Editing TV Guide (section)

===Prototype===
The prototype of what would become ''[[TV Guide (magazine)|TV Guide]]'' magazine was developed by Lee Wagner (1910–1993),<ref>{{cite news|title=Lee Wagner, 83; Founding Owner of TV Guide Magazine|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-09-14-mn-34969-story.html|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=September 14, 1993|access-date=2020-04-16|archive-date=2016-03-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306055833/http://articles.latimes.com/1993-09-14/news/mn-34969_1_tv-guide|url-status=live}}</ref> who was the circulation director of [[Macfadden Communications Group#Macfadden Publications|MacFadden Publications]] in [[New York City]] in the 1930s – and later, by the time of the predecessor publication's creation, for [[Cowles Media Company]] – distributing magazines focusing on movie celebrities.<ref>{{Cite web|title=TV Guide Inc. {{!}} Encyclopedia.com|url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/marketing/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/tv-guide-inc|access-date=2022-01-19|website=encyclopedia.com|archive-date=2022-01-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220119221739/https://www.encyclopedia.com/marketing/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/tv-guide-inc|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 1948, Wagner printed New York City area listings magazine ''The TeleVision Guide'', which was first released on local newsstands on June 14 of that year. Silent film star [[Gloria Swanson]], who then starred in the short-lived [[variety show|variety series]] ''The Gloria Swanson Hour'', appeared on the cover of the first issue. Wagner later began publishing regional editions of ''The TeleVision Guide'' for [[New England]] and the [[Baltimore]]–[[Washington, D.C.|Washington]] area. Five years later, he sold the editions to [[Walter Annenberg]], who folded it into his publishing and broadcasting company [[Triangle Publications]], but remained as a consultant for the magazine until 1963.<ref name="prototype">{{cite news|title=June 14, 1948: TV Guide Prototype Hits N.Y. Newsstands|url=https://www.wired.com/thisdayintech/2010/06/0614tv-guide-launches/|author=Hugh Hart|periodical=[[Wired (website)|Wired]]|date=June 14, 2010|access-date=March 11, 2017|archive-date=June 15, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100615223949/http://www.wired.com/thisdayintech/2010/06/0614tv-guide-launches/|url-status=live}}</ref>