Pop / Rocky
| Pop / Rocky
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|---|---|
| description | Youth magazine |
| language | German |
| publishing company | Marquard Media Group ( Germany ) |
| First edition | 1980 |
| attitude | 1998 |
| Frequency of publication | fortnightly |
| Editor-in-chief | Harald Bischoff |
Pop / Rocky was a youth magazine that appeared every fortnight in the 1980s and 1990s by the Marquard Media group .
history
The magazine first appeared as Rocky in 1977. Between November 1977 and June 1980 a total of 135 issues appeared. In 1980 the teen magazines Rocky, Pop and Popfoto were combined into Pop / Rocky . The first cover picture featured pop star Deborah Harry in 1980 . The magazine was published weekly in the mid-1990s. In 1998 the magazine was merged with the youth and music magazine Popcorn , which was also published by the Marquard Media Group . Along with Bravo and Popcorn, it was the best-selling of its kind.
content
As with other magazines for this target group, the cover picture was reserved for the currently most popular stars, including Abba , Kim Wilde , Nena , Boy George , New Kids on the Block , Lucilectric , DJ Bobo , Pamela Anderson , Blümchen and the Backstreet Boys . In addition to the stories about current stars, there were also reports on movies, trends in fashion and entertainment, and youth issues ( love, sex and worries ). Contests, a photo love story, music charts and horoscopes were also part of the regular content. Posters and occasional stickers were also included with the magazine.
Pop / Rocky Hammer Smurf
Similar to the Bravo , the most popular artists of the year for Pop / Rocky were also chosen by the readers and honored with an award, the hammer smurf in gold, silver or bronze. Kim Wilde has been awarded a hammer smurf four times.
Award winners (selection):
- 1980: Olivia Newton-John (Golden Hammer Smurf - Film Star of the Year )
- 1981: Roger Moore (Silver Hammer Smurf - Film Star of the Year )
- 1982: Spider Murphy Gang (Golden Hammer Smurf Band of the Year )
- 1984: Tami Stronach (Goldener Hammerschlumpf - Film Star of the Year )
- 1984: Noah Hathaway (Silver Hammer Smurf - Film Star of the Year )
- 1985: Madonna (Golden Hammer Smurf - Singer of the Year )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Youth magazines. ( Memento from July 28, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) M * A * D. Retrieved November 16, 2013.
- ↑ bravo-archiv.de Retrieved on January 7, 2018.
- ↑ The publisher. ( Memento of July 1, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Marquard Media. Retrieved November 16, 2013.