Established in 1967 by Jann Wenner (who still serves as publisher) and music critic Ralph J. Gleason. Geared toward young adults interested in news of popular music, entertainment and the arts, current news events, politics and American culture. Aims "to get our readers the news about who's made it, who's hot and who's on the leading edge." Provides reviews of new music, concerts and movies, technological innovations in audio and video, and interviews with artists, musicians and other pop culture figures. Includes fashion trends and lifestyle pieces, as well as commentary on political, social and legislative issues.

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Background and Format: Launched in 1999, Digital Spy is a website overseen by Hearst and is aimed at readers interested in entertainment, showbusiness, TV, films and soaps. Covers latest news, British soaps, reality TV, US TV, showbusiness, technology, gaming and comicbooks. For more information about advertising rates, the team can be reached here. Monthly Unique Users: Source: Publisher Awards: 2019 - AOP Digital Publishing Awards, Best Online Brand: Consumer (nominated)  2019 - AOP Digital Publishing Awards, Digital Editorial Team of the Year: Consumer (highly commended)  2019 - PPA Awards, Team Of The Year: Editorial Team (nominated) 2018 - PPA Digital Awards, Website of the Year (nominated)  2018 - PPA Digital Awards, Digital Content Team of the Year (winner)  2017 - PPA Digital Awards, Digital Content Team Of The Year (winner) 2015 - AOP Digital Publishing Awards, Website - Consumer (nominated) 2015 - AOP Digital Publishing Awards, Editorial Team - Consumer (nominated) 2014 - Online Media Awards, Best Site for News-Led Journalism (nominated) 2013 - Games Media Awards, Coverage by a Mainstream Website (winner) 2012 - Games Media Awards, Coverage by a Mainstream Website (winner) 2012 - AOP Awards, Website - Consumer (highly commended) 2012 - AOP Awards, Editorial Team - Consumer (nominee) 2012 - The PPA Awards, Digital Product of the Year (Consumer) (nominee) Gorkana meets...Julian Linley, Digital Spy, February 2016 The write up can be found here. Alerts: Gorkana UK Consumer Alert: Thursday 25th August 2016 Digital Spy has moved offices. The new address is 72 Broadwick Street, London, W1F 9EP. All phone numbers remain the same. For more information, contact the PR team at media@hearst.co.uk Gorkana Alert: Thursday 8 December 2011 Digital Spy has moved offices to a new address in the Hearst Magazine UK building at 33 Broadwick Street, London, W1F 0DQ. The team can now be reached on +44 (0)20 7312 3800. Gorkana Alert: Thursday 1 September 2011 Entertainment news site Digital Spy is launching a new Tech section for its 11 million monthly unique users. The new channel will cover technology and gadgets with a focus on hardware related to entertainment e.g. TV, mobiles, tablets, games consoles and accessories, music and movie players etc. The section will also cover industry news and will be pulling together special Christmas features from now on. Enquires can be directed to the tech team, who can be reached at tech.group@digitalspy.co.uk Gorkana Alert: Thursday 18 August 2011 News and entertainment website Digital Spy has now launched with a new design. The home page and each of the section pages is more concise with the latest stories from each section clearly listed and the amount of comments on each article displayed by the side of the listing. There is also more emphasis on videos, interviews and pictures with a clear section for each making it easier for users to navigate. For more information Editor David Moynihan can be reached on +44