POZ (magazine)
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POZ is a monthly magazine that chronicles the lives of people affected by HIV/AIDS. Its website, Poz.com, has daily HIV/AIDS news, treatment information, forums, blogs and personals.

The magazine was founded in 1994 by Sean Strub
Sean Strub
Sean O'Brien Strub is the founder of several magazines and websites, including POZ magazine and POZ en Español, , Mamm , Real Health and Milford Magazine .He is a...

, an HIV-positive and openly gay businessman and activist. Before launching POZ, Strub was involved with numerous social issues, including politics, environmentalism, civil rights, LGBT rights and HIV/AIDS.

POZ is published by Smart + Strong, which also publishes AIDSmeds.com, a website for HIV/AIDS treatment information; Real Health, a magazine and website for African-American health; Tu Salud, a magazine and website for Latino
Latino
The demonyms Latino and Latina , are defined in English language dictionaries as:* "a person of Latin-American descent."* "A Latin American."* "A person of Hispanic, especially Latin-American, descent, often one living in the United States."...

health; Sane, a website for mental wellness; and Hep, a website for hepatitis information.

In 2004, Strub sold Smart + Strong to CDM Publishing, LLC. Jeremy Grayzel is CEO of CDM Publishing and Smart + Strong. He was president of VNU eMedia (now known as Nielsen Business Media). Ian Anderson is president of Smart + Strong. He was director of product development at VNU eMedia. Megan Strub is publisher and executive vice president of Smart + Strong. She was part of the launch of POZ in 1994.

In 2006, Regan Hofmann became editorial director of Smart + Strong and POZ’s editor-in-chief. She was the writer of the magazine’s “Anonymous” column. Previously, Hofmann was editor-in-chief of New Jersey Life and founded Poets, Artists & Madmen.

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