Editor Rodrigo Bascunan Circulation 30,000 | Frequency Quarterly First issue December 1999 | |
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Categories Canadian magazines Music Publisher Rodrigo Bascunan, Michael Evans | ||
Pound is a Toronto-based hip hop magazine that is distributed for free across Canada. Founded in 1998 and beginning publication in December 1999, Pound is published quarterly. As of July 2009, the magazine had published 42 issues.
History
Pound was founded by Rodrigo Bascunan, Andrew Cappell, Kostas Pagiamtzis and Christian Pearce in May 1998. Its current editor is Rodrigo Bascunan. Since its inception, the magazine has been known for its sense of humor and political content, specifically the "Babylon System" column that would eventually spawn a book. The magazine has featured many luminaries in its pages, often highlighting artists before their big breaks. Pound has won the Canadian Urban Music Awards (CUMA) Publication of The Year in 2004 and 2005. The awards have not been handed out since.
Pound Magazine Latin America was founded by Javier Carmona in Chile, the first issue in spanish was released in Santiago de Chile on the January 1st 2010, Pound Magazine LA released 3 issues the first cover was Kanye West, the second one was with DJ Khaled in this Issue Pound Mag won "Gold Medal" in AUSTRALIS 2010, Best quality print Magazine in Chile, the last print issue was with Cypress Hill on the cover.