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MAGAZINES 101— A GLOSSARY OF TERMS by Mike Oelrich Every industry has its own vocabulary. It can be fun for even the most casual observer to know a few of the terms used by professionals, so here is a basic list of magazine industry terms. FORMATS Tabloid Not to be confused with the style of journalism associated with this format, the word ‘tabloid’ refers to a newspaper-sized format with one vertical fold. Variety and Billboard are tabloids. Sports Collector’s Digest is also a tabloid and not a digest, as its name would suggest.Broadsheet Newspaper-sized format with two folds, one vertical, one horizontal. Can be up to twice as large as a tabloid. The Chicago Tribune is a broadsheet.Digest Small magazine format, roughly 6”- 8” tall and 4”- 6” wide. Baseball Digest and TV Guide are digests.Oversized Larger than the standard 8” x 10˝”. W and Ocean Drive currently have oversized formats.Journal Slightly larger than most digests, and always perfect-bound. Granta, The Baffler, and the Journal of Democracy are examples of this format.Perfect-bound Bound with glue, a perfect-bound magazine has a flat binding panel like a book, on which may be displayed title and issue information. GQ and Cigar Aficionado are currently perfect-bound.Saddle-stitched Bound with one or more staples, saddle-stitched magazines have the advantage of being able to lay open by themselves without breaking the binding. Newsweek and People are saddle-stitched.FREQUENCIES Weekly Comes out once a week Time, People and the Weekly World News are weeklies. Monthly Comes out once a month. Vanity Fair and O the Oprah Magazine are monthlies. Bi-Monthly Comes out once every two months. Utne Reader and Modern Bride are bi-monthlies. Bi-Weekly Comes out once every two weeks. Rolling Stone is a bi-weekly. Fortnightly Same as bi-weekly. Semi-Monthly Comes out twice a month, 24 times a year. It’s different from bi-weekly which comes out 26 times a year. In These Times is semi-monthly. Quarterly Comes out four times a year. American Bungalow and Cinefex are published quarterly. Annual Comes out once a year. Old Farmers’ Almanac is an annual. One-Shot Comes out once. Different from annual because an annual comes out every year. Irregular Has no set production schedule. Different from a one-shot because it will come out again, the publishers just aren’t saying when.
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