Southern Living

The magazine was started in 1966{{cite book|author=Robert Lee Brewer|title=2015 Writer's Market: The Most Trusted Guide to Getting Published|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UsyRBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA580|access-date=March 14, 2016|date=August 5, 2014|publisher=F+W Media|isbn=978-1-59963-860-7|page=580}}{{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-date=November 15, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161115225953/http://www.psaresearch.com/images/TOPMAGAZINES.pdf|url-status=dead}} by The Progressive Farmer Company, the publisher of Progressive Farmer magazine. In 1980, the company changed its name to Southern Progress Corporation to reflect its increasingly diverse business, and in 1985, it was purchased by Time, Inc. for $498 million.{{cite web|url=http://www.timewarner.com/corp/businesses/detail/time_inc/index.html|title=Time, Inc.|work=Time Warner|date=January 16, 2007|access-date=March 2, 2007|archive-date=March 5, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070305223821/http://www.timewarner.com/corp/businesses/detail/time_inc/index.html|url-status=dead}} In 2017 Time, Inc. was purchased by the Meredith Corporation, which acquired by IAC four years later.{{Cite news |url=https://apnews.com/8cc47ea85807473f911f0f9d9420afa7/Meredith-buying-Time-Inc.-for-about-$1.8-billion |title=Meredith buying Time Inc. for about $1.8 billion |date=2017-11-27 |work=AP News |access-date=2019-12-15}}

One of the major topics in Southern Living is food, and since 1979, the magazine has published a popular Annual Recipes book each year.[http://www.oxmoorhouse.com/product.asp?SID=07989071D4C04EC58679D49BEB6D55A4AF6BF29F82091676&sku=500397 Annual Recipes 1979]

Southern Living regularly features floorplans, and over the magazine's history, a number of these have become popular home styles in the Southeast. Many of these plans are available for purchase as construction blueprints from the company's website.[http://www.slhouseplans.com Southern Living house plans]

In 2001, Southern Progress Corporation started a party-plan direct marketing company called Southern Living at Home.[http://www.southernlivingathome.com/corporate/about.asp About Southern Living at Home] The products available at the parties include exclusive lines of home accessories and dishware seen in or inspired by Southern Living as well the various books and magazines produced by the company.

In April 2010, Southern Living at Home introduced its new name: "Willow House".

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• [http://www.southernliving.com Southern Living]
• [http://corp.southernprogress.com/spc Southern Progress Corporation]
• [http://www.southernlivingathome.com Southern Living at HOME]
• [http://www.voicesofoklahoma.com/interview/faudree-charles/ Voices of Oklahoma interview with Charles Faudree.] First person interview conducted on October 8, 2012, with Charles Faudree, interior designer featured in Southern Living.

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