Pound (magazine)

Pound (magazine)

Infobox Magazine
title = Pound


image_size = 171px
editor = Luke Fox
frequency = Quarterly
circulation = 30,000
category = Canadian magazines Music | company =
publisher = Rodrigo Bascunan, Michael Evans
firstdate = December 1999
country = CAN
language = English
website = [http://www.poundmag.com/ poundmag.com/]

"Pound" is a Toronto-based hip-hop magazine that is distributed for free across Canada. Founded in 1998 and beginning publication in December 1999, "Pound" is published quarterly. As of July 2009, the magazine had published 42 issues.

History

"Pound" was founded by Rodrigo Bascunan, Andrew Cappell, Kostas Pagiamtzis and Christian Pearce in May 1998, current publisher, Michael Evans, joined in January 2000. Since its inception the magazine has been known for its sense of humor and political content, specifically the "Babylon System" column that would eventually spawn a book.cite web |url=http://www.rrj.ca/issue/2003/spring/386/ |title=Up From the Underground summary |accessdate=2008-08-28 |work=Ryerson Review of Journalism ] The magazine has featured many luminaries in its pages, often highlighting artists before their big breaks. "Pound" has won the Canadian Urban Music Awards (CUMA) Publication of The Year in 2004 and 2005. The awards have not been handed out since.

References

External Links

[http://www.poundmag.com "Pound" website]


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