The New York Times first introduced A. Magazine back in 1993. The paper at that time pointed out that many journals targeted at minority groups--African-Americans, Hispanic-Americans, Asian-Americans-- have come and gone from the market. Their main problems have been: How can members of a minority group be attracted to purchase a magazine explicitly designed for them?
一九九三年《紐約時報》第一次介紹「Ａ」雜誌時指出，以黑人裔、西班牙裔或亞裔等少數族群為對象的刊物在市場于起落落，他們所面對的挑戰是，少數族裔真的願意購買針對他們設計的刊物嗎？