Latina (magazine)

June/July 2016 cover featuring Demi Lovato
Director of Content Robyn Moreno
Categories Lifestyle, entertainment, beauty and fashion
Frequency 9 times a year[1]
Publisher Brett Wright
First issue June 1996 (1996-06)
Company Latina Media Ventures, LLC
Country United States
Language English
Website Latina.com
ISSN 1099-890X

Latina is an American lifestyle, entertainment, beauty and fashion magazine for bilingual, bicultural Hispanic women published in English by Latina Media Ventures. It has a combined audience of nearly 3 million.

In May 2010, Latina Media Ventures named editorial director Galina Espinoza and publisher Lauren Michaels co-presidents[2] of the company. Latina was named to Adweek's "Hot List" in 2000 & 2001 and named Best Magazine by Advertising Age in 2000.

Latina was named to Adweek's "Hot List" in 2000 & 2001 and named Best Magazine by Advertising Age in 2000.

History

Latina was founded in 1996[3][4] by Christy Haubegger under Latina Publications, LLC. Haubegger, then a 28-year-old Stanford Law School graduate.[5] The first issue featured Jennifer Lopez on the cover.[6] In 2000, the company changed its name to Latina Media Ventures, LLC. Haubegger now works at Creative Artists Agency and remains a member of the board for Latina Media Ventures.

The magazine's covers consistently feature prominent Latinas like Demi Lovato, Jennifer Lopez, Paulina Rubio, Jessica Alba, Shakira, Eva Longoria, Salma Hayek, Eva Mendes, Christina Aguilera, Naya Rivera, America Ferrera and Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor. The November 2015 issued featured girl group Fifth Harmony, whose three out of five members are Latinas, marking the first time two non-Latinas were featured on the cover of the magazine.

Latina Media Ventrues faced accusations in 2017 of not paying its staff in nearly a month.[7] This year the publisher also laid-off six of its thirty employees.[8]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "2017 PRINT EDITORIAL CALENDAR & ISSUE DATES" (PDF).
  2. ↑ Alex Alvarez (May 3, 2010). "Latina Editorial Director Mimi Valdes Leaves The Magazine". Retrieved January 21, 2011.
  3. ↑ "Latina".
  4. ↑ Steve Black (2009). "Life spans of Library Journal's “Best Magazines of the Year”". Serials Review. 35 (4). Retrieved March 10, 2017.
  5. ↑ "Creative Artists Agency Hires Latina Magazine Founder Christy Haubegger". Business Wire. February 13, 2003. Archived from the original on May 22, 2011. Retrieved January 21, 2011.
  6. ↑ "LATINA VIEW: LESSONS LEARNED FROM 15 YEARS OF JENNIFER LOPEZ".
  7. ↑ "Hard Times: Latina Media Accused Of Robbing Staff Of Monthly Paycheck".
  8. ↑ "Layoffs hit Latina Media as payroll struggles continue".
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