Publishers and first issues

I'm looking into who makes the most popular lifestyle magazines, or whatever ones I'm considering using.
to see if their ethos and techniques overlap
to explore their bias
to figure out who is at the top and whatnot

also its interesting

HEARST CORPORATION owns:
Elle
Cosmopolitan
Esquire
Good Housekeeping
Harpers Bazaar
(cool picture of the first issue)

on a side note a lot of these magazines are very very old, like they started in the 1800s and stuff
that could make a good bit of exploration, maybe a chapter, maybe a paragraph
a tangential study into how the magazines have changed and developed and how they are also basically still the same….
something to think about..

1894
became womens magazine in late 60's
first published 1886

i love this one

it looks like the 80s but it was 1939

comparatively, its a point to consider, that the more higher class glossy magazines seem to have their roots in history, theyve existed for like a hundred years, whereas the tackier magazines have less historical background

eg. 

first issue 1999

1996

2002

1988

Grazias wiki article… 

From its start in 1938 to September 1943 Bruno Munari served as the art director for the magazine and for another Mondadori title, Tempo.^[9]

..interesting

ahaa finally found a picture, i think it says 1943.. 

1995

GQ, was formerly Apparel Arts and then Gentlemens Quarterly

again cementing my hypothesising of fancier magazines having historical grounding

isnt this fascinating

Zoo started in 2006 on the back of FHM, which began in 1985

interestingly FHM seems to have undergone a massive deterioration over time

its first issue looks like a gentlemenly magazine not dissimilar from GQ 

whereas now… 

interesting...

2004, I guess the first purely trash male magazine? 

depends when FHM got trashy

loaded 1994

its difficult to imagine gary oldman being in a ladmag nowadays..

or even being described as a lad

or being in any way affiliated with lad culture

i think this ones my favourite
its like the most succinct description of how i ignorantly perceive Mens Health
do you have any real friends?


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Jones_(i-D)

i-D magazine is pretty interesting
apparently i-D is regarded as the first emoticon
also the old covers are great

Elle was founded in France in 1945. In the 1960s, it was considered to "not so much reflect fashion as decree it", with 800,000 loyal readers and a then famous slogan: "Si elle lit, elle lit Elle (If she reads, she reads Elle)

See this is interesting because my whole point was like how magazines control our perceptions of life and reality and all that, like how they literally shape our lifestyles by telling us what they want us to do
perpetuating an ideal etcetc..

1945