Chicago and the American Magazine Publishing Industry

Volume Seven in Quest for World-Class Series

• Chicago is where the first Hollywood fan magazine was first published

• Chicago is where the first fiction magazine in the horror genre was published

• Chicago had a “men’s” magazine decades before Hugh Hefner launched Playboy and changed America.

• The largest circulation magazine of early 20th century America was published in Chicago

• The dominant magazine of the radio era was published in Chicago

• Chicago had a tradition of publishing science-fiction magazines

At the beginning of the 20th century there was a small, vibrant and diversified magazine publishing industry. By the end of the century, they were all gone but for the one with the least circulation: Poetry Magazine. To understand why, read Volume Seven, Magazine Publishing, in the Quest for World Class series. In the print version in paperback, Volume Seven is included with Volume Six and also includes a Series’ conclusion. Take the link to the

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