Spin (magazine)

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Spin
Featuring Liam Gallagher. "Louder than Bombs, bigger than god, mad as hatters"
Executive Editor	Doug Brod
Categories	Music
Frequency	monthly
Year founded	1985
First Issue	1985
Country	United States
Language	English
Website	spin.com
ISSN	unknown

Spin is a music magazine that reports on "all the music that rocks". Founded in 1985 by publisher Bob Guccione, Jr., it is the main competitor to industry stalwart Rolling Stone. Madonna was the artist on the cover of the first issue. Guccione sold the magazine to Vibe magazine in 1997. The magazine's former editor-in-chief is Sia Michel, the first woman to be named editor-in-chief at a national, major-circulation rock music magazine.

The magazine's most recent editor-in-chief was Andy Pemberton, a former editor at Blender. The first issue to be published under his command was the May 2006 issue. The issue's format took a dramatic turn to many readers' disgust ^{[citation needed]}. The new style has been compared to celebrity gossip magazines such as Us Weekly, even going as far as to have a cover story and picture on Kevin Federline. [1] Prior to the issue's release, much of the staff quit or were fired. In the reviews section, more than half of the eight albums reviewed had been released before the magazine hit newsstands, some in stores for over two weeks.

On June 26, 2006, Andy Pemberton resigned from Spin as editor-in-chief amid much criticism of his handling of the magazine and it is rumored that the publication may return to its more edgy, hipster style that it was noted for before by the end of the year.^{[citation needed]}

For Spin's 20th year they released a book chronicling the last twenty years in music. It has essays on Britpop, grunge, emo, and many other types of music, as well as essay on, and photos of many groups including; Nirvana, Weezer, Nine Inch Nails, The Smashing Pumpkins and many others. The book was released on September 27, 2005.

VIBE recently sold the magazine for only $5 million, having paid over $45 million for the publication in 1997.

Notable contributors include Marc Spitz, Chuck Klosterman, Andy Greenwald and Sarah Lewitinn.