SPIN tells the stories behind today's most fascinating trends, scenes, and artists via a portfolio of award-winning print and digital properties: the magazine, the web site and the SPIN Play iPad app. SPIN prizes tough-minded reporting and criticism, but above all, we value the close connection that we develop with our readers. Aspirational not elitist, enthusiastic yet discerning, SPIN provides the essential soundtrack to your life.

Core Features + Differentiators

Spin Play

The award-winning SPIN iPad app includes a steady feed of news and reviews delivered directly from SPIN.com, and monthly premium editions offer 50-plus streaming songs and 30-plus streaming videos, as well as the kind of forward-thinking, authoritative editorial content on which SPIN has built its brand. The app won the Advertising Age 2011 Media Vanguard Award for Best Music Integration In A Tablet Edition.


Live Events

SPIN presents many of the most acclaimed events in music, including a must-attend showcase at South By Southwest. Reviewing the 2012 event, Yahoo Music noted that SPIN's is "always one of the best bashes of any SXSW year."


Data and Fun Facts

  • Reaches nearly 700,000 fans of pop culture storytelling on a monthly basis.
  • Visitors are 281% more likely to be men aged 18-24 (M18-24: 381 index).
  • Visitors are 197% more likely to have 4+ social network profiles (297 index).
  • Visitors are 380% more likely to have purchased event tickets online (480 index).
  • Founded in 1985, SPIN has nurtured many of the best music journalists in the business, and contributors have included Chuck Klosterman, Marc Spitz, Dave Eggers and many others.

What the Media is saying

When it comes to injecting digital into old media, SPIN has stood as one of the most innovative music publications.

Mashable

SPIN deserves kudos for a creative, intuitive and risk-taking reinvention.

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