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24-484: The magazine was started in 1966 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. In 2017 Time, Inc. was purchased by the Meredith Corporation , which acquired by IAC four years later. One of

48-406: A party-plan direct marketing company called 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". Progressive Farmer Progressive Farmer

72-587: A one-day train trip to both of the editorial offices in Starkville, Mississippi and Raleigh, North Carolina for receiving the typewritten feature stories for publication. It was decided in 1911 to establish a central office in Birmingham, Alabama, while Clarence Poe and his partners remained in Raleigh, NC and directed company operations from there. The Progressive Farmer Company continued to publish across

96-467: A publishing company at the time. Its publications now operate as a unit of Time Inc.'s Lifestyle Group. In 2006, the company sold its Progressive Farmer magazine to DTN , now ( Telvent DTN ). During the financial crisis in 2008 , the magazines Cottage Living and Southern Accents were shut. At the end of 2012, its magazines had a combined readership of about 8 million. The company employed more than 700 people at headquarters in Birmingham, Alabama at

120-650: A subscription rate of two million and was among the top 15 U.S. magazines in monthly advertising revenue In the late 1980s until the early 1990s, Southern Progress began looking for a new corporate headquarters in the Birmingham area. They decided on a property located down the road from their then current headquarters. The new facility is next to Samford University and in front of the HealthSouth Lakeshore Rehabilitation Hospital. Southern Progress had an over 400,000 sf corporate campus at Lakeshore. The campus has been named one of

144-530: Is a publisher of lifestyle magazines and books owned by IAC 's Dotdash Meredith . The company publishes such magazines as Southern Living , Cooking Light , Health and Coastal Living . The origins of Southern Progress trace to 1886, with the Progressive Farmer , a weekly newsletter, founded by Civil War veteran Leonidas LaFayette Polk in North Carolina in 1886. The newsletter

168-537: Is an agricultural magazine, published 14 times a year by DTN . The magazine is based in Birmingham , Alabama . Founded in Winston, North Carolina , in 1886 by North Carolina native Leonidas Lafayette Polk (1837–1892; a Confederate Army veteran who is often confused with CSA General Leonidas Polk , no relation), the publication was intended to bring the latest information on crop and livestock production to

192-655: The land grant college subsidies provided to Agricultural and Mechanical colleges across the United States. The magazine broadened its reach beyond the Southeast by merging its Raleigh, North Carolina , operation with the Southern Farm Gazette newspaper published in Starkville , Mississippi . This was a major innovation in publishing at the time. Merging these two farm publications established

216-551: The Southeastern and Mid-south regions soon expanding successfully into Texas and the Southwest. Serving farm information needs, publishing through two world wars, crusading for important rural farm issues such as rural electrification, soil conservation, rural education and modern agricultural technology, the magazine soared to a circulation high of 1.3 million by the 1960s. In 1966, the management, led by Emory Cunningham and

240-562: The Southern Farm Gazette newspaper published in Starkville, Mississippi. This was a major innovation in publishing at the time. Merging these two farm publications established the first publication in history to publish regional editorial specific to its circulation areas. This merger of the Progressive Farmer and the Southern Farm Gazette resulted in the need to have a production and printing facility that would be

264-708: The company it founded, Southern Progress Corporation, a division of Time-Warner, announced it had sold the Progressive Farmer magazine, circulation 620,000, to a former advertiser, DTN , based in Omaha, Nebraska . It was announced by DTN that Progressive Farmer would continue to be headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama . DTN was acquired by Telvent in 2008. In 2017, Schneider Electric , which had acquired Telvent in 2011, sold it to Swiss investment group TBG . Southern Progress Corporation Southern Progress Corporation , based in Birmingham , Alabama ,

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288-527: The early 1980s the editors of Progressive Farmer began a regional edition of Progressive Farmer in the twelve Midwestern states . It was distinctively different from the main Southern issue and was used to establish a circulation and advertising foothold in the Midwest. In 1985, Southern Progress Corporation was purchased by Time Inc. for $ 498 million. By the end of the decade, Progressive Farmer Midwest

312-406: The editors of Progressive Farmer launched Southern Living magazine fashioned after the lifestyle and home life section in the Progressive Farmer. The Progressive Farmer had extended its appeal among suburban housewives, and that segment of its circulation received the new magazine, Southern Living to establish its distribution and advertising rate base. From the pages of Progressive Farmer rose

336-424: The first publication in history to publish regional editorial specific to its circulation areas. This merger of the Progressive Farmer and the Southern Farm Gazette resulted in the need to have a production and printing facility that would be a one-day train trip to both of the editorial offices in Starkville and Raleigh , North Carolina , for receiving the typewritten feature stories for publication. In 1911, it

360-581: The largest and most successful regional publication in history. Consequently, Progressive Farmer was able to editorially focus more completely on production agriculture and concentrate circulation efforts to the rural farm household. The launch of Southern Living was an outstanding strategic move for the Progressive Farmer Company. In 1980, the Progressive Farmer Company changed its name to Southern Progress Corporation in an effort to reflect its wider focus. By this time, Southern Living had

384-487: The magazine soared to a circulation high of 1.3 million by the 1960s. In 1966, the management, led by Emory Cunningham and the editors of Progressive Farmer launched Southern Living magazine fashioned after the lifestyle and home life section in the magazine. The Progressive Farmer had extended its appeal among suburban housewives, and that segment of its circulation received the new magazine, Southern Living to establish its distribution and advertising rate base. From

408-503: The major topics in Southern Living is food, and since 1979, the magazine has published a popular Annual Recipes book each year. 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. In 2001, Southern Progress Corporation started

432-419: The most beautiful corporate campuses in the world. The campus also served as an office for Time parent company, Time Inc. In 2014, the campus was sold to Samford University and incorporated into its adjoining campus. One of the three buildings continues to be leased to Southern Progress for its operations. In 1985, Southern Progress Corporation was purchased by Time Inc. for $ 498 million, the most ever paid for

456-443: The name of which was later changed to the Progressive Farmer Company. One of the most notable achievements of the Progressive Farmer magazine was its continual crusade and endorsement during the early twentieth century of the land grant college subsidies provided to Agricultural and Mechanical colleges across the United States. The magazine broadened its reach beyond the Southeast by merging its Raleigh, North Carolina operation with

480-515: The pages of Progressive Farmer rose the largest and most successful regional publication in history. Consequently, Progressive Farmer was able to editorially focus more completely on production agriculture and concentrate circulation efforts to the rural farm household. The launch of Southern Living was an outstanding strategic move for the Progressive Farmer Company. In 1980, the Progressive Farmer Company changed its name to Southern Progress Corporation in an effort to reflect its wider focus. In

504-475: The reunited nation's agrarian economy in the Southeast . After Polk died in 1892, Clarence H. Poe from Raleigh, NC , took over as editor in 1899, and in 1903, he and three partners purchased the publication, taking it from a newspaper to a magazine with 36,000 subscribers by 1908. One of the most notable achievements of the magazine was its continual crusade and endorsement during the early twentieth century of

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528-588: Was decided to establish a central office in Birmingham, while Clarence Poe and his partners remained in Raleigh and directed company operations from there. The Progressive Farmer Company continued to publish across the Southeastern and Mid-south regions soon expanding successfully into Texas and the Southwest . Serving farm information needs, publishing through two world wars, crusading for important rural farm issues such as rural electrification, soil conservation , rural education and modern agricultural technology,

552-447: Was incorporated into the main edition's editorial and circulation making Progressive Farmer a nationwide production agricultural and lifestyle publication with a circulation of over 700,000. During the 1990s Progressive Farmer enjoyed prominence among farm readers and advertisers with special editorial efforts in farm safety and rural recreation blended with production agricultural reporting. In 2007, after 130 years of publishing under

576-513: Was intended to bring the latest information on crop and livestock production to the newly united nation's agrarian economy in the Southeast. After Polk died suddenly in 1892, Clarence H. Poe from Raleigh, NC took over as editor (in 1899), and in 1903, he and 3 partners purchased the publication, taking it from a newspaper to a magazine with 36,000 subscribers. Together they organized the Agricultural Publishing Company,

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