Men's Journal is an American monthly men's lifestyle magazine focused on outdoor recreation and comprising editorials on the outdoors, environmental issues, health and fitness, style and fashion, and gear. It was founded in 1992 by Jann Wenner of Wenner Media, who sought to create a publication for "active, accomplished men to fuel an adventurous and discerning lifestyle". Wenner Media sold Men's Journal to American Media, Inc. in 2017. Format Each issue of Men's Journal is divided into 3 subsections: Notebook – encompasses the latest trends, products, destinations, style & design Blueprint – provides the latest science articles and expert advice on diet, fitness, and exercise Gear Lab – a monthly buyer's guide of tested and approved essentials: tech, tools and toys. Men's Journal hires experts and professionals to examine the products; the best performing gear throughout the year get highlighted in the December issue, "Gear of the Year". History On April 6, 1992, The New York Times announced the debut of Men's Journal, saying: "The first issue of Men's Journal, a magazine for men interested in adventure, fitness and participatory sports, will appear on newsstands on April 13. ... The 180-page issue of Men's Journal carries 83 pages of ads. Straight Arrow will distribute 135,000 copies on newsstands with a $3 cover price to test reader interest." In the years that followed, Jann Wenner repeatedly replaced Men's Journal's top editor, for seemingly little reason. "Men's Journal ... is about to explore the great indoors and begin competing more directly with the men's general-interest magazines, Esquire and GQ," the Times reported in August 2002. "The adventure is over for the editor in chief, Sid Evans, who was hired 20 months ago with the charge to undo his predecessor's moves toward the mainstream and return Men's Journal to its adventurous roots. Mr. Evans is being succeeded by Robert L. Wallace, a former editorial director of Talk magazine and an editor at Rolling Stone in the 1970's and 1980's." The April 2004 issue of Men's Journal with Robert Redford on the cover was carried into space on the STS-114 Space Shuttle mission. The STS-114 mission was the first mission following the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster. In 2014, Matthew Power—"a wide-roving journalist whose writing took readers from a journey down the Mississippi with modern-day hobos to the scenes of international disasters"—died from heat stroke and exhaustion while on assignment for Men's Journal in Uganda.