Editing Utne Reader (section)

==History==
The magazine was founded in 1984<ref>{{cite web|title=The 20 Best Magazines of the Decade (2000–2009)|url=http://www.pastemagazine.com/blogs/lists/2009/11/the-20-best-magazines-of-the-decade.html|work=Paste Magazine|access-date=August 10, 2015|date=November 26, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150815062532/http://www.pastemagazine.com/blogs/lists/2009/11/the-20-best-magazines-of-the-decade.html |archive-date= Aug 15, 2015 }}</ref> by Eric Utne as the ''Utne Reader''.  Its tagline was "the best of the alternative press".  For its first 20 years [[Jay Walljasper]] was editor; Julie Ristau was its publisher.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/julie-ristau-b8071882/ |url-access=registration |title=Julie Ristau |date= |website=LinkedIn}}</ref><ref>Jay Walljasper, "[https://web.archive.org/web/20210109183610/https://www.utne.com/community/itwas20yearsagotoday It was 20 years ago today...]", ''Utne'' magazine (March / April 2004.</ref>  During these years it was transformed "from a tiny New Age newsletter to a thick, ad-rich magazine with more than 300,000 subscribers."<ref>David Hawley, "[https://web.archive.org/web/20210109182041/https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/?date=19941223&slug=1948780 An Activist Agenda For New Utne Reader]", ''[[Seattle Times]]'' (December 23, 1994).</ref>  Utne chaired the magazine until the late 1990s, when his then-wife Nina Rothschild Utne took over.<ref name="Groening">{{cite news|author=Tom Groening|title=Former Utne magazine owner recounts publication’s struggles |url=http://archive.bangordailynews.com/2006/09/16/former-utne-magazine-owner-recounts-publications-struggles/|work=[[Bangor Daily News]]|date=September 16, 2006|access-date=September 28, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190809200209/https://archive.bangordailynews.com/2006/09/16/former-utne-magazine-owner-recounts-publications-struggles/ |archive-date=Aug 9, 2019 }}</ref> The magazine was headquartered in [[Minneapolis]].<ref>{{cite web|title=General Magazine Editors - Top General Magazines|url=http://www.bookmarket.com/magazines.htm|work=Book Market|access-date=February 1, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160219214329/http://www.bookmarket.com/magazines.htm |archive-date= Feb 19, 2016 }}</ref>

The cover logo was changed to simply ''Utne'' in 2003, continuing until 2006, with the subtitle, ''A Different Read on Life''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.magazine-agent.com-sub.info/utne/covers?c=1&cov=COVER0018375.JPG&pg=1 |title= ''Utne'' |website=Magazine Agent |access-date=2008-09-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721192843/http://www.magazine-agent.com-sub.info/utne/covers?c=1&cov=COVER0018375.JPG&pg=1 |archive-date=2011-07-21 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In 2006 the magazine was purchased by [[Ogden Publications]], publishers of ''[[Grit (newspaper)|Grit]]'', ''[[Mother Earth News]]'', ''[[Natural Home]]'', and other magazines.<ref name="Groening"/> The earlier title ''Utne Reader'' was brought back, and the magazine returned to and refocused on its original mission to reprint "the best of the alternative press".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.minnesotamonitor.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=1188 |title=Utne Re-Reader: A 'Progressive Brand' Reclaims its Roots – and Name |website=Minnesota Monitor |first1=Paul |last1=Schmelzer |date=Jan 29, 2007 |access-date=June 6, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927033113/http://www.minnesotamonitor.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=1188 |archive-date=September 27, 2007 }}</ref>

''Utne Reader'' ceased physical publication in 2019 and is now a digital digest at utne.com. Eric Utne looked into re-acquiring the magazine in 2020 but was rebuffed by the publisher. "'It's sad to see it go', Utne said. 'These times need something like this more than ever. Our editorial credo was to no particular point of view. No one has the sole proprietorship on good ideas. It takes multiple perspectives to come closer to the truth.'"<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.twincities.com/2020/08/29/utne-reader-founder-eric-utne-shares-his-far-out-life-in-new-memoir/ |first1=Mary Ann |last1=Grossmann |title=Utne Reader founder Eric Utne shares his 'Far Out' life in new memoir|website=Twin Cities Pioneer Press|date=29 August 2020|access-date=November 1, 2021}}</ref>

According to ''[[The New York Times]]'', ''Utne Reader'' was a leader of the [[Salon (gathering)|salon movement]] of the 1980s, devoted to debate on the issues of the day.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0CE2DB1038F930A25757C0A964958260 |url-access=subscription |title=An Attempted Comeback for the Literary Salon|author=Jonathan Rabinovitz|work=The New York Times|date=April 13, 1992|access-date=March 25, 2008 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220406095217/https://www.nytimes.com/1992/04/13/books/an-attempted-comeback-for-the-literary-salon.html |archive-date= Apr 6, 2022 }}</ref> ''Utne Reader'' was an early source of coverage of the [[mythopoetic men's movement]] when it first surfaced in the early 1990s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.utne.com/web_special/web_specials_archives/articles/648-1.html |title=The Virtuous Male |first1=Keith |last1=Thompson |website=Utne Reader Online |access-date=May 8, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070515093241/http://www.utne.com/web_special/web_specials_archives/articles/648-1.html |archive-date=May 15, 2007 }}</ref>