billboard magazine billboard entertainment media brand owned hollywood reporter publishes news video opinion reviews events style known music charts including billboard hot billboard tracking popular songs albums different genres hosts events owns publishing firm operates shows billboard founded trade publication bill posters later acquired interest 1900s covered entertainment industry shows created mail service travelling billboard began focusing music industry radio commonplace topics covered spun different magazines including cover outdoor entertainment focus music died billboard passed children children sold private investors magazine continued change hands nielsen current owner shifting consumer focus history early history issue billboard published cincinnati ohio november initially covered advertising bill posting industry called time billboards posters paper advertisements placed public spaces primary means advertising handled editorial advertising owned printing managed magazine production issues pages long paper columns like bill room gossip industry bill poster department agricultural established shortened billboard brief departure editorial differences purchased interest business save bankruptcy changed monthly weekly paper greater emphasis breaking news improved editorial quality opened new offices new_york chicago san_francisco london paris focused magazine outdoor entertainment like shows section devoted introduced followed prominent coverage outdoor events types events modern entertainment industry billboard covered topics including regulation lack economics new shows stage gossip column covering private lives tent section covering traveling shows sub section called order according published news articles attacking censorship praising productions exhibiting good taste fighting yellow journalism railroads developed billboard set mail system traveling location entertainer tracked paper column billboard receive mail star behalf publish notice letter box column mail service introduced billboard largest sources profit celebrity connections people service official address traveling draft letters world war 1960s discontinued billboard processing letters week controversial hiring african american journalist write weekly column devoted african american performers according strategic perspectives entertainment media column identified discrimination black performers helped careers jackson black critic national magazine predominantly white audience according grandson established policy identifying performers race died focus music billboard editorial changed focus technology recording developed covered modern technology like record players wireless radios began covering coin operated entertainment machines created dedicated section called amusement machines march billboard began covering motion picture industry ended focusing music competition variety created billboard radio broadcasting station 1920s industry continued grow great depression advertised heavily billboard led editorial focus music radio contributed growing music emphasis billboard introduced record buying guide january introduced chart line tracks best selling records followed chart records called charts 1940s billboard music industry specialist publication number charts published grew world war growing variety music interests genres charts covering different genres formats charts employees magazine offices moved brighton ohio new_york_city column tabloid format adopted november coated paper billboard print issues january allowing acquired monthly trade magazine candy cigarette machine vendors called 1950s acquired advertising trade publication called tide owned trade consumer publications publisher called set self study cassette tapes television franchises acquired year time subjects billboard covered outside music spun separate publications magazine created cover amusement parks amusement business created cover outdoor entertainment january billboard renamed emphasize new exclusive interest music years later renamed billboard according prosperous trade magazines billboard undisputed leader music industry news early 1990s billboard introduced billboard airplay monitors publication disc music programmers end 1990s billboard dubbed bible recording industry changes ownership billboard struggled founder died years heading bankruptcy son law took publication health sons bill roger publishers inherited publication late 1970s death sold private investors estimated million investors cut costs acquired trade publication broadway theatre industry called backstage billboard sold million subsidiary called acquired hollywood reporter purchased high tech firm tracking music private investors bpi executives purchased thirds interest million acquisitions followed created division called music related publications sold dutch media million acquired awards advertising july paid million publisher bpi combined entities form time ceo retired grown substantially larger large debt acquisitions attempted billion acquisition prompted protests shareholders halted deal eventually agreed billion takeover bid investors changed nielsen namesake company acquired billion new ceo previously owned publications organization planned acquisitions dying suddenly replaced nielsen owned billboard publications sold formed investment firms purpose acquisition following year new parent company renamed years later acquired share sole owner billboard december sold media brands including billboard executive formed hollywood reporter owns billboard hollywood reporter 1990s present appointed editor chief position held unexpected death white wrote weekly column promoting music artistic merit criticizing music violent themes reworked publication music charts rely data music retailers new charts data store obtained nielsen_soundscan wrote depth profiles musicians website launched replaced white fired female employee filed million lawsuit alleging billboard fired intent damage lawsuit claimed experienced sexual harassment hostile work environment financially motivated lack editorial integrity email evidence suggested human resources given special instructions watch minority employees case settled court non disclosed sum 2000s economic decline music industry dramatically reduced readership advertising billboard traditional audience circulation declined circulation 1990s publication staff ownership undergoing frequent changes billboard expanded editorial outside music industry areas digital mobile entertainment named editorial director followed january responsible editorial hollywood reporter magazine making changes general interest music news source opposed solely industry trade started covering celebrity fashion gossip min hired publication editor different billboard historical appointments background music industry appointed editor chief april article npr covered leaked version billboard annual survey said gossip focused professional topics prior surveys example polled readers lawsuit pop star filed producer alleging sexual abuse news publishing billboard publishes news website weekly magazine cover music video home entertainment paper stories written staff writers written industry experts covers news gossip opinion music reviews enduring influential creation billboard charts charts track music sales radio data popular songs albums billboard hot chart selling songs introduced billboard tracks selling albums popular indicator commercial success billboard published books collaboration radio television series called american based billboard charts daily introduced february billboard hosts industry events year billboard considered sources music industry news print circulation online readership million unique monthly views website includes news separated music genre videos separate website lists hosts fashion website called reporter publishes different print magazine regular sections include hot chart 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