American Christian music magazine
7ball is a discontinued Christian music magazine, first published in 1995. They focused on rock, hip-hop, and other "alternative" forms of Christian music. The magazine was initially published by the Royal Magazine Group (a division of Thomas Nelson) alongside "Release" magazine and others. Its primary competition were magazines such as "HM", "True Tunes News", and "CCM".
Background.
"7ball" magazine was initially edited by Chris Well, former editor of the Christian rock magazine "Syndicate", until 1996. In 1996, the magazine was sold to VoxCorp (Nashville). Well was promoted to editor in chief of the entire company, overseeing "7ball", "Release", and others, and former "CCM" assistant editor Bruce A. Brown was hired as managing editor of "7ball". Brown edited through the end of 1997, and was eventually replaced by Cameron Strang.
In early 1999 "7ball" gained distribution to Family Christian Stores, the largest Christian bookstore chain. "HM Magazine" editor Doug Van Pelt would later report that during its tenure "7ball" cost them some of their advertising base. Strang edited into 2001, then founded the Relevant Media Group, which began publishing "Relevant Magazine" in 2003.
"7ball" ceased publication in 2004.
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