Electronic Musician Explained

Electronic Musician
Editor Title:Editor in Chief
Frequency:Monthly
Category:Music
Company:Future US
Founded:1975
Country:USA
Based:San Bruno, California
Language:English
Issn:0884-4720
Website:Electronic Musician

Electronic Musician is a monthly magazine published by Future US featuring articles on synthesizers, music production and electronic musicians.

History and profile

Electronic Musician began as Polyphony magazine in 1975, published by PAiA Electronics as a synthesizer hobbyist magazine. In 1976 it was spun off as a separate company, Polyphony Publishing Company. It was sold to Mix Publications in 1985. Mix Publications was bought by Act III Communications around 1989, which in the 1990s was bought by Primedia. Primedia's business magazines were spun off as Prism Business Media in 2005; Prism merged with Penton Media the next year. NewBay Media bought the magazine in 2011.[1] EQ Magazine was merged into Electronic Musician in May 2011.[2] Future acquired NewBay in 2018.[3] The headquarters is in San Bruno, California.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. News: NewBay Media acquires Mix, Electronic Musician, DigitalContentProducer.com, Radio and Sound & Video Contractor (SVC) from Penton. 21 November 2015. NewBay Media. 1 February 2011.
  2. Web site: EM Editor's Note: Welcome, and Welcome Back. https://web.archive.org/web/20110916072600/http://emusician.com/mag/editors_note_welcome_back/. Electronic Musician. Jones, Sarah. May 1, 2011. September 16, 2011. September 27, 2020. dead.
  3. Web site: PennWell Corp. and NewBay Media Acquired By UK Firms. Folio. 1 September 2018. 4 April 2018.
  4. Web site: Electronic Musician. Media Kit 2014. NewBay Media. 21 November 2015.