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Timeline of Music Magazine History by Alex Cosper 1894 - Billboard founded by William Donaldson and James Hennegan 1899 - Billboard begins covering coin-operated entertainment machines 1926 - Melody Maker is founded by Lawrence Wright in the UK 1936 - Billboard introduces its first "hit parade" chart 1940 - Billboard debuts "Chart Line," a list based on best-sellers 1942 - Hit Parader is launched by Charleton Publications as a song lyrics magazine 1942 - Cash Box is founded as a music trade publication and lasts through 1996 1952 - London promoter Maurice Kinn relaunches The Accordion Times as New Music Express (NME) 1954 - Record Mirror is founded in the UK by Isidore Green and exists through 1991 1955 - Billboard introduces the "Hot 100" chart 1955 - Billboard introduces bi-weekly top 15 "Best-Selling Popular Albums" chart 1958 - Melody Maker introduces LP charts in the UK 1958 - Bill Gavin founds the Gavin Report as a radio trade publication 1964 - Music Vendor becomes Record World, owned by Sid Parnes and Bob Austin 1967 - Rolling Stone founded in San Francisco by Jann Wenner 1967 - Guitar Player launches for guitarists 1968 - Radio trade magazine Friday Morning Quarterback (FMQB) is launched by Kal Rudman 1973 - Radio & Records is founded by Bob Wilson and Robert Kardashian 1976 - Musician Magazine is founded by Sam Holdsworth and Gordon Baird then sold it to Billboard in 1981 1978 - Smash Hits is launched by UK publisher EMAP and lasts through 2006 1978 - Robert Haber launches College Music Journal (CMJ) 1985 - Donaldson family sells Billboard to a group of investors for $40M 1985 - Spin founded by Bob Guccione, Jr. 1985 - Holdsworth buys back Musician for two years 1985 - Mediascan is founded by Nancy and Rich Deitemeyer, who change the name to Media base in 1987 1986 - Hits Magazine is launched by Lenny Beer and David Lavinthal for radio programmers 1987 - Billboard is acquired by Affiliate Publications for $100M and is run by BPI Communications 1987 - Westwood One becomes the owner of Radio & Records through 2002 1988 - Mediabase begins publishing Monday Morning Replay for the radio industry 1991 - Billboard now bases charts on data from BDS and its Soundscan technology 1991 - Billboard Airplay Monitor debuts, using radio airplay information from Broadcast Data Systems 1992 - Billboard Top 200 Albums chart becomes The Billboard 200 1992 - United Business Media acquires The Gavin Report 1994 - Billboard is acquired by VNU for $200M 1995 - Joel Denver launches AllAccess.com 1996 - NME.com website launches 1999 - Musician publishes its final issue 1999 - VNU acquires Nielsen for $2.5B 2000 - Hits Magazine launches website HitsDailyDouble.com 2000 - Melody Maker merges with NME 2002 - The Gavin Report discontinues 2006 - VNU acquires R&R then discontinues it three years later 2007 - Billboard owner VNU changes name to Nielsen then sells to investors 2 years later 2008 - Hit Parader discontinues 2013 - Spin discontinues print and exists only as digital publication  © Playlist Research. All rights reserved. |
