Time Life

Time Life
Type	Private
Industry	Publishing
Founded	1961
Defunct	2023
Headquarters	New York City, New York (1961–1969); Chicago, Illinois (1969–86) Alexandria, Virginia (1977–2004); Fairfax, Virginia (1986–2023)
Owner	Time Inc. (1961–90); Time Warner (1990–2001) AOL Time Warner (2001–2003); Ripplewood Holdings L.L.C./ZelnickMedia, Corp. (2003–2013) Direct Holdings Global L.L.C. (2003–07); Reader's Digest Association (2007–2013); Mosaic Media Investment Partners (2013–2023)
Number of employees	1966; 247 (Time-Life Books only); 2003; 225; 2015; 60
Subsidiaries	Time–Life Broadcasting, Inc. (1962–1984); Time-Life Books, Inc. (1964–2003) Time-Life International (Nederland) B.V. aka Time-Life Books B.V. (1976–2009); Time-Life Music, Inc. (1967–2023) Saguaro Roads Records, Inc. (2008–2013); Time-Life Films (1969–1981) Time-Life Television (1969–1981); Time-Life Video, Inc. (1978–2017); StarVista LIVE, L.L.C. (2003–2013)
Website	timelife.com (defunct, as of 2025)

Time Life, Inc. (also habitually represented with a hyphen as Time-Life, Inc., even by the company itself) was an American multi-media conglomerate company formerly known as a prolific production/publishing company and direct marketeer seller of books, music, video/DVD, and other multimedia products. After all home market book publication activities had been shuttered in 2003, the focus of the group shifted exclusively towards music, video, and entertainment experiences such as the StarVista cruises. Its products have once been sold worldwide throughout the Americas, Europe, Australasia, and Asia via television, print, retail, the Internet, telemarketing, and direct sales. Activities were largely restricted to the North American home market afterwards, and operations were until recently focused on the US and Canada alone with very limited retail distribution overseas, ceasing altogether in 2023.