Once there were publications that carried topics of interest to just about everyone

 Today you Google and get just about everything
written about anything

There were con­sumer mag­a­zines for men, women, teens, and young chil­dren, such as those above. There were mag­a­zines devot­ed to spe­cif­ic inter­ests such as sports, fash­ion, health and homes. Mag­a­zines such as Life, The New York­er, The Ladies Home Jour­nal. They were sold at news­stands or you could sub­scribe to them.

Spe­cial­ized mag­a­zines — the Trade Press — were pub­lished for busi­ness own­ers, man­u­fac­tur­ers and pro­fes­sion­als. They were usu­al­ly made avail­able with­out sub­scrip­tion by a process called “con­trolled circulation.”

Larg­er com­pa­nies pub­lished so-called house organs that ranged from sim­ple newslet­ters to glossy mag­a­zines. They were direct­ed to employ­ees, clients, or groups from with­in that company’s sup­ply chain.

All of these pub­li­ca­tions — and news­pa­pers — were made pos­si­ble by print­ing com­pa­nies with their  com­pos­i­tors, type­set­ters, engravers, stereo and matrix makers.

Many of peri­od­i­cals and news­pa­pers of the 20^th cen­tu­ry are gone com­plete­ly while some are attempt­ing to sur­vive on the inter­net. Google “What’s Hap­pen­ing with Print Con­sumer Mag­a­zines?” to link many links on the topic.

Pub­lish­ing com­pa­ny depart­ments, once home to writ­ers, artists, pho­tog­ra­phers and print-ori­ent­ed employ­ees, are now pop­u­lat­ed by web design­ers and social media gurus.