Editor-in-chief, London | Caroline McGinn |
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Editor London | Gail Tolley |
Editor, New York | Jillian Anthony |
Frequency | Weekly, monthly and quarterly |
Format | Culture, entertainment and events guide |
Circulation | 6.5 million |
Founder | Tony Elliott |
Year founded | 1968 |
Company | Time Out Group Ltd. |
Country | United Kingdom |
Based in | London, England |
Language | English, multilingual |
Website | www |
Time Out is British travel magazine published by Time Out Group.Time Out started its publication in 1968 and has expanded its editorial recommendations to 108 cities worldwide.
In 2012, the magazine became a free publication with a weekly readership of over 307,000.Time Out's global market presence includes partnerships with Nokia and mobile apps for iOS and Android operating systems. It was the recipient of the International Consumer Magazine of the Year award in both 2010 and 2011 and the renamed International Consumer Media Brand of the Year in 2013 and 2014.
Time Out was first published in 1968 as a London listings magazine by Tony Elliott, who used birthday money to produce a one-sheet pamphlet., with Bob Harris as co-editor. The first product was titled "Where It's At", before being inspired by Dave Brubeck's album Time Out. Time Out began as an alternative magazine alongside other members of the underground press in the UK, but by 1980 it had abandoned its original collective decision-making structure and its commitment to equal pay for all its workers, leading to a strike and the foundation of a competing magazine, City Limits, by former staffers. By now its former radicalism has all but vanished. As one example of its early editorial stance, in 1976 London's Time Out published the names of 60 purported CIA agents stationed in England. Early issues had a print run of around 5,000 and would evolve to a weekly circulation of 110,000 as it shed its radical roots.
The flavour of the magazine was almost wholly the responsibility of its designer, Pearce Marchbank. Marchbank was invited by Tony Elliott to join the embryonic Time Out in 1971. Turning it into a weekly, he produced its classic logo, [and] established its strong identity and its editorial structure—all still used world-wide to this day. He also conceived and designed the first of the Time Out guide books. ... He continued to design for Time Out for many years. Each week, his powerful, witty Time Out covers became an essential part of London life.