The Skinny (magazine)
| Categories | Music, Arts, Culture, Listings |
|---|---|
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Circulation | 32,191 (ABC, 31 Dec 2014) |
| Publisher | Radge Media |
| First issue | May 2005 |
| Country | Scotland, England |
| Website | www |
The Skinny is a 72-page monthly and bi-monthly publication distributed in approximately 1,450 establishments throughout the cities of Dundee, Edinburgh, Glasgow in Scotland and Manchester, Liverpool and Leeds in the north of England. Founded in 2005, the magazine features interviews and articles on music, art, film, comedy and other aspects of culture.
The Skinny was founded and launched in 2005 as a free Edinburgh and Glasgow listings magazine. From the outset, the magazine secured interviews with high-profile music acts, including Mogwai, Pearl Jam, GZA and Muse.
In August 2006, The Skinny formed a partnership with established Edinburgh Festival magazine Fest. The first year of this partnership saw the publication renamed SkinnyFest, before it reverted to the title Fest in 2007.
In May 2007, The Skinny began to distribute copies in Dundee in a move that was presented as the first step in a plan to establish distribution throughout Scotland.
The Skinny was originally set up as a social enterprise and sustained this way of working until July 2007, when it became a private company limited by shares in order to take on new investment.
In September 2007, The Skinny printed a Student Guide. The guide was distributed through a number of Scottish universities and art colleges.
In December 2007, The Skinny ran a conference on the future of the music industry called ON:07, in the Reid Hall at the University of Edinburgh. The delegates included Peter Jenner, former manager of Pink Floyd and The Clash, and secretary-general of the International Music Managers Forum; Simon Frith, Tovey Professor of Music at Edinburgh University and the founder of the Mercury Prize for music; Evan Cohen, Director of Strategy and Communications for social-networking website Bebo; and Will Page, Executive Director of Research for the MCPS-PRS Alliance. As keynote speaker Peter Jenner called for a standard charge to be applied to Internet Service Provider connections to cover all music downloads – effectively a form of music tax.
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