magazines

'Surfer' magazine shuts down after 60 years; Snowboarder, Bike & Powder too

Surfer, the iconic magazine which has chronicled surfing and surf culture since 1960, has shut down after 60 years in publication, another victim of the COVID economy.

NME owner's Time was spun off by Time Warner who might be making a big investment in VICE

Music magazines NME and UNCUT are owned who also own Time, Entertainment Weekly, Sports Illustrated, Fortune, LIFE, a whole bunch of magazines about hunting, and a ton of other titles too…

Nintendo Power still exists (but not for long)

Gamers of a certain age likely remember the days when their main fix of information about new and upcoming video games came in the form of the monthly Nintendo Power magazine that was delivered directly to their mailbox…

The Chicagoan returns

Our rollout: We officially launch on 2/20 at 50 stores near you, tho primarily throughout the city. Our website launches the same day. Our newsstand: Getting old school, we built a collection of 1920s pop-up newsstands that will appear throughout the city starting next week…

Paste Magazine, RIP

“We heard earlier today that Paste Magazine was in imminent danger of folding. Looks like it’s already happened. A tipster tells us “They announced it internally yesterday in an afternoon meeting, giving employees approx…

VIBE Magazine, RIP

“Vibe Magazine–one of the biggest music magazines in America–is folding. The entire music magazine landscape is full of the dead and dying…

Blender Magazine, RIP

Alpha Media Group closed Blender magazine today, eliminating about 30 jobs and reducing its portfolio of titles to Maxim alone. The April issue of Blender out now will be its last…

Relix & Jambands.com were bought, saved

Relix Magazine was launched by Les Kippel in 1974, stemming from the underground network of Grateful Dead concert-goers who taped and traded live recordings…