Q (magazine)

Q
	Special Commemorative Issue (September 2020)
Categories	Music magazine
Frequency	Monthly
Circulation	44,050 (ABC Jul – Dec 2015); Print and digital editions.
Publisher	Bauer Media Group
First issue	October 1986
Final issue	July 2020
Country	United Kingdom
Based in	London
Language	English
Website	qthemusic.com
ISSN	0955-4955

Q was a British popular music magazine. It was founded in 1986 by broadcast journalists Mark Ellen and David Hepworth, who were presenters of the BBC television music series The Old Grey Whistle Test.^[2] Q was published in print in the UK from 1986 until its final issue was published in July 2020. In 2023, Q was revived as an online publication, but this closed in May 2024.^[3]

^ Ponsford, Dominic (11 February 2016). "Full 2015 UK magazines ABC circulation breakdown: 60 out of 442 titles grow sales". Press Gazette.
^ Colin Larkin, ed. (1997). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music (Concise ed.). Virgin Books. p. 985. ISBN 1-85227-745-9.
^ Tobitt, Charlotte (17 May 2024). "Relaunched Q magazine shut down in same week Loaded revival goes live". Press Gazette. Retrieved 3 March 2025.

[1] Ponsford, Dominic (11 February 2016). "Full 2015 UK magazines ABC circulation breakdown: 60 out of 442 titles grow sales". Press Gazette.

[Larkin-2] Colin Larkin, ed. (1997). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music (Concise ed.). Virgin Books. p. 985. ISBN 1-85227-745-9.

[3] Tobitt, Charlotte (17 May 2024). "Relaunched Q magazine shut down in same week Loaded revival goes live". Press Gazette. Retrieved 3 March 2025.

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