Life was an American magazine that ran weekly from 1883 to 1936 as a humor magazine with limited circulation. "Time" owner Henry Luce bought the magazine in 1936, solely so that he could acquire the rights to its name, and launched a major weekly news magazine with a strong emphasis on photojournalism. "Life" was published weekly until 1972, as an intermittent "special" until 1978, and as a monthly from 1978 to 2000. 

After 2000 Time Inc. continued to use the "Life" brand for special and commemorative issues. "Life" returned to regularly scheduled issues when it became a weekly newspaper supplement from 2004 to 2007. The website life.com, originally one of the channels on Time Inc.'s Pathfinder service, was for a time in the late 2000s managed as a joint venture with Getty Images under the name See Your World, LLC. On January 30, 2012, the LIFE.com URL became a photo channel on Time.com. 

When "Life" was founded in 1883, it was developed as similar to the British magazine, "Punch." It was published for 53 years as a general-interest light entertainment magazine, heavy on illustrations, jokes and social commentary. It featured some of the greatest writers, editors, illustrators and cartoonists of its era, including Charles Dana Gibson, Norman Rockwell and Jacob Hartman Jr. Gibson became the editor and owner of the magazine after John Ames Mitchell died in 1918. During its later years, the magazine offered brief capsule reviews (similar to those in "The New Yorker") of plays and movies currently running in New York City, but with the innovative touch of a colored typographic bullet resembling a traffic light, appended to each review: green for a positive review, red for a negative one, and amber for mixed notices.
What year was "Life" founded?
What years did it run weekly from?
Until what year (as a humor magazine)?
Who bought it?
In what year?
Why?
What British magazine was it similar to?
For how long was it published as a general-interest light entertainment publication?
Name two of the writers, editors, illustrators or cartoonists that were featured in it?
Who became the editor after John Ames Mitchell died?
In what year was that?
What did a green, traffic light bullet represent?
What color was a negative one?
And what did amber signal?
What happened on January 30, 2012?
What years was "Life" published as a monthly?
When was it put out as a weekly until?
And when as an intermittent "special" until?
Was life an Irish magazine?
What country was it from?
1883
ran weekly from 1883
1883
ran weekly from 1883
1936
1883 to 1936
Henry Luce
 Henry Luce bought the magazine
1936
Henry Luce bought the magazine in 1936
so that he could acquire the rights to its name
so that he could acquire the rights to its name
"Punch."
 similar to the British magazine, "Punch."
53 years
It was published for 53 years as a general-interest light entertainment magazine
Charles Dana Gibson and Norman Rockwell
It featured some of the greatest writers, editors, illustrators and cartoonists of its era, including Charles Dana Gibson, Norman Rockwell
Gibson
Gibson became the editor and owner of the magazine after John Ames Mitchell died
1918
Mitchell died in 1918
a positive review
a colored typographic bullet resembling a traffic light, appended to each review: green for a positive review
red
red for a negative one
mixed notices
amber for mixed notices
the LIFE.com URL became a photo channel on Time.com
On January 30, 2012, the LIFE.com URL became a photo channel on Time.com
1978 to 2000
as a monthly from 1978 to 2000
1972
"Life" was published weekly until 1972
1978
intermittent "special" until 1978
no
Life was an American magazine
America
Life was an American magazine