May 2002 cover featuringEditorCategoriesFrequencyMonthlyTotal circulation(2011)3,032,211 (US)First issue1886 (as The Cosmopolitan, a literary magazine)1965 ( 1965) (as a women's magazine)CompanyCountry(other countries also available)LanguageEnglishWebsiteCosmopolitan is an international fashion and entertainment that was formerly titled The Cosmopolitan. Cosmopolitan magazine is one of the best-selling magazines and is directed mainly toward women readers.
Is the editor-in-chief of Cosmopolitan magazine. The magazine was first published and distributed in 1886 in the as a family magazine; it was later transformed into a and since 1965 has become a women's magazine.Often referred to as Cosmo, its content as of 2011 includes articles discussing relationships, sex, health, careers, self-improvement, celebrities, fashion, horoscopes, and beauty.
Published by, Cosmopolitan has 64 international editions, including Armenia, Australia, Croatia, Estonia, Finland, France, Greece, Hungary, Latin America, Malaysia, the Middle East, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom and is printed in 35 different languages and distributed in over 110 countries. This section needs additional citations for. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.Find sources: – ( January 2013) Cosmopolitan began as a family magazine, launched in March 1886 by Schlicht & Field of New York as The Cosmopolitan. Authors and their writings in the first issue included:Paul Schlicht told his first-issue readers inside of the front cover that his publication was a 'first-class family magazine', then adding, 'There will be a department devoted exclusively to the concerns of women, with articles on fashions, on household decoration, on cooking, and the care and management of children, etc.
There was also a department for the younger members of the family.' Cosmopolitan's circulation reached 25,000 that year, but by November 1888, Schlicht & Field were no longer in business. Acquired the magazine in 1889. That same year, he dispatched on a race around the world against to draw attention to the magazine.Under John Brisben Walker's ownership, E. Walker, formerly with Harper's Monthly, took over as the new editor, introducing colour illustrations, serials and book reviews. It became a leading market for fiction, featuring such authors as,.
The magazine's press run climbed to 100,000 by 1892. See also:In 1897, Cosmopolitan announced plans for a free correspondence school: 'No charge of any kind will be made to the student. All expenses for the present will be borne by the Cosmopolitan. No conditions, except a pledge of a given number of hours of study.'
When 20,000 immediately signed up, Walker could not fund the school and students were then asked to contribute 20 dollars a year. Also in 1897, ' was serialized, as was his (1900). Contributed a lengthy two-part article about the in the September and October issues of 1900.In 1905, purchased the magazine for 400,000 (equivalent to $11,382,000 in 2019) and brought in journalist, who contributed a series of investigative articles, including 'The Growth of Caste in America' (March 1907), 'At the Throat of the Republic' (December 1907 – March 1908) and 'What Are You Going to Do About It?' (July 1910 – January 1911).Other contributors during this period included,. 's novella, ', was published in the October 1918 issue (two years after London's death ), and a constant presence from 1910–18 was, with 82 stories featuring, the 'scientific detective'.
Magazine illustrators included Francis Attwood,. Hearst formed (also known as Cosmopolitan Pictures), a film company based in New York City from 1918 to 1923, then Hollywood until 1938. The vision for this film company was to make films from stories published in the magazine.Cosmopolitan magazine was officially titled as Hearst's International Combined with Cosmopolitan from 1925 until 1952, but was simply referred to as Cosmopolitan. In 1911, Hearst had bought a middling monthly magazine called World To-Day and renamed it Hearst's Magazine in April 1912. In June 1914 it was shortened to Hearst's and was ultimately titled Hearst's International in May 1922. In order to spare serious cutbacks at, Hearst merged the magazine Hearst's International with Cosmopolitan effective March 1925. But while the Cosmopolitan title on the cover remained at a of eight-four, over time span the typeface of the Hearst's International decreased to thirty-six points and then to a barely legible twelve points.
After Hearst died in 1951, the Hearst's International disappeared from the magazine cover altogether in April 1952.With a circulation of 1,700,000 in the 1930s, Cosmopolitan had an advertising income of $5,000,000. Emphasizing fiction in the 1940s, it was subtitled The Four-Book Magazine since the first section had one novelette, six or eight short stories, two serials, six to eight articles and eight or nine special features, while the other three sections featured two novels and a digest of current non-fiction books. During World War II, sales peaked at 2,000,000.
The magazine began to run less fiction during the 1950s. Circulation dropped to slightly over a million by 1955, a time when magazines were overshadowed during the rise of paperbacks and television. The Golden Age of magazines came to an end as, general interest publications gave way to special interest magazines targeting specialized audiences. Helen Gurley Brown arrives Cosmo was widely known as a 'bland' and boring magazine by critics. Cosmopolitan's circulation continued to decline for another decade until became in 1965. Helen Gurley Brown changed the entire trajectory of the magazine during her time as editor.
Brown remodeled and re-invented it as a magazine for modern single career women. Completely transforming the old bland Cosmopolitan magazine into a racy, contentious and well known, successful magazine. As the editor for 32 years, Brown spent this time using the magazine as an outlet to erase stigma around unmarried women not only having sex, but also enjoying it. Known as a 'devout feminist', Brown was often attacked by critics due to her progressive views on women and sex.
She believed that women were allowed to enjoy sex without shame in all cases. She died in 2012 at the age of 90. Her vision is still evident in the current design of Cosmopolitan Magazine. The magazine eventually adopted a cover format consisting of a usually young female model (in recent years, an actress, singer, or another prominent female celebrity), typically in a low cut dress, or some other revealing outfit.The magazine set itself apart by frankly discussing from the point of view that women could and should enjoy sex without guilt. The first issue under Helen Gurley Brown, July 1965, featured an article on the, which had gone on the market exactly five years earlier.This was not Brown's first publication dealing with sexually liberated women. Her 1962 advice book, had been a bestseller. Fan mail begging for Brown's advice on many subjects concerning women's behavior, sexual encounters, health, and beauty flooded her after the book was released.
Brown sent the message that a woman should have men complement her life, not take it over. Enjoying sex without shame was also a message she incorporated in both publications.In Brown's early years as editor, the magazine received heavy criticism. In 1968 at the feminist, protestors symbolically threw a number of feminine products into a 'Freedom Trash Can.'
These included copies of Cosmopolitan and magazines. Cosmopolitan also ran a near-nude centerfold of actor in April 1972, causing great controversy and attracting much attention. The Latin American edition of Cosmopolitan was launched in April 1973.In April 1978, a single edition of Cosmopolitan Man was published as a trial, targeted to appeal to men. Its cover featured. It was published twice in 1989 as a supplement to Cosmopolitan. Hearst abandoned this project after the company purchased.
Today. Cosmopolitan stand at fashion show (Barcelona, 2010)The magazine, and in particular its cover stories, have become increasingly sexually explicit in tone, and covers have models wearing revealing clothes., the second largest grocery chain in the United States after Walmart, used to cover up Cosmopolitan at checkout stands because of complaints about sexually inappropriate headlines. The UK edition of Cosmopolitan, which began in 1972, was the first Cosmopolitan magazine to be branched out to another country. It was well known for sexual explicitness, with strong sexual language, male nudity, and coverage of such subjects as rape. In 1999, a spinoff magazine targeting a teenage female audience, was created for international readership.
It shut down in December 2008.The magazine currently features topics including sex, relationships, beauty, fashion, and health.There are 64 worldwide editions of Cosmopolitan, and the magazine is published in 35 languages, with distribution in more than 100 countries making Cosmopolitan the largest-selling young women's magazine in the world. Some international editions are published in partnerships, such as licenses or joint ventures, with established publishing houses in each local market.
In October 2018, announced that after 45 years, publication of the Australian edition of Cosmopolitan would stop due to the commercial viability of the magazine no longer being sustainable.Cosmopolitan has since the 1960s been a women's magazine discussing such topics as sex, health, fitness, and fashion. Cosmopolitan also has a section called 'Ask Him Anything' where a male writer answers readers' questions about men and dating. There is debate whether the responses in this section are representative of the majority of men or only based on the views of the small number of male writers.Cosmopolitan has found popularity in its newfound medium, the 'discover' section on Snapchat. Cosmopolitan's 'discover' has over 3 million readers a day.
Awards and features Fun, Fearless Male of the Year For over a decade, the February issue has featured this award. In 2011, received the magazine's Fun Fearless Male of the Year Award, joining and (2010), (2008), (2007), (2006), (2005), (2004), and (2003).Fun, Fearless Female of the Year received the 2012 Fun, Fearless Female of the Year honor, a title that had been previously awarded to (2015), (2011), (2010), (2009), (2008), (2007), (2006), (2005), (2004), (2003), (2002), (2001), (2000), (1999), and (1998)Bachelor of the Year Cosmopolitan's November issue features the hottest bachelors from all 50 states. Pictures and profiles of all the Bachelors are posted on www.cosmopolitan.com, where readers view and vote for their favorite, narrowing it down to six finalists. A team of Cosmopolitan editors then selects the Bachelor of the Year, who is announced at an annual party and media event in New York. The 50 bachelors generally appear on programs such as The Today Show.Past winners include:.
Ryan Anderson 2017. Ryan Chenevert 2012. 2011. Ryan 'Mickey' McLean 2010. 2008. Brian Watkins 2007. Matt Wood 2006Practice Safe Sun In the May 2006 issue of Cosmopolitan, the magazine launched the Practice Safe Sun campaign, an initiative aimed at fighting skin cancer by asking readers to stop all forms of tanning other than tanning from a bottle.
In conjunction with the campaign, Cosmo's editor-in-chief, Kate White, approached Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), known for her support of women's health issues, with concerns that women were not fully aware of the dangers of indoor tanning and the effectiveness of the current warning labels. After careful review, the Congresswoman agreed that it was necessary to recommend that the FDA take a closer look.
She and Representative Ginny Brown-Waite (R-FL) introduced the Tanning Accountability and Notification Act (TAN Act – H.R. 4767) on February 16, 2006. President Bush signed the act in September 2007, and the new federal law requires the FDA to scrutinize the warning labels on tanning beds and issue a report by September 2008. Cosmo Blog Awards Cosmopolitan UK launched the Cosmo Blog Awards in 2010. The awards attracted more than 15,000 entries and winning and highly commended blogs were voted for in several categories including beauty, fashion, lifestyle, and celebrity. The 2011 awards launched in August 2011 and nominations are open until August 31, 2011.
All UK-based bloggers and blogs written by British bloggers abroad with a British perspective can be entered.Cosmopolitan, The Fragrance In May 2015, Cosmopolitan UK announced they were launching their first ever fragrance. This is considered a first in the magazine industry. Named 'Cosmopolitan, The Fragrance', the perfume takes on the notion of their much-loved phrase 'Fun, Fearless Female' and was set to launch in September. Politics Seventeenth Amendment Cosmopolitan played a role in passing the to the, which allowed for the popular election of Senators. In 1906, hired to write a series of articles entitled '.' These articles, which were largely sensationalized, helped galvanize public support for this cause.
Candidate endorsement In September 2014, Cosmopolitan began endorsing political candidates. The endorsements are based on 'established criteria' agreed upon by the magazine's editors. Specifically, Cosmopolitan will only endorse candidates that support, legal, free, and oppose. Amy Odell, editor of Cosmopolitan.com, has stated that under no circumstances will the magazine endorse a political candidate that is: 'We're not going to endorse someone who is pro-life because that's not in our readers' best interest.' According to Joanna Coles, the magazine's, the endorsements of Cosmopolitan will focus on 'candidates in or candidates who are strongly in favor of issues like contraception coverage or gun control.' In the, Cosmopolitan officially endorsed twelve candidates. However, only two of them won their respective.
Criticism 1988 January and October 1989 issues In its January 1988 issue, Cosmopolitan ran a feature claiming that women had almost no reason to worry about contracting long after the best available medical science indicated otherwise. The piece claimed that unprotected sex with an man did not put women at risk of infection and went on to state that 'most heterosexuals are not at risk' and that it was impossible to transmit HIV in the. This article angered many educated people, including and activists. The protests organised in response to the article's publication were turned into a 30-minute documentary titled 'Doctors, Liars and Women: AIDS Activists Say NO to Cosmo' by two members of ACTUP, a New York City based collective of HIV/AIDS activists.One of the articles in its 1989 issue, When a Wife Discovers Her Husband Is Bi-Sexual, promoted the ' bridge' theory.
The bisexual bridge theory suggests that heterosexual women are unknowingly put at risk for contracting HIV through sexual contact with bisexual men who (colloquially described as being 'on the down low'). The performed a successful letter-writing campaign against Cosmopolitan. Accusations of targeting minors While considered a magazine for adult women, Cosmopolitan has been accused of subtly targeting children.
Former model Nicole Weider accused the magazine of using slang 'which is used by young people not adults' and using (then) underage celebrities, such as and, as well as other celebrities popular with teens such as and, in an attempt to gain the attention of underage girls.Victoria Hearst, a granddaughter of (founder of Cosmopolitan's parent company) and sister of, has lent her support to a campaign which seeks to classify Cosmopolitan as harmful under the guidelines of 'Material Harmful to Minors' laws. Hearst, the founder of an evangelical Colorado church called Praise Him Ministries, states that 'the magazine promotes a lifestyle that can be dangerous to women's emotional and physical well being. It should never be sold to anyone under 18'. Donald Clark, the secretary of the (FTC), has also shown interest in the matter. Walmart's removal of Cosmo magazines In 2018, Walmart announced that Cosmopolitan would be removed from checkout lines after news released by the labeling the magazine as 'sexually explicit material'. Editor in chief (American edition).
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In this issueMagazine DescriptionPublisher: Summit Publishing Co.,Inc.Category: FashionLanguage: EnglishFrequency: MonthlyMagazine Description: Cosmopolitan is the LIFE STYLISTA for fun, fearless females who want to be the best they can be in every area of their lives. Cosmopolitan is the bestselling women's magazine in the Philippines and in the world. But for its readers, Cosmo is much more than their favorite magazine, it's a way of life. In this issue. Cancel Anytime No Commitments. Digital Only.