Parade Media (previously known as AMG/Parade and Athlon Media Group) is a publisher founded in 1967 that is based in
Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville is the capital city of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat, seat of Davidson County, Tennessee, Davidson County. With a population of 689,447 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 U.S. census, Nashville is the List of muni ...
.
Nashville's
Spencer Hays
Spencer Hays (July 14, 1936 – March 1, 2017) was an American businessman and art collector. He was the majority owner and chairman of the executive committee of Southwestern family of companies. With his wife, he made the largest foreign dona ...
was its majority stockholder.
It was purchased by The Arena Group in 2022 and now operates as a subsidiary of The Arena Group.
Athlon Sports
Athlon is best known for publishing preseason single-title sports annuals on professional and college sports. The annuals are sold at newsstands in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, and Europe.
[ It is the U.S.'s largest publisher of sports annuals,]retail sales
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dollars and magazines sold.[
Athlon's 15 sports magazines include Athlon Sports monthly, Pro Football, Fantasy Football, National College Football, Southeastern Football, Atlantic Coast Football, Big Ten Football, Big 12 Football, Big East Football, Pac-10 Football, Baseball, College Basketball, Pro Basketball, Racing and Golf.][
On October 1, 2022, it was announced that Athlon Sports would be discontinuing its special magazines due to its merger with Sports Illustrated. The new special magazines will be released under the Sports Illustrated manner.
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History
In February 2006, it acquired Grogans Sports Information Inc., a fantasy sports
A fantasy sport (also known less commonly as rotisserie or roto) is a game, often played using the Internet, where participants assemble imaginary or virtual teams composed of proxies of real players of a professional sport. These teams compete bas ...
publisher based in Littleton, Colorado
Littleton is a home rule municipality city located in Arapahoe, Douglas, and Jefferson counties, Colorado, United States. Littleton is the county seat of Arapahoe County and is a part of the Denver–Aurora–Lakewood, CO Metropolitan Statistica ...
, that publishes ''Grogans Fantasy Football Analyst'' in-season scouting reports.[ ''Athlon Sports'' began with a circulation of seven million, and grew to nine million in 2011.][
In 2013, Athlon acquired the print rights to three magazines distributed as newspaper inserts: ''American Profile'', ''Relish'', and ''Spry''. Athlon did not acquire the associated websites and later launched the companion website Community Table. In 2014, Athlon acquired '']Parade
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'' from Advance Publications
Advance Publications, Inc., doing business as Advance, is an American media company owned by the descendants of S.I. Newhouse Sr., Donald Newhouse and S.I. Newhouse Jr. It owns a large number of subsidiary companies, including Condé Nast, an ...
.
In 2016, Athlon acquired the titles of Harris Publications
Harris Publications Inc. was an American special interest media company, operating over 75 brands with print, digital, mobile and live event platforms prior to its sale to Athlon Media in 2016. It produced magazines that educate, entertain, inf ...
, which had been shut down.
Athlon Sports as well as Tom James co, an affiliated company have been accused of racism by several employees who complain of an extremely religious, right wing and racist atmosphere.
Publications
*AMG Lifestyle
** ''Flea Market Style''
** ''Harris Farmer's Almanac''
** ''Romantic Country''
** ''Short Hair Style Guide''
** ''Short Styles''
** ''Storage Solutions''
*AMG/Parade
**''American Profile's Community Table''
** ''Athlon Sports & Life''
** ''Parade
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''
** ''Relish''
** ''Spry Living''
** ''TV Times''
*Athlon OutdoorsAthlon Outdoors Store
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** ''American Frontiersman''
** ''Ballistic''
** ''Combat Handguns''
** ''Guns of the Old West''
** ''Mopar Action''
** ''The New Pioneer''
** ''Survivor's Edge''
** ''Tactical Weapons''
References
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Sports magazines published in the United States
Publishing companies established in 1967
Companies based in Nashville, Tennessee
1967 establishments in Tennessee
Magazines established in 2010
Magazines published in Tennessee