Categories | Music |
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Frequency | Weekly |
Founder | Germano Ruscitto |
First issue | October 1966 |
Final issue | December 1972 |
Company | Billboard Publications |
Country | Italy |
Based in | Milan |
Language | Italian |
Discografia internazionale (or DI)[1] was a weekly Italian popular music magazine published from 1966.[2] The magazine's headquarters was in Piazzale Loreto in Milan.[1] It was run by Germano Ruscitto, formerly the press officer for Bluebell Records, in association with Billboard Publications, Inc.[3] With its focus on international recording, the magazine was intended as a rival to the long-established Italian publication Musica e Dischi.[3]
DI's singles chart represented Italy in Billboard's weekly "Hits of the World" international charts section.[4] Together with Billboard and the United Kingdom's Record Retailer, Discografia Internazionale sponsored the annual International Music Industry Conference (IMIC), held in Montreux, Switzerland.[4]
The magazine's final issue was published in December 1972.[3]