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Village Voice, RIP (no more online articles either)

NYC independent weekly ’The Village Voice’ ceased publication of its print edition in 2017 after 62 years of the paper but continued publish online. The digital edition is now dead too…

Warner Music Group buys Uproxx websites (reuniting Rawkus Records pals)

This means — among other things — that a record label owns a news website and also that a mini Rawkus Records reunion is happening.

Gawker sold for 1.35 million; The Onion, Jezebel & other Gizmodo sites are for sale

Gawker once had an estimated value of $100 million, but it was sold at auction for just $1.35 million, to the owner of women’s blog Bustle.

Aimee Mann, J. Mascis, Lee Fields, Jade Bird & more playing A2IM Indie Week 2018

While A2IM Indie Week is mostly for music industry types, there are some shows happening as part of it.

'Interview' editors trying to revive the magazine

’Interview’ filed for bankruptcy last month and announced it was shutting down, but a few of the editors are trying to revive the magazine which was founded by Andy Warhol in 1969…

Ticketfly still down (ransom demand??); Music Venues & Bands feeling the pain

Online ticketing service Ticketfly is still down, more than 24 hours since announcing they were the “target of a cyber incident.” It’s staying down as they investigate and “don’t have a specific timeline to share right now. We deeply regret the inconvenience caused by this incident and are working around the clock to resolve the issue and get all Ticketfly systems back up and running.”

Grammys president Neil Portnow, who told female artists "to step up," is stepping down

Grammys president Neil Portnow, who took serious flack after saying that female artists needed to “to step up” after the male-dominated winners at this year’s awards, is stepping down. He announced today that he’ll vacate the position he’s held since 2002 after the 2019 awards.

Ticketfly is down, reportedly "the target of a cyber incident"

Ticketing website Ticketfly has been having issues this week, and today they posted that they ”determined that Ticketfly has been the target of a cyber incident.”

Interview Magazine, RIP

The publication was founded by Andy Warhol in 1969 and was nicknamed “The Crystal Ball of Pop” for its unedited interviews with artists, musicians and free thinkers.

Meredith Graves leaving MTV News to be Director of Music at Kickstarter

“I’m here to help figure out new ways to assure that all of us, no matter where we are on our journey as musicians, feel more-or-less amazing every day we get up and create, sing, compose, bawl, shred, whatever it looks like when we allow ourselves to create freely” — Perfect Pussy singer and MTV News anchor Meredith Graves on her new job at Kickstarter.
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