Q magazine
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Q magazine is a music and entertainment magazine published monthly in the United Kingdom.
Founders Mark Ellen and David Hepworth were dismayed by the music press of the time which they felt did not cater for the generation of older music buyers who were buying the then new CD technology from artists other magazines would ignore such as Paul Simon, Level 42, or Dire Straits. Modelled after Rolling Stone, it was first published in 1986 and set itself apart from much of the other music press by being produced monthly and with higher standards of photography and printing. The magazine was billed in the early years by its sub-title, "The modern guide to music and more". No-one remembers how it got its name.
The company behind the magazine, Emap, also produces a digital "radio station" called Q Radio, which is transmitted on the digital television networks in the UK and online. There is also a Q television channel in the UK.
The magazine is well known for compiling lists, it has made lists ranging from "The 100 Greatest Albums" to the "100 Greatest Rock Lists". Every other month Q and its sister magazine Mojo have a special edition magazine – these magazines have been about musical times, genres, or very important musicians.
Every issue of Q has a different message on the spine. Readers then work out what the message has to do with the contents of the magazine. This practice – known as the "spine line" – has since become commonplace among British lifestyle magazines, including Q's movie-centric sister magazine Empire, and the football monthly FourFourTwo.
