FamilyFun
{{Short description|US magazine}}
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{{Infobox magazine
| title = FamilyFun
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| frequency = Eight times a year
|circulation_year= June 2013
| category = Family
| founded = 1991
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| editor = Elizabeth Anne Shaw
| editor_title= Editor-in-chief
| founder = Jake Winebaum
| company = Dotdash Meredith
| country = United States
| based = New York City
| language = English
| website =
| issn = 1056-6333
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FamilyFun was a family magazine published 8 times annually by Dotdash Meredith (formerly Meredith Corporation).
History and profile
Launched in 1991{{cite web|title=Top 100 U.S. Magazines by Circulation|url=http://www.psaresearch.com/images/TOPMAGAZINES.pdf|work=PSA Research Center|access-date=February 6, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161115225953/http://www.psaresearch.com/images/TOPMAGAZINES.pdf|archive-date=November 15, 2016|url-status=dead}} by Jake Winebaum, FamilyFun is written for parents with children aged 3 to 12, and focuses on family cooking, vacations, parties, holidays, crafts, and learning. The magazine was purchased by Disney Publishing Worldwide in 1992 and Meredith acquired FamilyFun from Disney in 2012.{{cite news|title=Meredith Acquires FamilyFun Magazine from Disney Publishing Worldwide |author=Stefanie Botelho|url=http://www.foliomag.com/2012/meredith-acquires-familyfun-magazine-disney-publishing-worldwide|work=Folio|date=January 4, 2012|access-date=January 7, 2012}} Disney Interactive relaunched its FamilyFun.go.com site as Spoonful.com in 2012. FamilyFun is part of the Parents.com network.
Although its parent company Meredith is based in Des Moines, Iowa with offices in New York City, the headquarters of the magazine was in Northampton, Massachusetts, until late May 2015 when it moved to Manhattan.{{cite news|author1=Dave Eisenstadter|title=Family Fun magazine leaving Northampton; jobs moving to New York City|url=http://www.gazettenet.com/readerservices/businessxml/17077393-95/family-fun-leaving-northampton-jobs-moving-to-nyc|access-date=December 12, 2015|work=GazetteNet|date=May 28, 2015}} In August 2015 Elizabeth Anne Shaw became the editor-in-chief of FamilyFun.{{cite news|title=Elizabeth Anne Shaw named Editor-in-Chief of FamilyFun magazine|url=http://www.magazine.org/industry-news/press-releases/member-press-releases/elizabeth-anne-shaw-named-editor-chief-familyfun|access-date=December 12, 2015|work=MPA|date=August 3, 2015|location=New York}}
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20130214062633/http://spoonful.com/ Disney's Spoonful.com]
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Category:1991 establishments in the United States
Category:Disney Publishing Worldwide
Category:Magazines established in 1991
Category:Magazines published in Iowa
Category:Magazines published in New York City
Category:Mass media in Des Moines, Iowa
Category:Meredith Corporation magazines
Category:Monthly magazines published in the United States
Category:Women's magazines published in the United States
Category:Eight times annually magazines published in the United States
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