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Magazines
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The periodical of miscellany and depth rather than daily news: essays, fiction, criticism, photography and special-interest coverage, bound between covers on a weekly or monthly rhythm. Magazines carried the illustrated press, the photo essay and the long-form report, and shaped taste in everything from politics to fashion.
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Origin Year1731 marks The Gentleman's Magazine in London, which gave the form its name; learned journals such as the Journal des Scavans and Philosophical Transactions appeared from 1665. OriginThe Gentleman's Magazine, founded by Edward Cave in London in 1731, was the first general-interest magazine and the first publication to use the word magazine for a periodical. 1 Place of Origin Primary FormatA periodical publication, print or digital, produced on a regular schedule, containing a variety of subject-oriented textual and visual content. 1 Typical DistributionPrint magazines distributed through the mail, newsstand and bookstore sales, or free distribution at pick-up locations, alongside increasingly common digital editions. 1 Cross-Tradition Connections
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The Gentleman's Magazine, first published in 1731 in London was the first general-interest magazine.
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Cave's innovation was to create a monthly digest of news and commentary on any topic the educated public might be interested in, from commodity prices to Latin poetry.
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A magazine is a periodical publication, print or digital, produced on a regular schedule, that contains any of a variety of subject-oriented textual and visual content forms.
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Print magazines can be distributed through the mail, through sales by newsstands, bookstores, or other vendors, or through free distribution at selected pick-up locations, such as within libraries, near railway or bus stations.
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