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Electronic Musician

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Electronic Musician
Cover of the final issue (August 2023)
CategoriesMusic
FrequencyMonthly
Founded1975
Final issueAugust 2023
CompanyFuture US
CountryUSA
Based inSan Bruno, California
LanguageEnglish
WebsiteElectronic Musician
ISSN0884-4720

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

History and profile

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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]

The magazine ceased publication after August 2023 issue.

References

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  1. ^ "NewBay Media acquires Mix, Electronic Musician, DigitalContentProducer.com, Radio and Sound & Video Contractor (SVC) from Penton". NewBay Media. 1 February 2011. Retrieved 21 November 2015.
  2. ^ Jones, Sarah (May 1, 2011). "EM Editor's Note: Welcome, and Welcome Back". Electronic Musician. Archived from the original on September 16, 2011. Retrieved September 27, 2020.
  3. ^ "PennWell Corp. and NewBay Media Acquired By UK Firms". Folio. 4 April 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  4. ^ "Electronic Musician. Media Kit 2014" (PDF). NewBay Media. Retrieved 21 November 2015.
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