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Southern Progress Corporation
Southern Progress Corporation, based in Birmingham, Alabama, is a publisher of lifestyle magazines and books owned by IAC's Dotdash Meredith. The company publishes such magazines as ''Southern Living'', '' Cooking Light'', ''Health'' and ''Coastal Living''. History The origins of Southern Progress trace to 1886, with the '' Progressive Farmer'', a weekly newsletter, founded by Civil War veteran Leonidas LaFayette Polk in North Carolina in 1886. The newsletter was intended to bring the latest information on crop and livestock production to the newly united nation's agrarian economy in the Southeast. After Polk died suddenly in 1892, Clarence H. Poe from Raleigh, NC took over as editor (in 1899), and in 1903, he and 3 partners purchased the publication, taking it from a newspaper to a magazine with 36,000 subscribers. Together they organized the Agricultural Publishing Company, the name of which was later changed to the Progressive Farmer Company. One of the most notable achie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Subsidiary
A subsidiary, subsidiary company, or daughter company is a company (law), company completely or partially owned or controlled by another company, called the parent company or holding company, which has legal and financial control over the subsidiary company. Unlike regional branches or divisions, subsidiaries are considered to be distinct entities from their parent companies; they are required to follow the laws of where they are incorporated, and they maintain their own executive leadership. Two or more subsidiaries primarily controlled by same entity/group are considered to be sister companies of each other. Subsidiaries are a common feature of modern business, and most multinational corporations organize their operations via the creation and purchase of subsidiary companies. Examples of holding companies are Berkshire Hathaway, Jefferies Financial Group, The Walt Disney Company, Warner Bros. Discovery, and Citigroup, which have subsidiaries involved in many different Industry (e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Tuscaloosa News
The '' Tuscaloosa News '' is a daily newspaper serving Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States, and the surrounding area in west central Alabama. It is owned by Gannett. In 2012, Halifax Media Group acquired the ''Tuscaloosa News''. Prior to that, the paper's owner was The New York Times Company. The New York Times Company acquired the ''News'' in 1985 from the Public Welfare Foundation, a charitable entity. The ''News'' had been donated to that foundation by its owner Edward Marsh, along with other newspapers he owned, before his death in 1964. In 2015, Halifax was acquired by GateHouse Media (legally known as New Media Investment Group). In 2019, Gatehouse's parent company was purchased by Gannett. The ''News'' has a 12-month average circulation in 2008 of 32,700 daily and 34,600 Sunday. Of the 25 daily newspapers published in Alabama, the ''News'' has the fifth-highest daily circulation. Beginning in 2001, the ''News'' constructed and occupied a new facility overlooking th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Southern Progress Corporation
Southern Progress Corporation, based in Birmingham, Alabama, is a publisher of lifestyle magazines and books owned by IAC's Dotdash Meredith. The company publishes such magazines as ''Southern Living'', '' Cooking Light'', ''Health'' and ''Coastal Living''. History The origins of Southern Progress trace to 1886, with the '' Progressive Farmer'', a weekly newsletter, founded by Civil War veteran Leonidas LaFayette Polk in North Carolina in 1886. The newsletter was intended to bring the latest information on crop and livestock production to the newly united nation's agrarian economy in the Southeast. After Polk died suddenly in 1892, Clarence H. Poe from Raleigh, NC took over as editor (in 1899), and in 1903, he and 3 partners purchased the publication, taking it from a newspaper to a magazine with 36,000 subscribers. Together they organized the Agricultural Publishing Company, the name of which was later changed to the Progressive Farmer Company. One of the most notable achie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Magazines By Circulation
The following list of the magazines in the world by circulation is based upon the number of copies distributed, on average, for each issue. Lists by continent and country The following are lists of magazines from selected countries/regions, sorted by overall circulation: Asia India Japan The following list presents the best-selling ten magazines in Japan from October 2014 to September 2015. Europe France The following list of French magazines is ranked according to their paid circulation from 2012 to 2013: Germany The following list of German magazines is sorted by their circulation as of the third quarter (Q3) of 2012: Netherlands The following list of Dutch magazines is ranked according to circulation figures: Portugal The following list of Portuguese newspaper, magazines and books as of 2020: Russia The following list of Russian magazines is ranked according to circulation figures: Spain The following list of Spanish magazines are ranke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of United States Magazines
This is a list of United States magazines. Asian community * '' Giant Robot'' (online, print: 1994-2011) Automotive * '' Automotive News'' (1925) * '' Car and Driver'' (1955; 405,092) * '' Hot Rod'' (1948) * '' Motor Trend'' (1949) * '' Motorcycle Classics'' (2005) * '' Road & Track'' (1947; 111,001) Black community * '' The Black Cannabis Magazine'' (2021) * '' Right On!'' (online, print discontinued in 2014, teenagers) Business and finance Industry * '' Aviation Week & Space Technology'' * ''Design News'' Finance * ''Forbes'' * ''Kiplinger's Personal Finance'' * '' Modern Trader'' * '' Technical Analysis of Stocks & Commodities'' General * '' Barron's'' * '' Black Enterprise'' * ''Bloomberg Businessweek'' * ''The Chronicle'' * '' Consumers Digest'' * '' Consumer Reports'' * ''The Economist'' * ''Entrepreneur'' * ''Fast Company'' * ''Forbes'' * '' Fortune'' * '' Harvard Business Review'' * '' Inc.'' * '' Latin Trade'' * '' MIT Sloan Management Review'' * '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sunset Books
Sunset Books is a book publishing company that operates as a part of Southern Progress Corporation's Oxmoor House book publishing division. The Sunset Books division was created in 1946 when ''Sunset Magazine'' created a separate book division to publish content from its magazines. The company operates from Southern Progress's Menlo Park, California office and from Southern Progress's Corporate Headquarters in Birmingham, Alabama. One of their best known books was the ''Sunset Western Garden Book'', a compendium of plants suited for the various climatic zones and microclimates of the Western United States The Western United States (also called the American West, the Western States, the Far West, the Western territories, and the West) is List of regions of the United States, census regions United States Census Bureau. As American settlement i ..., and gardening guidelines for the region. The book has had numerous editions, including: *''Sunset Western Garden Book'', ed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oxmoor House
Oxmoor House was the book publishing division of Southern Progress Corporation, which was based in Birmingham, Alabama. Oxmoor House was founded in 1979 when it began publishing Southern Living's ''Southern Living Annual Recipes''. It published books relating to cooking, crafts, holidays, home improvement, and gardening. The company also operated the Sunset Books division for Southern Progress's ''Sunset'' magazine. The company maintaind its offices at Southern Progress's Corporate Campus in Birmingham. Meredith Corporation Meredith Corporation was an American media conglomerate based in Des Moines, Iowa, that owned newspapers, magazines, television stations, and websites. Its publications had a readership of more than 120 million and paid circulation of more than ... acquired Southern Progress and closed Oxmoor House in 2018. References External links Oxmoor HouseSouthern Progress Corporation Southern Progress Corporation Book publishing companies of the United States ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Angeles Times
The ''Los Angeles Times'' is an American Newspaper#Daily, daily newspaper that began publishing in Los Angeles, California, in 1881. Based in the Greater Los Angeles city of El Segundo, California, El Segundo since 2018, it is the List of newspapers in the United States, sixth-largest newspaper in the U.S. and the largest in the Western United States with a print circulation of 118,760. It has 500,000 online subscribers, the fifth-largest among U.S. newspapers. Owned by Patrick Soon-Shiong and published by California Times, the paper has won over 40 Pulitzer Prizes since its founding. In the 19th century, the paper developed a reputation for civic boosterism and opposition to Trade union, labor unions, the latter of which led to the Los Angeles Times bombing, bombing of its headquarters in 1910. The paper's profile grew substantially in the 1960s under publisher Otis Chandler, who adopted a more national focus. As with other regional newspapers in California and the United Sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sunset (magazine)
''Sunset'' is a lifestyle magazine in the United States. ''Sunset'' focuses on homes, cooking, gardening, and travel, with a focus almost exclusively on the Western United States. The magazine is published six times per year by the Sunset Publishing Corporation which was sold by Time Inc. in November 2017 to Regent, a private equity firm led by investor Michael Reinstein. Regent formed the publisher Archetype in 2019 for its media holdings. History Establishment ''Sunset'' began in 1898 as a promotional magazine for the Southern Pacific Railroad, designed to combat the negative " Wild West" stereotypes about California. The ''Sunset Limited'' was the premier train on the Southern Pacific Railroad's Sunset Route, which ran between New Orleans and San Francisco (the train is still in operation—from Los Angeles—as part of the national Amtrak system). ''Sunset Magazine'' was started to be available onboard and at the station, in order to promote the West. It aimed to lure to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cottage Living
''Cottage Living'' was an American culture, American Lifestyle (sociology), lifestyle and decorative arts, decorating magazine published by Southern Progress Corporation, a subsidiary of the Time Inc. History and profile ''Cottage Living'' was started in 2004. Its first issue, September/October 2004, appeared on August 31, 2004. At the same time the website of the magazine was also launched. The magazine was headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama. Target audience was women. The monthly magazine was known for its "Best Cottage Communities" list in which it ranked living communities according to their cottage lifestyle ranking. ''Cottage Living'' was named as Startup of the Year by ''Adweek'' in 2005 and as Launch Worth Watching by ''Advertising Age'' also in 2005. The magazine folded with the issue November/December 2008. Its website was also closed. References Lifestyle magazines published in the United States Monthly magazines published in the United States Defunct women ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leisure Arts
Leisure Arts is an American publisher and distributor of "how-to" and lifestyle publications, craft kits and craft essentials. History Established in 1971 in Libertyville, Illinois by Jean Leinhauser, Leisure Arts relocated to Little Rock, Arkansas in 1977 after she sold it. In 1992, the company was acquired by Time Warner and became a part of its Southern Progress division. Time Warner sold Leisure Arts to Liberty Media Liberty Media Corporation (commonly referred to as Liberty Media or just Liberty) is an American mass media company founded by John C. Malone in 1991. The company has three divisions, reflecting its ownership stakes in the Formula One Group, S ... in 2007. The company was acquired by Comcast Corporation in 2014. Then acquired again in 2017, by Vista Partners, LLC, a small Oregon based corporation that has previously specialized in wholesale craft distribution. References External links *{{official website, http://www.leisurearts.com Companies based ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
