6-430: The Musical Courier was a weekly 19th- and 20th-century American music trade magazine that began publication in 1880. The publication included editorials , obituaries , announcements, scholarly articles and investigatory writing about musical instruments and music in general. These included construction practices, descriptions, tools, exhibitions collections, new technologies, and laws and legal actions relating to
12-448: A profit for the publication and sales for the advertisers while also providing sales engineering –type advice to the readers, that may inform purchasing and investment decisions. Trade magazines typically contain advertising content centered on the industry in question with little, if any, general-audience advertising. They may also contain industry-specific job notices. For printed publications, some trade magazines operate on
18-601: Is the trade press . In 1928, Popular Aviation became the largest aviation trade magazine with a circulation of 100,000. As digital journalism grew in importance, trade magazines started to build their presence on the internet. To retain readership and attract new subscribers, trade magazines usually impose paywall on their websites. Trade publications keep industry members abreast of new developments. In this role, it functions similarly to how academic journals or scientific journals serve their audiences. Trade publications include targeted advertising , which earns
24-467: The music industry . There were articles on companies and manufacturers of instruments, entries on patents , trade marks , and designs for new or improved instruments, as well as reporting on " African-American music and culture, women's rights , John Philip Sousa , Antonín Dvořák and the influence of the rise of Nazi Germany on music in Europe ." In 1897, Marc A. Blumenberg , the publisher, separated
30-554: The musical and industrial departments of the magazine and began publishing the Musical Courier Extra strictly as a trade edition." In the 1890s, a separate edition was published in England. Composer, pianist, opera librettist, and music critic Leonard Liebling served as the publication's editor-in-chief from 1911–1945. Former University of Southern California professor Lisa Roma , an operatic soprano, acquired it in 1958. She
36-461: Was the publisher and owner from 1958 to 1961. The magazine ceased publication 1962. [REDACTED] Media related to Musical Courier at Wikimedia Commons Trade publication A trade magazine , also called a trade journal or trade paper (colloquially or disparagingly a trade rag ), is a magazine or newspaper whose target audience is people who work in a particular trade or industry. The collective term for this area of publishing
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