Categories Music Publisher Jason McMahon Year founded 2006 | Frequency Bimonthly Founder Marc Young Company Substream Magazine | |
Substream Magazine is an American bimonthly, print and digital publication based out of Delaware, Ohio, focusing on rock music and all of its genres and subgenres such as punk music and metal music.
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History
Substream Music Press magazine, founded by Marc Young of Erlanger, KY in 2006, began as a quarterly, full color, music magazine. Young released issue #1 by himself featuring the band Halifax. Shortly after the release of issue #1, Young partnered with Jason McMahon of Delaware, OH forming Kneelo Entertainment LLC, dba Substream Music Press.
The magazine was nationally distributed exclusively through the popular retail chain, Hot Topic. In 2009, McMahon bought Young's ownership of the company and is the current owner and publisher of the magazine. McMahon quickly landed new distribution through national magazine distributor Ingram Periodicals for placement in Barnes & Noble, FYE, Hastings Entertainment and Books-A-Million retails stores throughout the US. Kneelo Entertainment LLC has since been dissolved and the magazine is now operating as Substream Magazine. The magazine is currently printed bi-monthly and is distributed in the US, Canada and parts of the UK.
Beginning in July 2011 and for the next three years, Drew Wille filled the roles of Advertising Sales, General Manager, and Tour Manager for the Magazine. Nici Arsenault began as Marketing Director in 2013. In March 2014, Jacob Tender, a former editor and co-owner of Under The Gun Review, was brought on as Digital Content Editor. Each left the company for other pursuits by the end of 2014. Former Alternative Press Editor Scott Heisel took the role of Editor In Chief of Substream Magazine in February 2015 and exited the publication in May 2016. The Editor In Chief position was replaced by Managing Editor, filled in the same month by Brian Leak.
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The magazine bills itself as "a bi-monthly music and lifestyle magazine that focuses on discovering and sharing the best in new music, fashion and entertainment."