Entertainment Industry Magazine Archive: trial ends 18th March

 

The trial of Entertainment Industry Magazine Archive (EIMA) ends on Friday 18th March. 

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EIMA is an archival digital research resource containing the essential primary sources for studying the history of the film and entertainment industries, from the era of vaudeville and silent movies through to the 21st century. It includes the core US and UK trade magazines, covering film, music, broadcasting and theatre, together with film fan magazines and music press titles. 

EIMA consists of 3 collections:

Entertainment Industry Magazine Archive 1: Music, Radio and The Stage contains 14 titles and approximately 1.1 million pages of content from such publications as Billboard (1894-2000), Spin (1985-2000) and The Stage (1880-2000)

Entertainment Industry Magazine Archive 2: Film and Television includes 10 titles and around 1.1 million pages of material from key publications like Variety (1905-2000), Boxoffice (1920-2000) and Broadcast (1960-2000)

Entertainment Industry Magazine Archive 3: Film and Television (Part 2) includes 12 titles and approximately 1 million pages of material from key publications like The Hollywood Reporter (1930-2015), American Cinematographer (1920-2015) and Kine Weekly (1907-1971)

Titles in EIMA include:

• American Cinematographer (US, 1920-2015)
• American Film (US, 1975-1992)
• Back Stage (US, 1960-2000)
• The Beat (US, 1988-2000)
• Broadcasting / Broadcasting & Cable (US, 1931-2000)
• Billboard (US, 1894-2000)
• Boxoffice (US, 1920-2000)
• Boy’s Cinema (UK,1919-1940)
• Broadcast (UK, 1960-2000)
• Cinema Theatre Assn. Bulletin (UK, 1967-2015)
• Contrast (UK, 1961-1965)
• The Daily Film Renter (UK, 1927-1957)
• Disc (UK, 1958-1975)
• Emmy (US, 1979-2015)
• Filmmaker (US, 1992-2015)
• Film Weekly (UK, 1928-1939)
• The Hollywood Reporter (US, 1930-2015)
• Independent Film Journal / The Film Journal / Film Journal International (US, 1937-2000)
• Kine Weekly (UK, 1907-1971)
• Mixmag (UK, 1983-2000)
• Musician (US, 1976-1999)
• Muzik (UK, 1995-2003)
• Picturegoer (UK, 1911-1960)
• Picture House (UK,1982-2015)
• Rave (UK, 1964-1970)
• R&R / Radio & Records (US, 1973-2000)
• Reggae and African Beat (1982-1988)
• Screen International (UK, 1976-2000)
• Spin (US, 1985-2000)
• The Beat (US, 1988-2000)
• The Stage (UK, 1880-2000)
• Uncut (UK, 1997-2000)
• Variety (US, 1905-2000)
• Vox (UK, 1990-1999)

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