King is a website geared toward
African-American and
urban male audiences. It features articles about
hip-hop and
R&B as well as sports and fashion. The magazine is published by
Townsquare Media and was a spinoff from
XXL. The magazine was started in 2005. It ceased publication on March 31, 2009, citing failing ad sales as a result of the poor economy and plans to release monthly installments soon. It resumed publication, this time as a quarterly magazine, in late 2009. It was later suspended again, and the website was sold by
Harris Publications to Townsquare Media in 2014.