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Sloane Citron | |
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 Sloane Citron in 2018 | |
| Born | February 20, 1956 |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Phillips Academy |
| Alma mater | Claremont McKenna College [1] Stanford Business School [1] |
| Occupation | Publisher |
| Years active | 30+ years |
| Website | punchmagazine |
Sloane Citron (born 1956) is an American publisher based in Menlo Park, California.
Citron has loved magazines and magazine publishing since he was a youth. [1] In second grade, he started his first publication entitled The Second Grade News, [2] and in junior high school, he subscribed to Folio, a trade publication about the magazine business. [1] While at Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts, he founded a humor magazine entitled Muse; he graduated in 1974. [3] He studied at Claremont McKenna and was involved in journalism, and received an internship at Los Angeles magazine . [1] He graduated from Stanford Business School. [4]
In the 1980s, Citron was general manager of Miami magazine and South Florida Home & Garden. In 1985, he founded Westar Media in Redwood City, California. [5] His first magazine Peninsula was an upscale monthly [6] which focused on the San Francisco suburbs in San Mateo and Santa Clara counties. He founded magazines Northern California Home & Garden and Southern California Home & Garden; the firm owned six magazines at one point. [7] In the 1990s, he launched 18 Media with journalist and business partner Elsie Floriani. [8] [9]
Glossy high production magazines were sent free to every home in the highly affluent cities and towns of Silicon Valley. [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] The new format meant that he could virtually eliminate the subscription department, and avoid renewals and insert cards. [4] His magazines Click Weekly and CAFE covered the lifestyles of people in Silicon Valley's high-tech industry. [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] In 2018, he launched Punch magazine, a publication that showcases new ideas and culture from the San Francisco peninsula. [4] [1]
Citron is married with four children in a traditional Jewish family. [2]
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