&sq=engine&lang=en&file=File:Option_music_magazine_cover_Jul-Aug_1996.jpg) Issue #69, July/August 1996. | |
| Executive editor | Scott Becker |
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| Categories | Music magazine |
| Frequency | Bimonthly |
| Circulation | 14500 (1989)[1] 27000 (1995)[2] |
| Publisher | Scott Becker |
| First issue | March–April 1985 |
| Final issue Number | July–August 1998 81 |
| Company | Sonic Options Network Supersonic Media Inc. |
| Country | United States |
| Based in | Los Angeles |
| Language | English |
| Website | Option at the Wayback Machine (archived 2012-08-08) |
| ISSN | 0882-178X |
Option (subtitled Music Alternatives, then Music Culture) was a music magazine based in Los Angeles, California, US. It covered independent, underground and alternative music and multiple musical genres for an international subscription base. Its print run began in 1985 and ended in 1998.[3]
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- ^ Hochwald, Lambeth (April 15, 1995), "Option's new spin", Folio: The Magazine for Magazine Management, vol. 24, no. 7, p. 55, 0046-4333
- ^ Fry, Stephen M. (December 1985), "New Music Periodicals", Notes: Quarterly Journal of the Music Library Association, vol. 42, no. 2, pp. 268–273, doi:10.2307/897420, ISSN 0027-4380, JSTOR 897420