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Defunct magazine
Musikmarkt
was a magazine of the
music industry
in
Germany
,
Austria
and
Switzerland
, based in
Munich
.
[1]
Die Welt
, a
German
newspaper, described the magazine as the music industry’s thermometer.
[2]
History and profile
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Musikmarkt
was established by
publisher
Josef Keller Verlag in 1959.
[3]
[4]
[5]
Uwe Lencher served as the
editor-in-chief
of the magazine for 23 years from 1973 to his death in April 1996.
[6]
The magazine had its headquarters in
Munich
.
[1]
The magazine was started as a bi-monthly publication.
[5]
Then it was published weekly until 2014 when its frequency was switched to monthly.
[2]
Musikmarkt
determined the official German charts from its start in 1959 to the 1970s when
Media Control
assumed the responsibility.
[7]
The magazine also contained the weekly Top 100 charts for singles and albums when it was published on a weekly basis.
[4]
[8]
The magazine and its website were both closed down in July 2016.
[2]
[4]
Stefan Zarges was the last
editor
of the magazine.
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Circulation
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Under the editorship of Uwe Lencher the circulation of
Musikmarkt
was nearly 12,000 copies, making it a significant publication for German entertainment industry.
[6]
It was 4,370 copies when it was shut down in 2016.
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