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Four Reasons Music Magazines Are Doing Almost As Well As The Music Business

This year has been a rough one for music magazines: their ranks are thinning, the business they're covering is becoming more notable for being one that's putting out a product people don't want to pay for than anything else, and now Crain's New York Business puts into numbers what anyone who picked up a music magazine probably noticed already: Ad pages at the big four magazines are down substantially from last year's tallies, even as the magazines are increasing their rate bases. (Only Spin has weathered the downturn, with its ad pages actually up 22% since 2007.) Why? More »

3:45 PM on Mon Apr 21 2008
By Maura Johnston
1,276 views, 10 comments

Latest by porkch0p31: I haven't read Rolling Stone for years and years. It's just not an enjoyable magazine anymore ... and they certainly don't "keep it real." more »

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"Miss Rap Supreme" Brings In A Ringer

The follow-up to last year's ego trip's (White) Rapper Show debuts on VH1 next month, and as previously reported, it's going to focus on the ladies. ego trip's Miss Rap Supreme will be hosted by MC Serch and Yo-Yo, and it'll offer one of 10 ladies residing in a Los Angeles compound known as the "Fembassy" (seriously?) a lump sum of $100,000 and the title of Miss Rap Supreme. The contestants are pictured above, and if one of them looks vaguely familiar to you, well, you're not mistaken: More »

3:00 PM on Wed Mar 19 2008
By Maura Johnston
2,844 views, 7 comments

Latest by Tauwan: That is THE most attractive group of women I have ever seen IN MY LIFE! Real talk. more »