'The Situation Can't Be Unf*cked'

Arthur magazine, the five-year-old neo-music rag found free in the entrances of the city’s hipster haunts like Other Music, is dead. The reason? A dispute between the magazine’s founding editor, Jay Babcock, and founding publisher Laris Kreslins.

Babcock has been trying to buy out Kreslins for a year. Talks broke down Thursday, and production on the magazine’s next issue (which was to have a cover article on Yoko Ono co-written by Thurston Moore) was halted.

Kreslins announced the decision yesterday on the Arthur magazine blog:

As of Friday, Feb.

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