Let's talk about defunct newspapers and magazines

National Lampoon

More's the pity.

Spy Magazine

Entertainment Weekly

I'm not sure which ones are still published or not. Growing up we had subscriptions at one time or another to Life, Look, Time, Newsweek, National Geographic, TV Guide, and Reader's Digest. RD used to have a selection of condensed articles from all kinds of magazines. I don't think that's its MO now. I also had a subscription to Boys Life - it, Life, and Look were very large magazines. My mom also got Family Circle and Redbook. I forget if those came in the mail or if she bought them at the supermarket.

Omni

Confidential.

I could love to go through their archives.

When my interest in celebrity gossip is questioned, I always explain that I grew up in a proper household where we received the Enquirer, the Star, and People Magazine each week. My parents occasionally would take a six month or year subscription to Time, and in later years became devoted to Consumer Reports.

My favorite magazine as a child was Dynamite, from the Scholastic Books flyer that got passed out at school. I have vivid memories of their review of Koogle peanut butter, and an interview with Melissa Gilbert wherein she stated she couldn't stand girls who didn't like to play outside or get dirty. "They're so prissy," said Gilbert. I had to ask my teenage cousin what "prissy" meant. Also, there was a superhero origin story in every centerfold along with a poster that usually ended up on my bedroom wall.

As an adult, I subscribed to Entertainment Weekly, Premiere, Movieline, Rolling Stone, Out, Instinct, Harper's, and Brill's Content.

Screw

It was such a more innocent time

Black Inches

Popular Mechanics.

After Dark

Movieline

Spy

Mine . . .

Details up to about 1993.

The New York Herald Tribune

The Boston Post

The Los Angeles Examiner

The Chicago American

The Washington Times-Herald

In the 60s there was an explosion of newspapers that dealt with the counter culture, politics, sex. Today with the Internet no one would care about any of them. But at that time they were a big deal.

Screw, the Berkeley Barb, The Free Press ( many cities had their version of the Free Press) and many others, they really captured their time.

Boston Record-American.

(A combination of two older papers)

Ladies Home Journal

The Village Voice

After Dark

Tina Brown's short-lived TALK magazine. Music mags SELECT and (especially) THE WORD in the UK.

Cue Magazine

The Dallas Times Herald. Closed shop in the 90s and their assets were bought up by their in-town rival, The Dallas Morning News.

I still know the telephone number for the Times Herald classied ads department because of the jingle in their TV commercial.

"748-1414. 748-1414. Call the Dallas Times Herald classifieds. Get results like you've never seen before!"

My mother used to read True Story.

My mom’s antique store had boxes of Arts&Antiques magazines- which then became Antiques with better photos. I’d bone up on sniffy details whenever I had to babysit the shop.

At the time, I was going through my “Art Deco” Mausoleum phase - lots of marble plinths, spheres, and black furniture.

The Face

Q

Details (the first one)

Sassy

Arena

Soldier of Fortune (the magazine)

It was such a good source for jobs and a chance to see the world. I tried the HitMan website for some part time work but I am not so sure it’s legit.

After Daek. Ostensibly about "theater people," but always had some gay pron lite overtones. Kind of subversive in 1972.

A couple of film magazines:

American Film

Cinefantastique

And a couple of gay ones:

Outweek

QW

Spree News Pictorial (LA gay magazine from the '70s).

Better link:

"Talk" or list?

Have you guys noticed that newspapers are now smaller.

R32 Yes.

The Long Island Press.