Real Groove (magazine)

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Real Groove
Categories Music magazine
FrequencyMonthly
PublisherTangible Media
Year founded1993
Final issueOctober 2010
Country New Zealand
Based inAuckland
Language English
Website realgroove.co.nz

Real Groove was a New Zealand monthly music and pop culture magazine that operated from 1993 to 2010. [1] Based in Auckland, the publication began as a free newsletter distributed through Real Groovy Records. [2] It became a newsstand title in the late 1990s and was subsequently owned by Tangible Media. [2] In 2003, a survey by Nielsen Media Research showed a monthly readership comparable to Rip It Up , New Zealand's leading music magazine. [3]

Real Groove was first edited by John Dix, author of Stranded in Paradise: New Zealand Rock'n'Roll, 1955–1988 . [4] Subsequent editors included Nick Bollinger, [4] John Russell, Brock Oliver, [5] Duncan Greive and Sam Wicks. [6] Among the other writers whose work appeared in the magazine are Chris Bourke, [1] Gary Steel, [7] Graham Reid, [8] former Creem music critic Richard Riegel, [9] and Russell Brown. [10]

The 196th and final issue of Real Groove, dated October 2010, featured Leonard Cohen on the cover. [2] The magazine had tried to focus on its online presence and, according to Wicks, the closure was due to "the lack of demand for physical publications". [11] Among local media, its demise coincided with that of Pulp magazine, MTV's withdrawal from New Zealand, and Back2Basics merging with Rip It Up. [7]

Real Groove was amalgamated into The Groove Guide, a free weekly magazine owned by Tangible Media. [2] [11] That title was similarly closed down, in May 2011. [12]

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