About the Magazine
Since 1973, TEXAS MONTHLY has chronicled life in contemporary Texas, reporting on vital issues such as politics, the environment, industry, and education. As a leisure guide, TEXAS MONTHLY continues to be the indispensable authority on the Texas scene, covering music, the arts, travel, restaurants, museums, and cultural events with its insightful recommendations. TEXAS MONTHLY has a reputation for providing its readers with a magazine of the highest editorial quality.
Founded in 1973 by Michael R. Levy (left), TEXAS MONTHLY has a paid circulation of 300,000 and is read by more than 2,500,000 people each month—one out of seven Texas adults. TEXAS MONTHLY is published by Emmis Publishing, L.P. Emmis owns and operates television and radio stations and other regional magazines.
Our Mission
TEXAS MONTHLY has always taken as its premise that Texas began as a distinctive place and remains so. In the last decade, however, as waves of New Yorkers and Californians and the like have moved to Texas, attracted by a strong economy and vibrant lifestyle, the state has evolved and so has the mission of the magazine. For the natives, TEXAS MONTHLY functions as a reminder of what once was, a record of their proud heritage. For the transplants, TEXAS MONTHLY is part textbook and part guidebook, a journalistic road map of the state, its history, and its people.
Our audience comprises an equal number of men and women, most of whom are between the ages of 30 and 55. Generally speaking, they are college educated, married, and affluent, and they live in urban areas. We cover politics, business, sports, food, music, the arts, the Texas myth, and anything else relevant to life in Texas today. We want to help all of our readers understand and enjoy Texas. To do that, we depend on timely stories infused with a deep knowledge of the state.
Our Web site
TEXAS MONTHLY’s Web site, texasmonthly.com, has reinvented itself many times since it debuted in 1995. We’ve always known that our Web site is a powerful tool, and we’re committed to our mission: providing subscribers with additional material that enhances the stories in the magazine. Through Q&A’s with writers, editors, photographers, and illustrators, readers learn how an idea becomes a story, and they get a behind-the-scenes look at the writing and reporting process. The site also provides subscribers with regular columns on history, food, and travel. All of the extra content on texamonthly.com is processed just as the stories in the magazine, which means articles are fact-checked and quality control is a top priority. Through our commitment to high standards and clear navigation we want to make your visit to texasmonthly.com easy and enjoyable.
Media
To arrange for a TEXAS MONTHLY writer or editor to appear publicly, contact Cathy Casey. A list of public appearances of writers and editors is available. Press releases are available here.
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Honors and Awards
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Rights and Permissions
Reprints: To request rights for reuse of TEXAS MONTHLY stories, send an email to ccasey@texasmonthly.com.
Photograph or Illustration Rights: Contact Leslie Baldwin (512-320-6936).
Licensing, Television and Movie Rights: Contact Cathy Casey.
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P.O. Box 1569
Austin, Texas
78767-1569
Phone: 512-320-6900
Fax: 512-476-9007
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