Metropolitan Home Explained

Metropolitan Home
Image Alt:Metropolitan Home magazine cover
Editor:Donna Warner
Editor Title:Editor-in-Chief
Frequency:Bi-monthly
Category:Interior design
Publisher:Hearst Magazines
Founded:1974, 2016 (relaunch)
Country:United States
Based:New York City, New York
Language:English
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."

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]

Notes and References

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