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Blurt!

As reported by Jason Gross at PopMatters, Blurt Magazine online will take the place of the recently finished Harp Magazine. That certainly good news, and well-reported feature writing online is certainly welcome to the party!

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Skope RIP

This just in from the GirlGroup list - Skope Magazine is closing its print edition:

Dear Subscriber,
I know that many of you are shocked at the news of Skope Magazine closing
up the print edition. We appreciate all the emails & phone calls of
support & luv. It means so much!
We just wanted to let you know that we will continue on with Skopemag.com
& Skope Live!
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visits/month. Content on the site is updated hourly and the site offers a full

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Resonance Magazine RIP Spring 2008 may come to be known as the year of the music magazine broke. Resonance, a Seattle-based, nationally distributed music magazine, has decided to fold, following Harp, No Depression, and others. More here... dc's blog • Add new comment Harp Magazine closes Reprinted from Harp's website: Harp Magazine Discontinues Publishing after Seven-Year Run Harp Magazine March 17, 2008 Guthrie, Inc., the company that publishes Harp magazine, announced today that it has discontinued publishing Harp, effective immediately. The last issue sent to subscribers and newsstands was the March/April issue with Dave Grohl on the cover. dc's blog • Add new comment • Read more Oxford American Great Music Writing book I'm excited to learn that the great Oxford American magazine is putting out a book of its collected music writing this fall, The Oxford American Book of Great Music Writing, with the U. of Arkansas Press. News from here, sadly. dc's blog • Add new comment 123456next ›last »

Best Music Writing Click here for the Best Music Writing Sources This year's book Best Music Writing 2007 has been available since October 22, 2007. Get it from: Your favorite indie book shop, Powell's Books, for $15.95 Or: Border's, for $15.95 Barnes & Noble, for $14.35 Books A Million, for $11.51 Amazon, for $10.85 Praise for the BMW Series “A diverse time capsule that grapples with pop music’s most engaging issues.”—Blender “The stories behind the music can be as inspiring as the music itself… will likely inspire the reader to seek out a lot of new music.”—New York Press “…one of the few regular publications to be dependably open to every type of music imaginable…Whether an authoritative aggregation or merely a starting point, it’s a shame it’s only an annual.”—Relix “In all it’s quite a celebration of the vast enterprise known as music.”—Signal to Noise Praise for the 2006 Edition “Our favorite year-end read.”—Cleveland Scene “Terrorism, sexual misconduct, and wholesome nostalgia, treated with a discernible backbeat and sprightly writing make for an excellent anthology.” ––Booklist “the book finally reflects the current state of not just music journalism but music listening… These essays encapsulate a chilly, malefic year for music indeed.” —The Stranger “Da Capo’s Best Music Writing 2006’s essays create a confrontational, challenging, and varied portrait of music criticism that highlights a visceral reaction to music over academic posturing…”—VenusZine rss Subscribe in a reader Subscribe by Email