American Health was an American magazine devoted to health, and has been called "one of the fastest-growing magazines of the 1980s".[1]

History and profile

T George Harris and Owen J. Lipstein established American Health in 1981.[2][3] The first issue appeared in March 1982.[4] Its editors have included Stephen Kiesling, T George Harris and Joel Gurin.[5][6] The magazine was acquired by the Reader's Digest Association in 1990.[7] The readers of the magazine were mostly women.[8] In May 1984 the frequency of the magazine switched to monthly.[4]

According to an abstract, Madison Avenue magazine reported in 1986 that American Health had an "upbeat and informative" tone and boasted of a circulation of 85,000.[9] The last issue of American Health was published in October 1999.[7] Then, its trademark and circulation assets had been acquired by Time Warner's Health magazine.[7][10]

American Health received the National Magazine Award for General Excellence (400,000 to 1,000,000 circulation) from the American Society of Magazine Editors in 1985, and was a finalist in that category in 1984, as well as being a finalist for the Public Interest award in 1991.[5] The magazine won two American Psychological Association National Media Awards and a Sidney Hillman Foundation prize.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Consumer Reports: About us: Advisors". Consumers Union of U.S. Archived from the original on January 10, 2010. Retrieved February 12, 2010.
  2. ↑ Diamond, Edwin (July 22, 1985). "That New Time Religion". New York. p. 19. ISSN 0028-7369. Retrieved December 21, 2015.
  3. ↑ John S. Bowman (May 1995). "Harris, T. George". The Cambridge Dictionary of American Biography. Retrieved December 21, 2015.
  4. 1 2 Sandra Salmans (December 14, 1983). "Health Magazine is in Fine Shape". The New York Times. Retrieved December 21, 2015.
  5. 1 2 "National Magazine Awards Database of Past Winners and Finalists". Magazine Publishers of America. Archived from the original on January 17, 2010. Retrieved February 12, 2010.
  6. ↑ "Spirituality & Health:History". SpiritualityHealth. Retrieved February 12, 2010.
  7. 1 2 3 David Goetzl (August 16, 1999). "Reader's Digest to Shutter, Sell Health Magazine". Ad Age. Retrieved December 21, 2015.
  8. ↑ Philip H. Dougherty (March 8, 1988). "Psychology Today in Transition". The New York Times. Retrieved December 21, 2015.
  9. ↑ "Sales call: American Health flexes its muscles to attract readers and advertisers". faqs.org.
  10. ↑ "Time Inc.'s Health magazine Announces Rate Base Increase to 1.3 Million Effective January 2000". Time Warner Inc. (Press release). August 30, 1999.
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