Houstonia (magazine)

Houstonia
Founding editorScott Vogel
Former editorsNandi Howard
CategoriesCity magazine
FrequencyBi-Monthly
PublisherStevi Maytubby
Paid circulation100%
Unpaid circulation0%
Total circulationapprox. 70,000
FounderNicole Vogel
FoundedSpring 2013
First issueApril 2013 (2013-04)
CompanySagaCity Media
CountryUnited States
Based inHouston, Texas
LanguageEnglish
Websitewww.houstoniamag.com
ISSN2327-0926

Houstonia is a magazine about Houston and Greater Houston, Texas, United States. It is published by SagaCity Media.[1] The magazine's first issue released in April 2013, titled 250 Reasons to Love Houston.[2] As of January 2016, the magazine is distributed at 800 locations in Greater Houston, including newsstands, retail outlets, and grocery stores.[3]

The president of SagaCity, Nicole Vogel, and her brother Scott, the founding editor of Houstonia, were born and raised in Houston.[4] The magazine was nominated for a City and Regional Magazine Award by the CRMA (City and Regional Magazine Assoc.) in 2014. It was further nominated for four CRMA awards in 2015: Reporting, Excellence in Design, Excellence in Writing, and Arts & Culture Writing; the magazine won the latter award that year. In 2016, the magazine was nominated once again for Photography and Excellence in Design in the upcoming CRMA awards to be held in May.[5] In addition, Houstonia was given an AMA Marketer of the Year award for media. The magazine's circulation is upwards of 70,000, while its average monthly readership is over 510,000 and houstoniamag.com generally receives approximately 400,000 views per month.[6]

  1. ^ "Contact Us." Houstonia. Retrieved on April 14, 2014.
  2. ^ Kearney, Syd. "Houston Press restaurant critic jumps ship to Houstonia Archived 2014-04-14 at the Wayback Machine." 29-95 (Houston Chronicle). May 7, 2013. Retrieved on April 14, 2014.
  3. ^ "Houstonia Magazine". www.houstoniamag.com. Retrieved January 31, 2015.
  4. ^ Rogers, Tim. "New Magazine Launching Somewhere in Texas, Ctd." D Magazine. September 25, 2012. Retrieved on April 15, 2014.
  5. ^ Romenesko, Jim. "2014 CRMA Nominations Announced". www.jimromenesko.com. Jim Romenesko. Retrieved January 31, 2015.
  6. ^ Houstonia - Media Kit. Houstonia Magazine. January 2015.