Nicole Vogel

Nicole Vogel is an American magazine publisher and author. She is the cofounder and publisher of Portland Monthly, a regional magazine covering Portland, Oregon. She received the 2007 Oregon Entrepreneurs Network Entrepreneurship Award for Individual Achievement,¹ the second woman to receive the honor.²

Vogel started her publishing career with a job at Leaders Magazine in New York.¹ In 2002, she got a job at Turner Broadcasting, and within three years was the vice president of strategy.¹ Vogel's work for Turner focused specifically on business development for CNN's interactive properties.³

In 2001, she and her brother Scott Vogel moved to Portland, Oregon, to be close to their sister Lori, whose husband had been killed in a car accident.¹ While there, they realized the city did not have a regional magazine despite being a large market, so she set out to raise funds to start the magazine. She faced difficulties both for being a woman entrepreneur in a male-dominated industry² as well as to start a print publication when circulation for print magazines was declining.⁴

Portland Monthly launched in 2003 along with its parent company SagaCity Media, also co-owned by Nicole Vogel and Scott Vogel, and was profitable by its second issue.³ In March 2006, she launched Seattle, Washington local magazine Seattle Metropolitan, also under the SagaCity Media parent company.¹

In March 2013, SagaCity Media purchased five magazines in Utah and Colorda, including Aspen Sojourner, Vail-Beaver Creek Magazine and Park City Magazine.⁵ In April 2013, she and her brother started Houstonia, the city magazine for Houston, Texas.⁶ In November 2025, SagaCity Media, filed for receivership. In March 2026, the company sold its publications to Hour Media for $1.6 million. Seven staffers were then laid off.⁷⁸

Vogel is a native of Houston, Texas.⁹ She graduated from American University with a degree in justice.¹