foundation of a new competing classic music publication by James R. Oestreich called Opus. Oestreich was a former High Fidelity classic music editor who was fired in 1983 for protesting the cutbacks in classic music coverage in the joint High Fidelity/Musical America publication. In protest to Oestreich dismissal, several noted classic music editors resigned in mass to eventually join Oestreich at his new publication. The reintroduction of the first separate issue of Musical America in 1987 was mishandled by ABC since ABC did not provide copies for distribution at newsstands in many major cities. Although Musical America's tenure at ABC was not very impressive, it avoided High Fidelity's fate of being sold to Diamandis and remained with ABC until 1991 when it was sold to media investor Gerry M. Ritterman. See also Audio (magazine) References External links Stereophile announces demise of High Fidelity List of High Fidelity equipment reviews from 1954–1974 List of High Fidelity equipment reviews from 1975–July, 1989 High Fidelity archive at the Internet Archive High Fidelity archive at Vintage Vacuum Audio from March 1954–May 1960 High Fidelity archives at American Radio History from Summer 1951–December 1970 Monthly magazines published in the United States Music magazines published in the United States Quarterly magazines published in the United States Defunct magazines published in the United States Magazines established in 1951 Magazines disestablished in 1989 Magazines published in Massachusetts