Regional Interest Magazines of the United States

Riley, Sam; Selnow, Gary W.

ISBN 10: 0313268401 / ISBN 13: 9780313268403

Published by ABC-Clio, Incorporated, 1990

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pp. 434 Index.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Regional Interest Magazines of the United States
• Publisher: ABC-Clio, Incorporated
• Publication Date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0313268401
• ISBN 13: 9780313268403
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Used

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Synopsis

In Regional Interest Magazines of the United States, Sam G. Riley and Gary W. Selnow focus on those magazines that direct their attention to a particular city or region and reach a fairly general readership intersted in entertainment and information. This work is a follow-up to their earlier Index to City and Regional Magazines of the United States. Titles are arranged alphabetically to facilitate access; each entry includes a historical essay on the magazine's founding, development, editorial policies, and content. Entries also include two sections that provide data on information sources and publication history, arranged in tabular form for ready reference.

In choosing the magazines to be profiled, Riley and Selnow attempted to represent not only the biggest and most successful of this genre, but also some smaller and newer titles, plus significant earlier magazines that are no longer in print. Special care was also taken to achieve an even geographical spread. To attain greater accuracy, regional writers were enlisted to do the entries on their own region. These writers provide valuable information on how the various magazines began, how conditions have caused them to change, their problems, their editors and publishers, and their content as well as colorful and little known facts of their operation. Magazines were arranged alphabetically, and two informative appendices list the profiled titles by founding date and geographic location. This volume will be a valuable resource for students of magazine publishing history.

About the Author

GARY W. SELNOW is Professor of Communication at San Francisco State University and the develomsr of America's Voice, a nation-wide program using television and the Internet to air the political views of American voters. He is the author or editor of six books, including Society's Impact on Television (Praeger, 1993) and High-Tech Campaigns (Praeger, 1994).