Brief timeline of magazines
1600s – The first magazine, Erbauliche Monaths Unterredungen, was published in Germany in 1663.
1700s – Magazines became more popular, with The Gentleman’s Magazine in England and the first U.S. magazines launching in the mid 40s
1800s – Magazines grow even more, with famous ones like The Saturday Evening Post and National Geographic (1888) launching.
1900s – The “Golden Age” of magazines; major titles like TIME (1923), Playboy (1953), and People (1974) debut and we start truly seeing the uprise of magazines and hem being a weekly purchase for many individuals
1980s-1990s – Digital magazines begin; Word, launched in 1993, becomes the first online magazine, opening the market up to a whole new audience an also helping to deal with the technological convergence that was happening at the time.
2000s-Present – Many print magazines decline as digital takes over, with some going fully online but, those that are still around from early on still have popularity with celebrities being featured on the main front covers. eg. Harry Styles on the cover of Vogue. He is a very current figure that most of the target audience would recognise, helping a company such as Vogue to continue getting revenue.
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