''Cue'' was a weekly magazine that covered theatre and arts events in New York from 1932 to 1980, when it was taken over by ''
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'' magazine.
''Cue'' was the first of the ''city'' magazines, serving as a model for those that followed.
History
''Cue'' was founded in 1932 by Mort Glankoff.
Claudette Colbert
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was on the cover of the first issue. The magazine's focus was evident from its various taglines over the years:
* Naborhood Theater Guide
* The Weekly Magazine of Stage and Screen
* The Weekly Magazine of New York Life
* New York's own Entertainment Magazine
* New York's only complete entertainment weekly
* Where to go—What to do—in New York
* The complete entertainment guid for New York and the Suburbs
* For New York and the SuburbsThe complete entertainment guide.
''Cue'' was an early
listings magazine
A listings magazine is a magazine which is largely dedicated to information about the upcoming week's events such as broadcast programming, music, clubs, theatre and film information.
The BBC's '' Radio Times'' was the world's first listings ...
.
BBC
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's ''
Radio Times
''Radio Times'' is a British weekly listings magazine devoted to television and radio programme schedules, with other features such as interviews, film reviews and lifestyle items. Founded in September 1923 by John Reith, then general manage ...
'' listed radio schedules in 1923. ''Cue'', with its city-specific focus, was the model for a genre that came to include ''
Time Out'', which now has 108 city editions.
Glankoff sold ''Cue'' to
Rupert Murdoch
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's ''New York'' magazine in 1980. ''Cue'' was prized for its listings section.
Glankoff died in August 1986.
was music editor for ''Cue'' in 1937 and 1938.
See also
*
Media of New York City
References
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External links
''Cue'' 1948–1980at Stanford Libraries
Weekly magazines published in the United States
Lifestyle magazines published in the United States
Magazines established in 1932
Magazines published in New York City
Listings magazines
1932 establishments in New York City
Magazines disestablished in 1980