Homemakers Magazine
Encyclopedia
Homemakers is a Canadian
magazine
that covers women's lifestyles, published nine times a year. It offers recipes and articles on food, health, style, home and living.
In October 2011, it was announced that the magazine was closing, and the holiday 2011 issue would be the last printed http://www.mastheadonline.com/news/2011/20111027666.shtml.
The magazine started in 1966 with the name Homemaker's Digest, featuring shopping lists, housekeeping tips and cooking suggestions. The magazine was digest size
until April 2003, when it switched to its current travel- or super-digest size (9½" × 6¼"). The magazine's editorial coverage has expanded to include articles about issues such as women's rights
and feminism
while still offering information such as healthy recipes and fashion inspiration.
In 2000, Homemakers and its French-language counterpart Madame changed ownership from Telemedia
to its current publisher, Transcontinental Media GP.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
magazine
Magazine
Magazines, periodicals, glossies or serials are publications, generally published on a regular schedule, containing a variety of articles. They are generally financed by advertising, by a purchase price, by pre-paid magazine subscriptions, or all three...
that covers women's lifestyles, published nine times a year. It offers recipes and articles on food, health, style, home and living.
In October 2011, it was announced that the magazine was closing, and the holiday 2011 issue would be the last printed http://www.mastheadonline.com/news/2011/20111027666.shtml.
The magazine started in 1966 with the name Homemaker's Digest, featuring shopping lists, housekeeping tips and cooking suggestions. The magazine was digest size
Digest size
Digest size is a magazine size, smaller than a conventional or "journal size" magazine but larger than a standard paperback book, approximately 5½ x 8¼ inches, but can also be 5⅜ x 8⅜ inches and 5½ x 7½ inches. These sizes have evolved from the printing press operation end...
until April 2003, when it switched to its current travel- or super-digest size (9½" × 6¼"). The magazine's editorial coverage has expanded to include articles about issues such as women's rights
Women's rights
Women's rights are entitlements and freedoms claimed for women and girls of all ages in many societies.In some places these rights are institutionalized or supported by law, local custom, and behaviour, whereas in others they may be ignored or suppressed...
and feminism
Feminism
Feminism is a collection of movements aimed at defining, establishing, and defending equal political, economic, and social rights and equal opportunities for women. Its concepts overlap with those of women's rights...
while still offering information such as healthy recipes and fashion inspiration.
In 2000, Homemakers and its French-language counterpart Madame changed ownership from Telemedia
Telemedia
Telemedia was a Canadian media company, which had holdings in radio, television and magazine publishing.The company was launched in 1968 by Philippe de Gaspé Beaubien.Telemedia was held privately until it became publicly traded in the late 1980s....
to its current publisher, Transcontinental Media GP.
External links
- Homemakers - official website of the magazine
- Ryerson Review of Journalism - article on former Homemakers Editor Sally Armstrong
- Masthead Online - Canada's magazine about magazines names Homemakers as one of the 20 most influential magazines of all time