Music news!
Music mags slump in ABCs : Music magazines such as NME and Kerrang! have had a considerable drop in sales, according to the ABC magazine circulation figures.
Sales of IPC Media’s NME, whose recently appointed new editor Krissi Murison is due to take control on September 1 following the departure of Conor McNicholas, plummeted more than 27% year on year and hovered just above 40,000 weekly copies in June.
The magazine industry’s music sector as a whole underperformed, recording an overall slump in sales of 9.4%.
I used to love reading this a few years ago, but nowadays I find that as a magazine it is very fickle. All over popular bands and then slagging them off a month later. Yet NME readers can still take every word printed as gospel! NME is looked down upon by many people I meet, being referred to as ‘that indie magazine’, but the NME doesn’t actually contain that much indie music these days in a broad sense. The artists covered including Arctic Monkeys, Green Day aren’t exactly unknown are they! With a new editor Krissi Murrison taking over 1st September I am hoping that this will bring about a change to the magazine, some new directions, make it less predictable please!
I also need to mention the NME 2009′s Future List examples…
39. Lady Gaga
30. Beck
19. Twitter
Correct me if i’m wrong but how are any of these 2009′s future list? Congrats NME for stating the obvious!!
And the plummet in sales could be for numerous reasons. Credit crunch? The fact they keep increasing the price, and is it really worth paying that much when I can borrow it off my housemate to try and crack the crossword, which is the only real bit of interest!!
I think the issue with magazines is the world of internet at the individuals fingertips now. Music is so accessible, in someways people are more fickle towards music as well. Music isn’t treated how it used to be, it can be thrown off your collection by a single click of a button. Music blogging, streaming sites etc. make it much easier for an individual to discover new music these days.
I however am a big lover of the magazine Pigeon Stool, it’s free and hilarious! I was sitting waiting for a train in hysterics. That’s what I want to be reading, music mixed with politics.
Steve Lamacq bows out to Radio 1 : Steve Lamacq was one of the few decent things about Radio 1, but I changed over to Radio 6 a few months ago, (I didn’t have DAB radio and making good use of it now!) so I get to listen to him weekdays anyway. After reading the new schedule of Radio 1, trying to appeal to a younger generation (I still think they haven’t got a clue) and the departure of Steve Lamacq I can’t see myself tuning back in again!!
