Home Media Magazine
{{Short description|Entertainment publication}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox magazine
|title=Home Media Magazine
|company =Questex Media Group
|country=United States
|language=English
|based = Santa Ana, California
|frequency=Monthly}}
Home Media Magazine was a trade publication that covered various aspects of the home entertainment industry, most notably home video distribution via VHS, DVD, Blu-ray, and digital copy.{{cite news|url=http://www.homemediamagazine.com/about-us/about-us|title=About us|work=Home Media Magazine|access-date=May 17, 2016}} The magazine also covered news relating to consumer electronics, video games, home video distributors and various forms of digital distribution of movie and TV content.{{cite news| url=http://www.brighthub.com/electronics/home-theater/articles/62370.aspx|title=Top 4 Home Theater Magazines|work=Bright Hub|date=January 10, 2010|access-date=May 17, 2016}}
History and profile
The magazine was founded in 1979 and was known as Video Store Magazine until January 2005,{{cite news| url=http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20050113005500/en/Home-Media-Retailing-Video-Store-Magazine|title=Home Media Retailing: A New Name and Look for Video Store Magazine|work=Business News|date=January 15, 2005|access-date=October 1, 2013}} when it became Home Media Retailing.{{cite news| url=https://www.writerswrite.com/video-store-magazine-renamed-home-1212005288|title=Video Store Magazine Renamed Home Media Retailing|work=Writers Write|date=January 1, 2005|access-date=September 20, 2021}} The magazine dropped "Retailing" to further its consumer focus in early 2007. In 2014, the magazine's print edition was reduced to biweekly and in 2015, to monthly; at the same time, the magazine expanded its web presence through a daily e-newsletter and frequent "breaking news" alerts. HM also published frequent special issues, such as special reports on 4K Ultra HD, Vidity, and UltraViolet; rankings of the top women in home entertainment, key digital drivers, and leading disruptors; and, in 2011, a salute to executives in home entertainment under the age of 40.{{cite news| url=http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20110914005477/en/Home-Media-Magazine-Presents-%E2%80%9CForty-Forty%E2%80%9D|title=Home Media Magazine Presents 'Forty Under Forty'|work=BusinessWire|date=September 14, 2011|access-date=May 17, 2016}}
The magazine was based in Santa Ana, California, and was a subsidiary of the Questex Media Group.
In July 2006, HM launched a consumer magazine called Agent DVD, a semi-regular periodical focusing on home entertainment news. The first issue debuted at the 2006 San Diego Comic-Con and focused on titles and news that would appeal to convention-goers. The consumer magazine was later rebranded as Home Media Insider and offered only in digital form. Additionally, Home Media Magazine presented annual awards covering the best DVD and Blu-ray products. Questex ceased production of Home Media Magazine after the December 2017 issue.{{cite news| url=http://www.bluetoad.com/publication/?i=462137&ver=html5&p=3|title=What a Long, Strange Trip|work=Home Media Magazine|date=December 18, 2017|access-date=January 9, 2018}}
''Media Play News''
In January 2018, the core team responsible for producing the Home Media Magazine print and online properties returned with an independent operation named Media Play News that offers an expanded home entertainment focus from its predecessor, covering not just Blu-ray Disc and DVD but also transactional video-on-demand (both streaming and purchase) as well as subscription streaming.{{Cite web|url=https://muckrack.com/media-outlet/mediaplaynews|title=Media Play News}}
As of December 2022, Thomas K. Arnold is the publisher and editorial director of Media Play News, while Stephanie Prange is the editor-in-chief.{{Cite web |url=https://www.mediaplaynews.com/about-us/ |title=ABOUT US |publisher=Media Play news}}
The new publication publishes a monthly magazine in print and digital versions and maintains a website, a daily newsletter, reviews, and breaking news alerts.{{cite news| url=https://www.mediaplaynews.com/redefining-home-entertainment/|title=Redefining Home Entertainment – Welcome to Media Play News!|work=Media Play News|date=January 2, 2018|access-date=January 9, 2018}}
Seemingly, the new publication acts both as a curator and an aggregator of content for the home entertainment industry, as it distributes its various forms of content using multiple digital and print channels. Currently, Media Plays News is used and cited by retailers, media outlets,{{efn|Both in the United States and overseas, including Newstex Trade & Industry Blogs,{{Cite web |last=Roush |first=Chris |title=Talking Biz News: DistroTV adds Bloomberg TV, Quicktake |work=Newstex Trade & Industry Blogs |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/2512580255/EDD47B6713204356PQ/ |date=April 15, 2021}} Indian entertainment outlet AnimationXpress{{Cite news |title='Zack Snyder's Justice League' smashes Blu-ray sales, earns the numero uno spot |date=September 20, 2021 |place=Mumbai |publisher=Information Solutions Pvt. Ltd. |quote=As reported by Media Play News, Blu-ray Disc formats accounted for 75 per cent of Zack Snyder's Justice League‘s first-week unit sales.}}}} technology reporters, and consumers in the home entertainment industry.
Media Play News often uses major conventions, festivals, and other industry events{{efn|e.g., CES Las Vegas and the American Film Market (AFM) as an additional channel to distribute its print publication}} as an additional channel to distribute its print publication.
Since 2018, Media Play News has published a curated list of the top forty influential business executives in the home entertainment industry. The list is titled "40 Under 40 in Home Entertainment".{{Cite web |url=https://www.mediaplaynews.com/40-under-40-in-home-entertainment-class-of-2022/ |title=40 Under 40 in Home Entertainment, Class of 2022 |date=August 29, 2022 |access-date=December 4, 2022}}
Media Plays News produces an annual "Home Entertainment Media Play Awards" contest.{{Cite web|url=https://thedigitalbits.com/tag/2022-home-entertainment-media-play-awards|title=2022 Home Entertainment Media Play Awards}} The awards are all-embracing to the home entertainment industry, covering dozens of categories.{{efn|Categories included: Blu-ray Disc of the Year, Best TV Documentary, Best Complete TV Series Set, Best Current TV Series on Disc, Best AV Quality/Blu-ray Movie, Best Indie/Small-Budget Film, Best Foreign Film on Disc, Best Documentary Movie, Best Movie Collection/Boxed Set, Best Catalog Title, Best Direct-to-Video/Limited Release, Best Theatrical Disc, Fan-Favorite Title of the Year{{Cite web |url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180423005349/en/Winners-of-the-2018-Home-Media-Awards-Announced-by-%E2%80%98Media-Play-News%E2%80%99 |title=Winners of the 2018 Home Media Awards Announced by 'Media Play News' |publisher=BusinessWire |date=April 23, 2018}}}}
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External links
- [http://mediaplaynews.com Media Play News website]
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