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Founded in 1961, Atlanta magazine is one of the oldest city magazines in the country and during its forty-seven-year history has earned its mark as one of the most respected for journalistic and design excellence.
The magazine was founded by the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, but from its inception it was much more than a promotion piece for its namesake city. Founding editor Jim Townsend, described by Time as "the father of city magazines," set the standard from day one with cutting-edge design, powerful graphics, and investigative and creative articles by some of the emerging talents of the 1960s. The magazine's pages carried work by Anne Rivers Siddons, Bill Diehl, and others who would go on to be hugely successful novelists, under the art direction of Bob Daniels, who later left to serve as art director of Esquire.
In the late 1970s, the chamber sold the magazine. After a series of ownership changes during which the content and design continued to evolve, Emmis Publishing bought the magazine in 1993. Emmis also owns Texas Monthly, Indianapolis Monthly, Cincinnati Magazine, Tu Ciudad Los Angeles, Orange Coast, and Los Angeles magazine.
During its four-decade history, Atlanta magazine has won more than 250 regional and national awards for journalistic and design excellence. Atlanta magazine is the city's premier general interest publication, reaching an audience of more than 70,000 paid recipients.
In addition to its membership in the Magazine Association of the Southeast (MAGS), Atlanta magazine is a long-standing member of the Magazine Publishers of America (MPA), the City and Regional Magazine Association (CRMA), the American Society of Magazine Editors (ASME), and the Audit Bureau of Circulations.
Atlanta magazine is published by one of the nation’s most respected diversified communications companies, Emmis Communications (NASDQ: EMMS). Emmis is an Indianapolis-based diversified media firm with radio broadcasting, television broadcasting, and magazine publishing operations. Emmis owns twenty-one FM and two AM domestic radio stations serving the nation’s largest markets of New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago as well as St. Louis, Austin, and Indianapolis. Emmis owns international radio stations, regional and specialty magazines, an interactive business, and ancillary businesses in broadcast sales.