Tone (magazine)

Tone

Tone magazine logo

Editor| Gary Steel
Former editors| Greg Vincent, Matt Greenop, Ted Gibbons
Categories| technology
Frequency| Bi-monthly
Circulation| 5647 (2008)[1]
(within NZ)
Publisher| Parkside Media
First issue| October 1999
Final issue| December 2011
Company| Parkside Media
Country| New Zealand
Language| English
Website| Formerly www.tone.co.nz, no longer valid.
ISSN| 1175-2459

Tone was a bi-monthly magazine combining coverage of technological developments in New Zealand and from around the world with reviews on the latest consumer products available in New Zealand.

## History and profile

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It was Parkside Media's third magazine, following NZ Classic Car and NZ Performance Car. Tone was started in 1999.[2] Until issue 32, the magazine was bi-monthly. A change was made to monthly, but as of issue 73 (November/December 2008), it returned to bi-monthly.

Tone's offices were in Grey Lynn, Auckland, New Zealand. The magazine ceased publication in December 2011.[2]

## Masthead design

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Tone's logo featured a small coloured triangle. Internally this was called 'Jerry'. Jerry changes colour each issue to match the cover design. Version 2 of the logo appeared in issue 32 when the magazine changed to monthly. Version 3 of the logo appeared in issue 44. Version 4 of the logo appeared in issue 67 and changed the tagline to Gadgets | Hi-fi | Home theatre, from Technology to change your life.

## Magazine contents

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As of the November/December 2008 issue, the typical magazine contents included:

* News
* Toneworld (short product overviews)
* Reviews (detailed product tests)
* Entertainment (CD, DVD, game reviews)
* Readers' letters
* Contributor columns
* Feature stories (event reviews, technical tips and tricks, how-to articles, company overviews)

## References

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1. ^ Average Circulation
2. ^ a b Chris Keall (15 December 2011). "Tone magazine suspends publishing". NBR. Retrieved 6 November 2015.

## External links

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* Parkside Media website

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