{"id":6373,"date":"2017-01-03T21:06:59","date_gmt":"2017-01-03T21:06:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skylight.gr\/administrator_wordpress\/index.php\/2017\/01\/03\/spin-vibe-and-stereogum-music-magazines-bought-by-the-billboard\/"},"modified":"2017-01-03T21:06:59","modified_gmt":"2017-01-03T21:06:59","slug":"spin-vibe-and-stereogum-music-magazines-bought-by-the-billboard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/2017\/01\/03\/spin-vibe-and-stereogum-music-magazines-bought-by-the-billboard\/","title":{"rendered":"Spin, Vibe, And Stereogum music magazines bought by the Billboard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"normal\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scontent.fath2-1.fna.fbcdn.net\/v\/t1.0-9\/14725586_10157508468350408_4522554281944281201_n.png?oh=81465d5b8768f37f6564427626310105&amp;oe=58DF6440\" border=\"0\" width=\"219\" height=\"219\" \/><br \/>The Hollywood Reporter-Billboard Media Group  announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire  SpinMedia&#8217;s storied music assets Spin, Vibe, and Stereogum, establishing  the world&#8217;s largest music brand by digital traffic, social reach, and  audience share.  <!--more-->  &#8220;In recent years, we set out to own the topic of music online, and the  acquisition of these incredible music assets helps us do just that,&#8221;  said Media Group co-president John Amato. &#8220;By making these brands part  of our family, The Hollywood Reporter-Billboard Media Group will be able  to fully capture the value of millennials and music, and continue to  strengthen its leadership position in this critical arena.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;Bringing in these historic brands under Billboard allows passionate  music audiences to enjoy rock to urban to pop in one massive portfolio,&#8221;  said Media Group co-president Janice Min. &#8220;The power and scale of these  combined, complementary digital assets will deliver more ways to reach  our audience through TV, video, live events, social and online through  these brands.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p> SpinMedia CEO Stephen Blackwell will be named Chief Strategy Officer of  the newly acquired company and will oversee revenue, digital growth, and  product, reporting to Amato.<\/p>\n<p> The deal expands The Hollywood Reporter-Billboard Media Group&#8217;s online  audience to 45 million readers a month, strengthening its reach among  social-media savvy millennials who value listening to music digitally  and live experiences in equal measure. The Hollywood Reporter and  Billboard both launched aggressive moves into video earlier this year,  with the brands currently delivering over 100 million video views  monthly. The Media Group has also partnered with Facebook to create  custom content for the recently launched Facebook Live.<\/p>\n<p> In all, the acquisition will boost the Media Group&#8217;s revenues to more  than $100 million a year, two-thirds of which will come from digital and  video. <br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"normal\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"normal\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"normal\">Source: <\/span><span class=\"normal\">Hollywood Reporter-Billboard Media Group<br \/>Image credit: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SPIN<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Hollywood Reporter-Billboard Media Group announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6373","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6373","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6373"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6373\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6373"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}