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| editor_title = Editor-in-chief| previous_editor =| staff_writer =| frequency = MonthlyURL-STATUS=DEADTITLE=ABCACCESS-DATE=DECEMBER 5, 2013, | circulation_year = 2011| category =| company = Texas Monthly LLC| publisher =| founded = Austin, Texas>Austin, Texas| language =www.texasmonthly.com}}| issn = 0148-7736}}File:Texasmonthlynewsbushapt.jpg|thumb|Texas Monthly News shop at George Bush Intercontinental Airport in HoustonHoustonTexas Monthly (stylized as TexasMonthly) is a monthly American magazine headquartered in Downtown Austin, Texas. Texas Monthly was founded in 1973 by Michael R. Levy, has been published by Emmis Publishing, L.P. since 1998NEWS,www.nytimes.com/1998/01/28/business/emmis-to-buy-texas-monthly-publisher.html, Emmis to Buy Texas Monthly Publisher, The New York Times, Associated Press, 5 April 1998, 5 April 2018, and {{asof|2019|lc=y}} is owned by Enterprise Products.WEB, 2019-06-25, Texas Monthly sells to billionaire oil and gas heiress,www.dallasnews.com/business/2019/06/25/texas-monthly-sells-to-billionaire-oil-and-gas-heiress/, 2022-06-18, Dallas News, en, Texas Monthly chronicles life in contemporary Texas, writing on politics, the environment, industry, and education. The magazine also covers leisure topics such as music, art, dining, and travel. It is a member of the City and Regional Magazine Association (CRMA).WEB,www.citymag.org/City-and-Regional-Magazine-Association/Media-Partners/CRMA-Magazines/, CRMA Magazines, City and Regional Magazine Association, October 14, 2013, dead,www.citymag.org/City-and-Regional-Magazine-Association/Media-Partners/CRMA-Magazines/," title="web.archive.org/web/20100531220024www.citymag.org/City-and-Regional-Magazine-Association/Media-Partners/CRMA-Magazines/,">web.archive.org/web/20100531220024www.citymag.org/City-and-Regional-Magazine-Association/Media-Partners/CRMA-Magazines/, May 31, 2010, In 2019, Texas Monthly was purchased by billionaire Randa Williams.NEWS, Dawson, Peter, 10 things to know about Randa Duncan Williams, the Houston billionaire who just bought Texas Monthly,www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Randa-Duncan-Williams-Texas-Monthly-Houston-14045836.php, 23 April 2020, Houston Chronicle, June 25, 2019, NEWS, Texas Monthly gets new ownership, again,www.statesman.com/news/20190625/texas-monthly-gets-new-ownership-again, 23 April 2020, Austin American Statesman, June 25, 2019, In 2021, Texas Monthly acquired Texas Country Reporter.WEB,digiday.com/media/why-texas-monthly-thinks-a-pivot-to-video-will-help-attract-subscribers/, Why Texas Monthly thinks a pivot to video will help attract subscribers, 11 February 2022,

Subject matter

Texas Monthly takes as its premise that Texas began as a distinctive place and remains so. It is the self-appointed arbiter of all things culturally Texan, with past articles on Texas BBQ, the Texas Rangers (including Joaquin Jackson’s famous 1994 cover appearance), and Texas musicians.Texas Monthly{{’}}s annual “Bum Steer Awards” poke fun at Texas politicians and policies, odd Texas-related news items and personalities from the previous year. Anna Nicole Smith (prior to her death) was a perennial “winner”. Other Bum Steer “Hall of Famers” include Ross Perot, Tom DeLay, and Jessica Simpson. It releases biennial lists with explanations of the “Ten Best” and “Ten Worst” Texas state legislators.Since the establishment of the magazine, barbecue enthusiasts have been among the Texas Monthly staff. The magazine’s first article about barbecue in Texas was published in 1973. The magazine often ranks what it considers to be the best barbecue restaurants in Texas.WEB, Forrest Brown, The big city takeover of Texas barbecue,www.cnn.com/travel/article/texas-barbecue-scene-big-city/index.html, 2022-06-18, CNN, en, Calvin Trillin of The New Yorker said in 2008 that East Texas barbecue often did not interest the Austin-based staff of the Texas Monthly, who were more focused on Central Texas barbecue.Trillin, Calvin. “By Meat Alone”, The New Yorker, November 24, 2008. Retrieved March 30, 2010.In December 2021, the magazine signed a three-year first-look deal with HBO and HBO Max.NEWS, HBO Strikes First-Look Deal With Texas Monthly,www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/hbo-texas-monthly-first-look-deal-1235064542/, The Hollywood Reporter, Rick, Porter, December 17, 2021,

Headquarters

(File:816 Congress-2010-08-a.JPG|thumb|816 Congress, which houses the Texas Monthly headquarters)It has its headquarters at 816 Congress Ave. in Downtown Austin. It occupies a {{convert|21610|sqft|sqm}} area on the 17th floor of the building. {{Asof|2011}} it has about 80 employees.NEWS,www.bizjournals.com/austin/news/2011/05/12/texas-monthly-moving-back-downtown.html, Texas Monthly moving back downtown, Austin Business Journal, 2011-05-12, 2017-02-08, - Updated May 13, 2011.Around 2009 the Texas Monthly headquarters moved to University Park, on the site of the former Concordia University. The headquarters was scheduled to move to its current location in Downtown Austin in the summer of 2011.Previously the headquarters was in Suite 1600 of 701 Brazos in Downtown Austin.“www.texasmonthly.com/mediakit/ftp_custom_frontend.php" title="web.archive.org/web/20080709014256www.texasmonthly.com/mediakit/ftp_custom_frontend.php">Media Kit.” Texas Monthly. Retrieved on September 5, 2009. “Texas Monthly Attn: Nicki Longoria 701 Brazos, Suite 1600 Austin, TX 78701”

Awards

The magazine has received ten National Magazine Awards:Nominations for National Magazine Awards {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130201012053www.texasmonthly.com/magazine/national_mag_awards |date=February 1, 2013}}. TexasMonthly.com.

• General Excellence—2009, 2003, 1992, 1990
• Public Interest—1996, for “Not What the Doctor Ordered” by Mimi Swartz
• Photography—1990
• Reporting—1985, for “The Man in the Black Hat” (part 1 and 2) by Paul Burka
• Public Service—1980, for “Why Teachers Can’t Teach” by Gene Lyons
• Reporting—1979, for a three-part series by Richard West
• Outstanding Editorial Achievement in Special Journalism—1974

Archives

The complete archives of Texas Monthly (1972–present) are located at the Wittliff collections of Southwestern Writers, Texas State University.WEB,alkek.library.txstate.edu/swwc/archives/tm/index.html/, Texas Monthly Magazine Archive at The Wittliff Collections, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX, Texas Uni. Library, {{dead link|date=December 2013}}

Texas Monthly Press

{{Unsourced|section|date=May 2023}}In the 1980s, Texas Monthly Press published such books as Goodbye to a River and Hank the Cowdog and authors such as Bud Shrake, Stephen Harrigan and Gary Cartwright. Gulf Publishing Company purchased Texas Monthly Press in 1989.

References

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• {{Handbook of Texas|id=edt10|name=Texas Monthly}}. Retrieved Apr. 13, 2005.
• www.texasmonthly.com/mag/awards.php" title="web.archive.org/web/20120716180950www.texasmonthly.com/mag/awards.php">Texas Monthly Awards. Retrieved Apr. 13, 2005.

External links

• {{official websitewww.texasmonthly.com/}}
• m.texasmonthly.com/" title="web.archive.org/web/20100601155832m.texasmonthly.com/">Texas Monthly Mobile
• Texas Monthly Archives at The Wittliff Collections of Southwestern Writers, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX.

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