Metropolitan Home

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Metropolitan Home
MetropolitanHomeMagazineCover.jpg
Editor-in-ChiefDonna Warner
CategoriesInterior design
FrequencyBi-monthly
Publisher Hearst Magazines
Founded1974, 2016 (relaunch)
CountryUnited States
Based inNew York City, New York
LanguageEnglish
Website metropolitanhome.com
ISSN 0273-2858

Metropolitan Home is an interior design magazine published by Hearst Magazines. The magazine focuses on "high-end modern design and interiors, blended with intelligent reporting, to connect with a progressive reader mindset."

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History and profile

The magazine was launched in 1974 as Apartment Life. [1] It focused primarily on urban lifestyles. In April 1981, the publisher rebranded it as Metropolitan Home. [2]

Metropolitan Home was part of the Meredith Corporation until 1992 when it was acquired by Hachette Publications. [3] The first issue under Hachette appeared in January 1993. The publisher reduced it from monthly to bi-monthly publication. [3] Its annual Design 100 issue was their largest selling single issue.

In 2009, Hachette decided to concentrate on its top interior design magazine, Elle Decor , and shut down Metropolitan Home. The December 2009 issue of Metropolitan Home was the last issue published until 2016. [4] [2] [5]

In 2016, new owner Hearst began publishing Metropolitan Home. [6]

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References

  1. Stephanie Clifford (9 November 2009). "Metropolitan Home Will Close After Its December Issue". The New York Times. p. B4. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
  2. 1 2 "The Last Page". Advertising Age. 15 December 2009. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
  3. 1 2 Deirdre Carmody (4 November 1992). "Hachette Acquires Metropolitan Home". The New York Times. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
  4. David Abrahamson; Marcia R. Prior-Miller (5 June 2015). The Routledge Handbook of Magazine Research: The Future of the Magazine Form. Routledge. pp. 181–. ISBN   978-1-317-52453-3 . Retrieved 5 December 2015.
  5. Bill Mickey (9 November 2009). "Hachette Closing Metropolitan Home". Folio. Access Intelligence. Retrieved 12 July 2010.
  6. "Metropolitan Home". subscribe.hearstmags.com.