N.M.E
Logo of NME since April 2010
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| Editor | Mike Williams (June 2012 – February 2018) |
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| Categories | Music magazine |
| Frequency | Weekly |
| Circulation | 289,432 (ABC Jul – Dec 2017) Print edition. |
| Founder | Theodore Ingham |
| Year founded | 1952 |
| First issue | 7 March 1952 |
| Final issue | 9 March 2018 (Print) Ongoing (Digital) |
| Company | Time Inc. UK |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Based in | Southwark, London, England |
| Language | English |
| Website | NME.com |
| ISSN | 0028-6362 |
New Musical Express (NME) is a British music journalism magazine that has been published since 1952. It was the first British paper to include a singles chart, in the edition of 14 November 1952. In the 1970s it became the best-selling British music newspaper. During the period 1972 to 1976, it was particularly associated with gonzo journalism, then became closely associated with punk rock through the writings of Julie Burchill, Paul Morley and Tony Parsons. It started as a music newspaper, and gradually moved toward a magazine format during the 1980s and 1990s, changing from newsprint in 1998.
An online version, NME.com, was launched in 1996. It became the world's biggest standalone music site, with over seven million users per month. With newsstand sales falling across the UK magazine sector, the magazine's paid circulation in the first half of 2014 was 15,830. In 2013, the list of NME's The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time and the way it was conceived was criticized by the media.
The printed magazine NME was relaunched in September 2015 to be distributed nationally as a free publication. The first average circulation published in February 2016 of 307,217 copies per week was the highest in the brand's history, beating the previous best of 306,881, recorded in 1964 at the height of the Beatles' fame. By December 2017, according to the Audit Bureau of Circulations, average distribution of NME had fallen to 289,432 copies a week, although its publisher Time Inc. UK claimed to have more than 13m global unique users per month, including 3m in the UK. In March 2018 the publisher announced that the print edition of NME would cease publication after 66 years, leaving it as an online-only title.
NME's headquarters are in Southwark, London, England. The brand's most recent editor-in-chief was Mike Williams, who replaced Krissi Murison in 2012 and stepped down in February 2018.
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