Coreys" (Feldman and Haim), River Phoenix, Kirk Cameron, Molly Ringwald, Tiffany, Corey Hart, Deborah Gibson, New Kids on the Block, Will Smith, Jonathan Brandis, Devon Sawa, Leonardo DiCaprio, Ricky Martin, Britney Spears, The Backstreet Boys, NSYNC, Spice Girls, Hilary Duff, Lindsay Lohan, and many others.