Columbus Monthly is a magazine that has been an important and influential voice in Central Ohio. The magazine which was created in June 1975 has a well-earned reputation for tweaking the local establishment, challenging the monopoly daily on breaking news and providing a much-needed perspective and alternative voice on political and civic issues. It also is known for its heavily researched service pieces, such as Best of Columbus

Columbus, Ohio

Columbus is the capital of and the largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio. The broader metropolitan area encompasses several counties and is the third largest in Ohio behind those of Cleveland and Cincinnati. Columbus is the third largest city in the American Midwest, and the fifteenth largest city...

, and extensive restaurant coverage.

Columbus Monthly also produces special sections and other publications covering a wide range of subjects: Homes, Restaurant Guide, Summer Entertainment Guide, Best Driving Vacations, Menu Guide, Home Building, Suburban Sections, Columbus Bride, CityGuide, Columbus Guests and Guide to Remodeling.

The magazine is owned by American Community Newspapers II, LLC., which also publishes The Other Paper, Columbus's news and entertainment weekly; Suburban News Publications, a group of 22 community newspapers, and Columbus C.E.O., a monthly business magazine.

Political leaning

Columbus Monthly's perspective on social and political issues is decidedly more liberal than that of its main rival organization, the Columbus Dispatch. The Dispatch itself (the newspaper and its subsidiary news outlets) have gradually migrated from a more right-leaning editorial perspective as recently as the 1980s, to more middle-of-the-road as of 2007. Either way, Columbus Monthly seems to pride itself on being more "progressive" than the city's dominant daily newspaper.