''St. Louis Magazine'' is a monthly periodical published in

St. Louis St. Louis () is the second-largest city in Missouri, United States. It sits near the confluence of the Mississippi and the Missouri Rivers. In 2020, the city proper had a population of 301,578, while the bi-state metropolitan area, which e ...

Missouri Missouri is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking 21st in land area, it is bordered by eight states (tied for the most with Tennessee): Iowa to the north, Illinois, Kentucky and Tennessee to the east, Arkansas t ...

. Founded in 1969 under the name ''Replay'', then ''The St. Louisan'' until 1977, it covers local history, cuisine, and lifestyles.

History

The magazine started under the name ''Replay'' in 1969. Its president and publisher was Steve Apted, and its editor was Doris Lieberman. The home office was in the basement of the local "Cheshire Inn" hotel. From 1969 to 1977 it was known as ''St. Louisan'' , then changing to its current title of ''St. Louis magazine'' . In 1990 it was acquired by the '' St. Louis Business Journal''. In 1994 it was acquired by Hartmann Publishing, the owner of ''

The Riverfront Times The ''Riverfront Times'' (''RFT'') is a free progressive weekly newspaper in St. Louis, in the U.S. state of Missouri, that consists of local politics, music, arts, and dining news in the print edition, and daily updates to blogs and photo gall ...

'', and eventually took on as its editor the author Harper Barnes, who remained until 2001, and then left to concentrate on writing books, though he remained as senior writer and movie columnist. In 1998, Hartmann Publishing sold ''

'' to

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and retained ''St. Louis Magazine''.New Times, Inc. Buys Riverfront Times
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External links

Official website
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