Spin magazine has gone full bore into the shitter. The print version has anyway. I didn’t need any more than one issue of their updated layout that came out this summer to know I didn’t want any part of it any longer. It read more like a freebee you’d find at Urban Outfitters than a respectable news-music magazine.
My guess is that they’re trimming fat on the magazine, which probably doesn’t make much money, to focus on Spin.com , which will eventually be resonsible for making all the money. Maybe not such a bad move. Rather than shutting it down, run it into the ground. Go out with dignity.
I will say, Spin.com has gotten much better over the past 2 years. Whether or not it’s going to be a viable business is still up in the air, though, I think. Sites like Pitchfork and Stereogum seem to have comparable access to musicians, maybe not Bono or Bon Jovi. (Who cares about these guys anyhow. That’s what People magazine is for.) And they feature content that’s more tantalzing and fill comment boards and gets lot of forwards. It going to be tough to compete with them.
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