Magazine and Newspaper Publication Dates

Sports Illustrated Magazine Swimsuit Edition 60th Anniversary Release Date (2024) | Magazine and Newspaper Publication Dates, Milestones | May 17, 2024

Sports Illustrated Swimsuit releases the 2024 60th Anniversary issue of the magazine with seven covers on May 17, 2024. The milestone edition’s cover models include Chrissy Teigen, Gayle King, Hunter McGrady and Kate Upton in addition to a special collectible trilogy of covers photographed at Sports Illustrated Swimsuit’s 60th Anniversary Legends shoot. The special Legends ….

Motion Picture, the First Magazine for Movie Fans, Launches on This Date (1911) | First Issues, Magazine and Newspaper Publication Dates | Feb 1, 1911

Motion Picture Magazine was an American monthly magazine for movie fans, published from 1911 until 1977. Motion Picture was established by Vitagraph Studios co-founder J. Stuart Blackton and his partner Eugene V. Brewster with the original title The Motion Picture Story Magazine. Unlike earlier film magazines such as The Moving Picture World, whose target audience ….

Cinefantastique is First Released a Fanzine by its 19-Year-Old Founder (1967) | Launches and Openings, Magazine and Newspaper Publication Dates, Milestones | Apr 16, 1967

Cinefantastique Magazine began as a mimeographed fanzine in 1967, then relaunched as a glossy, offset printed quarterly in 1970 by editor and publisher Frederick S. Clarke, who began producing the original fanzine at the age of 19. Intended as a serious critical review journal of fantasy, horror and sci-fi genre movies, the magazine immediately set ….

First Totally Horror-Themed Issue of Fangoria Hits Newsstands, Saving the Magazine From Ending (1980) | Magazine and Newspaper Publication Dates, Milestones | Aug 1 - Aug 31, 1980

Issue number 7 of Fangoria Magazine was the first issue to exclusively feature horror content. The first 6 issues of the magazine were designed around a “fantasy film” concept and proved to be publishing failures. As described in one history of horror magazines, “The first issue of Fangoria, published in 1979, was an abysmal failure, ….

First Issue of Sci-Fi Magazine Cinescape Hits Newsstands (1994) | Launches and Openings, Magazine and Newspaper Publication Dates | Oct 1 - Oct 31, 1994

Cinescape was a U.S.-based monthly magazine centered on action, adventure and science fiction movies, television and gaming. The publication ran from 1994 until 2004 and was known for its high quality and experimental interior graphic design during its early years. Cinescape Magazine was originally published by Steve Harris and Illinois-based Sendai Media Group, before the ….

Martha Stewart Becomes Oldest Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue Cover Model (2023) | Magazine and Newspaper Publication Dates, Milestones | May 18, 2023

The 2023 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue covers feature Martha Stewart, who becomes the oldest person ever photographed for the iconic magazine. Stewart’s cover is one of four, which also features Megan Fox, Kim Petras, and Brooks Nader variant covers. The cover models join 28 powerful and beautiful women inside the issue including Padma Lakshmi, Olivia ….

First Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue Released (1964) | Inaugurals, Magazine and Newspaper Publication Dates, Milestones, Sports-Related Celebrations | Jan 20, 1964

During the 1950s, a few women appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated, but the 1964 issue is considered to be the beginning of the current format known as the Swimsuit Issue. The Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue was created by then Sports Illustrated editor Andre Laguerre to fill the winter months, a typically slow sporting ….