So Paste is an independently published music magazine, which does a pretty decent job operating on the pulse of the indie music world. The magazine's feature articles and music reviews are always ripe thought-provoking material. But now Paste is asking readers to donate money to the publication, which is sad not just for Paste but for music journalism in general.The whole field of music journalism is sort of meandering between the celebrity reporting of Rolling Stone and the hunt-and-peck style of, say, Stereogum. Paste was one of the few pubs which managed to offer both a compelling print version and also an online companion which gave original material of its own.
Will their PBS fund raising stunt spell the end of Paste Magazine. If not, maybe all publications should start asking for user donations and do away with advertising. Sort of like a listener supported radio station. That couldn't possibly work, could it?
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