''Cue'' was a weekly magazine that covered theatre and arts events in New York from 1932 to 1980, when it was taken over by ''
New York
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* New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York
* New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States
New York may also refer to:
Film and television
* '' ...
'' magazine.
''Cue'' was the first of the ''city'' magazines, serving as a model for those that followed.
History
Cue was founded in 1932 by Mort Glankoff.
Claudette Colbert
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was on the cover of the first issue. The magazine's focus was evident from its various taglines over the years:
* Naborhood Theater Guide
* The Weekly Magazine of Stage and Screen
* The Weekly Magazine of New York Life
* New York's own Entertainment Magazine
* New York's only complete entertainment weekly
* Where to go -- What to do -- in New York
* The complete entertainment guid for New York and the Suburbs
* For New York and the SuburbsThe complete entertainment guide.
''Cue'' was an early
listings magazine
A listings magazine is a magazine which is largely dedicated to information about the upcoming week's events such as broadcast programming, music, clubs, theatre and film information.
The BBC's ''Radio Times'' was the world's first listing ...
.
BBC's ''
Radio Times
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'' listed radio schedules in 1923. ''Cue'', with its city-specific focus, was the model for a genre that came to include ''
Time Out
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Time
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* Television timeout, a break in sporting action so that a commercial break may be taken
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'', which now has 108 city editions.
Glankoff sold ''Cue'' to
Rupert Murdoch
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's ''New York'' mmagazine in 1980. ''Cue'' was prized for its listings section.
Glankoff died in August 1986.
See also
*
Media of New York City
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References
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External links
''Cue'' 1948–1980at Stanford Libraries
Weekly magazines published in the United States
Lifestyle magazines published in the United States
Magazines established in 1932
Magazines published in New York City
Listings magazines