Kiplinger

Kiplinger (/ˈkɪplɪŋər/ KIP-ling-ər) is a Washington, D.C.-based publisher of business forecasts and personal finance advice, available in print, online, audio, video and software products (Kiplinger.com).

Its best-known publications are The Kiplinger Letter, a weekly business and economic forecasting periodical for people in management, and the monthly Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine. The total paid circulation of its periodicals exceeds 850,000, and its Web site, Kiplinger.com receives nearly 1.2 million unique visits per month (spring 2010).

Through syndication, its personal finance content is regularly featured on the home pages of such portals as AOL, Yahoo and MSN. It also appears each Sunday in The Washington Post and on washingtonpost.com. Kiplinger also provides custom publishing services to a variety of companies and associations.

Started in 1920 by a former AP economics reporter, Kiplinger Washington Editors, Inc., is a closely held company managed for more than eight decades by three generations of the Kiplinger family—founder W. M. Kiplinger (1891-1967), who served as editor in chief of all publications; his son Austin H. Kiplinger (b. 1918), today editor emeritus and non-executive board chair; and Austin's sons Todd L. Kiplinger (1945-2008), vice chair and vice president for investments, and Knight A. Kiplinger (b. 1948), editor in chief and president.

Kiplinger's Personal Finance

Kiplinger's Personal Finance (English pronunciation: /ˈkɪplɪŋərz/ KIP-ling-ers) is an American personal finance monthly magazine published by Kiplinger since 1947. It claims to be the first American personal finance magazine and to deliver "sound, unbiased advice in clear, concise language". It offers adive on managing money and achieving financial security, saving, investing, planning for retirement, paying for college, and major purchases like automobiles and homes. Janet Bodnar has been the editor of Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine since January 2009.

History

W.M. Kiplinger, founder of the Kiplinger family of publications, said he founded the magazine because "The times will always be changing. Much of life and work consists of looking for the changes in advance and figuring out what to do about them." Upon initial production, the magazine was known simply as Kiplinger Magazine, changing its name to Changing Times in 1949 and acquiring its present name in 1991.