128-502: The Billboard Live Music Awards (previously known as the Billboard Touring Conference and Awards until 2018) is an annual meeting sponsored by Billboard magazine that honors the top international live entertainment industry artists and professionals. Established in 2004, it has thus been described as "part industry conference, part awards show". The last such annual event appears to have been in 2019; it
256-441: A "stage gossip" column covering the private lives of entertainers, a "tent show" section covering traveling shows and a subsection called "Freaks to order". Donaldson also published news articles opposing censorship, supporting productions exhibiting good taste and decrying yellow journalism ." As railroads became more developed, Billboard enabled a mail-forwarding system for traveling entertainers. The location of an entertainer
384-540: A background in the music industry. Gervino was appointed editor-in-chief in April 2014. An NPR item covered a leaked version of Billboard ' s annual survey, which it said had more gossip and focused on less professional topics than had prior surveys. For example, the magazine polled readers on a lawsuit that singer Kesha filed against her producer, alleging sexual abuse. Gervino was fired in May 2016. A note from Min to
512-500: A business center, a concierge , fitness center , safety deposit boxes, valet laundry, valet or self-parking, and 15 retail tenants. The hotel originally had about 658,000 square feet (61,100 m ), of which 69 percent was revenue-producing space such as storefronts, restaurants, and guestrooms. Some of the Roosevelt's "utility spaces" (such as the beauty parlor, barber shop, and Turkish bath) were placed above ground, rather than in
640-621: A dedicated section called Amusement Machines in March 1932. Billboard began covering the motion-picture industry in 1907 but, facing strong competition from Variety , centered its focus on music. It created a radio-broadcasting station in the 1920s. The jukebox industry continued to grow through the Great Depression and was advertised heavily in Billboard , which led to even more editorial focus on music. The proliferation of
768-568: A general construction contract to the Thompson–Starrett Company . Niagara Falls businessman Frank A. Dudley oversaw the hotel's development, along with F. W. Rockwell. The hotel was named for Theodore Roosevelt, the former president of the United States who had died shortly before the hotel was announced. The hotel's operators intended for it to be a tribute to the late president. According to Hotel Monthly magazine,
896-540: A high-tech firm for tracking music airtime. Private investors from Boston Ventures and BPI executives repurchased a two-thirds interest in Billboard Publications for $ 100 million, and more acquisitions followed. In 1993, it created a division known as Billboard Music Group for music-related publications. In 1994, Billboard Publications was sold to Dutch media conglomerate Verenigde Nederlandse Uitgeverijen (VNU) for $ 220 million. VNU acquired
1024-469: A law to ban all steam trains in Manhattan by 1908. New York Central's vice president William J. Wilgus proposed electrifying the line and building a new electric-train terminal underground, a plan that was implemented almost in its entirety. The old Grand Central Depot was torn down in phases and replaced by the current Grand Central Terminal. Construction on Grand Central Terminal started in 1903, and
1152-400: A list of top pop stars, including Taylor Swift at #2. In a video released by Billboard under the guise of celebrating her accomplishments, Billboard included a clip from a Kanye West video in which he is offensive and degrading toward her (and shows a wax version of her in bed with him). On November 27, 2024, #billboardisoverparty trended over various social media platforms and Billboard released
1280-535: A movie projection screen, and three Arthur Crisp murals that depicted scenes from the fairy tale Cinderella . Next to the Colonial Ballroom was the Terrace Ballroom, which could fit 175 guests. The north side of the mezzanine had six private dining rooms, served by a pantry directly above the kitchen. There was also a library dedicated in memory of Theodore Roosevelt . In addition,
1408-748: A perfunctory apology after receiving extreme backlash. The first issue of Billboard was published in Cincinnati , Ohio by William Donaldson and James Hennegan on November 1, 1894. Initially it covered the advertising and bill-posting industry and was known as Billboard Advertising . At the time, billboards, posters, and paper advertisements placed in public spaces were the primary means of advertising. Donaldson handled editorial and advertising, while Hennegan, who owned Hennegan Printing Co., managed magazine production. The first issues were just eight pages long. The paper had columns such as The Bill Room Gossip and The Indefatigable and Tireless Industry of
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#17327808402661536-535: A roof garden and ventilation fans for the upper stories. The third floor also contained a health clinic, which consisted of separate waiting rooms for guests and servants, as well as restrooms, treatment rooms, and suites for the hotel's in-house doctors. Above the 16th-story setback at the southeast corner of the building was a children's nursery, which contained a play area known as the Teddy Bear Cave. During sunny days, children were allowed to play on
1664-475: A set of railroad tracks. Before the hotel closed in 2020, the ground story also contained the Vander Bar, a bistro serving craft beers . The first floor was the same size as the ground story and contained most of the public rooms. The main lobby was a double-height space, which had travertine walls and pilasters , as well as a plaster coffered ceiling painted in ivory and gold. Leading west from
1792-509: A set of self-study cassette tapes and four television franchises. It also acquired Photo Weekly that year. Over time, subjects that Billboard covered outside of the music world formed the basis of separate publications: Funspot magazine was created in 1957 to cover amusement parks and Amusement Business was created in 1961 to cover outdoor entertainment. In January 1961, Billboard was renamed Billboard Music Week to emphasize its newly exclusive interest in music. Two years later, it
1920-785: A single day, November 9, 2016, this time at the SLS Hotel in Beverly Hills, California . The twelfth annual Billboard Touring Awards took place on a single day, November 19, 2015, at the Roosevelt Hotel in New York City . The eleventh annual Billboard Touring Awards took place on over two days in November 19–20, 2014, at the Roosevelt Hotel in New York City . The tenth annual Billboard Touring Awards took place on over two days in November 13 and 14, 2013, at
2048-643: A slightly raised dining area. Originally known as the Vanderbilt Avenue Room or the Mayflower Grill, the grill room was subsequently known as the Roosevelt Grill, serving American food and regional specialties for breakfast. There was a pantry directly next to the grill room, below a kitchen on the first floor. The pantry contained a serving counter built atop a structural beam, which could not be removed because it spanned
2176-406: A staff shortage by 1945, prompting hotel officials to request that guests make their own beds. In November 1947, the Roosevelt added TV sets to 40 rooms on the seventh through ninth floors, becoming the first hotel in the United States to provide permanent TVs in guestrooms. Hilton Hotels appointed Frank G. Wangeman as the hotel's general manager in 1951. Wangeman oversaw a $ 75,000 renovation of
2304-421: A total area of 433,000 square feet (40,200 m ). By the time the hotel closed, it had 1,025 rooms, although other sources cited the hotel as having 1,015 rooms. On each of the guestroom stories, the elevators opened onto a 12-foot-wide (3.7 m) elevator lobby with a floor clerk's desk. Corridors connected the elevator lobby to the guestroom; each corridor measured 6 to 7.5 feet (1.8 to 2.3 m) wide,
2432-481: A trade publication for the Broadway theatre industry called Backstage . In 1987, Billboard was sold again to Affiliated Publications for $ 100 million. Billboard Publications Inc. became a subsidiary of Affiliated Publications called BPI Communications. As BPI Communications, it acquired The Hollywood Reporter , Adweek , Marketing Week and Mediaweek , and also purchased Broadcast Data Systems ,
2560-574: A weekly paper with a greater emphasis on breaking news. He improved editorial quality and opened new offices in New York, Chicago, San Francisco, London, and Paris, and also refocused the magazine on outdoor entertainment such as fairs, carnivals, circuses, vaudeville , and burlesque shows. A section devoted to circuses was introduced in 1900, followed by more prominent coverage of outdoor events in 1901. Billboard also covered topics including regulation, professionalism, economics and new shows. It had
2688-565: A wrap-around terrace. This was the only unit in the hotel with a terrace. In the 19th century, New York Central Railroad lines north of Grand Central Depot in Midtown Manhattan were served exclusively by steam locomotives , and the rising traffic soon caused accumulations of smoke and soot in the Park Avenue Tunnel , the only approach to the depot. After a fatal crash in 1902, the New York state legislature passed
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#17327808402662816-632: Is a wonderful railroad terminal, but also a great civic centre." The Roosevelt was one of several hotels developed in Terminal City, along with other hostelries such as the Commodore , the Biltmore, and the Barclay . The New York State Realty and Terminal Company, a division of New York Central, leased the city block bounded by Madison Avenue, 46th Street, Vanderbilt Avenue, and 45th Street to
2944-555: Is an American music and entertainment magazine published weekly by Penske Media Corporation . The magazine provides music charts, news, video, opinion, reviews, events and styles related to the music industry . Its music charts include the Hot 100 , the 200 , and the Global 200 , tracking the most popular albums and songs in various music genres. It also hosts events, owns a publishing firm and operates several television shows. Billboard
3072-506: Is considered one of the most reputable sources of music industry news. The website includes the Billboard Charts, news separated by music genre, videos and a separate website. It also compiles lists, hosts a fashion website called Pret-a-Reporter and publishes eight different newsletters. The print magazine's regular sections include: Billboard is known for publishing several annual listicles on its website, in recognition of
3200-508: Is unclear if the conference and awards have, or will, continue past that year. Many of the awards are based on Billboard ' s Boxscore chart tracking concert, comedy and other live entertainment attendance and gate receipts, and on real box office performance. As a result, the awards often equate to commercial success. The "top tour" superlative award is also given on the basis of fan polls. The "Legend of Live" and Humanitarian awards are given to individuals for their ongoing contributions to
3328-530: The Billboard 200 , which tracks the top-selling albums, has become more popular as an indicator of commercial success. Billboard has also published books in collaboration with Watson-Guptill and a radio and television series called American Top 40, based on Billboard charts. A daily Billboard Bulletin was introduced in February 1997 and Billboard hosts about 20 industry events each year. Billboard
3456-644: The Billboard Roadworks '05 Touring Awards. The first annual Billboard Touring Awards were held November 8–9, 2004, at the Roosevelt Hotel in New York City, as the culmination of the first Billboard Backstage Pass Conference. The winners were announced in advance of the awards ceremony. The awards were not well known or publicized much during this time. Billboard (magazine) Billboard (stylized in lowercase since 2013)
3584-711: The Clio Awards in advertising and the National Research Group in 1997, as well as Editor & Publisher in 1999. In July 2000, it paid $ 650 million to the publisher Miller Freeman . BPI was combined with other entities in VNU in 2000 to form Bill Communications Inc. By the time CEO Gerald Hobbs retired in 2003, VNU had grown substantially larger, but had a great deal of debt from the acquisitions. An attempted $ 7 billion acquisition of IMS Health in 2005 prompted protests from shareholders that halted
3712-512: The John Alden Room; it contained fireplace mantels topped by large paintings that depicted romantic scenes from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 's poem Evangeline . A palm room, main dining room, and dining terrace were on the south side of the first floor. The palm room was a triple-height elliptical tea room just south of, and a few steps above, the lobby. Designed in the Adam style ,
3840-586: The Montage Beverly Hills in Beverly Hills, California . The fifteenth annual edition of the (newly named) awards took place on November 13, 2018, at the Montage Beverly Hills in Beverly Hills, California , in proceedings hosted by comedian Roy Wood Jr. The fourteenth annual edition of the awards took place on November 15, 2017, at the Montage Beverly Hills in Beverly Hills, California , in proceedings hosted by Hasan Minhaj . The thirteenth annual Billboard Touring Awards took place on
3968-457: The Roosevelt Hotel in New York City . The ninth annual Billboard Touring Awards again took place on over two days in November 2012 at the Roosevelt Hotel in New York City , despite the aftereffects of Superstorm Sandy . The eighth annual Billboard Touring Awards took place on over two days in November 2011 at the Roosevelt Hotel in New York City . The seventh annual Billboard Touring Awards took place on November 3 and 4, 2010, at
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4096-585: The Sheraton Hotel in New York City, NY . The sixth annual Billboard Touring Awards took place November 4 and 5, 2009, at the Roosevelt Hotel in New York City. The winners were: The fifth annual Billboard Touring Awards took place November 20, 2008 in New York City. The 2007 awards were held on November 15, 2007. Awards were based on box office performance from January 1, 2007, through September 30, 2007. The 2006 awards were held on November 9, 2006, in New York City. The 2005 awards were termed
4224-493: The jukebox , phonograph and radio became commonplace. Many topics that it covered became the subjects of new magazines, including Amusement Business in 1961 to cover outdoor entertainment, so that Billboard could focus on music. After Donaldson died in 1925, Billboard was inherited by his and Hennegan's children, who retained ownership until selling it to private investors in 1985. The magazine has since been owned by various parties. Billboard announced on November 26, 2024
4352-532: The "bible" of the recording industry. Billboard struggled after its founder William Donaldson died in 1925, and within three years, was once again heading towards bankruptcy . Donaldson's son-in-law Roger Littleford took command in 1928 and "nursed the publication back to health." His sons Bill and Roger became co-publishers in 1946 and inherited the magazine in the late 1970s after Littleford's death. They sold it to private investors in 1985 for an estimated $ 40 million. The investors cut costs and acquired
4480-533: The "novel and salient features" of the hotel. The structure uses 10,000 short tons (8,900 long tons; 9,100 t) of steel. The frame could carry a total load of 560,000 short tons (500,000 long tons; 510,000 t), and the strongest individual column in the superstructure was capable of carrying 2,000 short tons (1,800 long tons; 1,800 t). About two-thirds of the building's foundation sits above two levels of Metro-North Railroad tracks just north of Grand Central Terminal, rather than being attached to
4608-575: The 1960s, merging with the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1968 to form the Penn Central Railroad. Penn Central continued to face financial issues and failed to make mortgage payments. By late 1970, the Roosevelt Hotel was facing foreclosure , as were several other buildings that Penn Central owned around Grand Central Terminal. After Penn Central went bankrupt that year, the company sought to sell its properties, including
4736-436: The 1960s, when the service was discontinued, Billboard was still processing 1,500 letters per week. In 1920, Donaldson controversially hired black journalist James Albert Jackson to write a weekly column devoted to black performers. According to The Business of Culture: Strategic Perspectives on Entertainment and Media , the column identified discrimination against black performers and helped validate their careers. Jackson
4864-487: The 19th story was storage space for furniture, as well as a water tank with a capacity of 35,000 U.S. gallons (130,000 L). The rooftop also contained a dog kennel, the first such facility at any hotel in New York City. In 2008, the Mad46 bar opened on the hotel's 19th floor, with its own entrance from the street. The Roosevelt Hotel had been planned with 1,107 rooms on the third through 18th stories, which covered
4992-485: The 45th Street entrance to the south and the 46th Street entrance to the north. The arcade was decorated with sidelights , inspired by those in 18th- and 19th-century residence. A small flight of stairs led up from the arcade's northern end to the 46th Street entrance. Near the southern end of the ground story, another passageway led from the arcade east to the Vanderbilt Avenue entrance. A service lobby, at
5120-528: The Adam style or the William and Mary style . Each bathroom had ceramic tiles and mechanical ventilation, and about half of the guest bathrooms had shower heads; these were all novel features at the time of the hotel's construction. By the 21st century, the rooms were decorated in a style reminiscent of 1920s architecture, with a red, gold, and white palette. As built, there were a total of four "royal suites" on
5248-463: The Bill Poster. A department for agricultural fairs was established in 1896. The Billboard Advertising publication was renamed The Billboard in 1897. After a brief departure over editorial differences, Donaldson purchased Hennegan's interest in the business in 1900 for $ 500 (equal to $ 15,100 today) to save it from bankruptcy. On May 5, Donaldson changed the publication from a monthly to
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5376-626: The Biltmore and Commodore hotels, the Yale Club Building, the Graybar Building , and the Chrysler Building . The entrance to the passageway was from the first story, next to the elevators. The corridor was closed by the late 20th century, and the gate between the hotel and Grand Central Terminal was permanently locked by the beginning of the 21st century. A clothing store moved into the space formerly occupied by
5504-410: The Biltmore, Barclay, and Roosevelt hotels in 1976. In April 1978, Penn Central requested permission from a federal district court to sell the Biltmore, Barclay, and Roosevelt hotels for $ 45 million to Loews Hotels . A consortium of Middle Eastern investors subsequently offered to buy the hotels for $ 50 million. Loews raised its offer for the three hotels to $ 55 million, and a federal judge approved
5632-485: The Fans Choice being added in 2008, both being determined by fan vote. There are typically three nominees in each category. Repeat winners in the awards have been common, with country artist Kenny Chesney winning Top Package Tour six consecutive years through 2009 and Bonnaroo Music Festival winning four times as well starting in 2004. The sixteenth annual edition of the awards took place on November 5, 2019, at
5760-682: The Hollywood Reporter-Billboard Media Group, a unit of the holding company Eldridge Industries . Timothy White was appointed editor-in-chief in 1991, a position that he held until his unexpected death in 2002. White wrote a weekly column promoting music with "artistic merit" while criticizing music with violent or misogynistic themes, and also reworked the publication's music charts. Rather than relying on data from music retailers, new charts used data from store checkout scanners obtained by Nielsen SoundScan . White also wrote in-depth profiles on musicians, but
5888-544: The Roosevelt Hotel. New York United Hotels denied the allegations, and a state court dismissed the case because it had been brought by a minority bondholder. Within three months, 95 percent of New York United Hotels' bondholders had agreed to a reorganization plan for the hotel. The remaining bondholders sought a receiver for the hotel, but the New York Supreme Court again denied this petition. The Delaware Court of Chancery appointed three receivers for
6016-665: The Roosevelt in 1943, eventually acquiring full ownership of the hotel, and sold it to the Hotel Corporation of America in 1956 following an antitrust lawsuit. Realty Hotels, a holding company run by the New York Central, took over the hotel in 1964. Paul Milstein acquired the hotel in 1978 and leased the hotel to PIA the following year. PIA and Prince Faisal bin Khalid bin Abdulaziz Al Saud bought
6144-633: The Roosevelt name was not only intended "to keep away from the gorgeous and extravagant", it also justified why the interior design was patterned after colonial American mansions. The Roosevelt was one of several large buildings developed around Grand Central Terminal in the early 1920s, along with other structures such as the Pershing Square Building and the Bowery Savings Bank Building . Construction started on November 18, 1922, when workers began demolishing
6272-505: The Roosevelt opened, it contained several novel features, including a kennel for guests' pets, a child-care service, and an in-house doctor. The Roosevelt Hotel opened on September 22, 1924, and was originally operated by New York United Hotels Inc., a subsidiary of the United Hotels Company . After New York United Hotels went bankrupt in 1934, Roosevelt Hotels Inc. took over the hotel. Hilton Hotels took over management of
6400-616: The Roosevelt to the Hotel Corporation of America (HCA) on February 29, 1956, for $ 2.13 million. HCA paid $ 750,000 as a down payment and assumed Hilton's leasehold on the site, which ran through 1964. HCA leased the land from the New Haven Railroad and the New York Central Railroad, the latter of which received most of the income from the site. When HCA purchased the hotel, workers were still installing air conditioning and televisions. By mid-1956, there
6528-479: The Roosevelt's operation. By 1931, the Roosevelt Hotel had trouble paying rent on the site, and New York United Hotels notified the hotel's bondholders that it would not be able to pay interest on the bonds. This prompted one bondholder to file a lawsuit in the New York Supreme Court in April 1932, claiming that New York United Hotels was insolvent and asking the court to appoint a receiver for
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#17327808402666656-970: The Roosevelt, the Plaza , the Waldorf-Astoria , the New Yorker , and the Hotel Statler in New York City. Consequently, the federal government filed an antitrust action against Hilton in April 1955. To resolve the suit, Hilton agreed to sell three hotels in February 1956 – the Hotel Jefferson in St. Louis, the Mayflower Hotel in Washington D.C., and either the Roosevelt or the New Yorker in New York. Hilton ultimately sold
6784-530: The United Hotels Company of America in June 1922. United Hotels had leased the site for 21 years, with options to renew the lease twice, and was planning a 15-story hotel there. The building alone was projected to cost $ 8 million, while the land and furnishings were to cost another $ 10 million. United Hotels announced the next month that the hotel would be named the Roosevelt and that it had awarded
6912-634: The United Nations moved into the hotel's 14th floor in 1971, at which point the hotel's popularity had begun to decline. The next year, the Riese Brothers Organization leased the first-floor dining rooms. The Barclay, Biltmore, Commodore, and Roosevelt began showing in-room movies in 1972. The Roosevelt Grill became the La Difference restaurant in 1977. The New York Central had experienced financial decline during
7040-424: The adjacent rooftop. This made the Roosevelt among the first hotels in New York City with a health club and childcare center. The 19th floor covered 14,000 square feet (1,300 m ). It contained the hotel's paint, carpentry, print locksmith's, and electricians' departments, as well as dormitories for female staff. There was also a "guest valet room", where guests could iron and dry-clean their clothes. Above
7168-413: The articles are written by staff writers, while some are written by industry experts. It covers news, gossip, opinion, and music reviews, but its "most enduring and influential creation" is the Billboard charts . The charts track music sales, radio airtime and other data about the most popular songs and albums. The Billboard Hot 100 chart of the top-selling songs was introduced in 1958. Since then,
7296-512: The awards arena for recorded music with the charts-based Billboard Music Award , which lasted from 1990 through 2006, returning in 2011. Those awards featured two slots for Concert Venue Award and Touring Venue Award, but were not otherwise live-performance-based. Award names and awards given themselves have varied somewhat each year, with for example the Top Comedy Tour and Concert Marketing and Promotion Awards being added in 2007 and
7424-478: The basement, as was common in older hotels. Members of the public could visit the lobby even if they were not guests of the hotel, and the lobby became a popular tourist attraction. The hotel had three basements, which were excavated out of the underlying bedrock. Due to the presence of the railroad tracks, the basement levels cover only the western portion of the site; each basement level covered approximately 20,000 square feet (1,900 m ). The lowest level
7552-445: The bedrock itself. To avoid interfering with the railroad tracks under the hotel, most of the pillars in the steel superstructure are placed high above ground. With few exceptions, the hotel building and the tracks beneath it are supported by different frameworks. The foundations of the hotel building are all constructed atop vibration-absorbing lead pads. The first story includes several spaces designed without columns, such as
7680-833: The booths during the summer. The Roosevelt Hotel's interior was described as being in an "early American" style. Many of the public rooms were intended to resemble 18th- and 19th-century buildings in the former Thirteen Colonies . For instance, the hotel included replicas of decorative details from 18th- and 19th-century mansions, such as Homewood in Baltimore , Maryland; the Octagon House in Washington, D.C. ; Gordon House in Savannah, Georgia ; and Gibbs House in Charleston, South Carolina . The early American style
7808-476: The deal; it eventually agreed to an $ 11 billion takeover bid from investors in 2006. VNU changed its name to Nielsen in 2007, the namesake of a company that it had acquired for $ 2.5 billion in 1999. New CEO Robert Krakoff divested some of the previously owned publications, restructured the organization and planned some acquisitions before dying suddenly in 2007. He was subsequently replaced by Greg Farrar. Nielsen owned Billboard until 2009, when it
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#17327808402667936-470: The east, and the Yale Club and Biltmore Hotel to the south. The Roosevelt Hotel was designed by the architectural firm of George B. Post & Son for its original operator, the United Hotels Company . The hotel building is 19 stories high, and there are also three basement levels. Some contemporary sources describe the hotel as being 22 stories high, although this figure includes mezzanines and
8064-711: The east, the MetLife Building and Grand Central Terminal to the southeast, and the Yale Club of New York City Building to the southeast. The hotel was built above Grand Central Terminal's underground railroad tracks. It was one of several structures built above the railroad tracks during the early 20th century. Other such structures included the Hotel Marguery to the north, the New York Central Building (now Helmsley Building) to
8192-534: The editorial staff indicated that senior vice president of digital content Mike Bruno would head the editorial department. On June 15, 2016, BillboardPH , the first Billboard chart company in Southeast Asia, mainly in the Philippines, was announced. On September 12, 2016, Billboard expanded into China by launching Billboard China in partnership with Vision Music Ltd. On September 23, 2020, it
8320-400: The exterior wall on Vanderbilt Avenue, are cantilevered 4 feet (1.2 m) past the outermost set of columns. There are additional girders just below each of the upper-story setbacks; these girders support the columns above the setbacks. Near the center of the hotel were six passenger elevators, five service elevators, and one freight elevator. Garbage and laundry chutes were placed next to
8448-516: The first female and youngest-ever executive editor at Billboard and led its first major redesign since the 1960s, designed by Daniel Stark and Stark Design. During Conniff's tenure, Billboard 's newsstand sales jumped 10%, ad pages climbed 22% and conference registrations rose 76%. In 2005, Billboard expanded its editorial outside the music industry into other areas of digital and mobile entertainment. In 2006, after leading Billboard's radio publication, former ABC News and CNN journalist Scott McKenzie
8576-401: The following year, New York United Hotels Inc. began issuing gold bonds for the same amount. By early 1923, half of the storefronts had already been leased; the tenants included several women's clothing shops. The Roosevelt Hotel opened on September 22, 1924, with a party attended by 1,500 guests. It had cost $ 12 million (equivalent to $ 213,344,000 in 2023) in total. Edward Clinton Fogg
8704-404: The ground story. According to plans published by Architecture and Building magazine, the hotel building is 250 feet (76 m) tall. The hotel building contains setbacks to comply with the 1916 Zoning Resolution ; it was one of the first major hotels in New York City to be developed after the resolution was enacted. The first three stories of the hotel occupy nearly the entire site. To
8832-401: The guestrooms. The booths were intended for guests who wanted to stay for only a few hours, and they also provided temporary guest accommodations when no guestrooms were available. Half of the booths contained cots. On the far eastern end of the second floor, a balcony overlooked the ballroom on three sides. The guestrooms started on the third story, although part of this story contained
8960-438: The hotel for $ 25,000 in March 1934, saying that New York Central held the hotel's mortgage and that the leasehold was worthless because the hotel's rent was overdue. Despite protests from bondholders, a federal judge approved Roosevelt Hotels Inc.'s bid, as there had not been any other offers for the hotel. Shortly afterward, New York Central agreed to drop its dispossession proceedings against New York United Hotels as part of
9088-459: The hotel from HCA that April. During the 1960s, Realty Hotels replaced about half of the manually operated elevators at the Barclay, Biltmore, Commodore, and Roosevelt, and it renovated these hotels as part of a $ 22 million modernization program. Realty Hotels' president said the renovations had helped attract new and returning customers to the hotels. The People's Republic of China delegation to
9216-523: The hotel in 2000, and PIA then acquired Prince Faisal's ownership stake. The hotel closed in 2020 due to continued financial losses associated with the COVID-19 pandemic ; it reopened as a shelter for asylum seekers in 2023. The Roosevelt Hotel is at 45 East 45th Street in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City . It occupies an entire city block bounded by Madison Avenue to
9344-576: The hotel in December 1933, and several men proposed reorganizing New York United Hotels Inc. later the same month. The receivers paid an orchestra $ 2,500 per week to give daily performances in the grill room. Three minor bondholders filed another bankruptcy petition against the Roosevelt in January 1934, and a federal court approved a plan to reorganize the assets of New York United Hotels Inc. A corporation called Roosevelt Hotels Inc. offered to buy
9472-708: The hotel in mid-1952, adding 10,000 square feet (930 m ) by relocating a luncheon club from the 16th floor and consolidating some departments. In addition, the hotel's employee dormitories were converted to guestrooms, as an increasing number of employees had their own residences. The same year, the Realty Luncheon Club of New York moved into a clubhouse next to the Colonial Room. Roosevelt Hotel Inc.'s minority shareholders agreed in October 1952 to sell their stakes to Hilton Hotels, which purchased
9600-468: The hotel outright on December 31, 1952. Edward L. Buckley, who subsequently took over as the Roosevelt's general manager, announced in 1955 that the guestrooms would be renovated for $ 200,000. Hilton was installing air conditioners in all of the hotel's guestrooms by early 1956. After Hilton Hotels purchased the Statler Hotels chain in 1954, it owned large hotels in many major cities, including
9728-631: The hotel was developed by the New York Central Railroad and the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad and opened in 1924. The 19-story structure was designed by George B. Post & Son with an Italian Renaissance Revival -style facade, as well as interiors that resembled historical American buildings. The Roosevelt Hotel is one of several large hotels developed around Grand Central Terminal as part of Terminal City . Since 2000, Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has owned
9856-543: The hotel's staff. There were separate dining rooms for male staff, female staff, and the second officers (who helped manage the hotel) on the first basement level. The first basement formerly contained a passageway leading directly to Grand Central Terminal. This passageway also connected the hotel to the New York City Subway 's Grand Central–42nd Street station via the terminal's corridors. Additional passageways connected with other buildings such as
9984-504: The hotel. The hotel building contains setbacks to comply with the 1916 Zoning Resolution , as well as light courts above the third story on Madison Avenue. The hotel was mostly constructed above Grand Central Terminal's railroad tracks, and different structural frameworks were used in the lower and upper stories. The ground level largely contained stores, and the lobby, dining rooms, and other public rooms were one floor above ground. The third through 18th floors contained 1,025 rooms. When
10112-414: The hotel. The storefronts could also be accessed from the first story and the mezzanine due to the intricate floor layout. East of the arcade was a vestibule leading to a grill room on Vanderbilt Avenue; this vestibule was designed in a similar style to St. Paul's Chapel in lower Manhattan . The grill room was at the center of the Vanderbilt Avenue elevation and contained a dance floor surrounded by
10240-435: The land below the Roosevelt Hotel. The buildings were placed for auction in October 1971. Penn Central received two bids for the hotel, including a low bid of $ 9 million from UGP Properties, but both offers were rejected. The proceedings were delayed for several years. Penn Central subsequently withdrew its offer to sell Realty Hotels' properties, including the Roosevelt. Instead, Penn Central spent $ 4.5 million renovating
10368-486: The live entertainment touring industry. The conference and awards are held in November of each year, traditionally at the Roosevelt Hotel in Midtown Manhattan in New York City but, since 2016, at hotels in the Los Angeles area. The conference usually takes place over two days and is attended by figures from the music and concert industry. Each year features a keynote speaker from the performance industry, who in
10496-409: The main lobby was a "working lobby", which contained a reception desk on the western wall and passenger elevators on the eastern wall. To the north of the working lobby, a short flight of steps led up to a foyer for the Colonial Room, the hotel's breakfast room. The foyer's northern wall contained a life-size portrait of Theodore Roosevelt at its center. There was another lounge west of the foyer, named
10624-616: The main lobby, a small set of stairs led up to a lounge overlooking Madison Avenue, on the western side of the first floor. Known as the Madison Club Lounge, it measured 20 feet (6.1 m) wide and was patterned after a house in Coventry, Connecticut . The lounge was furnished in the Colonial style. An arcade led east of the main lobby, with a check room, porter's room, telephone room, and telegraph office. North of
10752-421: The main lobby, palm court, dining room, and breakfast rooms. The second story is surrounded by large trusses , creating large clear spans above the first story; the trusses are encased within thick partitions. Each of the trusses carries up to 1,500 short tons (1,300 long tons; 1,400 t). Typically, the space between the trusses would have been usable only as storage space. By creating door openings between
10880-566: The majority of the outstanding common stock in Roosevelt Hotel Inc. The Roosevelt became the Hilton chain's first hotel east of Texas, although Conrad Hilton expressed interest in purchasing more hotels in New York City. Simultaneously, New York Central renewed Roosevelt Hotel Inc.'s lease for another 21 years. Conrad Hilton called it "a fine hotel with grand spaces" and made the Roosevelt's Presidential Suite his home. The hotel had
11008-568: The most influential executives, artists and companies in the music industry, such as the following: Since 1990 Billboard established the Billboard Music Awards , an awards ceremony honors top album, artist and single in a number of different music genres which achieved the highest results during the year form sales, streaming, radio airplay, touring, and social engagement. The data are taken from Billboard and its data partners, including MRC Data and Next Big Sound . Through
11136-556: The new terminal was opened on February 2, 1913. Passenger traffic on the commuter lines into Grand Central more than doubled in the years following the terminal's completion. The terminal spurred development in the surrounding area, particularly in Terminal City, a commercial and office district created above where the tracks were covered. Terminal City soon became Manhattan's most desirable commercial and office district. A 1920 New York Times article said, "With its hotels, office buildings, apartments and underground streets it not only
11264-493: The north were a pair of breakfast rooms, named for Pilgrim settlers John Alden and Myles Standish . The breakfast rooms were decorated with Colonial-style wallpaper and woodwork. There was a kitchen on the eastern side of the first floor, surrounded on three sides by the main dining room and breakfast rooms. The kitchen was divided into multiple sections, including a dishwashing division, butcher's shop, refrigeration room, waiters' pantry, and room-service pantry. The kitchen
11392-417: The northeast corner of the ground floor, led to the service and freight elevators. Also at ground level were storefronts along Madison Avenue, 45th Street, and 46th Street. There were 18 storefronts in total, consisting of six on Madison Avenue, seven on 45th Street, and five on 46th Street. The storefronts on Madison Avenue and 45th Street could be accessed both from the street and from passageways inside
11520-399: The northern end of the Vanderbilt Avenue elevation was a service entrance. The ground level contained storefronts on three sides. The lowest horizontal course of the facade is made of black Belgian marble . The walls of the first story are made of grand antique marble from southern France, framing the storefronts. One contemporary writer described the ground-level storefronts as one of
11648-424: The old Tiffany Studios at Madison Avenue and 45th Street. Workers simultaneously started erecting the hotel's foundations. At the time, the Roosevelt was one of several hotels with over 1,000 rooms that were being developed across the United States. To finance the Roosevelt's construction, in December 1922, United Hotels Company of America subsidiary New York United Hotels Inc. received a $ 3.5 million loan. Early
11776-486: The palm room was the only public room on the first floor not designed in an early American style. Three steps led up from the palm room to the dining room, named for Hendrik Hudson . The main dining room was patterned after the mayor's office at New York City Hall. The dining room was furnished in the Chippendale style, and it contained three murals by N. C. Wyeth , which depicted Hudson's ship Halve Maen . To
11904-406: The passageway's entrance in 2008, and the corridor was sealed off around 2014. The ground level covered about 42,000 square feet (3,900 m ) and contained the shops, as well as a restaurant and pantry. Immediately past the vestibule , a stairway ascended from the arcade to the first-floor lobby; this staircase was decorated with iron panels from New York City Hall . An arcade led between
12032-611: The past have included the likes of Gene Simmons of Kiss and 3 Doors Down . While recorded music has an established awards structure headed by the Grammy Awards and also featuring the American Music Awards and the MTV Video Music Awards , live performance music has not had the same. The Billboard Touring Awards are an attempt to fill that gap. Billboard previously attempted to enter
12160-813: The phonograph and radio also contributed to its growing music emphasis. Billboard published the first music hit parade on January 4, 1936 and introduced a Record Buying Guide in January 1939. In 1940, it introduced Chart Line, which tracked the best-selling records, and was followed by a chart for jukebox records in 1944 called Music Box Machine. By the 1940s, Billboard was more of a music-industry specialist publication. The number of charts that it published grew after World War II , as new music interests and genres became popular. It had eight charts by 1987, covering different genres and formats, and 28 charts by 1994. By 1943, Billboard had about 100 employees. The magazine's offices moved to Brighton, Ohio in 1946, then to New York City in 1948. A five-column tabloid format
12288-460: The radio station WRNY in June 1925 from a room on the Roosevelt's 18th floor. WRNY's transmitter, originally located on the 18th floor, was moved to the roof in 1926. WRNY relocated its transmitter to New Jersey in August 1929, and the radio station moved its studios to 57th Street the next month. United Hotels merged with Bowman-Biltmore Hotels in mid-1929, and John McEntee Bowman took over
12416-493: The reorganization plan. The hotel company would replace all of its common stock, and the railroad would receive $ 1.3 million in new debentures. Another dining room at the Roosevelt also opened in 1934. Roosevelt Hotels Inc. signed a new lease for the hotel with the New York State Realty and Terminal Company in 1940. Hilton Hotels took over management of the Roosevelt in June 1943, when Conrad Hilton bought
12544-467: The rooms on the 16th through 18th stories also opened onto roof gardens. When the Roosevelt opened, it was characterized as having an Italian Renaissance Revival -style exterior. The hotel has a facade of Indiana limestone with terracotta trim, while the main exterior walls are made of light colored brick. The main entrance to the hotel was placed on 45th Street, though there were additional guest entrances on 46th Street and on Vanderbilt Avenue. Near
12672-471: The sale at the beginning of June 1978. Carter B. Horsley wrote that Loews's purchase of the three hotels "may save their future". At the time, the hotel had 1,076 rooms, and Loews was contemplating closing the Roosevelt Hotel and using it as an office building. Instead Loews resold the Biltmore and the Roosevelt to developer Paul Milstein in July 1978 for $ 30 million, and Milstein began considering converting
12800-412: The second floor, there was a telephone exchange with 75 trunk lines and a telephone switchboard with 98 lines. The Roosevelt originally contained teletype machines, which at the time of the hotel's opening were a novelty. When the hotel opened, its telephone booths were directly connected to the ventilation system; before air conditioning became popular, the ventilation system provided cool air to
12928-422: The service elevators. The Roosevelt Hotel produced much of its own steam, in contrast to other buildings in the area, which purchased steam from the New York Central Railroad because they did not have space for mechanical equipment. The Roosevelt purchased high-pressure steam from the railroad, but the hotel generated its own low-pressure steam using exhaust from engine generators, compressors, and auxiliaries. On
13056-456: The standard width of a carpet at the time. Rooms were arranged around the corridors on each story. Each room faced either the street or a light court, while the bathrooms in each room were placed near the corridor. On average, single bedrooms measured 11 by 18 feet (3.4 by 5.5 m), while twin bedrooms measured 12.5 by 18 feet (3.8 by 5.5 m). Originally, the rooms were decorated with molded wall panels; narrow metal trim, painted to match
13184-619: The third through 18th floors, each story contains central corridors surrounded by guestrooms. The slab-to-slab height of each story is 10 feet 2 inches (3.10 m), although the ceilings in each room are 8 feet 2 inches (2.5 m) high. The superstructure is divided into square modules, each with two guestrooms, two bathrooms, and two dressing rooms. There are steel columns at each corner of each guestroom, which are hidden within partitions. The side walls of each corridor contain girders , which are also placed within partitions. The easternmost portions of each story, as well as
13312-459: The three hotels to host a single convention across 4,000 guestrooms, 90 meeting rooms, 15 restaurants, and 50,000 square feet (4,600 m ) of exhibit space. By early 1964, the trustees of the insolvent New Haven Railroad expressed interest in taking over the hotel and leasing it to Realty Hotels, a holding company jointly run by the New Haven and the New York Central. Realty Hotels took over
13440-465: The tinted walls; and metal doors, finished in mahogany or walnut. The wallpaper, draperies and curtains, mirrors, furniture, and color scheme were all generally designed in the Colonial style. The Lincoln Furniture Company manufactured the original walnut furniture, while Alexander Smith & Sons manufactured the green carpets in each room. Some of the rooms also contained period furniture designed in
13568-476: The topmost stories. Each of these contained a drawing room; a dining room; three bedrooms with their own baths; a dressing room; a maids' room; and a pantry. These royal suites were decorated in the Colonial style, with furniture, wallpaper, four-poster beds , lights, and other furnishings. One of the suites, the Presidential Suite, had four bedrooms, a kitchen, formal living and dining areas, and
13696-518: The trusses' diagonals, the hotel's structural engineers were able to add a full second story between the trusses. The trusses also redistribute the loads from the upper stories, since different sets of columns are used above and below the second story. The upper chords of each truss, corresponding to the second-story ceiling, contain footings for the upper-story columns, which rise 17 stories. The upper chords are divided into 50-foot (15 m) sections, each of which contains footings for two columns. On
13824-423: The west side of the mezzanine had a barber shop, a beauty parlor, and bathrooms. The second floor covered 37,000 square feet (3,400 m ) and was surrounded by the trusses above the first story. It contained several small dining rooms and hotel offices. The dining rooms were placed along both Madison Avenue and 46th Street, while the executive offices and accounting department faced Madison Avenue. There
13952-477: The west, 46th Street to the north, Vanderbilt Avenue to the east, and 45th Street to the south. The land lot covers about 43,313 sq ft (4,023.9 m ) with a frontage of 200.83 ft (61.21 m) on either avenue and 215.67 ft (65.74 m) on either street. Nearby buildings include 383 Madison Avenue to the north, 245 Park Avenue to the northeast, the Helmsley Building to
14080-490: The west, on the Madison Avenue elevation of the facade, there are two light courts above the third story, and there is a setback above the 18th story. To the east, on the Vanderbilt Avenue elevation, there is a light court at the center, as well as setbacks above the 11th, 15th, and 18th stories. On the 12th story, the rooms on the eastern wing contained French doors , which opened out onto roof gardens . Many of
14208-451: The years, Billboard has established several other awards to honor different music genres, live performances, and artists. Since that Billboard established severals awards ceremonies and honors: Roosevelt Hotel (New York) The Roosevelt Hotel is a former hotel and a shelter for asylum seekers at 45 East 45th Street in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City . Named in honor of U.S. president Theodore Roosevelt ,
14336-481: Was accessed by a lounge directly above the working lobby. Also at the mezzanine level were a gallery and assembly room on 46th Street, as well as a ballroom that faced Vanderbilt Avenue. The double-height ballroom was originally known as the Colonial Ballroom; it later became the Grand Ballroom, which could fit 400 guests. The Colonial Ballroom included architectural details inspired by Southern mansions,
14464-453: Was adopted in November 1950 and coated paper was first used in Billboard ' s print issues in January 1963, allowing for photojournalism. Billboard Publications Inc. acquired a monthly trade magazine for candy and cigarette machine vendors called Vend , and in the 1950s it acquired an advertising trade publication called Tide . By 1969, Billboard Publications Inc. owned 11 trade and consumer publications, Watson-Guptill Publications,
14592-579: Was air conditioning in all public areas and 600 guest rooms, and there were televisions in 500 guest rooms. HCA announced plans to renovate the Roosevelt in late 1956, spending $ 8 million over the next eight years. The first part of the renovation to be completed was the Rib Room, which opened as a luncheon room at the end of that year. In 1962, amid competition from other hotels, the Biltmore, Commodore, and Roosevelt hotels formed an alliance to attract conventions with 1,500 to 5,000 guests. The alliance allowed
14720-468: Was also a linen room, a fan room, and maids' dormitories on the second floor. At the center of the second floor was a Turkish bath. The maids' dormitories were connected to the housekeeper's and assistant housekeeper's offices via a passageway under the Turkish bath. Connecting with the Turkish bath were 50 guest booths, which were furnished as dressing rooms and were rented at a discount compared to
14848-484: Was also chosen for practical reasons, as it was cheaper than any other architectural style, especially given the high costs of developing the hotel above the railroad tracks. Unlike most buildings in the U.S., the first floor was one story above the ground floor. The Roosevelt had 30,000 square feet (2,800 m ) of meeting and exhibit space, including two ballrooms and 17 additional meeting rooms ranging in size from 300 to 1,100 square feet (28 to 102 m ). It had
14976-574: Was announced that Penske Media Corporation would assume operations of the MRC Media & Info publications under a joint venture with MRC known as PMRC. The joint venture includes the management of Billboard . On January 13, 2024, Billboard shared the intent to further expand in Asia by announcing the launch of Billboard Korea . Billboard publishes a news website and weekly trade magazine that covers music, video and home entertainment. Most of
15104-522: Was directly above the ground-floor grill room and directly below the mezzanine-level ballrooms, allowing food to be delivered quickly to these rooms. Dumbwaiters and stairs led to pantries at ground level and on the mezzanine. There was a mezzanine level directly above the first floor, spanning 30,000 square feet (2,800 m ). At the mezzanine level, a balcony overlooked the main lobby on three sides; it had an iron balustrade salvaged from an old residence on Irving Place in Manhattan. This balcony
15232-409: Was founded in 1894 by William Donaldson and James Hennegan as a trade publication for bill posters. Donaldson later acquired Hennegan's interest in 1900 for $ 500. In the early years of the 20th century, it covered the entertainment industry, such as circuses, fairs and burlesque shows, and also created a mail service for travelling entertainers. Billboard began focusing more on the music industry as
15360-575: Was hired as the Roosevelt's first managing director. In December 1925, various members of the Roosevelt family dedicated a plaque in the lobby, honoring Theodore Roosevelt; the plaque depicted a Ding Darling cartoon that had appeared in the New-York Tribune after the former president died. To provide further financing for the Roosevelt, United Hotels issued $ 5.5 million in debentures in early 1927. Meanwhile, Hugo Gernsback started
15488-624: Was named editorial director across all Billboard properties. Conniff launched the Billboard Women in Music event in 2007. Bill Werde was named editorial director in 2008, and was followed by Janice Min in January 2014, also responsible for editorial content at The Hollywood Reporter . The magazine became more of a general-interest music-news source rather than solely an industry trade, covering more celebrity and fashion news. Min hired Tony Gervino as editor although he did not have
15616-556: Was one of eight publications sold to e5 Global Media Holdings. e5 was formed by investment firms Pluribus Capital Management and Guggenheim Partners for the purpose of the acquisition. The following year, the new parent company was renamed Prometheus Global Media . Three years later, Guggenheim Partners acquired Pluribus' share of Prometheus and became the sole owner of Billboard . In December 2015, Guggenheim Digital Media spun out several media brands, including Billboard , to its own executive Todd Boehly . The assets operate under
15744-419: Was renamed to simply Billboard . According to The New Business Journalism , by 1984, Billboard Publications was a "prosperous" conglomerate of trade magazines, and Billboard had become the "undisputed leader" in music-industry news. In the early 1990s, Billboard introduced Billboard Airplay Monitors , a publication for disc jockeys and music programmers. By the end of the 1990s, Billboard dubbed itself
15872-469: Was replaced by Keith Girard, who was subsequently fired in May 2004. Girard and a female employee filed a $ 29 million lawsuit alleging that Billboard fired them unfairly with an intent to damage their reputations and that they experienced sexual harassment, a hostile work environment and a financially motivated lack of editorial integrity. Email evidence suggested that human resources were given special instructions to watch minority employees. The case
16000-411: Was settled out of court in 2006 for an undisclosed sum. In the 2000s, economic decline in the music industry dramatically reduced readership and advertising from Billboard ' s traditional audience. Circulation declined from 40,000 in circulation in the 1990s to less than 17,000 by 2014. The publication's staff and ownership were also undergoing frequent changes. In 2004, Tamara Conniff became
16128-498: Was the first black critic at a national magazine with a predominantly white audience. According to his grandson, Donaldson also established a policy against identifying performers by their race. Donaldson died in 1925. Billboard ' s editorial content changed focus as technology in recording and playback developed, covering "marvels of modern technology" such as the phonograph and wireless radios. The magazine began covering coin-operated entertainment machines in 1899 and created
16256-458: Was the third basement, which contained a heating plant, engine room, fan room, and guest laundry. The second basement contained a staff bakery, ice-making machines, and various storage rooms for housekeeping. There was also a garbage-sorting room and an incineration room in the second basement. The first basement included storage space for the ground-level storefronts, in addition to a kitchen, cafeteria, locker room, and service facilities for
16384-482: Was tracked in the paper's Routes Ahead column, and then Billboard would receive mail on the star's behalf and publish a notice in its Letter-Box column that it had mail for him or her. This service was first introduced in 1904 and became one of Billboard ' s largest sources of profit and celebrity connections. By 1914, 42,000 people were using the service. It was also used as the official address of traveling entertainers for draft letters during World War I . In
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