The Reykjavík Grapevine

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The Reykjavík Grapevine
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TypeMagazine
FormatTabloid
Owner(s)
Publisher
Editor-in-chiefValur Grettisson
Founded13 June 2003
HeadquartersReykjavík, Iceland
Circulation25,000 [1]
ISSN2298-5212 (print)
2298-5220 (web)
Websitegrapevine.is

The Reykjavík Grapevine is an English language Icelandic magazine based in the Icelandic capital of Reykjavík. The magazine debuted on June 13, 2003. Its first six issues were edited by Jón Trausti Sigurðarson and Valur Gunnarsson. In its second year, the magazine grew in circulation from 25,000 issues to 30,101. In its third year, American-born Bart Cameron took over as editor, also editing Inside Reykjavik, the Grapevine Guide, in 2006, through the Mál og Menning imprint of Edda Press.[2]

Bart was followed over the next decade by editors Sveinn Birkir Björnsson,[3] Haukur S. Magnússon,[4] Anna Andersen,[5] Helga Þórey Jónsdóttir,[6] Sveinbjörn Pálsson[7] and, again, Jón Trausti Sigurðarson.[8] The current editor-in-chief is Valur Grettisson.[9]

The magazine is currently a year-round publication, fortnightly from May to October, and monthly from November to April.

During the Iceland Airwaves music festival, The Reykjavík Grapevine became a daily publication focusing on music for some years. From 2016 to 2019, The Reykjavík Grapevine published a special magazine [10] to celebrate the Iceland Airwaves festival, and started a quarterly city-guide sister-publication entitled Best of Reykjavík. A thrice-annually Best of Iceland magazine followed. The magazine's relative longevity has put it in a unique position as an english language publication about Iceland, and has sometimes made it a popular point of reference in international news and media.[11] In a similar vein, in 2016, the magazine's Twitter coverage of the Euro 2016 football tournament became popular internationally.[12][13]

References[]

  1. ^ "About - The Reykjavík Grapevine Magazine". April 15, 2014. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
  2. ^ "Inside Reykjavík - The Grapevine". www.forlagid.is. Forlagið. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
  3. ^ "Issue 14 2006". The Reykjavik Grapevine. Retrieved 2021-04-03.
  4. ^ Magnusson, Haukur S. (January 2009). "The Reykjavík Grapevine" (PDF). The Reykjavík Grapevine. 1: 2.
  5. ^ "Issue 02 2012". The Reykjavik Grapevine. Retrieved 2021-04-03.
  6. ^ "Issue 5, 2016". The Reykjavik Grapevine. Retrieved 2021-04-03.
  7. ^ "Issue 16, 2016". The Reykjavik Grapevine. Retrieved 2021-04-03.
  8. ^ "Issue 01, 2017". The Reykjavik Grapevine. Retrieved 2021-04-03.
  9. ^ "Issue 3, 2017". The Reykjavik Grapevine. Retrieved 2021-04-03.
  10. ^ "Airwaves 2016 issue by Reykjavík Grapevine - Issuu". issuu.com.
  11. ^ "reykjavik grapevine -site:grapevine.is - Google Search". www.google.com. Retrieved 2021-04-12.
  12. ^ "Icelandic Magazine Hilariously Live-Tweets Euro 2016". Time.
  13. ^ "'Iceland inflict crushing 1-1 defeat on Portugal' – the view from Reykjavik". the Guardian. June 15, 2016.
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