YQG Rocks
| Editor | Dan Savoie |
|---|---|
| Categories | Entertainment |
| Year founded | 2009 |
| First issue | October 2010 |
| Country | Canada |
| Based in | Windsor, Ontario |
| Language | English |
| Website |
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YQG Rocks is a Windsor, Ontario based entertainment website that reports on music, Theatre, popular culture and community news. It began as Rockstar Weekly (written as RockStar Weekly or RSW) in 2009, a Canadian national music website, originally operated out of Surrey, British Columbia.
History
RockStar Weekly began in early 2009 as a heavy metal website in support of a radio program and online radio station.[1] Shortly after launching, the website quickly developed into one of a few Canadian heavy metal websites while becoming part of Fixion Media,[2] a vertical music advertising network, which it still maintains a relationship with.
In late 2009, RockStar Weekly made the shift to a broader based music and popular culture website (while maintaining coverage of heavy metal bands) and published a special edition magazine for fans of the popular American Idol Season 8 contestant Adam Lambert.[3] The magazine, which featured articles about the fans rather than Lambert himself, sold out quickly and RSW reported that $1 from each issue would be donated in memory of Lambert fan Terri Sanvicente,[4] who was murdered in her house at Christmas 2009.
In July, 2010, RockStar Weekly announced the launch of a new Canadian music and popular culture magazine called RockStar Weekly Mini-Mags, a free online flipbook.
On May 24, 2011 RockStar Weekly made it onto the Top 100 Music Blogs list at blog and website search engine Technorati. [5]
YQG Rocks
In January, 2017, RockStar Weekly changed its name and domain to YQG Rocks and shifted operations to Windsor, Ontario to offer local entertainment news in the city. [6] It ceased to publish mini-mags at that time and currently operates as a website only. [7]
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