You may have noticed the enormous W Magazine at the counter when check out at your local high-end grocery store, but what you may not realize is that the magazine comes from a one-hundred year old publishing tradition. This article briefly covers the history of W Magazine's publishing, and goes on to detail the current executive team its subscription base.

W Magazine is published by Fairchild Publications, Inc. Fairchild was founded in 1892 by Louis Fairchild in Chicago, Illinois. The original intention of the company was to scoop news items related to retail and fashion for print. Around 1900 Fairchild moved to New York. Fairchild describes W Magazine as a read that includes "high and low culture