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'''''Kirkus Reviews''''' is an American [[book review]] magazine founded in 1933 by [[Virginia Kirkus]]
''Kirkus Reviews'', published on the first and 15th of each month, previews books before their publication. ''Kirkus'' reviews over 10,000 titles per year.<ref name=NYT_Rich1/><ref name=":0" />
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==Ownership==
It was sold to ''[[The New York Review of Books]]'' in 1970 and subsequently sold by the ''Review'' to Barbara Bader and Josh Rubins, who served also as the publication's editors. In 1985, magazine consultant James B. Kobak acquired ''Kirkus Reviews''.<ref name=NYT_Doughrty>{{cite news|last=Dougherty |first=Philip H. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/04/04/business/advertising-consultant-acquires-kirkus-reviews.html |title=Consultant Acquires Kirkus Reviews |newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=April 4, 1985 |access-date=November 12, 2012}}</ref> David LeBreton bought ''Kirkus'' from Kobak in 1993.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-13249757/kirkus-reviews-being-acquired.html |title=Kirkus Reviews being acquired |work=Publishers Weekly |date=August 23, 1993 |access-date=November 12, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130521224028/http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-13249757/kirkus-reviews-being-acquired.html |archive-date=May 21, 2013 }}</ref> [[Billboard (magazine)|BPI Communications]], owned by Dutch publisher [[Nielsen Company|VNU]], bought ''Kirkus'' from LeBreton in 1999.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA156022.html |title=Kirkus Reviews Acquired By Publisher of Billboard |website=Libraryjournal.com |date=August 2, 1999 |access-date=November 12, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/
The journal was purchased from VNU (by then renamed [[The Nielsen Company]], or Nielson N.V.) on February 10, 2010, by businessman [[Herbert Simon (real estate)|Herbert Simon]]. Terms were not disclosed. The company was thereafter renamed Kirkus Media, and book industry veteran Marc Winkelman was made publisher.<ref>{{cite news |last=Rich |first=Motoko |date=February 10, 2010 |url=http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/10/kirkus-gets-a-new-owner-from-the-nba/?scp=1&sq=kirkus&st=cse |title=Kirkus Gets a New Owner – From the N.B.A. |newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=March 22, 2012}}</ref>
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