Tiger Beat is an American

United States

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 fan magazine

Fan magazine

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 marketed primarily to adolescent girls. It is currently published by Laufer Media, Inc.

Laufer Media

-History:Tiger Beat was started in 1965 by Charles Laufer, and brought stars such as Donny Osmond to national attention. Laufer started several more teen magazines with the same formula. These magazines were later sold to Sterling's Magazines . Scott Laufer, along with three sisters, then founded...

 of Los Angeles

Los Ángeles

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, California

California

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, which also produces its sister publication, Bop.

Founded in September 1965 by Charles "Chuck" Laufer and his brother, Ira, Tiger Beat has as its forte teen idol

Teen idol

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 gossip

Gossip

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, movie

Film

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s, music

Music

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 and fashion

Fashion

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. It is known for its covers with 'cut and paste' collage

Collage

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d photos of teen idols. Its publisher, originally named The Laufer Co., also founded and published the teen magazines FaVE (now defunct) and Right On!

Right On!

Right On! is an American teen magazine. It is published by Dorchester Media in New York City, and it was a sister publication of Tiger Beat....

(now owned by another publisher).

Lloyd Thaxton

Lloyd Thaxton

Lloyd Thaxton was an American writer, television producer, director, and television host best known for his syndicated pop music television program of the 1960s, The Lloyd Thaxton Show, which began as a local show on KCOP Los Angeles in 1961.-Life and career:The son of a newspaperman, Thaxton was...

's face appeared at the top of the newly launched Tiger Beat magazine (then known as "Lloyd Thaxton's Tiger Beat") for which he did a column. According to IMDB, Thaxton was a co-founder of Tiger Beat magazine.

Tiger Beat was sold to Primedia

Primedia

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 late in 1998 by former publisher Sterling/MacFadden

Macfadden Publications

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. It was purchased in 2003 by Scott Laufer, the son of Chuck Laufer.