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'{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2012}} {{Infobox magazine | title= Billboard | logo = BillboardLogo2013.svg | logo_size = 200px | image_file = BillboardMagazineJanuary2013.png | image_size = 200px | image_caption = Cover of ''Billboard'' (January 26, 2013) | editor = | category = [[Music magazine]] | frequency = Weekly | circulation = 16,327 | founder = {{flatlist| *William H. Donaldson *James Hennegan }} | firstdate = {{Start date|1894|11|1}} | company = [[Prometheus Global Media]] | country = United States | based = [[New York City]], [[New York]], U.S. | website = {{URL|billboard.com}} | issn = 0006-2510 }} '''''Billboard''''' (stylized as '''billboard''') is an American [[music magazine]], headquartered in [[New York City]], [[New York]] and owned by [[Prometheus Global Media]]. It was first published on November 1, 1894, and is distinguished as being among the oldest [[trade magazine]]s in the world. The magazine originally focused on [[Flyposting|bill posting]] and outdoor amusements before specializing in the [[music industry]] in the 1960s. ''Billboard'' maintains several internationally recognized [[record chart]]s, which track the most popular songs and albums across several categories on a weekly basis. Its primary charts are the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] and the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]], respectively ranking the top songs and albums regardless of genre. Song rankings are based on [[Music download|digital download]] sales, radio [[airplay]], and [[Streaming media|internet streaming]], while albums are based solely on sales until 2014. Its data is largely based on the [[Nielsen SoundScan]] tracking system, which it has used since 1991. ==History== [[File:Billboard03 1896.jpg|thumb|left|A 1896 issue of ''Billboard'']] ''Billboard'' was founded in [[Cincinnati]] on November 1, 1894, by William H. Donaldson and James Hennegan.<ref name="godfrey">{{Cite book |title=Historical dictionary of American radio |first1=Donald G. |last1=Godfrey |first2=Frederic A. |last2=Leigh |year=1998 |publisher=Greenwood Press |location=Westport, CT |isbn=978-0-313-29636-9}}</ref><ref name="schlager">{{Cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/about_us/bbhistory.jsp |first=Ken |last=Schlager |date=December 13, 2005 |work=Billboard |title=Billboard History |accessdate=October 2, 2010 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20051213024449/http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/about_us/bbhistory.jsp |archivedate=December 13, 2005}}</ref> Originally titled ''Billboard Advertising'' it was a [[trade paper]] for the bill posting industry, hence the magazine's name.<ref name=godfrey /> Within a few years of its founding, it began to carry news of outdoor amusements, a major consumer of billboard space. Eventually, ''Billboard'' became the paper of record for [[circus]]es, [[carnival]]s, [[amusement park]]s, [[fair]]s, [[vaudeville]], [[minstrel]]s, whale shows<ref name="Inc.1952">{{cite book |author=Nielsen Business Media, Inc. |title=Billboard |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=AR4EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA48 |accessdate=July 25, 2013 |date=June 28, 1952 |publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc. |pages=48, 63 |issn=0006-2510}}</ref> and other live entertainment. The magazine began coverage of motion pictures in 1909 and of radio in the 1920s. Though the first music connection was the Billboard sheet music best sellers charts & top songs in vaudeville theaters published in 1913 but it was not a regular chart yet.<ref name="Matetip - Billboard Charts">{{Cite web |url=http://matetip.com/2011/12/02/billboard-charts-now-then-how-are-they-compiled-what-do-they-show-part-i |date=December 2, 2011 |title=Billboard Charts – How are they compiled and what do they show (Part I) |accessdate=June 2, 2013}}</ref> [[File:Billboard logo.svg|thumb|220px|''Billboard'''s former logo, in use from October 1984 until January 2013]] With the development of the [[jukebox]] industry during the 1930s, ''The Billboard'' began publishing music charts. Originally, there were only three genre-specific charts: Pop, Rhythm & Blues, and Country & Western. In the 1950s, it introduced a section covering the television industry, including ratings charts for programs. It continued to carry news of fairs, carnivals, theme parks, and other outdoor entertainments until 1961 when these departments were spun off into a new weekly magazine called ''Amusement Business''. By this time, the television coverage had also been moved to a separate publication. At the start of 1961, ''The Billboard'' was renamed ''Billboard Music Week''. The publication was now devoted almost entirely to the [[music industry]], with some coverage of coin-operated vending and entertainment machines on its jukebox pages. The title was changed to simply ''Billboard'' at the start of 1963. In 2005, the magazine and its web sites were repositioned to provide coverage of all forms of digital and mobile entertainment. ''Amusement Business'' prospered for a few decades, but was struggling by the beginning of the 21st century. Shortly after then its frequency of publication was reduced to monthly and it finally ceased publication following its May 2006 issue. For many years, the weekly syndicated radio program ''[[American Top 40]]'', hosted by [[Casey Kasem]] (July 4, 1970 to August 6, 1988), and [[Shadoe Stevens]] (August 13, 1988 to January 28, 1995), played the [[top 40]] songs on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] chart in reverse order; in late November 1991, it switched to using the top 40 portion of the [[Billboard Hot 100 Airplay|Hot 100 Airplay]] chart. Later, in early 1993, it began using the [[Top 40 Mainstream]] chart until it temporarily went off the air in 1995. When the show returned in 1998, it no longer used ''Billboard'' charts as its source, instead relying on [[Mediabase]] charts based purely on radio airplay. A country music version of ''American Top 40'', called ''[[American Country Countdown]]'', has been on the air since October 1973. The show is hosted each week by [[Kix Brooks]] of the country duo [[Brooks & Dunn]], who replaced radio legend [[Bob Kingsley]] in January 2006. ''American Country Countdown'' used the top 40 songs of the [[Hot Country Songs]] chart until August 2009. ===Editors=== {{expand list|date=May 2014}} * Tony Gervino (April 28, 2014 – present)<ref name="Billboard Names Tony Gervino Editor in Chief">{{cite web | url=http://www.wwd.com/media-news/fashion-memopad/billboard-names-tony-gervino-editor-in-chief-7632887?src=nl/mornReport/20140408 | title=Billboard Names Tony Gervino Editor in Chief | work=[[Women's Wear Daily]]| date=7 April 2014 | accessdate=8 April 2014 | author=Steigrad, Alexandra}}</ref> * Joe Levy (March 30, 2012 – April 27, 2014)<ref name="Billboard Names Tony Gervino Editor in Chief"/><ref name="Craig Marks">{{cite web|last=Billboard Staff|title=Craig Marks named Billboard editor|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/craig-marks-named-billboard-editor-19750|date=January 20, 2010|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|accessdate=September 6, 2014}}</ref> * [[Danyel Smith]] (January 10, 2011 – March 1, 2012 )<ref>{{cite web|last=Samuel|first=Anslem|title=In the News: Danyel Smith Named Editor-in-Chief of Billboard|url=http://www.blackenterprise.com/news/danyel-smith-named-editor-in-chief-of-billboard/|date=January 10, 2011|publisher=[[Black Enterprise]]|accessdate=September 6, 2014}}</ref><ref name="The Wrap">{{cite web|last=Shaw|first=Lucas|title=Billboard Publisher, Editor Out, Other Top Staffers Follow|url=http://www.thewrap.com/media/column-post/billboard-publisher-editor-out-other-top-staffers-follow-36116/|date=March 9, 2012|publisher=[[The Wrap]]|accessdate=September 6, 2014}}</ref> * Craig Marks (2010–)<ref name="Craig Marks"/><ref name="The Wrap"/> * Robert Levine (September 2008 –)<ref name="The Wrap"/><ref>{{cite web|last=Parker|first=Eric T.|title=Billboard Names New Editor|url=http://www.musicrow.com/2012/03/billboard-names-new-editor/|date=March 29, 2012|publisher=[[MusicRow]]|accessdate=September 6, 2014}}</ref> * Keith Girard (April 21, 2003 – May 24, 2004)<ref>{{cite web|last=Terry|first=Robert J.|title=Former Daily Record editor named to top spot at Billboard|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/baltimore/stories/2003/04/14/daily17.html|date=April 15, 2003|work=[[American City Business Journals|Baltimore Business Journal]]|accessdate=September 6, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Jurkowitz|first=Mark|title=Lawsuit is latest in list of tough hits for Billboard|url=http://www.boston.com/ae/music/articles/2004/08/12/lawsuit_is_latest_in_list_of_tough_hits_for_billboard?pg=full|date=August 12, 2004|work=[[Boston Globe]]|accessdate=February 6, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Grove|first=Lloyd|title=SUIT'S NO HIT FOR BILLBOARD|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/gossip/suit-hit-billboard-article-1.567353|date=June 24, 2004|work=[[Daily News (New York)|Daily News]]|accessdate=September 6, 2014}}</ref> * [[Timothy White (editor)|Timothy White]] (1991 – June 27, 2002)<ref>{{cite web|last=Philips|first=Chuck|title=Timothy White, 50; Editor Revolutionized Billboard Magazine|url=http://articles.latimes.com/2002/jun/28/local/me-white28|date=June 28, 2002|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|accessdate=September 6, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Pareles|first=Jon|title=Timothy White, 50, Billboard Editor in Chief |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/01/arts/timothy-white-50-billboard-editor-in-chief.html|date=July 1, 2002|work=[[The New York Times]]|accessdate=September 6, 2014}}</ref> ==Current operations== ===Record charts=== {{Main|Billboard charts}} [[File:BIllboardWebsiteDecember2013.png|thumb|250px|A screenshot of ''Billboard''.com. Weekly record charts, including the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and the ''Billboard'' 200, are accessible through the navigation located at the top of the homepage.]] ''Billboard'', then titled ''The Billboard'', published its first music [[hit parade]] on January 4, 1936; its first record chart was calculated on July 20, 1940. The [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]], which documents individual [[Single (music)|single]]s, was introduced on August 4, 1958; the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]], which ranks full music albums, was premiered on August 17, 1963. Today, the service provides over 100 charts, which are updated on a weekly basis. ===Magazine publications=== Billboard Publications became a major trade magazine publisher, acquiring ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]'', ''[[Kirkus Reviews]]'', ''[[Adweek]]'' and ''[[Mediaweek]]''. It was acquired by Dutch publisher VNU (later renamed the [[Nielsen Company]]) in 1993, but later sold in 2009 along with the other Nielsen Business Media properties to the new company [[e5 Global Media]],<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/worldbiz/archives/2009/12/12/2003460710 |title=Nielsen to sell Billboard, seven other publications |newspaper=[[Taipei Times]] |date=December 10, 2009 |accessdate=June 22, 2013}}</ref> which was renamed in 2010 to [[Prometheus Global Media]].<ref>[http://www.btobonline.com/article/20101015/MEDIABUSINESS/101019893/e5-global-media-changes-name-to-prometheus-global-media "E5 Global Media changes name to Prometheus Global Media"]. October 15, 2010. BtoBonline.com. Crain Communications.</ref> ''Billboard'' is intended for music professionals, such as [[record label]] executives, artists, music retailers, and radio [[disc jockeys|DJs]]. Although it is generally considered a business-to-business magazine, it can be found at many consumer bookstores and magazine stands, particularly in cities with a large music industry presence such as New York, Los Angeles, [[Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville]], Austin, and Miami. In January 2014, it was announced that [[Janice Min]], the editorial director for ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]'', would add editorial duties at ''Billboard'' as co-president and chief creative officer of Guggenheim Media's Entertainment Group.<ref>{{cite web |last=Lewis |first=Randy |title=Billboard Shakeup puts Hollywood Reporter's Janice Min in Charge |url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/posts/la-et-ms-billboard-hollywood-reporter-janice-min-20140109,0,2774613.story |date=January 9, 2014 |work=Los Angeles Times |accessdate=January 13, 2014}}</ref> Much of the magazine is available at ''Billboard'''s B2B site, Billboard.biz. Billboard.com is the consumer-centered site, and includes artist interviews, daily news and charts. The group behind the billboard has an [[imprint (trade name)|imprint]] of the [[Crown Publishing Group]] (itself a part of [[Random House]]) known as Billboard Reads, which bought the imprint from Nielsen in 2008. The publishing agency describes itself as "a leading publisher of music and entertainment titles".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.randomhouse.com/crown/billboard-books/ |title=The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 9th Edition |first=Joel |last=Whitburn |accessdate=December 12, 2010}}</ref> ===''Billboard'' Music Awards=== The [[Billboard Music Award]] is an honor given by ''Billboard''. The Billboard Music Awards show had been held annually in December until it went dormant in 2007, it returned in May 2011.<ref name="BMA1">{{citation |author=Nick Goumond |title=Rihanna, Eminem, Lady Gaga score double digit Billboard Music Awards noms |url=http://www.goldderby.com/music/news/1397/rihanna-eminem-lady-gaga-score-double-digit-billboard-music-awards-noms.html |publisher=Goldderby.com |date=April 14, 2011 |accessdate=April 16, 2011}}</ref> ==See also== *[''[Billboard Brasil]]'' (local Brazilian version of ''Billboard'' magazine) *[[Billboard Touring Awards]] *''[[Billboard Türkiye]]'' ==References== {{Reflist|2}} ==Further reading== *Durkee, Rob. ''American Top 40: The Countdown of the Century''. Schriner Books, [[New York City, New York|New York City]], 1999. *Battistini, Pete, ''American Top 40 with Casey Kasem The 1980s. Authorhouse.com, January 31, 2005. ISBN 1-4184-1070-6 ==External links== {{Commons category|Billboard magazine}} * {{Official website|billboard.com}} * [http://books.google.com/books?id=VxMEAAAAMBAJ ''Billboard'' archive on Google Books] * [http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/chart-alert/1549398/billboard-nielsen-add-youtube-video-streaming-to-its-platforms Billboard, Nielsen Add YouTube Video Streaming To Its Ratings Platforms]. February 20, 2013. Billboard (magazine online). Retrieved January 2, 2014. {{Billboard}} {{Record charts}} {{e5 Global}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Billboard (Magazine)}} [[Category:Billboard (magazine)| ]] [[Category:American music magazines]] [[Category:VNU Business Media publications]] [[Category:American weekly magazines]] [[Category:Magazines established in 1894]] [[Category:1894 establishments in Ohio]] [[Category:Magazines about the media]]'