''Midwest Living'' is a regional American

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published by

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focused on the American

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. Founded in 1986, the magazine publishes region-specific information and inspiration, focusing on travel and events, food and dining, and home and garden, as well as other editorial content categories. Headquartered in

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, ''Midwest Living'' magazine is published quarterly and reaches 4.1 million readers, primarily in the 12 Heartland states (

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''Midwest Living'' leadership

Kylee Krizmanic is the editorial content director of ''Midwest Living.'' Previously, Krizmanic served as the magazine's creative director. She is the brand's first female editor-in-chief. Trevor Meers was

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of ''Midwest Living'' until March 2019. Previously, Meers was the managing editor of ''Midwest Living.'' Greg Philby was

of ''Midwest Living'' until April 2015. Previously, Philby was the executive editor of ''Midwest Living'' for five years where he was responsible for the overall editorial execution. Dan Kaercher is the founding editor of ''Midwest Living''. Kaercher is well known for his IPTV/

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series ''Best of the Midwest'', ''Taste of the Midwest'' and ''Parklands of the Midwest''. These franchises each included a public television special and series, book by Globe Pequot (a division of

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) and special magazine issue. Tom E. Benson was the founding publisher of "Midwest Living". Mary-Beth Rouse is the magazine's creative director.

Other editors

*Hannah Agran, Executive Editor *Julia Sayers Gokhale, Travel Editor

References

* Midwest Living mission statement, 2006 * Fall 2006 Mediamark Research Inc. (MRI) statistics {{IAC Bimonthly magazines published in the United States Lifestyle magazines published in the United States Magazines established in 1986 Magazines published in Iowa Mass media in Des Moines, Iowa Meredith Corporation magazines IAC Inc.