LSMedia, LSRadio and LSFilmmakers
LGoS used to publish the Liverpool Student newspaper, which was a joint publication with Liverpool Students' Union and Liverpool Hope Students' Union, until it closed down in May 2007 because of increasing costs and declining advertising revenues. Shortly after, in 2007 LGoS produced its own official publication, Sphinx magazine, referring to the original student publication of the Guild in the early 1900s. Sphinx itself folded by the start of September 2008 due to rising costs and a lack of advertising revenue.
Although not officially organised by LGoS, Sphinx magazine was replaced with the web based venture LSMedia (Liverpool Student Media) The site launched on October 23, 2008. In 2011, under editor Matt Healy, LSMedia was shortlisted for a Guardian Student Media award under the category "Website of the Year". Following on from this success the LSMedia site underwent a layout change, under new editor Dani Telford. The site also was listed on popular news search engine Google News.
The Guild is also home to a student run, internet radio station, LSRadio. Founded in 1961 as radio enthusiast group, Liverpool Amateur Radio Society, the station has gone under many different names including XSLive in the 90s, ICON Radio between 2002 and 2011, before rebranding as LSRadio in 2011. Notable LSRadio alumni include BBC Radio 1's Nick Grimshaw and Tulip Mazumdar. LSRadio is a member of the Student Radio Association.
The third Guild media society is LSFilmmakers (often abbreviated as LSFilm). They work with the Guild, LSMedia and LSRadio to produce student relevant content on YouTube and Vimeo, as well as live streaming through sites such as UStream.
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