# Miami Monthly
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'''''Miami Monthly''''' was a [Southeast](/source/South_Florida) [Florida](/source/Florida)'s city/regional [magazine](/source/magazine), publishing news and information on the people, [politics](/source/politics), life, [culture](/source/culture) and [style](/source/Style_(visual_arts)) of the [greater Miami](/source/greater_Miami) area.[{{Cite web |title=Miami Monthly Magazine in Miami Florida - MondoTimes.com |url=https://www.mondotimes.com/1/world/us/9/525/25031 |access-date=2023-11-10 |website=www.mondotimes.com}}]
== History ==
''Miami Monthly'' evolved from a family of [community publications](/source/Community_newspaper) founded in 1997 by publisher Elena V. Carpenter.[{{Cite news|url=http://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/miami-monthly-actually-breaks-big-news-6526296|title=Miami Monthly Actually Breaks Big News|last=Houston|first=Frank|date=2007-06-26|work=Miami New Times|access-date=2018-03-25}}] Appearing first as [tabloid](/source/Tabloid_(newspaper_format))-size newspapers, the Coconut Grove Times, Brickell Post and South Miami Times grew into [glossy city magazines](/source/Glossy_magazine).[{{Cite web |last=Houston |first=Frank |title=Miami Monthly Actually Breaks Big News |url=https://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/miami-monthly-actually-breaks-big-news-6526296 |access-date=2023-11-10 |website=Miami New Times |language=en}}]
The archived website for the Miami Monthly features archived content from 2010, from before it closed. There are also Miami Monthly prints from 2009 for sale on [eBay](/source/eBay).[{{Cite web |title=Miami Monthly Magazine March 2009 issue |url=https://www.ebay.com/itm/333682515821 |access-date=2023-11-10 |website=eBay |language=en-US}}]
== Editorial content ==
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In July 2007, ''Miami Monthly'' broke the story of an organized group of [City of Miami](/source/City_of_Miami) employees who participated in an underground business known as The Firm. "Robbing the City Blind" described how members of the Capital Improvements Department spent many hours each day working on their secret clients using city computers, vehicles and other equipment. A dozen initial arrests included charges ranging from organized racketeering to [grand theft](/source/grand_theft) and [fraud](/source/fraud).