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"American Heritage" Mag On Hold

The New York Times, Friday, May 18, 2007 11:16 AM

After over 50 years, American Heritage is suspending publishing as it waits for a buyer. Owned by Forbes, the book was put on the block in January. Its June-July issue is on hold, although it will continue to maintain a Web site. And that has left publisher and staff of four -- down from a dozen -- in limbo.

With a circulation of 350,000 -- a high as it has ever been -- hundreds of readers still write in arguing about the true causes of the Civil War or pointing out errors. The magazine was founded in 1954 by three refugees from Life, who broke a lot of established industry rules. Perhaps prime among them was a determination to not accept ads due to a "basic incompatibility between the tones of the voice of history and of advertising."

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