Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Paste Magazine folds

Posted by on Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 4:58 PM

click to enlarge Paste_Magazine_Is_Dead.jpeg

​In its January 26 issue of this year, Paste Magazine posed an interesting question: is indie dead? We're sad to report that the magazine couldn't stick around to find out. Paste has died. It's a sad day for music journalism fans.

The Americana-oriented indie music magazine based out of Decatur, Georgia -- whose tagline was "Signs of Life in Music, Film and Culture" -- has folded its print edition, though publishers say that the magazine will continue its website.

Editor Josh Jackson told a local Atlanta mag:

Now, the owners of the monthly have shut down their internationally-distributed magazine and laid off the entire staff -- all 11 of them -- though they vowed to continue publishing online.

"We're still in business, we're just putting the print magazine on hiatus," editor Josh Jackson told the AJC Wednesday. "We had to basically lay off the entire staff," he added.

Paste was nominated for two National Magazine Awards in 2008 and 2009, and was highly praised by critics and leaders during its 8-year run. 


Only a year ago, readers and fans donated over $250,000 to keep the magazine afloat during hard times; but, the lack of advertising wasn't enough to keep Paste from shutting down. 

We're sorry to see you go, Paste

Tags: , , ,

Comments (1)

Showing 1-1 of 1

Add a comment

 
Subscribe to this thread:
Showing 1-1 of 1

Add a comment

Latest in The Fast Pitch

Slideshows

All contents ©2013 Kansas City Pitch LLC
All rights reserved. No part of this service may be reproduced in any form without the express written permission of Kansas City Pitch LLC,
except that an individual may download and/or forward articles via email to a reasonable number of recipients for personal, non-commercial purposes.

All contents © 2012 SouthComm, Inc. 210 12th Ave S. Ste. 100, Nashville, TN 37203. (615) 244-7989.
All rights reserved. No part of this service may be reproduced in any form without the express written permission of SouthComm, Inc.
except that an individual may download and/or forward articles via email to a reasonable number of recipients for personal, non-commercial purposes.
Website powered by Foundation