Utne Reader, cover from the January-February 2012 issue |
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| Editor | David Schimke |
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| Categories | U.S. politics and public policy |
| Frequency | Bimonthly |
| Year founded | 1984 |
| Company | Ogden Publications |
| Country | United States |
| Based in | 12 North 12th Street, Suite 400 Minneapolis, MN 55403 U.S |
| Language | American English |
| Website | utne.com |
| ISSN | 8750-0256 |
Utne Reader (aka Utne) is an American bimonthly magazine. The magazine collects and reprints articles on politics, culture, and the environment from generally alternative media sources, including journals, newsletters, weeklies, zines, music and DVDs. In addition, the magazine's writers and editors contribute books, film, and music reviews and original articles which tend to focus on emerging cultural trends. The magazine's website produces ten blogs covering politics, environment, media, spirituality, science and technology, great writing, and the arts.
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The magazine was founded in 1984 by Eric Utne and Nina Rothschild Utne as Utne Reader. Utne chaired the magazine until the late 1990s when Rothschild took over.[1]
The cover logo was changed to simply Utne in from 2003 to 2006 with the subtitle, A Different Read on Life.[2]
In 2006, the magazine was purchased by Ogden Publications, publishers of Grit, Mother Earth News, Natural Home and other magazines.[3] The earlier title Utne Reader was brought back, and the magazine refocused on its original mission to reprint "the best of the alternative press".[4]
According to The New York Times, Utne Reader was part of the salon movement of the 1980s, devoted to debate on the issues of the day.[5] Utne Reader was an early source of coverage of the mythopoetic men's movement when it first surfaced in the early 1990s.[6]
Every year, the magazine gives out its Utne Independent Press Awards,[7] which honor alternative and independent magazines from around the world. Past winners include the Wilson Quarterly, In These Times, Virginia Quarterly Review, and High Country News.[8]
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