''Extra!'' is a monthly

magazine A magazine is a periodical publication, generally published on a regular schedule (often weekly or monthly), containing a variety of content. They are generally financed by advertising, purchase price, prepaid subscriptions, or by a combinatio ...

of media criticism published by the media watch group

FAIR A fair (archaic: faire or fayre) is a gathering of people for a variety of entertainment or commercial activities. Fairs are typically temporary with scheduled times lasting from an afternoon to several weeks. Types Variations of fairs incl ...

. First published in 1987, its first full-time editor was Martin A. Lee. Since 1990, it has been edited by Jim Naureckas. The magazine covers a wide variety of media issues in the form of analytical essays, features publications on media commentators, and book reviews. ''Extra!'' was published six times a year until January 2009, when it switched to monthly. Contributors include Peter Hart, Janine Jackson,

Julie Hollar Julie may refer to: * Julie (given name), a list of people and fictional characters with the name Film and television * ''Julie'' (1956 film), an American film noir starring Doris Day * ''Julie'' (1975 film), a Hindi film by K. S. Sethumadhav ...

, Laura Flanders, Howard Friel, Noam Chomsky, Stephen Maher, Michael Corcoran, Seth Ackerman,

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, and Edward S. Herman.

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"The Critics: Magazines: Other Magazines"
by Tracy McNamara and Brent Cunningham, '' Columbia Journalism Review'', March/April 2000 Alternative magazines Monthly magazines published in the United States Political magazines published in the United States Criticism of journalism Magazines about the media Magazines established in 1987 Magazines published in New York City {{US-poli-mag-stub