Talk:Music street press of Australia

Distribution data

I wasn't able to find complete data for 2020. I could potentially go back to the last time CAB was used (2013? I'd have to check) and compare that with 2009 instead. I'd like to rework this section somehow but I'm unsure how right now. Someone else is free to take a stab --Jimmyjrg (talk) 12:45, 14 January 2022 (UTC)

Most recent data I can find is below:

• Beat - Sep 2011 - 32,788 copies distributed weekly to over 1500 points around Melbourne. Per: https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20150227014151/http://furstmedia.com.au/images/beat/work.html
• The Brag - 2009? - over 30,000 copies of the magazine distributed each Monday to Sydney and its surrounding suburbs. Per: https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20090912084533/http://www.furstmedia.com.au/images/brag/work.html
• Mixdown - 2009? - 25,000 copies to over 1500 outlets nationally. Per: https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20090912081712/http://www.furstmedia.com.au/images/mixdown/work.html
• SPA titles - Sep 2011 - Drum Media (New South Wales) 32,483, Drum Media (Western Australia) 33,325, Inpress Magazine (Victoria) 31,330, Time Off Magazine (Queensland) 19,930, Rip It Up (Adelaide) 9,764. Per: https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20120318020635/http://streetpress.com.au/w3/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=89&Itemid=123

Undated, possibly 2013:

• Inpress - 33,253 copies Per: https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20130430214035/http://spotsandspace.com.au/inpress-magazine/
• The Drum Media - 34,092 copies Per: https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20130430213916/http://spotsandspace.com.au/the-drum-media/
• Drum Media Perth - 37,522 copies Per: https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20130430213848/http://spotsandspace.com.au/drum-media-perth/
• Mixdown - 32,000 copies Per: https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20130430213858/http://spotsandspace.com.au/mixdown/
• Scene - 16,300 copies 1,100 outlets Per: https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20130430213813/http://spotsandspace.com.au/scene-magazine/
• Rip It Up - 5,000 copies Per: https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20130430213930/http://spotsandspace.com.au/rip-it-up/ - Confirmed 2013 per PDF media kit: https://web.archive.org.au/awa/20121114024739mp_/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/134238/20130723-0003/www.ripitup.com.au/pdf/RIU_media_kit_2013.pdf
• BMA - 10,000 copies at 400 locations Per: https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20130430213952/http://spotsandspace.com.au/bma-magazine/
• Time Off - 20,262 copies to 800 locations Per: https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20130430214011/http://spotsandspace.com.au/time-off/

Older data:

• Inpress 2007 - 30,820 copies distributed weekly. Per: https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20070917225019/http://www.drumperth.com.au/inpress_intro.html
• Drum Media 2007 - 32,500 copies distributed to 800+ locations. Per : https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20080719071857/http://www.drumperth.com.au/drum_intro.html

I will keep looking to try and build a better table. I need data from The Music, but they didn't report inside their magazines.--Jimmyjrg (talk) 06:22, 15 January 2022 (UTC)

More old data from 2003-2003:

• ZebraHype - 16,000 copies fortnightly, March 2002 CAB audit (source)
• 3D World - 32,667 copies weekly, CAB audit date presumed 2003 (source)
• Catalog - 2,200+ distribution points monthly, prints 42,000 copies and has a readership of 17,0000, in 2003 (source)
• Inpress - 27,504 copies distributed weekly (approx.) to 100,000 readers (approx.) in 2003 (source)
• Onion - 8,000 copies fortnightly to approx. 500 outlets in 2003 (source)
• BMA - 10,000 copies fortnightly to 250+ locations in 2003 (source)
• Scene - 16,000 copies weekly to 500+ outlets (source)

It would be great to make a chart with all this data eventually. Jimmyjrg (talk) 17:35, 7 June 2025 (UTC)

Inclusion of The Music Network in "short lived publications"

· The music network was a trade magazine, and never a street press. It also wasn't short lived. Ran for decades as a magazine, and continues to exist now as an online publication. 2001:8003:268E:F400:ED66:9017:81AA:4873 (talk) 04:49, 31 March 2022 (UTC)

I'd seen it referred to as a street press, and I thought I'd seen it free, but I must have got it mixed up with something else. I've taken it out now. Thanks Jimmyjrg (talk) 09:26, 31 March 2022 (UTC)

Forte

I've removed the unreferenced additions about Forte:

"''forte, the magazine'' was started in 1991 by Anton Ballard, Paul Vescovi, Robert Bufton, and Felicity Ballard joining in '92."

In library catalogues the title is always capitalised, even if it wasn't on the cover of the magazine.

I can't find any references for who founded the magazine at all. Feel free to add that information back in if someone can find one. Jimmyjrg (talk) 15:27, 20 March 2026 (UTC)