Time Out
 Time Out    | |
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| Type | magazine |
| Founder(s) | Tony Elliott, Bob Harris |
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| London and global cultural, entertainment guide magazine. By the 1980s, its former radicalism, where it exposed deep state activities, has all but vanished. | |
Time Out is a cultural, entertainment and event guide published worldwide.[1]
Time Out started as a London-only publication in 1968 when early issues had a print run of around 5,000. It would evolve to a weekly circulation of 110,000 as it shed its radical roots.[2][3] By the 1980s, its former radicalism had all but vanished, and it expanded its editorial recommendations to 333 cities in 59 countries worldwide.[4]
In the past decade, it has developed into the Time Out Group and is quoted on the London Stock Exchange.[5]
Contents
History
Time Out was first published in 1968 as a London listings magazine by Tony Elliott, who used his birthday money to produce a one-sheet pamphlet,[6] with Bob Harris as co-editor.[7] The first product was titled Where It's At, before being inspired by Dave Brubeck's album Time Out.[8]
Time Out began as an alternative magazine alongside other members of the underground press in the UK, but by 1980 it had abandoned its original collective decision-making structure and its commitment to equal pay for all its workers, leading to a strike and the foundation of a competing magazine, City Limits, by former staffers.[9]
Early editions
As one example of its early editorial stance, in 1975, London's Time Out published leaked documents of the Institute for the Study of Conflict which referenced the "Pinay Committee". This may have been the first published reference to Le Cercle.
In 1976, the magazine published the names of 60 CIA agents stationed in England.[10]
GCHQ
And in May 1976, Time Out published a ground-breaking article titled "The Eavesdroppers" by Duncan Campbell and Mark Hosenball revealing the existence and activities of Britain's Signals intelligence agency GCHQ.[11]
References
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20150924024013/http://www.growthbusiness.co.uk/news-and-market-deals/mergers-and-acquisitions/1301613/oakley-capital-buys-stake-in-time-out.thtml
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20150618152830/http://www.adweek.com/news/press/can-time-out-s-tony-elliott-weather-storm-132910?page=1
- ↑ http://www.marketingweek.co.uk/item/58896/259/263/3
- ↑ https://archive.today/20150414081350/http://gorkana.com/news/consumer/little-black-book/gorkana-meetstime-out-london/
- ↑ "Time Out Group PLC"
- ↑ http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/419e3992-0665-11e2-bd29-00144feabdc0.html
- ↑ Old Grey Whistle Test DVD Vol 3; Bob Harris speaking before Track 3
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20150618151622/http://www.referenceforbusiness.com/history2/57/Time-Out-Group-Ltd.html
- ↑ Phillips, A. (2007). "The Alternative Press". In K. Coyer, T. Dowmunt & A. Fountain (eds.), The Alternative Media Handbook (p. 54). London; New York: Routledge.
- ↑ https://archive.org/details/howwegothere70sd00frum/page/51
- ↑ "The Eavesdroppers"
