Tiger Beat

Tiger Beat is an American internet teen fan magazine originally published by The Laufer Company, and marketed primarily to adolescent girls. The magazine had a paper edition which was sold at stores until December 2018.

Tiger Beat
Tiger Beat magazine, first issue
CategoriesTeen, celebrity
FrequencyMonthly
First issueSeptember 1965 (1965-September)
Final issue2019 Winter
CompanyTiger Beat Media, Inc.
CountryUnited States
Based inCalifornia
Websitetigerbeat.com
ISSN0040-7380

History and profile

Tiger Beat was founded in September 1965[1][2] by Charles "Chuck" Laufer, his brother Ira Laufer, and television producer and host Lloyd Thaxton.[3] The magazine features teen idol gossip and carries articles on movies, music and fashion.[4] Charles Laufer once described the magazine's content as "guys in their 20s singing 'La La' songs to 13-year-old girls."[5]

A distinctive element of Tiger Beat is its covers, which feature cut-and-paste collaged photos – primarily head shots – of current teen idols. For the first twelve issues, Thaxton's face appeared at the top corner of the cover (at first the magazine was entitled Lloyd Thaxton's Tiger Beat), and he also contributed a column.[6] Post-2016, the magazine started using solo celebrities on their covers to target celeb-obsessed Gen Z-ers.[7]

During the 1960s, The Laufer Company leveraged the teen market dominated by Tiger Beat with similar magazines, including FaVE and Monkee Spectacular.[8] In 1998, Tiger Beat was sold by publisher Sterling/MacFadden to Primedia, which sold the magazine to Scott Laufer, Charles's son, in 2003.[9] Until 2014, Laufer also produced the similar teen magazine Bop.[10][11] Since 2015 Tiger Beat has been published by Los Angeles-based Tiger Beat Media, Inc.[12][13]

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References
  1. Alex French. "The Very First Issues of 19 Famous Magazines". Mental Floss. Retrieved August 10, 2015.
  2. "Tweens, Teens, and Magazines" (PDF). Kaiser Family Foundation. January 2013. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
  3. "Lloyd Thaxton". IMDb.com, Inc. Retrieved 2017-04-06.
  4. Inc, Nielsen Business Media (May 5, 1973). "Billboard". Nielsen Business Media, Inc. – via Google Books.
  5. "From Dylan to Bieber: A 'Tiger Beat' Cover Odyssey". Flavorpill Media. Retrieved 2017-04-07.
  6. "Zany host of popular television dance show". Los Angeles Times. 2008-10-08. Retrieved 2017-04-06.
  7. "How Teen Mag Tiger Beat Is Evolving to Target Celeb-Obsessed Gen Z-ers". AdWeek. 2016-03-15. Retrieved 2018-07-15.
  8. "Keeping Up With Your Favs – The Rise of Tiger Beat and The Laufer Company Magazines". Loti.com. Retrieved 2017-04-07.
  9. "Names Change, but Hearts Beat the Same". Los Angeles Times. July 21, 1998.
  10. The New York Times 28 May 2007
  11. "A farewell to Bop". Gizmodo Media Group. 2014-07-24. Retrieved 2017-04-06.
  12. "Tiger Beat Media, Inc". Bloomberg L.P. Retrieved 2017-04-07.
  13. Ember, Sydney (2017-12-21). "Tiger Beat Magazine Is Revived With a New Vision". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2018-11-16.
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