St. Louis Magazine

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St. Louis Magazine
St. Louis Magazine.jpg
Cover of August 2008 issue
EditorJarrett Medlin
Former editorsHarper Barnes, Jeannette Batz Cooperman, Steve Friedman, Stephen Schenkenberg
Categories cuisine, lifestyle, local history
Frequencymonthly
PublisherRay Hartmann, St. Louis Magazine, LLC
Total circulation
(2017)
45,405 [1]
First issue1969
CompanySLM Media Group
CountryUSA
Based in St. Louis, Missouri
LanguageEnglish
Website www.stlmag.com
ISSN 0272-1279
OCLC 5297869

St. Louis Magazine is a monthly periodical published in St. Louis, Missouri, that covers local history, cuisine, and lifestyles. Founded in 1969 as Replay, it was quickly renamed The St. Louisan, then given its current title in 1977. [2]

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History

The magazine started under the name Replay in 1969. Its president and publisher was Steve Apted, and its editor was Doris Lieberman. The home office was in the basement of the Cheshire Inn, a local hotel. [3]

It was quickly renamed TheSt. Louisan OCLC   6462976, then in 1977 renamed to its current title of St. Louis Magazine OCLC   5130754.

In 1990, it was acquired by the St. Louis Business Journal . In 1994, it was acquired by Hartmann Publishing, the owner of The Riverfront Times. Its editor for a time was the author Harper Barnes, who left in 2001 to concentrate on writing books, though he remained as senior writer and movie columnist. [4] [5] In 1998, Hartmann Publishing sold The Riverfront Times to New Times Media and retained St. Louis Magazine. [6]

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