Fader Publisher Andy Cohn: 'This Generation Is Just Not Going To Wait That Long For Music News'
We all know how the rip-and-burn MP3 culture has drawn the ire of the recording industry — Metallica’s Lars Ulrich included. But what about the industry’s magazines, who have collectively witnessed the underwhelming sale of Spin and subsequent struggle to integrate a new editor, a general decline in advertising revenue, and the closing of niche titles like Harp, Circus and Grooves?
“They [mainstream music magazines] are being beaten to every story by blogs and music-driven Web sites, as the timing is too immediate for monthlies, bi-monthlies, or weeklies to try and compete with,” says Fader publisher Andy Cohn.
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