What Happened To ‘George’ Magazine?

In the mid-1990s, a new magazine emerged with a fresh, interesting concept: pairing bizarre celebrity photoshoots with modern politics. The magazine, titled George, arrived in September 1995 with a bold idea from John F. Kennedy Jr. and his friend and business partner Michael J. Berman.

Their goal was to make politics accessible, even entertaining, by blending it with celebrity culture and magazine storytelling. The result was a publication that looked more like Rolling Stone or Vanity Fair than a typical policy journal. For a brief moment, it became one of the most talked-about magazines in America.