1. -Spin media was formerly called buzz media
-The Buzz media name was created as the company started
to acquire more pop-culture and music blogs.
-It acquired Spin Media,publisher of Spin magazine in July
2012. After shutting down the print version of the magazine,
reducing its staff to about 200, and focusing on advertising, it
rebranded itself as Spin Mediain March 2013. At that time,
Steve Hansen became its chief executive. In April 2013 it
acquired Vibe magazine.
Spin media-
conglomerate
Vibe IdolatorBuzz net
2. -Billboardmagazine
is an American music
magazine, based in
new york city. Owned by Prometheus globalmedia company.
Billboardwas founded in Cincinnation November 1, 1894, by
William H. Donaldsonand James Hennegan.
-At the start of 1961, The Billboardwas renamed Billboard
Music Week. The title was changed to simply Billboardat the
start of 1963. In 2005, the magazine and its web sites were
repositionedto provide coverage of all possible forms of
digitaland mobileentertainment.
