[5] In 1987, Janet O'Grady and Randy Beier bought the company that owned Aspen, The Magazine, and folded the publication.
[5] The couple founded the publishing company Ridge Publications, and they co-founded an entirely new title, copyrighting it Aspen Magazine, with both a local and national editorial direction, as well as advertising and circulation business model.
The couple were the vision and the public faces of the brand and very active in the Aspen community.
Aspen Magazine's main themes were culture, fashion, cuisine, health, personalities, travel, luxury, sports, and nature.
Janet O'Grady, who served as editor in chief from 1987 to 2013, sold the company to luxury media company Modern Luxury in the end of 2012, and works as a writer and digital and social media expert.