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Tiger Beat is an American fan magazine marketed primarily to adolescents. It is currently published by Laufer Media, Inc. of Los Angeles, California. Image File history File links Broom_icon. ... Image File history File links Emblem-important. ... Image File history File links Question_book-3. ... A fan magazine is a professionally written and published magazine intended for the amusement of fans of the subject matter which it covers. ... The Adolescents were a punk band in the 1980s. ... Los Angeles and L.A. redirect here. ... This article is about the U.S. state. ...

Founded in 1965 by Charles "Chuck" Laufer and his brother, Ira, Tiger Beat has as its forte teen idol gossip, movies, music and fashion. It is known for its covers with 'cut and paste' collaged photos of the latest teen idols. Its publisher, first named as The Laufer Co., also founded and published the teen magazines FaVE (now defunct) and Right On! (now owned by another publisher). Year 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see Teen idol (disambiguation). ... Neighborly gossips in the Altstadt in Sindelfingen, Germany Gossip consists of casual or idle talk of any sort, usually slanderous and/or devoted to discussing others. ... This article is about motion pictures. ... For other uses, see Music (disambiguation). ... Such styles may change quickly, and fashion in the more colloquial sense refers to the latest version of these styles. ... Right On is an American teen magazine. ...

Girls ranging from the age of 9 to 18 are buying the magazine due to the recent featuring of "pre-teen" teen idols.

Tiger Beat was sold to Primedia late in 1998 by former publisher Sterling/MacFadden. It was purchased in 2003 by Scott Laufer, the son of Chuck Laufer. Primedia Logo Primedia Inc. ... Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ... Sterling/Macfadden, aka the Sterling Macfadden Partnership, was a publishing company, created by merging the Macfadden consumer magazines and Sterlings magazines. ...

Laufer Media also publishes Tiger Beat's sister publication, Bop. Bop magazine is a monthly American entertainment magazine for teenagers. ...

Some teen idols past and present portrayed on Tiger Beat's cover have included The Beatles, The Monkees, Paul Revere and the Raiders, Donnie and Marie Osmond, David and Shaun Cassidy, Leif Garrett, C. Thomas Howell, Matt Dillon, William Zabka, Ralph Macchio, John Stamos, Jon Cryer, Rob Lowe, Aaron Carter, Tommy Page, Diane Lane, Emilio Estevez, Barry Williams, Stacey Q, Susan Dey, Lori Loughlin, Diane Lane, John Travolta, Michael Jackson, Menudo, Michael J. Fox, Tom Cruise, Patrick Swayze, Judd Nelson, Andrew McCarthy, the "2 Coreys" (Feldman and Haim), River Phoenix, Kirk Cameron, Molly Ringwald, Tiffany, Corey Hart, Deborah Gibson, New Kids on the Block, Will Smith, Jonathan Brandis, Devon Sawa, Leonardo DiCaprio, Ricky Martin, Britney Spears, The Backstreet Boys, NSYNC, Spice Girls, Hilary Duff, Lindsay Lohan, and many others. The White Album, see The Beatles (album). ... 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The current list of teen idols featured include both teen and pre-teen idols like Fergie (singer), Brenda Song, Miley Cyrus, Ashley Tisdale, Vanessa Anne Hudgens, Zac Efron, Corbin Bleu, The Jonas Brothers, Aly & AJ, Mitchel Musso, Emily Osment, Jason Dolley, Jamie Lynn Spears, Fall Out Boy, and others. No British acts, though (e.g. Girls Aloud and McFly), are mentioned or publicized in the magazine. Most Notable Raven-Symone For other uses, see Fergie. ... Brenda Song (born March 27, 1988[2]) is an American actress and singer. ... Miley Cyrus (born Destiny Hope Cyrus[1] on November 23, 1992 in Franklin, Tennessee) is an American actress and singer. ... Ashley Michelle Tisdale (born July 2, 1985)[1] is an American actress and singer. ... Vanessa Anne Hudgens (born December 14, 1988) is an American actress and singer. ... Zachary David Alexander Efron(born October 18, 1987) is an American actor. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... It is proposed that this article be deleted, because of the following concern: needs extereme work, seems prone to vandalism If you can address this concern by improving, copyediting, sourcing, renaming or merging the page, please edit this page and do so. ... Aly & AJ is a teen pop duo consisting of sisters Alyson Renae Aly Michalka and Amanda Joy AJ Michalka. ... Mitchel Tate Musso[1] (born July 9, 1991) is an American film and television actor known for his role as Oliver Oken in Hannah Montana. ... Emily Jordan Osment (born March 10, 1992 in Los Angeles, California) is an American actress, singer and spokesmodel, She is best known for her roles as Gerti Giggles in the Spy Kids trilogy and Lilly Truscott in the Disney Channel Emmy Award-nominated[1] TV series, Hannah Montana, the series... Jason Scott Dolley (born July 5, 1991 in Simi Valley, California) is an American actor. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Fall Out Boy (commonly abbreviated as FOB) is an American band from Wilmette, Illinois (a suburb of Chicago) that formed in 2001. ... Girls Aloud are a BRIT-nominated British girl group created by ITV1 talent show Popstars: The Rivals in 2002. ... For the characters of Back to the Future, see McFly family. ... Raven-Symone as Raven Raven-Symoné Christina Pearman (born December 10, 1985 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA), known professionally as Raven-Symoné, is an African American actress, singer, and former model. ...

External links

• Official website for Tiger Beat Magazine