''Pound'' was a

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-based

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magazine that was distributed for free across Canada. Founded in 1998 and beginning publication in December 1999, ''Pound'' was published quarterly. It ceased publishing in 2010, after releasing its 45th issue.

History

''Pound'' was founded by Rodrigo Bascunan, Andrew Cappell, Kostas Pagiamtzis and Christian Pearce in May 1998. Its current editor is Rodrigo Bascunan. Since its inception, the magazine was known for its sense of humor and political content, specifically the "Babylon System" column that would eventually spawn a book. The magazine has featured many luminaries in its pages, often highlighting artists before their big breaks. ''Pound'' has won the Canadian Urban Music Awards (CUMA) Publication of The Year in 2004 and 2005. The awards have not been handed out since. ''Pound Magazine Latin America'' was founded by Javier Carmona in

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, the first issue in

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was released in

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on 1 January 2010. ''Pound Magazine LA'' released 3 issues, the first cover was

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, the second one was with

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. In this issue, ''Pound'' won "Gold Medal" in AUSTRALIS 2010, Best quality print Magazine in Chile. The last print issue was with

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on the cover.

References

External links

''Pound'' website
(archived)
''Pound Spanish version'' website
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