Macfadden Communications Group
Founded | 1898 |
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Founder | Bernarr Macfadden |
Country of origin | United States |
Headquarters location | New York City, New York, U.S. |
Publication types | Magazines |
Official website | www |
Macfadden Communications Group is a publisher of business magazines. It has a historical link with a company started in 1898 by Bernarr Macfadden that was one of the largest magazine publishers of the twentieth century.
History
Macfadden Publications
Physical Culture, Bernarr Macfadden's first magazine though the company Macfadden Publications, was based on Macfadden's interest in
Macfadden-Bartell
In 1961, the
Downe purchased the newspaper supplement Family Weekly in 1966, and the Ladies' Home Journal and The American Home from the Curtis Publishing Company in 1968.
Macfadden Group
Macfadden's
- True Story
- Photoplay
- TV-Radio Mirror
- True Confessions
- Motion Picture
- True Romance
- True Experience
- True Love
Sterling/Macfadden
In 1991, the Macfadden consumer magazines were spun off and merged with Sterling's Magazines. Sterling's published fan magazines such as
Teen Magazines
- Right On!
- Teen Beat
- 16 Magazine
- Tiger Beat
- Teen
Macfadden Holdings
The trade magazines
Present day
The executives of Macfadden Business Communications started a new company using the Macfadden name. It is a publisher of business-to-business magazines.
Historical publications
Magazines [5][6][7]
- Physical Culture
- True Story (1919–2004)
- Brain Power (1922–24) (also titled National Pictorial Brain Power Magazine)
- True Experiences (1922-
- True Romances (1923-
- Love and Romance (1923-
- Muscle Builder (1924-
- True Detective (1924–1971)
- Master Detective (1930-
- Famous Detective Cases
- True Love
- True Love Stories (1924-
- True Marriage Stories (1924-
- Modern Marriage
- Own Your Own Home
- Your Faith
- Your Home
- Dream World (also titled Dream World: Love and Romance)
- Ghost Stories (1926–32) (under Harold Hersey's control 1930–32)
- Macfadden's Fiction Lovers' Magazine
- Midnight (also titled Midnight Mysteries)
- The Dance Magazine
- Climax: Exciting Stories for Men
- Photoplay (1934–1980)
- Secrets (1936-
- Personal Romances (1937-
- Movie Mirror
- Radio Mirror ( -1948)
- Saga: Adventure Stories for Men (195x-198x)
- TV Radio Mirror(1949–1977)
- True Confessions (1963–1992)
- Motion Picture(1911–1977)
- Sport(1946–1975)
- Intimate Stories (1948-
- Revealing Romances (1949-
- Pageant (1961–1977)
- Liberty(1931–1950)
- Home Furnishings News (2006-2014)[8] also known as HFN[9][10]
- Dance Magazine (2001-2016)[11]
- Dance Spirit (2006-2016)[12][11]
- Dance Teacher (2006-2016)[12][11]
- Pointe (2006-2016)[12][11]
- Dance Retailer News (2006-2016)[12][11]
- Grocery Headquarters (2004-2017) [13][14]
Newspapers
- New York Graphic (1924–1932)
- Philadelphia Daily News (1925–1932)
- Detroit Daily
- Detroit Mirror (? – 1931)
Teck Publishing Corporation (1931–1938)
- Amazing Stories
- Radio News
- Wild West Stories & Complete Novel Magazine
Bartholomew House imprint
Macfadden also published a few hardcover books through the years, under the imprint Bartholomew House. Initially a way to group together stories from Macfadden's magazines into a book (as in Great Western Heroes, Great Pioneer Heroes),[15] the imprint expanded into first editions of new material after the purchase by the Bartell Group (Coffee, Tea or Me?, "Say ... Didn’t You Used to Be George Murphy?").
- 1950 - Magic Cook Book: The Key to Kitchen Economy, prepared by the Food Editors of True Story Magazine[16]
- 1957 - Great Western Heroes: Six True Stories of the Men Who Tamed the West, edited by Rafer Brent[15]
- 1958 - Great Pioneer Heroes: True Stories of the Men Who Made America, edited by Rafer Brent[17]
- 1966 - Ecstasy and Me: My Life as a Woman by Hedy Lamarr (ghostwritten by Leo Guild and Cy Rice)[18]
- 1967 - Coffee, Tea or Me?: The Uninhibited Memoirs of Two Airline Stewardesses by Trudy Baker and Rachel Jones (ghostwritten by Donald Bain)[19]
- 1968 - The CanniBal$: a Novel About Television's Savage Chieftains by Keefe Brasselle[20][21]
- 1969 - Mannequin: My Life as a Model by Carolyn Kenmore (ghostwritten by William Dufty)[22][23]
- 1970 - "Say ... Didn’t You Used to Be George Murphy?" by George Murphy (with Victor Lasky)[24]
Current publications
- Pet Business (purchased in 2000)[25]
References
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2017-12-05.
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2017-12-05.
- ^ "Macfadden magazines merge with Sterling's - Sterling's/Macfadden Partnership", Folio: the Magazine for Magazine Management (Oct. 1992).
- ^ "Primedia buys teen mag publishers". Retrieved 2017-12-05.
- ^ "Macfadden". Ketupa.net. Archived from the original on 9 October 2010. Retrieved 1 August 2010.
- ^ "Press: Macfadden's Family". Time Magazine. Sep 21, 1936. Archived from the original on December 15, 2008.
- ^ Hunt, William R. (1989). Body love: the amazing career of Bernarr Macfadden. Popular Press.
- ^ "Macfadden Communications Group Acquires Home Furnishings News". Business Wire. 14 November 2006.
- ^ "About HFN" company webpage. Retrieved 2013-02-18.
- ^ "Why PBM's Small Addition Will Have a Large Impact On Its Business - M and A and Finance @ FolioMag.com". Retrieved 2014-11-11.
- ^ a b c d e "Dance Magazine Announces New Ownership". dancemagazine. 2016-09-19. Retrieved 2017-12-05.
- ^ a b c d Lifestyle Media Inc. merged with Macfadden Dance Magazine, LLC Archived December 3, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Supermarket Publishing Veteran Acquires Grocery Headquarters.(McFadden Communications Group LLC)". Min's B to B. 30 August 2004.
- ^ "Winsight LLC acquires the B2B magazine Grocery Headquarters from Macfadden Comm". Talking New Media. 2017-06-01. Retrieved 2017-12-05.
- ^ ISBN 9780486400358. Retrieved 2020-08-21.
These stories first appeared in men's magazines...
- LCCN 50011967.
- LCCN 58007883.
- LCCN 66025426.
- LCCN 67017141.
- ^ Schapp, Dick (1968-09-09). "An UnaBRidgEd Yarn". New York. Retrieved 2020-08-21 – via Google Books.
- OCLC 700338229.
- ^ "Carolyn A. Kenmore Married to Dentist". The New York Times. 1976-12-19. p. FS-65. Retrieved 2020-08-21.
- LCCN 79079434.
- OCLC 1089565784.
- ^ "Macfadden Acquires Assets In Two Separate Deals". Business Publisher. 17 April 2000.