GQ magazine
GQ or Gentlemen's Quarterly magazine is a monthly New York-based men's magazine. The magazine is known for its content about the culture, style, and fashion of men. It also includes articles based on food, fitness, health, travel, sports, sex, technology, music, books and movies.
GQ at present counts a circulation of over 938,000 as per the 2013 report under Advance Publications serving in two languages; English and Spanish.
GQ's first issue got published in 1931
In 1931, GQ's first issue was launched as Apparel Arts in the United States. The main focus of the magazine was to take over the wholesale buyers and retail sellers in the men's clothing market.
The popularity of the GQ magazine grew as retail customers found it more interested. Until 1957, the magazine was served by name Apparel Arts being published under Esquire Inc. In 1958, it was renamed as Gentlemen's Quarterly with the launch of its spring issue.
It again got rebranded as GQ in 1967 following an increase in the rate of publication. In 1983, it came under Conde Nast
publication expanding its division of content writing to topics like fashion about men's.
The GQ magazine went through a successful tenure with Editor-in-chief Jim Nelson and Nonnie Moore as fashion editor who focused on preferring younger readers.
Both gave a new casual look to the publishing issue grabbing the attention of more men readers in their coverage beyond lifestyle issues.
GQ went for its spinoff quarterly launch GQ Style in 2016. The magazine has always been supportive of new experiments.
Recently, Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah wrote an article about Dylann Roof who shot nine Afro-Americans in a church in Charleston in 2018 and received the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing.
At present, Will Welch is serving as Editor-in-chief of the magazine with a total circulation of 938,359 in the United States and the UK.
What the GQ magazine gets you in content?
The GQ magazine targets especially young males age 18-25 through contents carrying knowledge about music, news, sports, models and women's. The magazine appeals to this kind of stuff on their pages to target the audience by following trends in pop culture.
They also include some shorter news articles in their edition to keep up with their traditional in-depth essays and profiles.
GQ has even brought out topics of politics, food, technology, entertainment, travel, fitness, relationship and health aside from the fashion field.
They feature professional athletes, movie stars and rock musicians awarding them 'GQ Men of the Year' title thus recognizing the most influential men in different fields of work.
The magazine has established an image of men's style and culture magazine to compete with FHM and Maxim like competitors.
Was magazine in controversies?
Yes, the GQ magazine got in controversies for its writing and published work on show Glee in 2010, on Russian apartment bombings issue in 2009 and on the criticism of the Bible and Western literary canon in 2018.
Why go for the GQ magazine?
The GQ magazine is a perfect choice for men who are looking for an ambitious and successful career for themselves. We can call it a flagship of men's style and fashion.
The magazine is in the market for the past 88 years serving as a brand in the respected photography, reporting, designs and writing in the men's space.
It can be called as a community holder where readers get in touch through the digital, social version of creativity and culture. The brand within the US has managed to earn print readership of around 5.4 million with 11.4 million digital users.
It can be called as a friend of readers which is growing in terms of ideas, decisions, and appearance through its high-quality content.
Globally, it's print readership counts around 13.1 million with 42.2 digital unique users and 24.5 million followers.
They are simply making a way to reach out to the world in 21 editions by becoming a fashion signal for the younger generation of men.
What's in news about GQ?
GQ magazine is introducing a new masculinity issue starring Pharrell as announced by the Editor-in-chief Will Welch in October 2019. The version will be published in November 2019 under the title "Masculinity Is Changing-and Change Is Good."
References
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/GQ
www.gq.com