 The June 15, 2015 issue, the first after the rename toNash Country Weekly, featuringSam Hunt on the cover. | |
| Editor-in-Chief | Lisa Konicki |
|---|---|
| Categories | Music magazine |
| Frequency | Weekly |
| Publisher | Cumulus Media |
| Total circulation | 63,924[1] (December 2011) |
| First issue | April 12, 1994[2] |
| Final issue | May 2, 2016 |
| Country | USA |
| Based in | Nashville, Tennessee |
| Language | English |
| ISSN | 1074-3235 |
Country Weekly (known asNash Country Weekly from 2015–16) was an Americanmagazine aboutcountry music. It was in circulation between April 1994 and May 2016. The publisher, Cumulus Media, now maintains the site Nash Country Daily.
The magazine was established in 1994 byAmerican Media, Inc.[3] It focused oncountry music stars and events, and regularly featured exclusive interviews with recording artists and country music news.[4]Country Weekly also cosponsored theCMT/TNN Country Weekly Music Awards, at the time the only nationally televised country music awards show that allowed fans to vote for the winners.[5]
In February 2009,Country Weekly reverted to a weekly magazine, after having been issuedfortnightly since 1999. The magazine also dropped subscriptions at that point (which it later reinstated), and changed its logo.[6]Cumulus Media acquiredCountry Weekly in 2014.[7] The magazine was renamedNash Country Weekly in June 2015, as a means of co-branding withNash FM.[8]Nash Country Weekly closed its print publication in April 2016.[9]
On May 6, 2016, Cumulus launched Nash Country Daily as an online media site.[10][11]