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. By the 1980s, its former radicalism has all but vanished, and it has expanded its editorial recommendations to 333 cities in 59 countries worldwide.[2]
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,[3] with Bob Harris as co-editor.[4] The first product was titled Where It's At, before being inspired by Dave Brubeck's album Time Out.[5]
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. [6]
As one example of its early editorial stance, in 1976, London's Time Out published the names of 60 CIA agents stationed in England.[7] Early issues had a print run of around 5,000 and would evolve to a weekly circulation of 110,000 as it shed its radical roots.[8][9]
In 1975, the magazine 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.
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://archive.today/20150414081350/http://gorkana.com/news/consumer/little-black-book/gorkana-meetstime-out-london/
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 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
