Austin Way
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Austin Way is a luxury lifestyle magazine published by Modern Luxury and based in Austin, Texas, covering fashion, style, music, philanthropy, real estate, dining, and art for the city's affluent community.[1] It is published seven times a year with a circulation of 50,000.
Cover of the April 2024 issue, featuring Willie Nelson, photographed by Kate Liddy | |
| Editor-in-chief | Riki Altman-Yee |
|---|---|
| Categories | Regional lifestyle magazine |
| Frequency | 7x per year |
| Circulation | 50,000[citation needed] |
| Publisher | Kristin Terk Pelt |
| First issue | September 2014 |
| Company | Modern Luxury |
| Country | United States |
| Based in | Austin, Texas |
| Language | English |
| Website | modernluxury |
| OCLC | 940843207 |
History
Austin Way was launched in September 2014 by GreenGale Publishing, the renamed successor to Niche Media, which had been founded by Jason Binn in 1998.[2][3] The launch was timed to capitalize on Austin's emergence as a major technology hub and luxury destination, a period of rapid population and economic growth that made the city an attractive market for a high-end regional title.[4][5] GreenGale was acquired by Modern Luxury, a national city and regional magazine publisher, in 2017.[6]
The following year, Austin Way was abruptly shut down in 2018 amid the financial strain that followed Modern Luxury's post-acquisition integration of GreenGale, the same period during which Modern Luxury significantly reduced editorial budgets across its portfolio. The magazine remained dormant for five years, a hiatus longer than that experienced by any other current Modern Luxury title. Modern Luxury relaunched Austin Way in September 2023, with Katerina "Kat" Cotroneo named as editor-in-chief. At the time of the relaunch, Cotroneo described Austin as "a modern boomtown growing more each day, especially in the luxury space."[7] Riki Altman-Yee subsequently became editor-in-chief in 2025 and currently holds the role.[8]
