Downhome

{{Short description|Newfoundland and Labrador magazine}} {{primary sources|date=November 2008}} {{Use Canadian English|date=March 2026}} {{Infobox magazine | title = Downhome | logo = Downhome magazine logo.png | image_file = Downhome, November 2022.png | image_caption = Cover of the November 2022 issue | category = Regional magazine | frequency = Monthly | firstdate = {{Start date and age|1988}} | company = Downhome Inc. | country = Canada | based = St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador | language = English | website = {{URL|https://www.downhomelife.com}} | issn = 1717-6786 | oclc = 1083332463 }}

'''''Downhome''''', formerly '''''The Downhomer''''', is a magazine published by a company with the same name<ref>{{cite web|title=Downhome magazine|url=http://www.downhomemedia.com/home.php|publisher=Downhome Media|accessdate=11 November 2015}}</ref> monthly in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.<ref name="hei">{{cite book|author=Heidi Waechtler|title=The Canadian Writer's Market, 19th Edition: The Essential Guide for Freelance Writers|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dhG6V6F3UcMC&pg=PA70|accessdate=11 November 2015|date=29 January 2013|publisher=McClelland & Stewart|isbn=978-0-7710-4623-0|page=70}}</ref>

==History and profile== The magazine was started in 1988 with the name ''Downhomer Newspaper''.<ref>{{cite news|author=Grant Young|title=Down home life is better|url=http://site.macleans.ca/bdc/en_article_grant.html|accessdate=11 November 2015|work=Maclean's}}{{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> It focuses on lifestyle in Newfoundland and Labrador, with columns like Notes From Home, Family & Friends, Discovery, Healthy Living, Food & Leisure and features submissions by its reader in the forms of stories, poems, photos or letters. It is the largest paid circulation magazine in Atlantic Canada<ref name=hei/> and is #31 among all paid circulation magazines in Canada. More than 50,000 copies of the magazine are published each month and are distributed worldwide.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.downhomelife.com/article.php?id=2|title=Downhome Magazine - About US}}</ref> The magazine started as a tabloid publication in the Greater Toronto Area.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gmo.nl.ca/detailedprofiles.php?id=6|title=Getting the Message Out - Downhomer}}{{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

To complement the magazine, there are also two Downhome stores, one located in St. John's and the other in Twillingate.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.shopdownhome.com/article.php?id=5|title=ShopDownhome - Store Location|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081028182326/http://www.shopdownhome.com/article.php?id=5|archivedate=2008-10-28}}</ref> The company also sells items worldwide via its website and runs fundraisers for organizations and schools selling subscriptions and goods.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.downhomelife.com/article.php?id=419|title=Downhome Magazine - Fundraising}}</ref>

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==External links== *[http://www.downhomelife.com ''Downhome''] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20081110133727/http://www.downhomekitchen.com/ Downhome Forums (Kitchen)] *[http://www.shopdownhome.com Downhome Shop]

Category:1988 establishments in Ontario Category:Lifestyle magazines published in Canada Category:Monthly magazines published in Canada Category:Local interest magazines published in Canada Category:Magazines established in 1988 Category:Magazines published in Toronto Category:Magazines published in Newfoundland and Labrador