Houston City Magazine

"Houston City Magazine" begin in 1977 as "In Houston Magazine". Founders included R. D. Walker, Curtis Lang and UPS Press Syndicate. The magazine was purchased by Gary Easterly in 1978 and relaunched as "Houston City Magazine". The magazine was purchased by Francois de Menil in 1979. In 1982 it was purchased by Southwest Media Corporation of Texas owned by Ray Lee Hunt of Dallas. Southwest Media also owned "D Magazine" of Dallas, "Texas Homes" and "Sport Magazine". The magazine was sold to "Texas Monthly" in 1987 and ceased publication. The prints and negatives associated with articles published in "Houston City Magazine" from 1978 to 1986 are now part of the University of Texas Center for American History in Austin. [http://www.cah.utexas.edu]

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Editors-in-Chief

*Curtis Lang 1977 (later "The Village Voice", now Satay Center in New York [http://www.satyacenter.com] )
*Tom Curtis 1978-1979 (now "Texas Monthly")
*David Crossley 1979 (now Houston Tomorrow [http://www.gulfcoastinstitute.org/] )
*David Legge 1982-1984
*Fred Rhodes 1984-1986 (now an attorney in Houston)
*Douglas Milburn 1986-1987 (now Magellen's Log [http://www.texaschapbookpress.com/] )

Editors

*Ryan Bernard
*Michael Berryhill (later "Houston Press", now The University of Houston)
*Barbara Cannetti (now The University of Houston)
*Kathryn Casey (now an author in Houston [http://www.kathryncasey.com] )
*Claire Cassidy (now an author in Houston)
*Allison Cook (later "Texas Monthly", now "The Houston Chronicle")
*Bob Daily (now television writer and producer Frasier, Desperate Housewives)
*Rod Davis (later "The Texas Observer", now "D Magazine")
*Tim Fleck (later "Houston Press", now "The Houston Chronicle")
*Joanne Harrison
*Tom Overton (deceased)
*Vicky Jo Radovsky
*Mimi Schwartz (now "Texas Monthly")
*Jan Short
*Linda Sylvan
*Jan Short
*John Wilburn (now "The Houston Chronicle")

Contributing Editors

*Pat Dougherty (now television writer and producer)
*Jerry Jeanmard (now interior designer in Houston)
*Patricia Martin

Art Directors

*Jerry Herring
*Peggy Sue McDaniel
*Catherine MacIntosh (now "The Houston Chronicle")
*Brian Noyes (later "The Washington Post", now "Smithsonian Magazine")

Production Managers

*Mike Peters (later "The Dallas Morning News", now "Anchorage Daily News")

References