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| Categories | Music industry trade magazine |
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| Founder | Lenny Beer
Dennis Lavinthal |
| First issue | August 4, 1986 |
| Country | United States |
| Based in | Hollywood, CA |
| Language | English |
| Website | hitsdailydouble |
| OCLC | 15994494 |
Hits is an American music industry trade publication. Founded by Lenny Beer and Dennis Lavinthal, who had previously worked in independent promotion, it was launched as a print magazine in August 1986.[1] By 1997, it had become the most successful tip sheet in the music world.[2]
An online version of the magazine, Hits Daily Double, premiered in May 2000. Both on and offline, the magazine's content includes proprietary weekly sales and airplay data, a section on breaking artists ("Vibe-Raters"), interviews with music industry leaders, a weekly cartoon, music and music industry news, and charts provided by Shazam, Vevo, and Mediabase. The "Rumor Mill" column, described as "music industry news and innuendo," has been widely read within the music business since the magazine's launch.[3][4][5]
- ^ Goldstein, Patrick (August 22, 1986). "Hits' New Addition To Music Trades". Sun Sentinel. Los Angeles Times Syndicate. Archived from the original on 2014-12-23. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
- ^ Phillips, Chuck (June 16, 1997). "A & M Cancels Its Contract With Music Industry Tip Sheet". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 15 December 2022. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
- ^ Sisario, Ben (November 5, 2014). "Sales of Taylor Swift's '1989' Intensify Streaming Debate". New York Times. Archived from the original on 11 November 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
- ^ "Contents". hitsdailydouble.com. Hits Magazine. Archived from the original on 20 December 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
- ^ Appleford, Steve (November 18, 1990). "Irreverent Hits Magazine Wants to Be Taken Seriously in Its Entirety". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 2022-12-15. Retrieved 23 December 2014.