MP3 blogs are apparently 'the future' of content filtration and recommendation in the music industry. Old magazines are no longer profitable because no1 buys them cuz u can't stream mp3s on paper. Some indie music magazine called PASTE just 'went under.' Did yall read that mag, or are music mags for 'cool dads'? Do u like reading glorified blurbs about glorified generic sounding indie rock bands?

Not sure if that means they will still have a blog spot web presence, or if they will just 'shut it all down.'

"Seems sad" -a cool dad who loves 2 read magazines

The music monthly Paste magazine is shuttering its print publication after struggling financially for more than a year.

Editor-in-chief Josh Jackson said Wednesday that the magazine based in suburban Atlanta will keep its popular website going but will stop sending print editions to its more than 200,000 subscribers.

Seems unchill to 'axe' all of their music writers. Wonder if they will just outsource content production to India. Feel like that will probably keep 'writers' from thinking that they are actual artists.

Wonder if they will 'see a backlash' from people who donated to their fundraising campaign, but now feel 'effed over' that it went under.

Last year, the magazine asked readers to donate money to help it stay afloat. That drew thousands of dollars. Jackson says the donations helped delay the inevitable, after advertising revenue dropped.

Good thing 'website format' is their core competency. Wonder if Pitchfork 'dodged the bullet' by not trying to make a paper edition 'work' in the early 2000s?

Paste started as a website in 1998 and was first published on paper in 2002. Each monthly edition includes articles and photos on music, film and culture, plus a CD with songs from up-and-coming artists.

It seems like all hype machine mp3 bloggers should 'take out a bottle of champagne' since 'we' just won another battle, taking down another antiquated media standard by 'stealing their content + ads + improving the user experience.' Seems exciting, like a 'great day for new media.'

Do yall like mp3 blogs more than 'rock n roll magazines'?
Which music magazine is gonna go under next? Rolling Stone? SPIN? Buzzband Magazine? Gorilla Vs Bear Weekly Zine?
Do yall miss 'authentic music journalism'?
Is it weird when blogs write about magazines dying being a 'sad day'?
Should blogs celebrate any time a newspaper or magazine 'folds'?
Is 'music journalism' overrated?
When will HRO 'go under'?
When will blogs die?
Should HRO MEDIA ENTERPRISES hire the fired Paste Staff at 'below market wages', or should they just create some sort of 'robot' that scrapes the web and generates a crappy blurb based on other articles?
Is 'indie dead' or just indie rock magazines?

R u gonna miss PASTE?
Is music journalism 'dead'?