History of Music Magazines

I looked at the history behind billboard magazines further and looked another a magazine which had a specific genre as well to extend my knowledge into music magazines more.

United Reggae Magazine

United Reggae is an online magazine created in October 2007 that is dedicated to reggae music. It's intention is to offer reggae music on a intentional platform.

'Our aim is to promote and spread the inspiring and healing vibrations of Reggae music and culture.'-Reggae

The magazine features 6 sections :

• News,
• Articles
• Artists
• Videos

• Books
• Movies.

Artists, Books and Movies are three original databases updated daily.

This shows the audience varies from Untied States to Poland



The logo

A screenshot from the magazine's website

Billboard Magazine
 A American magazine headquartered in New York City and owned by Prometheus Global Media. It was first published on November 1, 1894, and is distinguished as being among the oldest trade magazines in the world.
Most recognizable feature of the Billboard magazine is it's Billboard's Top 100 chart which track the most popular songs and albums across several categories on a weekly basis.

Originally titled Billboard Advertising because it was a trade paper for the bill posting industry.
Within a few years of its founding, it began to develop and document outdoor amusements such as circuses, carnivals, amusement parks, fairs and whale shows and other live entertainment.
In the 1930's the jukebox industry developed and so The Billboard began publishing music charts. Originally, there were only three genre-specific charts: Pop, Rhythm & Blues, and Country & Western.
As television was introduced, in the 1950s, a section covering the television industry was added that included ratings charts for programs.
In 1961, The Billboard was renamed Billboard Music Week. The publication was now devoted almost entirely to the music industry. They moved it's news of fairs, carnivals, theme parks, and other outdoor entertainments into a new weekly magazine called Amusement Business. At the same time the television coverage had also been moved to a separate publication. Two years later it changed it's name again to Billboard.
'Amusement Business' closed in May 2006.
Now, Billboard magazine is still widely famous. It has included the most famous and influential people in the music industry on their covers. It still documents weekly the top 100 and 200 tracks. As well as hosting the yearly 'Billboard awards' which anyone who is a someone attends.