Q Magazine's Future In Doubt

The King of Um said:
Ah, the good old days when the NME writers all discovered structuralism and post-modernism. No Sigue Sigue Sputnik review complete without a quote from Derrida.
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Yeah, they had a lot of writers in the early 80s who weren't particularly into music (probably earlier, it wasn't a priority for Julie Burchill or Tony Parsons, who emerged during punk). Late 80s to early 90s NME has had a fair bit of influence on 6Music - Mary-Anne Hobnobs, Maconie and Steve Lamacaque all emerged through writing for NME (Lamacaque was the journo who was there when Richie Edwards carved 4Real into his arm post-gig).
 


used to read q until penny dropped about 20 years ago they favoured certain big bands with good album reviews for interviews. Got feeling damon alban released an album of himself having a dump and it would get 5 stars with description of ' groundbreaking ' mandatory .
 
Arkle said:
Seemed inevitable.
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In many respects, yes. It really feels like coronavirus has accelerated mainstream / national print media to the finish line.

Fanzines and independents may continue to chug along with their core fanbase but ultimately print cannot support a living for anyone involved now, so most will question what the point in it all is.

Q going should be a sad moment for anyone with more than a passing interest in modern music. It's not just the staff, it's a whole ecosystem (the new bands who don't get the column inches, the labels who lose out on exposure > sales, the freelance photographers and writers, prospective fans who will turn to some grim algorithm to discover music) taking another one in the eye. 2020's been a laugh hasn't it.
 
Q was a great Mag when Mark Ellen and Dave Hepworth ran the show.
mickb2112 said:
There`s a thing called Readly that I tried a while ago and for £7.99 you get tons of magazines that you can read on your phone/tablet/computer. That has Q, Mojo, Uncut, Classic Rock, Prog, Planet Rock, Uncut, BBC History, History of War, The Week, Commando :)D), Viz, Photography magazines, Stuff, The Week, Time, BBC Wildlife and tons of other stuff. basically for the cost of one magazine you get access to loads of other stuff. It`s a bit like Spotify for magazines. Best of all you can have several user accounts so everyone in the family can have their own favourites saved.
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Yeah pal I've subscribed to that for years. Great value. There is definitely still a place for magazines they look great on this app on the iPad.
 
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bedlington mackem said:
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That is an incredible app. It`s got just about everything. Wish it had the UK version of The Week and National Geographic and it`d be perfect
 
herra soul mob said:
used to read q until penny dropped about 20 years ago they favoured certain big bands with good album reviews for interviews. Got feeling damon alban released an album of himself having a dump and it would get 5 stars with description of ' groundbreaking ' mandatory .
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i remember them giving massive attacks blue lines 2 stars when it was first released only to later judge it one of the albums of the decade
 
It's a shame for them.

I bought it fairly regularly for about a decade, even then it was very repetitive. A bit of a waste of cash if I'm being truthful. Same for Empire really.
 

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