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 22nd July 2020, 11:21 PM
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Sad but not surprising really.
https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/q...roT3rcmwceNLZBM From Official Charts site. "The music magazine's closure is solely as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, said its editor Ted Kessler. "We've been a lean operation for all of my tenure, employing a variety of ways to keep our head above water in an extremely challenging print market. Covid19 wiped all that out," said Kessler in his final editor's letter. Q Magazine was launched in October 1986 by Mark Ellen and David Hepworth and was published by EMAP until January 2008 when the brand was sold onto Bauer Media Group. Q had a spin off radio station which ran for five years between 2008 and 2013, and also had a sister music TV channel which broadcast from 2000 to 2012. The brand has also held The Q Awards since 1990. The final edition of Q will be available on July 28, 2020. Apparently sales were down from 200,000 in the late 90's to just 28,000 just before lockdown. This post has been edited by Crazy Chris: 22nd July 2020, 11:29 PM |
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23rd July 2020, 06:25 AM
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I would guess other magazines may follow. Apparently the film one, Empire is in trouble too now.
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23rd July 2020, 07:28 AM
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It's a shame that it's happening. Q Mag played a pretty big role in shaping my music tastes back when I was studying GCSE's. We even had some 2014-2016 issues in the school library and I would usually spent time looking at the album reviews, artists recommending albums and details of upcoming albums.
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