St. Louis Magazine

St. Louis Magazine

Cover of August 2008 issue
Editor Jarrett Medlin
Former editors Harper Barnes, Jeannette Batz Cooperman, Steve Friedman
Categories cuisine, lifestyle, local history
Frequency monthly
Circulation 30,000 to 60,000
Publisher Leslie Tunney, St. Louis Magazine, LLC
First issue 1969
Country USA
Based in St. Louis, Missouri
Language English
Website stlmag.com
ISSN 0272-1279
OCLC number 5297869

St. Louis Magazine is a monthly periodical published in St. Louis, Missouri. Founded in 1969 under the name Replay, then The St. Louisan until 1977, it covers local history, cuisine, and lifestyles. The publication has won multiple awards from the City and Regional Magazine Association, including the Gold award in 2007, and the Gold "General Excellence" award in 1992.

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History

The 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 local "Cheshire Inn" hotel.[1] From 1969 to 1977 it was known as St. Louisan OCLC 6462976, then changing to its current title of St. Louis magazine OCLC 5130754. In 1990 it was acquired by the St. Louis Business Journal. In 1997 it was owned by Ray Harmann, and took on as its editor the author Harper Barnes, who remained until 2001, and then left to concentrate on writing books, though he remained as senior writer and movie columnist.[2][3]

Awards

References

  1. ^ Pollack, Joe (July 1997). "St. Louis Magazine: The good, the bad, the ugly". 27. The St. Louis Journalism Review. pp. 1. 
  2. ^ http://www.thecommonspace.org/2002/05/source.php
  3. ^ http://www.umsl.edu/mercantile/mguides/mhisguide.htm
  4. ^ "National city and regional magazine award winners" (pdf). City and Regional Magazine Association. 2008-07-02. http://www.citymag.org/documents/WinnersPressRelease08.pdf. Retrieved 2009-03-06. 
  5. ^ "Celebrating Our Silver". St. Louis Magazine. August 2008. ""St. Louis Magazine offers its readers a strong mix of visual and verbal content that is focused on them. From traditional service pieces to in-depth stories, the magazine has a rhythm and distinctness that is consistent and conversational ... It is as though the editors are saying to the reader: 'If you consistently read this magazine, you will know what is important to your shared interest, which is St. Louis.'" 
  6. ^ "22nd annual national city and regional magazine award winners" (pdf). City and Regional Magazine Association. 2007-05-07. http://citymag.org/documents/crmaawards.PDF. Retrieved 2008-07-28. 

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