Time Inc. is the publishing arm of media conglomerate Time Warner. Its roots trace back to 1923 through the founding of Time magazine, a newsmagazine that melded together critiques on popular culture and current events, as well as commentaries.

History

Time Inc.'s properties are primarily in book publishing and magazine publishing, although in the 1970's, they were the founding force behind the Home Box Office (HBO) network. A major figurehead in the process was Gerald Levin (who would later go on to helm the then newly formed Time Warner), who headed the HBO division and then later ran Time Inc.

Time Inc.'s biggest competitors are the Hearst Corporation, Conde Nast, and Gruener + Jahr (a division of Bertelsmann, although they do collaborate on a few joint ventures, notably Bookspan ).

Aside from magazines, Time Inc. also helms the Warner Books division, Little Brown & Company (a book publishing company), and Time Warner Bookmark.

Mergers

Time Inc. merged with Warner Communications in 1990 to create Time Warner, a diversified media company which at the time included recorded music, motion picture production and distribution, television production and distribution, studio facilities, film libraries, cable television networks, book publishing houses, and magazine publishing. The merger was billed as a merger between "old media" (publishing) and "new media" (television, movies, and music). While this held true for the original merger of Time Inc. and Warner Communications, it did not hold true for a disastrous future merger a decade later (the merger of AOL and Time Warner, which was an attempt to unify "old media" [movies, publishing, music] and "new media" [the internet]).

Holdings

As of January 2005, Time Inc.'s publishing properties and joint ventures include:

• 25 Beautiful Gardens
• 25 Beautiful Homes
• 25 Beautiful Kitchens
• 4x4
• Aeroplane
• Amateur Gardening
• Amateur Photographer
• Avantages S.A.
• Angler's Mail
• Baby Talk
• Better Digital Photography
• Bird Keeper
• BMX Business News
• BOOKSPAN (a 50-50 partnership with Berteslmann AG's Gruner + Jahr division)
• Bulfinch Press
• Business 2.0
• Cage & Aviary Birds
• Caravan
• Chat
• Chat Passion Series
• Classic Boat
• Coastal Living
• Cooking Light
• Country Homes & Interiors
• Country Life
• Cycle Sport
• Cycling Weekly
• Decanter
• Entertainment Weekly
• Essence Communications
• Essentials
• European Boat Builder
• European Magazines Limited
• Eventing
• Family Circle
• Farm Holiday Guides
• Field & Stream
• First Moments
• For the Love of Cross Stitch
• For the Love of Quilting
• Fortune
• Freeze
• FSB: Fortune Small Business
• Golf Magazine
• Golf Monthly
• Hair
• Health
• Hi-Fi News
• Homes & Gardens
• Horse
• Horse & Hound
• Ideal Home
• In Style
• In Style Australia
• In Style Germany
• In Style U.K.
• International Boat Industry
• Land Rover World
• Leisure Arts
• Little, Brown and Company - Adult Trade Books
• Little, Brown and Company - Books for Young Readers
• Livingetc
• Loaded
• Marie Claire
• MBR-Mountain Bike Rider
• Media Networks, Inc.
• MiniWorld
• Mizz
• Mizz Specials
• Model Collector
• Money
• Motor Boat & Yachting
• Motor Boating
• Motor Boats Monthly
• Motor Caravan
• NME
• Now
• Now Style Series
• Nuts
• Outdoor Life
• Oxmoor House
• Parenting
• Park Home & Holiday Caravan
• People
• People en Espanol
• Popular Science
• Practical Boat Owner
• Practical Parenting
• Prediction
• Progressive Farmer
• Racecar Engineering
• Real Simple
• Ride BMX
• Rugby World
• Salt Water Sportsman
• Ships Monthly
• Shoot Monthly
• Shooting Gazette
• Shooting Times
• Ski
• Skiing
• Skiing Trade News
• Soaplife
• Southern Accents
• Southern Living
• Sporting Gun
• Sports Illustrated
• Sports Illustrated for Kids
• Stamp Magazine
• Sunset
• Sunset Books
• Superbike
• Synapse
• Targeted Media, Inc.
• Teen People
• The Field
• The Golf
• The Guitar Magazine
• The Railway Magazine
• This Old House
• This Old House Ventures, Inc.
• Time
• Time Asia
• Time Atlantic
• Time Canada
• Time Customer Service
• Time Distribution Services
• Time for Kids
• Time Inc. Custom Publishing
• Time Inc. Home Entertainment
• Time Latin America
• Time South Pacific
• Time Warner AudioBooks
• Time Warner Book Group UK
• TransWorld BMX
• TransWorld Motocross
• TransWorld Skateboarding
• TransWorld Skateboarding - Business
• TransWorld Snowboarding
• TransWorld Snowboarding - Business
• TransWorld Stance
• TransWorld Surf
• TransWorld Surf Business
• TV & Satellite Week
• TVTimes
• Uncut
• Uncut Presents Series
• VolksWorld
• Wallpaper Navigator
• Wallpaper
• Warner Books
• Warner Faith
• Warner Publishing Services
• Webuser
• Wedding & Home
• What Camera
• What Digital Camera
• What's on TV
• Who Weekly
• Woman
• Woman & Golf
• Woman & Home
• Woman's Feelgood Series
• Woman's Own
• Woman's Own Lifestyle Series
• Woman's Weekly
• Woman's Weekly Fiction Series
• Woman's Weekly Fiction Special
• Woman's Weekly Home Series
• World Soccer
• Yachting
• Yachting Monthly
• Yachting World

External Links

• Time Warner's official website
• AOL website (a holding of Time Warner