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Time Life

Mosaic Media Investment Partners
Company typePrivate
IndustryPublishing
Founded1961 (1961)
Defunct2023 (2023)
Headquarters
New York City, New York (1961–69)
Chicago, Illinois (1969–86)
Fairfax, Virginia (1986–2023)
  • Alexandria, Virginia (1977–2004)
OwnerTime Inc. (1961–90)
Time-Warner (1990–2001)
AOL Time Warner (2001–03)
Ripplewood Holdings L.L.C./ZelnickMedia, Corp. (2003–13)Mosaic Media Investment Partners (2013–23)
Number of employees
1966; 247[1]
2003; 225[2]
2015; 60
SubsidiariesTime-Life Books, Inc. (1964–2001)
  • Time-Life International (Nederland) B.V. aka Time-Life Books B.V. (1976–2009)
Time-Life Music, Inc. (1967–2023)
  • Saguaro Roads Records, Inc. (2008–13)
Time-Life Video, Inc. (1978–2017)
StarVista LIVE, L.L.C. (2003–13)
Websitetimelife.com (closed as of May 2024)
Time & Life Building on the 1271 Avenue of the Americas location in New York City, the nascent headquarters of Time-Life, Inc. from 1961 to 1969 and continuing to be so for subsidiary Time-Life Books, Inc. until 1977

Time Life, Inc. (also habitually represented with a hyphen as Time-Life, Inc., even by the company itself) was an American multi-media conglomerate company formerly known as a prolific production/publishing company and direct marketeer seller of books, music, video/DVD, and other multimedia products. After all home market book publication activities had been shuttered in 2003, the focus of the group shifted towards music, video, and entertainment experiences – such as the StarVista cruises – exclusively. Its products have once been sold worldwide throughout the Americas, Europe, Australasia, and Asia via television, print, retail, the Internet, telemarketing, and direct sales. Activities were largely restricted to the North American home market afterwards, and operations were until recently focused on the US and Canada alone with very limited retail distribution overseas, ceasing all together in 2023.

  1. ^ "A Letter From The Publisher: Jun. 24, 1966". Time.com. 24 June 1966.
  2. ^ Ahrens, Frank (January 5, 2004). "Time Life Unit Sold to Private Investor Group". The Washington Post. Retrieved April 6, 2024.

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