LIFE (magazine)

Life is the title of a number of American Magazines:

• A humor and general interest magazine published from 1883 to 1936.Time founder Henry Luce bought the magazine in 1936 solely so that he could acquire the rights to its name.
• A weekly news magazine launched by Luce in 1936, with a strong emphasis on Photo Journalism . Life was published weekly until 1972; as an intermittent "special" until 1978; and as a monthly from 1978 to 2000.
• A weekly newspaper supplement published by Time Inc. from 2004 to 2007 and included in some American newspapers.
• A website, life.com, from March 2009 to Jan. 2012, a joint venture with Getty Images under the name See Your World, LLC.
• Jan. 30, 2012 launched as a photo channel on Time.com

The magazine's place in the history of Photo Journalism is considered its most important contribution to publishing.

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