Cheetah (magazine)
Short-lived American 1960s music magazine From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cheetah was an American rock music and counterculture magazine launched in October 1967.[3][4] Although influential, its run was short-lived,[5] closing in May 1968.[4] The magazine's name was the result of a licensing deal with the popular Cheetah chain of nightclubs, which in 1967 had outlets in New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Montreal.[2]
Debut issue cover | |
| Editor | Lawrence Dietz[1] |
|---|---|
| Former editors | Jules Siegel |
| Staff writers | Robert Christgau, Ellen Willis |
| Categories | Lifestyle |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Format | Magazine |
| Publisher | Matty Simmons |
| Total circulation (1968) | 250,000[2] |
| Founded | October 1967 |
| Final issue | May 1968 |
| Company | Twenty First Century Communications, Inc. |
| Country | U.S. |
| Based in | New York City |
| Language | English |
Cheetah aimed to fill "a vital gap that exist[ed] between teen- and teeny-bopper publications and such magazines as Playboy and Esquire."[6] Published by Matty Simmons,[2] a founder of Diners Club,[1] and his partner Leonard Mogel, Cheetah was the first project of their Twenty First Century Communications, Inc. (later known as the publisher of National Lampoon).[7]
Acting as Cheetah's first editor was novelist-journalist Jules Siegel (briefly an associate of Beach Boys songwriter Brian Wilson),[8] although he was soon replaced by Lawrence Dietz, assisted by Ellen Willis.[9] At the time, a girlfriend of fellow Cheetah writer and music critic Robert Christgau, Willis went on to become the first rock critic for The New Yorker[10] and later wrote for Rolling Stone, Village Voice, and other papers.[11]
See also
- "Goodbye Surfing, Hello God!" — notable article in Cheetah about Brian Wilson written by Julus Siegel.
References
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