Popstar! Magazine
Popstar! Magazine is a worldwide released teenage magazine that features news stories on celebrities.
History
Popstar! Magazine is a nationally recognized teen-entertainment magazine for kids ages 10 to 16. It was founded by editor in chief Matthew Rettenmund and was first published on October 15, 1998, with the then-new boy band 98 Degrees on its inaugural cover. Popstar! was the first U.S. teen-entertainment title to be published in full color and on glossy paper throughout. In a September 1, 2004, article in Folio: Magazine, media critic Simon Dumenco wrote that "Popstar!, in short, created a new blueprint for the teen celebrity magazine market," arguing that its design and approach influenced Bonnie Fuller and the tidal wave of celebrity tabloids of the early 2000s. Over the years, Popstar! has been the first magazine to put JOnAS Brothers, Hilary Duff, Jesse McCartney, Jessica Simpson, Ashlee Simpson, Nick Lachey, Dylan and Cole Sprouse, Vanessa Hudgens, Zac Efron, Emily Osment and Miley Cyrus on its front cover, gaining a reputation as an innovator. Other stars who have graced its pages repeatedly including Britney Spears, *NSYNC, Backstreet Boys, Aaron Carter, Raven, My Chemical Romance, Chris Brown, B5 (band), Fall Out Boy, Miley Cyrus, Selena Gomez, Brenda Song, Ashley Tisdale, Kelly Clarkson, Aly & AJ, Demi Lovato, Robert Pattinson and JoJo. The magazine has expanded to include fashion and beauty elements, albeit with a very celebrity-oriented twist. As of 2006, Popstar! was the oldest continuously published teen-entertainment title in America. Web sites include popstaronline.com, myspace.com/popstarmagazine, popstarmediakit.com, AOL Keyword: KOL Popstar and a mini-site at mary-kateandashley.com.
Since late 2001, Popstar! has been published by Leisure Publishing, L.L.C., out of Orlando, Florida, with editorial offices in New York's Times Square. On July 18th, 2006, Leisure published the first issue of Sprouse Bros. CODE, a general-interest magazine for boys ages 8 to 14 branded to Disney Channel stars Dylan and Cole Sprouse. Web site is www.sprousebros.com. Popstar! is famous for its mega posters, usually 3 or 4, with double-sided posters including the hottest teen stars, usually Disney Channel Stars like the Jonas Brothers, Selena Gomez, Demi Lovato, Miley Cyrus, Zac Efron, Brenda Song, Ashley Tisdale, Emily Osment, Mitchel Musso, Vanessa Hudgens, etc.
Circulation
An annual survey in 2007 by Experian Simmons Research of Fort Lauderdale, Florida found that Popstar! Magazine tied Nickelodeon Magazine among American girls 8 to 14 for familiarity, with nearly one in three girls in that age group surveyed saying they had read or looked at the magazine. Circulation was 217,183 in 2006.