NME
British music publication that pioneered the UK Singles Chart.
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The brand has also been used for the NME Awards show, the NME Tours, and the former NME Radio station.[1] The New Musical Express (NME) began as a newspaper in 1952 and now exists as a bimonthly magazine and a website covering music, film, gaming, and culture.[1]
Key facts and history
The paper was established in 1952 after Maurice Kinn bought the Accordion Times and Musical Express for £1,000 just before it was due to close.[2] By the early 1970s, NME had lost ground to Melody Maker and was on the verge of closure in 1972.[3] In the 1980s, NME became the most important music paper in the country and released influential cassette compilations including C81 in 1981 and C86 in 1986.[4][5] New British bands were promoted by the paper throughout the 1960s, and its highest circulation, 306,881, was recorded during the initial six months of 1964.[6]
Pop music was the main focus of NME in the middle of the 1960s, whereas its competitor Melody Maker, which had been around longer, was recognized for its more serious musical journalism.[7] Alan Smith, who became editor in 1972, brought in writers from the underground press; by the time he handed over the editorship in the middle of 1973, weekly sales had reached nearly 300,000.[8][4] NME.com, the magazine's website, was introduced in 1996 and by 2006 it had 1.6 million users globally.[9] After a 66-year run, the print version stopped in March 2018, but a bimonthly print edition was brought back in July 2023.[9]
What the cited sources add
The Guardian obituary for Maurice Kinn notes that film producer Michael Winner and Oscar-winning songwriter Don Black started their careers under Kinn's direction at the NME.[10] The same obituary recounts that prime minister John Major wrote to Kinn saying he bought the NME every week as a teenager.[10]
References
- Wikipedia, "NME" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "The 20 best films of 2020", NME, 10 December 2020; "NME Magazine", NME; Sutcliffe, "The king of the inkies", Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2004 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "NME" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Helen Davies, "All Rock and Roll Is Homosocial: The Representation of Women in the British Rock Musical Press", Gender and Sexuality, October 2001, p. 301–319; Gambaccini, "Charting the Charts", 1 January 2013 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "NME" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Obituary: Maurice Kinn", The Guardian, 10 August 2000 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "NME" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "An old NME is vanquished", The Economist, 7 July 2015 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "NME" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Heller, "Beyond C86: The Forgotten Gems of NME's Cassette Series", Pitchfork, 10 June 2014 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "NME" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Long, Pat, 2012, The History of the NME: High Times and Low Lives at the World's Most Famous Music Magazine, Portico Books, London. p. 23, 29.; "QuickView & other data subscriptions", ABC (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "NME" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Turner, "Beatles '66: The Revolutionary Year", HarperLuxe, 2016, p. 21–22 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "NME" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Nick Kent 'Apathy For The Devil', 2010, , p81 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "NME" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Work for the UK's number one music website", NME, 24 November 1999; "All about ... NME.com's tenth anniversary", Campaign US, 22 September 2006; "NME magazine to be given away free", BBC News, 6 July 2015; Sherwin, "NME readership soars past 1960s Beatles peak six months after going free", The Independent, 11 February 2016; Mayhew, "NME to stop publishing weekly print magazine", Press Gazette, 7 March 2018; Petridis, "Farewell to NME: a rock'n'roll riot that petered into silence", The Guardian, 7 March 2018; "NME announces return of iconic print m en.wikipedia.org
- "Obituary: Maurice Kinn", The Guardian, 10 August 2000. facts only, no text reused. theguardian.com
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- Wikipedia: NME (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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