Pound (magazine)

Pound

Editor	Rodrigo Bascunan
Categories	Canadian magazines Music
Frequency	Quarterly
Circulation	30,000
Publisher	Rodrigo Bascunan, Michael Evans
First issue	December 1999
Final issue Number	2010 45
Company	Pound Magazine Corporation
Country	Canada
Language	English
Website	poundmag.com

Pound was a Toronto-based hip-hop magazine that was distributed for free across Canada. Founded in 1998 and beginning publication in December 1999, Pound was published quarterly. It ceased publishing in 2010, after releasing its 45th issue.

History

Pound was founded by Rodrigo Bascunan, Andrew Cappell, Kostas Pagiamtzis and Christian Pearce in May 1998. Its current editor is Rodrigo Bascunan. Since its inception, the magazine was known for its sense of humor and political content, specifically the "Babylon System" column that would eventually spawn a book. The magazine has featured many luminaries in its pages, often highlighting artists before their big breaks. Pound has won the Canadian Urban Music Awards (CUMA) Publication of The Year in 2004 and 2005. The awards have not been handed out since.

Pound Magazine Latin America was founded by Javier Carmona in Chile, the first issue in Spanish was released in Santiago de Chile on 1 January 2010. Pound Magazine LA released 3 issues the first cover was Kanye West, the second one was with DJ Khaled. In this issue Pound won "Gold Medal" in AUSTRALIS 2010, Best quality print Magazine in Chile. The last print issue was with Cypress Hill on the cover.

External links

• Pound website (archived)
• Pound Spanish version website (archived)