The Scots Magazine
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The Scots Magazine is a magazine containing articles on subjects of Scottish interest. It claims to be the oldest magazine in the world still in publication,
History
The Scots Magazine was originally published in January 1739.
In 1801 Archibald Constable bought the magazine, and three years later amalgamated it with the Edinburgh Magazine and Literary Miscellany. Its popularity, however, was eroded by competition with serious literary journals such as the Edinburgh Review and Blackwood's Magazine. By 1826 sales had declined to such a point that it was withdrawn. Attempts to revive the name as the New Scots Magazine in 1828 and the Scots Weekly Magazine in 1832 were unsuccessful.[3]
In December 1887 publication resumed as a partial successor to The Scottish Church under a new owner (S. Cowan, Perth) and continued until 1893 when once again it was withdrawn. It was published between 1922 and 1924 as The Scottish Church. In 1924 publication as The Scots Magazine resumed, this time by the St Andrew's Society (Glasgow). In 1927
With a monthly average readership of over 178,000,[5] The Scots Magazine is the world's best-selling Scottish-interest publication, containing articles on culture, history, nature, etc., and is targeted at Scots at home and abroad. In 2013, the magazine moved to a B5 format.
References
- ^ "The world's oldest magazine still being published". www.allmediascotland.com. 28 March 2012. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
- ^ A. W. Ward: The Cambridge History of English Literature, Volume 9, 2009, p. 614
- ^ ISBN 978-1-349-07587-4.
- ^ "On this day 1739: Scots Magazine first published". The Scotsman. 9 February 2015. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
- ^ "The Scots Magazine".