A fan magazine is a commercially written and published magazine intended for the amusement of fans of the popular culture subject matter that it covers. It is distinguished from a scholarly, literary or trade magazine on the one hand, by the target audience of its contents, and from a fanzine on the other, by the commercial and for-profit nature of its production and distribution. Scholarly works on popular culture and fandoms do not always make this terminological distinction clear. In some relevant works, fanzines are called "fan magazines", possibly because the term "fanzine" is seen as slang .
8-608: Picturegoer was a fan magazine published in the United Kingdom between 1911 and 23 April 1960. The magazine was started in 1911 under the name The Pictures and in 1914 it merged with Picturegoer . Following the merge it was renamed Pictures and The Picturegoer , which continued until 1920. The same year it was renamed as Pictures for the Picturegoer . It began publication with the name Picturegoer in January 1921. Odhams Press
16-476: A result, Picturegoer became more sensational in the 1950s, with covers featuring cheesecake and beefcake -style artwork. The magazine missed publication on 1 March 1947 and from 4 July 1959 to 15 August 1959. It eventually merged with the pop music magazine Disc Date . Shortly after the Picturegoer name was dropped and the publication concentrated solely on music. The last issue of Picturegoer with Disc Date
24-525: The studios would purchase plentiful advertisements. Well known gossip columnists like Hedda Hopper, Walter Winchell, and Louella Parsons, among others, were published in various fan magazines. Readers of the fan magazines enjoyed reading about their favorite celebrities in "candid" articles supposedly penned by the stars themselves, even though they were most likely written by press agents and usually served to defend recent behavior or deflect rumors. The reporting on stars in this period by Photoplay and others
32-475: Was often positive due to the studios' influence over the publications. Photoplay was one of the first American film fan magazines. Founded in Chicago in 1911 by Macfadden Publications, Photoplay was founded the same year as Stuart Blackton's Motion Picture Story , a similar publication. Photoplay , as one of the first and most popular fan magazines, is credited as the originator of celebrity media. Photoplay
40-417: Was published from 1911 until 1980, at several points merging with other publications. Other fan magazines include Modern Screen and Cinefantastique . Confidential was founded in 1952 by Robert Harrison and published until 1978. More of a tabloid than a fan magazines because of its salacious content and irreverent celebrity gossip. Unlike other fan magazines, Confidential did not cooperate with
48-445: Was published on 23 April 1960, with a cover showcasing Jackie Rae and Janette Scott . [REDACTED] Media related to Picturegoer at Wikimedia Commons Fan magazine American examples include Photoplay , Motion Picture Magazine , Modern Screen , Sports Illustrated and Cinefantastique . The film fan magazines focused on promoting films and movie stars in a certain way, and in exchange for this control,
56-569: Was sold at all cinemas. Clark Gable , Laurence Olivier , Bette Davis , Paulette Goddard , Petula Clark , Fred Astaire , and Richard Burton were among the hundreds of stars who graced its front cover. Its circulation reached a peak of 325,000 during the mid-1940s. After World War II , it found itself competing with periodicals published by the Rank Organisation , Odeon Cinemas , and Associated British Cinemas , which replaced Picturegoer with their own magazines at their theatre kiosks. As
64-509: Was the publisher of the magazine during the early years. It was initially published monthly through May 1931, switching to weekly publication on 30 May 1931 as Picturegoer Weekly . In September 1939, Picturegoer incorporated Film Weekly , and in September 1941 it became a bi-weekly. It went back to weekly publication every Thursday in July 1949. Picturegoer featured the screen's biggest stars and
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