{{Short description|American monthly magazine}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox magazine | title = Hour Detroit | logo = Hour Detroit magazine logo.jpg | logo_size = 180px | image_file = Hour Detroit magazine cover.jpg | image_size = | image_caption = ''Hour Detroit'' cover - October 2013 | editor = Dan Caccavaro | editor_title = Editor-in-chief | previous_editor = Steve Wilke, Rebecca Powers | staff_writer = | frequency = Monthly | circulation = 45,000<ref name="crma-hour">{{cite web | url=http://www.citymag.org/City-and-Regional-Magazine-Association/CRMA-Membership/Member-Directory/index.php/name/Hour-Detroit/listing/24659/ | title=Hour Detroit: Royal Oak, MI | publisher=City and Regional Magazine Association | access-date=October 14, 2013}}</ref> | category = Local interest magazine | company = Hour Media, Inc.<ref name="worldcat-hd">{{cite book | title=Hour Detroit. (Journal, magazine, 1996)|via=WorldCat|oclc = 36812180}}</ref> | publisher = John Balardo | founded = 1996<ref name="worldcat-hd"/> | country = USA | based = Troy, Michigan | language = English | website = {{URL|www.hourdetroit.com}} | issn = 1098-9684 | oclc = 36812180 }}'''''Hour Detroit''''' is a monthly city magazine covering the Metro Detroit area. The magazine uses a glossy oversized format and features content on restaurants, arts and entertainment, and trends in fashion and décor. It began publication in 1996 and is a member of the City and Regional Magazine Association (CRMA).<ref name="worldcat-hd" /><ref name="crma-members">{{cite web | url=http://www.citymag.org/City-and-Regional-Magazine-Association/Media-Partners/CRMA-Magazines/ | title=CRMA Magazines | work=City and Regional Magazine Association | access-date=October 14, 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100531220024/http://www.citymag.org/City-and-Regional-Magazine-Association/Media-Partners/CRMA-Magazines/ | archive-date=May 31, 2010 | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="hour-advertise">{{cite web | url=http://www.hourdetroit.com/Hour-Detroit/Contact/Advertise/ | title=Advertise | work=Hour Detroit | access-date=October 14, 2013}}</ref><ref name="5starpro">{{cite web | url=http://www.fivestarprofessional.com/awards/hour_detroit_magazine.php | title=Hour Detroit Magazine | publisher=Five Star Professional | access-date=October 14, 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140706193049/http://www.fivestarprofessional.com/awards/hour_detroit_magazine.php | archive-date=July 6, 2014 | url-status=dead }}</ref>
== Hour Media == ''Hour Detroit'' is the flagship publication for Troy, Michigan based Hour Media, LLC. It was founded in 1996 by John Balardo, Tom Hartle, and Stefan Wanczyk.
The company also publishes ''DBusiness'', ''Detroit Design'', ''Detroit Dining Guide'', ''Michigan Makers'', ''Detroit Health Guide'', ''Metro Detroit Weddings'', ''Metro Detroit Baby and Beyond'' and ''Give Detroit''. Hour Media's also owns and operates the publications produced under Gemini Media. The publications under that portfolio are ''Grand Rapids Magazine'', ''Grand Rapids Business Journal'', ''Grand Rapids Baby and Beyond'', and ''Michigan Blue''.
In 2005 Hour Media established ''New York Home'', a bimonthly luxury home decor and design magazine. They acquired ''Absolute'' magazine, a publication focused on the luxury lifestyles of affluent New Yorkers, in 2006.<ref name="folio-absolute">{{cite web | url=http://www.foliomag.com/2007/hour-media-publisher-absolute-will-fold-if-no-one-buys-it#.Ulyb35E-KGQ | title=Hour Media Publisher: Absolute Will Fold if No One Buys It | work=FolioMag.com | date=November 2, 2007 | access-date=October 14, 2013}}</ref> Both ''New York Home'' and ''Absolute'' magazine have ceased publication. In 2013, Hour Media acquired Greenspring Media Group, publisher of ''Minnesota Monthly'', from American Public Media Group.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Mickey |first=Bill |url=http://www.foliomag.com/2013/hour-media-buys-publishing-assets-american-public-media-group |title=Hour Media Buys Publishing Assets from American Public Media Group |publisher=Foliomag.com |access-date=2014-06-29}}</ref>
In 2017, Hour Media acquired ''Atlanta'', ''Cincinnati'', ''Los Angeles'', and ''Orange Coast'' from Emmis Communications. Hour Media also acquired ''Palm Beach Illustrated'' and ''Naples Illustrated''.<ref>{{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}}</ref> In 2018, Hour Media acquired Gemini Media, owner of ''Grand Rapids'' and ''Michigan Blue'' magazines and the ''Grand Rapids Business Journal''.<ref>{{Cite web| title = M&A Update: Detroit's Hour Media Buys Three More Regional Titles| work = Folio| access-date = 2020-04-04| date = 2018-09-06| url = https://www.foliomag.com/ma-update-detroits-hour-media-buys-three-regional-magazines/}}</ref> IN 2019, Hour Media acquired ''Florida Design'' and Gulfstream Media, whose flagship was ''Gold Coast''.<ref>{{Cite web| last = Keenan| first = Tim| title = Hour Media's Palm Beach Media Group Acquires Florida Design Magazine Portfolio| work = DBusiness Magazine| access-date = 2020-04-04| date = 2019-07-03| url = https://www.dbusiness.com/daily-news/hour-medias-palm-beach-media-group-acquires-florida-design-magazine-portfolio/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web| title = Hour Media Acquires Six More Florida-Based Lifestyle Magazines| work = Folio| access-date = 2020-04-04| date = 2019-12-11| url = https://www.foliomag.com/hour-media-acquires-six-florida-based-lifestyle-magazines/}}</ref>
In 2026, Hour Media acquired ''Seattle Metropolitan'', ''Portland Monthly'', ''Houstonia'', ''Aspen Sojourner'', ''Vail-Beaver Creek Magazine'' and ''Park City Magazine'' from Sagacity Media, which filed for receivership a year earlier.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |last2= |first2= |last3= |date=2026-04-22 |title=Hour Media acquires SagaCity Media’s portfolio of premium regional magazines and digital assets |url=https://www.editorandpublisher.com/stories/hour-media-acquires-sagacity-medias-portfolio,261266 |access-date=2026-04-23 |website=Editor and Publisher |language=en}}</ref>
== Awards == * 2012 ''FOLIO'''s Ozzie Award: Best Use of Photography, Consumer Under 100,000 Circulation<ref name="folio-2012ozzie">{{cite web |date=December 4, 2012 |title=Hour Detroit |url=http://www.foliomag.com/2012/hour-detroit#.UlycEJE-KGR |access-date=October 14, 2013 |work=FolioMag.com}}</ref> * 2009 City and Regional Magazine Association General Excellence Award<ref name="hd-crma2009">{{cite press release |url=http://www.hourdetroit.com/core/pagetools.php?pageid=5251&url=%2FHour-Detroit%2FJune-2009%2FHour-Detroit-Wins-General-Excellence%2F&mode=print |title=Hour Detroit Wins General Excellence |publisher=Hour Detroit |access-date=October 14, 2013}}</ref> *2004 City and Regional Magazine Association General Excellence Silver Award<ref name="bizwire2004award">{{cite press release |url=http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20040615006027/en/Winners-19th-Annual-CRMA-Awards-Announced-Texas |title=Winners of 19th Annual CRMA Awards Announced; Texas Monthly's Levy awarded R.R. Donnelley Lifetime Achievement Award |publisher=Business Wire |date=June 15, 2004 |access-date=October 14, 2013}}</ref>
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==External links== * [http://www.hourdetroit.com/ Official website]
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Category:Monthly magazines published in the United States Category:Local interest magazines published in the United States Category:Magazines established in 1996 Category:Magazines published in Detroit