1663- The earliest example of magazines was Erbauliche Monaths Unterredugan, a literary and philosophy magazine, launched in Germany.
1731- The Gentleman’s magazine was first published in London, this was the first magazine that was considered general interest.
1821- Came the first really successful mass circulation magazine in the US, The Saturday Evening Post, by 1855 it had a circulation of 90,000 copies per year. It is said to have transformed the look of magazines.
1830s- It became cheaper for publishers to print and mail, producers started to produce less expensive magazines, with wider audiences in mind. It was no longer just focused on the elite.
1842- The oldest magazine that is still in publication was published, The Illustrated London News. It was the first magazine that was accompanied by illustration, and or later incorporate photographs.
1880- Magazines started to become more inexpensive
1899- National Geographic first published and sold
1920- Mass circulation magazines became much more common after 1900, some with circulations in the hundreds of thousands of subscribers. Some passed the million mark in the 1920s. It was an age of mass media. Due to the rapid expansion of national advertising, the cover price fell sharply to about 10 cents.
The 20th century brought about the introduction of new genres of magazines.
Early 2000s there were developments in technology , magazines have to innovate to remain current, and retain readership.
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