The future of the music press?

Anything about MUSIC but doesn't fit into the forums above.
Post Reply New Topic
RELATED
PRODUCTS

Post

Looks pretty bad :(

http://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/a ... -sales-abc

What is strange is that there are so little digital sales, both NME and Q only sell a couple of thousand digital copies of their issues.

Post

Bad ?
It states "NME’s total reach across all platforms was now 3.6 million, “bigger than it has ever been” despite its decline in print. In its print heyday, the magazine sold more than 300,000. "

If total readership is " "bigger than it has ever been" and your saying that's bad,then what would you consider good ?

for the record, I don't read NME.Never have.

Post

Acid Mitch wrote:If total readership is " "bigger than it has ever been" and your saying that's bad,then what would you consider good ?
Back in the day, do you think they counted all those who read the mag at the newsagent, as readers?

Gonna be sad if it closes down it's regular print edition, a web page can never quite be the same...

Before the internet, before DAB radios, before satellite TV, not much more than 20 years ago, the only way I had a decent chance to follow what happend in music, and learn about new releases was via NME, MM and the like

Post

Do you (Numanoid) purchase NME every week?

I stopped reading magazines years ago, yeah you can blame the web. The only mag I read now is Sound On Sound, via an iPad subscription.

Books, I prefer the real deal, though ... it's just not the same on a pad.
... space is the place ...

Post

ZenPunkHippy wrote:Do you (Numanoid) purchase NME every week?
I bought it when I was more interested in following music, than mucking about myself.

Now I buy CM and Beat Magazine instead.

Seeing how NME, Q, et al print editions are falling, I am afraid that CM and Beat may be in the same boat :(

Post Reply

Return to “Everything Else (Music related)”