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| Frequency | Monthly |
|---|---|
| Founder | Aldo Mario De Luigi |
| First issue | October 1945 |
| Final issue | June 2014 |
| Country | Italy |
| Based in | Milan |
| Language | Italian |
| Website | www |
| ISSN | 0027-4526 |
| OCLC | 9955628 |
Musica e dischi (English:"Music and Records") was the oldest and longest-running music industry publication in Italy.
In 1961,Billboard defined the publication as the "Italian recordbible".[1]
It was founded in October 1945 in Milan, Italy, on the initiative of the journalist and musicologist Aldo Mario De Luigi, a former record executive at La Voce Del Padrone-Columbia-Marconiphone (VCM, nowEMI Italy).[2] Originally, the magazine was published under the nameMusica (Dischi was added on the second edition) on a monthly basis.[2]
In the 1960s,Musica e dischi started to issue a list of best-seller music recordings nationally.[3] After the death of Aldo Mario in 1968, his son Mario De Luigi, already reviewer and editor of the magazine since 1958, became the director.[2]
In 1999, the official website was opened.[2] On its 735th issue in December 2009,Musica e dischi director Mario De Luigi announced that from March 2010 they would publish an online magazine and stop the publication of the physical magazine after 65 years.[4][2]
In June 2014, the magazine ceased to exist after almost 70 years and 783 issues (737 in physical and 46 in digital format).[5]
