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For the final project, I am working with Adriana Nolen and we chose to do the magazine. The genre we decided on for the magazine is sports.

Henry Luce, the creator of  Time Magazine, also founded Sports Illustrated, a monthly sports magazine, in 1954. It is the top sports publication in the country. Luce founded Sports Illustrated in an effort to expand the range of magazines that Time Inc. controlled. Henry Luce had little interest in sports. However, he thought that something was missing from the American media scene in the early 1950s: a sports-focused Time-style magazine. The media magnate succeeded in his efforts over the objections of numerous advisors who viewed sports as an insignificant subject and attempted to discourage him from it. The weekly magazine's debut edition was published on August 16, 1954. The journal suffered in its early years because the early issues lacked concentration and covered both elite sports like rugby and popular spectator sports. Sports Illustrated began to concentrate on major athletic events after Andre Laguerre became management of the publication in 1960. This allowed readers to

The ESPN magazine is known throughout the word and has over 106 million readers. The target audience of this magazine is young men who are dedicated to sports. This magazine is summarized to along with celebrating sports, they also honor the cultures and ways of life that are fundamental to them, all highlighted by ESPN's distinct character and authority. The magazines produced by ESPN range from a variety of sports including the professional and college leagues.                                                   Sports Illustrated magazine's target audience is young, successful men with an average of 3 million readers. Created in 1954, this particular magazine's purpose is to transform how spectator sports fit into American culture, provide outstanding journalism, and to offer a viewpoint on the sports industry that is incomparable.                                                                Founded in 1950, Golf Digest covers men and women professional golf with about 1