Tag: time inc.

  • Magazine of the Week

    In the early 20th century, photography was novel and exciting. Magazines printed few  photographs because they were expensive. Into this market marched the magazine Life, redesigned to feature photographs of everything that could possibly be interesting to its middle-American public. It’s contribution to American culture rests on its photographers, who captured, and its printers, who…

  • Magazine of the Week

    Hi, everyone! This week’s title is a relative newcomer to the print scene. Real Simple was begun by Time, Inc. in 2000, in order to present the newly-fashionable simple lifestyle. (Note that this puts it well ahead of independent publications such as Oh, Comely (2012) or Kinfolk (2011) which share a similar concept.)   When…