Tiger Beat
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Tiger Beat is an American
History and profile
Tiger Beat was founded in September 1965[1][2] by Charles "Chuck" Laufer, his brother Ira Laufer, and television producer and host Lloyd Thaxton.[3] The magazine featured teen idol gossip and carried articles on movies, music and fashion.[4] Charles Laufer described the magazine's content as "guys in their 20s singing 'La La' songs to 13-year-old girls."[5]
A distinctive element of Tiger Beat was its covers, which featured cut-and-paste collaged photos – primarily head shots – of current teen idols. For the first twelve issues, Thaxton's face appeared at the top corner of the cover (at first the magazine was titled Lloyd Thaxton's Tiger Beat), and he also contributed a column.[6] After 2016, the magazine cover featured a single image of a celebrity.[7]
During the 1960s, The Laufer Company leveraged the
In popular culture
Jude Doyle founded the blog Tiger Beatdown (a punning reference to Tiger Beat) in 2008. It concluded in 2013.[14][15][16]
References
- ^ Alex French. "The Very First Issues of 19 Famous Magazines". Mental Floss. Retrieved August 10, 2015.
- ^ "Tweens, Teens, and Magazines" (PDF). Kaiser Family Foundation. January 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
- ^ "Lloyd Thaxton". IMDb.com, Inc. Retrieved 2017-04-06.
- ^ Inc, Nielsen Business Media (May 5, 1973). "Billboard". Nielsen Business Media, Inc. – via Google Books.
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has generic name (help) - ^ "From Dylan to Bieber: A 'Tiger Beat' Cover Odyssey". Flavorpill Media. Retrieved 2017-04-07.
- ^ "Zany host of popular television dance show". Los Angeles Times. 2008-10-08. Retrieved 2017-04-06.
- ^ "How Teen Mag Tiger Beat Is Evolving to Target Celeb-Obsessed Gen Z-ers". AdWeek. 2016-03-15. Retrieved 2018-07-15.
- ^ "Keeping Up With Your Favs – The Rise of Tiger Beat and The Laufer Company Magazines". Loti.com. Retrieved 2017-04-07.
- ^ "Names Change, but Hearts Beat the Same". Los Angeles Times. July 21, 1998.
- ^ The New York Times 28 May 2007
- ^ "A farewell to Bop". Gizmodo Media Group. 2014-07-24. Retrieved 2017-04-06.
- ^ "Tiger Beat Media, Inc". Bloomberg L.P. Retrieved 2017-04-07.
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2018-11-16.
- ISBN 978-1250155511.
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-11-18.
- ISBN 978-1477779767.
External links
- Official website (extant as of 2023, but last updated in 2020)