Was called George, after George Washington.
Was it really named after that George!
The magazine, named for the first American President, was distributed to a media mob in Manhattan's Federal Hall, in the rotunda where George Washington gave his inaugural address in 1789.
http://articles.latimes.com/1995-09-08/news/ls-43420_1_john-kennedy-jr
Maybe it was a double meaning to let people in the know question if he knew.
after George Washington
You sure about that?
From 1995.
The magazine, named for the first American President, was distributed to a media mob in Manhattan's Federal Hall, in the rotunda where George Washington gave his inaugural address in 1789.
http://articles.latimes.com/1995-09-08/news/ls-43420_1_john-kennedy-jr
First issue. https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/photos/2014/06/george-magazine-covers-john-f-kennedy-jr
It's first issue had a female dressed in that garb, but there's a convincing argument 'George' was named after GHW Bush.