Orange Coast (magazine)

{{Short description|American lifestyle magazine}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2013}}

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| category = Lifestyle Magazine

| frequency = Monthly

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| firstdate = {{Start date and age|1974|2}}

| company = Engine Vision Media, LLC

| country = United States

| based = Irvine, California

| language = English

| website = {{URL|http://www.orangecoast.com}}

| issn = 0279-0483

| oclc = 7479329

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Orange Coast is an American lifestyle magazine published for the Orange County, California region.{{cite news|title=Mirror Image: Orange Coast Magazine Reflects a County's Good Life|page=1|author=Jeff Rowe|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=February 19, 1987|access-date=May 27, 2012|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-02-19-vw-4325-story.html|archive-date=October 23, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131023010802/http://articles.latimes.com/1987-02-19/news/vw-4325_1_orange-coast-magazine|url-status=live}} Established in February 1974, Orange Coast is the oldest continuously published lifestyle magazine in the region.{{cite journal|title=Orange Coast Magazine|journal=Orange Coast|date=September 2008|issn=0279-0483|access-date=May 27, 2012|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BfwDAAAAMBAJ|last1=Communications|first1=Emmis|archive-date=September 26, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230926194352/https://books.google.com/books?id=BfwDAAAAMBAJ|url-status=live}} Orange Coast includes coverage of the region'a people, places, cuisine, fashion, home design and décor, and events. The magazine has been owned by Hour Media Group since 2017.{{Cite web| last = Peltz| first = James F.| title = Top editors let go after Los Angeles magazine is sold to Hour Media Group| work = Los Angeles Times| date = March 2017| access-date = 2018-03-04| url = http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-magazines-sale-20170301-story.html}}

The magazine was re-imagined in June 2008{{cite news|title=Orange Coast Relaunches With New Look, New Editor, and a New Perspective|newspaper=Science Letter|date=June 17, 2008|access-date=May 27, 2012|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aJesDWsChCoI|archive-date=September 24, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924151950/http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aJesDWsChCoI|url-status=live}} and again in August 2017. It is a member of the City and Regional Magazine Association (CRMA).{{cite web| url=http://www.citymag.org/City-and-Regional-Magazine-Association/Media-Partners/CRMA-Magazines/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100531220024/http://www.citymag.org/City-and-Regional-Magazine-Association/Media-Partners/CRMA-Magazines/|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 31, 2010|title=CRMA Magazines|work=City and Regional Magazine Association|access-date=October 14, 2013 }}

Previous owners of the publication include Emmis Publishing, which acquired it in July 2007.{{cite news|url=http://www.radioink.com/HeadlineEntry.asp?hid=138692&pt=archive|title=EMMS: Acquisition of Orange Coast Magazine in Orange County, California|date=July 26, 2007|newspaper=Knobias|access-date=May 27, 2012|archive-date=October 15, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131015041917/http://www.radioink.com/HeadlineEntry.asp?hid=138692&pt=archive|url-status=live}}