Drum Media

Drum Media was a free weekly tabloid-sized music and lifestyle magazine (street press) established in 1990 and based in Sydney, Australia. It was distributed throughout Sydney, Wollongong, Newcastle and Canberra, and surrounding districts. The magazine was released every Tuesday (every Thursday in Perth). In 2013, the magazine changed its name to The Music. It is no longer audited.

History

The first issue of Drum Media appeared on 16 September 1990 with a distribution of 40,000 and featured Midnight Oil on the cover. The magazine had been established after the entire staff of the long-running Sydney street press magazine On The Street staged a mass walk out on 6 September after a dispute with the owner over work conditions and pay. Following a meeting at the Excelsior Hotel in Surry Hills it was decided to start a new magazine with editor Margaret Cott and her sister, advertising manager Jennifer Cott, providing the initial capital. The magazine rented its first office in Orwell Street, Potts Point and the first issue was released ten days later.