http://www.sportsmagazinereviews.com en-us Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:16:05 -0500 http://www.sportsmagazinereviews.com/golf-digest/ Golf Digest is a monthly magazine about the world of golf. It is published by Advance Publications in the United States. It is a generalist golf publication covering recreational golf and men's and women's competitive golf. Advance Publications also publishes the more specialised Golf for Women, Golf World and Golf World Business.

Since 1985 Golf Digest has produced biennial rankings of "America's 100 Greatest Golf Courses". The courses are voted on by a panel of several hundred golf experts. Pine Valley Golf Club has topped the list every time except in 2001, when Pebble Beach Golf Links came first. The magazine also produces lists of the best new courses, the best golf resorts and the best courses in each U.S. state. Before the "Greatest" rankings were introduced in 1985 Golf Digest produced lists called at different times America's 100 Most Testing Courses and America's 100 Greatest Tests of Golf.

The magazine also compiles a list of the leading courses outside the United States. This is created using information from national golf associations, plus votes by the same panelists supplemented by some additional ones with international knowledge.

Right now, Golf Digest is one of the most popular magazines about golf in the world. ]]> Tue, 27 May 2008 06:50:04 -0400 http://www.sportsmagazinereviews.com/golf-digest/ http://www.sportsmagazinereviews.com/dime-magazine/ Dime Magazine is an American basketball magazine that has been in circulation since 2002, and is published by Dime Magazine Publishing Company, Inc.

Billed as "The basketball lifestyle magazine," Dime focuses just as much on the lives of NBA, college, high school and playground basketball players off the court as what they do on the court.

The first issue (Winter 2002) had Allen Iverson on the cover, who has appeared on a total of four covers, the most recent in November 2006. Dwyane Wade's first national magazine cover was Dime's Sept/Oct 2005 issue, featuring Wade standing in front of an American flag with the headline "America's Most Wanted." Dime has been praised for its sometimes non-conventional and edgy cover choices, which have included Kenyon Martin, Ricky Davis, AND 1 streetballer Hot Sauce and Latrell Sprewell. The magazine also put high school sensations O.J. Mayo and Tyreke Evans on its cover before either had achieved mass mainstream popularity.

]]> Tue, 29 Apr 2008 05:03:22 -0400 http://www.sportsmagazinereviews.com/dime-magazine/ http://www.sportsmagazinereviews.com/runners-world/ Runner's World is a globally circulated monthly magazine for recreational runners, published by Rodale Press in Emmaus, Pennsylvania, in the United States.

In addition to the printed magazine, the magazine's web sites have provided a valuable resource for runners, including thorough running race event calendars.

Runner's World was originally launched in 1966 by Bob Anderson as Distance Running News, and Anderson published the magazine by himself for several years. Runner and writer, Hal Higdon, had been writing for the magazine since the beginning (2nd edition). Eventually, Anderson changed the name of the magazine to Runner's World. He brought on Joe Henderson as chief editor and moved the editorial offices to Mountain View, California. Runner's World thrived during the 1970s "running boom," even in the face of competition from the New York-based magazine, The Runner.

In the early 1980s, Bob Anderson sold a good portion of his publications, including Runner's World magazine. Some of Anderson's books went out of print while others were distributed by Macmillan Publishing. Robert Rodale of Rodale Press, purchased Runner's World magazine and the editorial offices moved to Rodale's base in Emmaus, Pennsylvania. Joe Henderson did not move to Emmaus, and stepped down as editor, though he remained associated with the magazine until 2003. Random House bought the running log, which was published under the Runner's World name for decades after the sale.

Not long after buying Runner's World, Rodale bought The Runner , and merged the two magazines, keeping the Runner's World name and some writers, including Ambrose Burfoot who became the editor; a post he held until 2003.

Runner's World remained strong through the so-called "second running boom" in the late 1990s. In 2004, the magazine had a full redesign. Since then, the magazine has won several awards including being ranked #1 on Adweek's Hot List, #6 on Advertising Age's "A-List"; been recognized for having the "Creative Team of the Year" and most notably has been nominated 3 times for National Magazine Awards. Also since the redesign, the magazine's circulation has increased to 650,000 from 525,000 at a time where most consumer magazine's circulations have declined and advertising pages and revenue remain at an all time high. The vice-president and publisher of Runner's World's United States' edition is Andrew Hersam and its editor is David Willey.

In February 2007, Rodale acquired Running Times Magazine with the objective of getting the magazine back on its original mission to serve the front of the pack.

Since the early 1990s, Runner's World has expanded outside the United States. The first new edition was a United Kingdom edition wholly owned by Rodale Nat Mags, Inc joint venture between Rodale Inc and The Hearst Corporation. Editions in Australia, Belgium, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, South Africa, Spain, and Sweden are published either as joint ventures or through licensing arrangements with publishers in those countries. Editors in each country have access to editorial content from the U.S. edition, but also publish their own original content with local flavor. ]]> Tue, 25 Mar 2008 04:43:26 -0400 http://www.sportsmagazinereviews.com/runners-world/