Laufer Media is an American magazine publisher, focusing on teen magazines.

History

Tiger Beat ''Tiger Beat'' was an American teen fan magazine published by The Laufer Company and marketed primarily to adolescent girls. The magazine had a paper edition that was sold at stores until December 2018, and afterward was published exclusively o ...

'' was started in 1965 by Charles Laufer, and brought stars such as

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to national attention. Laufer started several more teen magazines with the same formula. These magazines were later sold to Sterling's Magazines (later Sterling-Macfadden). Scott Laufer, along with three sisters, then founded '' Bop''. Bop was sold to

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in 1998. At the same time, Primedia acquired Sterling-Macfadden's teen magazines. When Primedia wished to exit the teen market in 2003, Scott Laufer Media bought back ''Tiger Beat'' and ''Bop''.

External links

Official website
Magazine publishing companies of the United States Publishing companies established in 1965 {{publisher stub