Relevant (magazine)
 Relevant #7, March/April 2004 |
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| Editor | Cameron Strang |
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| Categories | Lifestyle, Christian magazines |
| Circulation | 56,667 bimonthly |
| First issue | March/April 2003 |
| Company | RELEVANT Media Group |
| Country |  United States |
| Language | English |
| Website | relevantmagazine.com |
| ISSN | 1543-317X |
RELEVANT is a bimonthly magazine providing content on “God, life, and progressive culture”. It is published by RELEVANT Media Group and a circulation of 56,667.[1] Its companion web presence, RELEVANTmagazine.com, launched in 2002 with the email newsletter, 850 Words of RELEVANT. The website consists of original and exclusive content from unpaid contributors.
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[edit] History
Both the magazine and the website are products of the RELEVANT Media Group, founded by Cameron Strang, son of Charisma Magazine publisher and Strang Communications CEO Stephen Strang, who co-owns RELEVANT.[2] Prior to forming his own company, Strang held the editor position at Voxcorp, which produced 7ball magazine and others.[3] The Relevant Media group's first publication was a book looking at spiritual aspects of the band U2. This book made the top 100 list at Amazon.com.[4]
RELEVANT was first published in 2003. The magazine explores the intersection of faith and pop culture with the tagline "God. Life. Progressive Culture." From a sociological perspective, one critic has called the publication "the mass media equivalent of outreach in the skate park."[4] It is a top seller at the Family Christian bookstore chain.[4]
Regular contributors to the print magazine include John Fischer, Dan Haseltine (Jars of Clay), Don Chaffer (Waterdeep), and Dan Buck. Relevant runs articles about musicians, authors and entrepreneurs such as Donald Miller, Rob Bell, Margaret Feinberg and Sarah Cunningham. Relevant also offers political spotlights, social issues, and reviews of recently released media selections.
In 2006, Relevant Media Group created a women's magazine, Radiant, which published six issues in 2006 and 2007.
[edit] RelevantMagazine.com
The website is updated daily and is a user-driven counterpart to the magazine. It includes features such as "The Drop" [5] and "RELEVANT.tv" both are exclusive broadband music video channels.[6]
[edit] Relevant podcast
Relevant magazine posts a podcast on iTunes every Friday.
[edit] References
- ^ http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:vuw-OBsifLUJ:issuu.com/relevantmagazine/docs/digital_issue_48_zach_galifianakis_+relevant+magazine+circulation&cd=5&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=ca&source=www.google.ca
- ^ http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:vuw-OBsifLUJ:issuu.com/relevantmagazine/docs/digital_issue_48_zach_galifianakis_+relevant+magazine+circulation&cd=5&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=ca&source=www.google.ca
- ^ Bartenhagen, Marcia (2000-08-01). "New Media Start-up Targets Progressive Culture". Christian Retailing 46 (13): 8. ISSN 0892-0281.
- ^ a b c Sandler, Lauren (2006). Righteous: Dispatches from the Evangelical Youth Movement. New York: Penguin Group. pp. 116–121. ISBN 0-670-03791-5.
- ^ Relevant Media Group
- ^ RELEVANT MAGAZINE :: Covering God, Life and Progressive Culture
- It's young, it's hip and it's Christian. The Orlando Sentinel, March 25, 2003
