Lighting & Sound America

Lighting & Sound America is an American entertainment technology magazine founded in 2004 and published in New York City by PLASA Media Inc, a commercial arm of the Professional Lighting and Sound Association (PLASA). Lighting & Sound America covers the broad range of the entertainment, presentation and events industries worldwide, including theatre, live touring, clubs, themed venues, corporate events and presentations, as well as in-depth profiles of people and companies involved in the lighting and sound industry.^[3][4]

Lighting & Sound America

Editor-in-chief	David Barbour[1]
Categories	Entertainment Technology Magazines
Frequency	monthly
Circulation	12,196[2]
Founder	David Barbour
Founded	2004
First issue	May 2004
Company	PLASA Media Inc
Country	USA
Website	www.lightingandsoundamerica.com
ISSN	1552-1273

History

Lighting & Sound America was co-founded by David Barbour in 2004.^[1]

The magazine was launched in May 2004 in New York City, where it is still based now, under the editor-in-chief David Barbour,^[5] as a monthly magazine to the lighting and sound industries.

Lighting & Sound America is the sister magazine to Lighting & Sound International,^[6] and has a page count of over 100 pages.

The magazine has collaborated with other large organisations within the industry on a number of different projects, such as the 2007 Staged Events Award^[7][8] and the 2005 InfoComm trade show in Las Vegas^[9] and has become a valuable resource for people working in the industry.^[10]

Circulation

Lighting & Sound America is circulated to 12,000 subscribers each month, the vast majority of which are in North America.^[11]