Tiger Beat

*Tiger Beat*
	Tiger Beat magazine, first issue
Categories	Teen, celebrity
Frequency	Monthly
First issue	September 1965
Final issue	Winter 2019
Company	Tiger Beat Media, Inc.
Country	United States
Based in	California
Language	English
ISSN	0040-7380

Tiger Beat was an American teen fan magazine published from 1965 to 2021, marketed primarily to adolescent girls. The magazine had a print edition that was sold at stores until 2018, continuing only online until it ceased publication.

History and profile

Tiger Beat was founded in September 1965^[1]^[2] by Charles "Chuck" Laufer, his brother Ira Laufer, and television producer and host Lloyd Thaxton.^[3] The magazine featured teen idol gossip and carried articles on films, music and fashion.^[4] Charles Laufer described the magazine's content as "guys in their 20s singing 'La La' songs to 13-year-old girls."^[5]

A distinctive element of Tiger Beat was its covers, which featured cut-and-paste collaged photos – primarily head shots – of current teen idols. For the first twelve issues, Thaxton's face appeared at the top corner of the cover (at first the magazine was titled Lloyd Thaxton's Tiger Beat), and he also contributed a column.^[6] After 2016, the magazine cover featured a single image of a celebrity.^[7]

During the 1960s, The Laufer Company leveraged the teen market dominated by Tiger Beat with similar magazines, including FaVE and Monkee Spectacular.^[8] In 1998, Tiger Beat was sold by publisher Sterling/MacFadden to Primedia (now Rent Group), which in 2003 sold the magazine to Scott Laufer, the son of magazine founder Charles Laufer.^[9] Until 2014, Laufer also produced the similar teen magazine Bop.^[10]^[11] After 2015, Tiger Beat was published by Los Angeles–based Tiger Beat Media, Inc.^[12]^[13]

In popular culture

Jude Doyle founded the blog Tiger Beatdown (a punning reference to Tiger Beat) in 2008. It concluded in 2013.^[14]^[15]^[16]

References

^ Alex French. "The Very First Issues of 19 Famous Magazines". Mental Floss. Retrieved August 10, 2015.
^ "Tweens, Teens, and Magazines" (PDF). Kaiser Family Foundation. January 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 8, 2015. Retrieved August 19, 2015.
^ "Lloyd Thaxton". IMDb.com, Inc. Retrieved April 6, 2017.
^ "Billboard". Nielsen Business Media, Inc. May 5, 1973 – via Google Books.
^ "From Dylan to Bieber: A 'Tiger Beat' Cover Odyssey". Flavorpill Media. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
^ "Zany host of popular television dance show". Los Angeles Times. October 8, 2008. Retrieved April 6, 2017.
^ "How Teen Mag Tiger Beat Is Evolving to Target Celeb-Obsessed Gen Z-ers". AdWeek. March 15, 2016. Retrieved July 15, 2018.
^ "Keeping Up With Your Favs – The Rise of Tiger Beat and The Laufer Company Magazines". Loti.com. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
^ "Names Change, but Hearts Beat the Same". Los Angeles Times. July 21, 1998.
^ The New York Times 28 May 2007
^ "A farewell to Bop". Gizmodo Media Group. July 24, 2014. Retrieved April 6, 2017.
^ "Tiger Beat Media, Inc". Bloomberg L.P. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
^ Ember, Sydney (December 21, 2017). "Tiger Beat Magazine Is Revived With a New Vision". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved November 16, 2018.
^ Mukhopadhyay, Samhita; Harding, Kate (2017). Nasty Women: Feminism, Resistance, and Revolution in Trump's America. ISBN 978-1250155511.
^ Tillet, Salamishah (September 20, 2016). "What We Can Learn From Women Who Break the Rules (Published 2016)". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved November 18, 2020.
^ Culp, Jennifer (2014). I Have Been Sexually Abused. Now What?. p. 18. ISBN 978-1477779767.

[1] Alex French. "The Very First Issues of 19 Famous Magazines". Mental Floss. Retrieved August 10, 2015.

[2] "Tweens, Teens, and Magazines" (PDF). Kaiser Family Foundation. January 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 8, 2015. Retrieved August 19, 2015.

[3] "Lloyd Thaxton". IMDb.com, Inc. Retrieved April 6, 2017.

[4] "Billboard". Nielsen Business Media, Inc. May 5, 1973 – via Google Books.

[5] "From Dylan to Bieber: A 'Tiger Beat' Cover Odyssey". Flavorpill Media. Retrieved April 7, 2017.

[6] "Zany host of popular television dance show". Los Angeles Times. October 8, 2008. Retrieved April 6, 2017.

[7] "How Teen Mag Tiger Beat Is Evolving to Target Celeb-Obsessed Gen Z-ers". AdWeek. March 15, 2016. Retrieved July 15, 2018.

[8] "Keeping Up With Your Favs – The Rise of Tiger Beat and The Laufer Company Magazines". Loti.com. Retrieved April 7, 2017.

[9] "Names Change, but Hearts Beat the Same". Los Angeles Times. July 21, 1998.

[10] The New York Times 28 May 2007

[11] "A farewell to Bop". Gizmodo Media Group. July 24, 2014. Retrieved April 6, 2017.

[12] "Tiger Beat Media, Inc". Bloomberg L.P. Retrieved April 7, 2017.

[13] Ember, Sydney (December 21, 2017). "Tiger Beat Magazine Is Revived With a New Vision". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved November 16, 2018.

[M-Harding_2017-14] Mukhopadhyay, Samhita; Harding, Kate (2017). Nasty Women: Feminism, Resistance, and Revolution in Trump's America. ISBN 978-1250155511.

[Tillet_2016-15] Tillet, Salamishah (September 20, 2016). "What We Can Learn From Women Who Break the Rules (Published 2016)". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved November 18, 2020.

[Culp_2014-16] Culp, Jennifer (2014). I Have Been Sexually Abused. Now What?. p. 18. ISBN 978-1477779767.

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Categories	Teen, celebrity
Frequency	Monthly
First issue	September 1965
Final issue	Winter 2019
Company	Tiger Beat Media, Inc.
Country	United States
Based in	California
Language	English
ISSN	0040-7380