• by Ray Schultz , July 16, 2024

Steep Life Media, LLC, a family-owned publishing company based in Phoenix, Arizona, has acquired UltraRunning Magazine, effective immediately. 

The terms were not disclosed.  

UltraRunning publishes eight issues per year. Steep Life’s first will be the September 2024 edition. 

Founded in 1981, Ultrarunning was owned by UltraRunning Media Group, LLC, which is headed by Karl Hoagland and based in Bend, Oregon. 

Steep Life Media, LLC, is owned by Jamil Coury and the Coury family. The firm describes itself as a marketing and production agency centered on the Aravaipa Running website, which covers endurance running.   

“I am very excited to become part of the legacy of this amazing publication and such a storied history for our sport,” says Jamil Coury. “I don’t take the responsibility lightly to both honor the past and look ahead to future possibilities.”