A revista Long Live Vynil, de origem britânica, anunciou o fim da sua publicação regular em papel. Depois de uma interrupção de alguns meses justificada pela pandemia que afeta neste momento todo o mundo, a revista tinha acabado de lançar o número 63 (com Nick Cave na capa) quando anunciou o fim da sua publicação “como título periódico mensal”. O título vai, no entanto, manter-se ativo online, não sendo especificado se esta nova vida será na forma de uma edição periódica ou feita através de uma publicação regular de conteúdos no seu site, sendo certa a manutenção de atividade das redes sociais associadas à marca. Haverá ainda uma newsletter. Para já está disponível uma janela de acesso de assinantes ao arquivo da revista.
Ao contrário do destino da Long Live Vinyl, as outras revistas sobre música do mesmo grupo, vão manter-se no papel. A Classic Pop já voltou às bancas. E em setembro regressará a Vintage Rock.
O anuncio foi revelado nas redes sociais. E ali lia-se a explicação do sucedido…
- The economic impact of the Covid-19 lockdown on magazine sales and advertising income mean it’s simply no longer commercially viable for us to produce physical copies of Long Live Vinyl every month, despite our best efforts and the valued support we’ve had from readers, advertisers and partners. (…)
- As Founding Editor Ian Peel comments: “I’m really disappointed that we’re having to stop publishing Long Live Vinyl as a monthly magazine, due to circumstances completely out of our control. But I’m looking forward to being part of building its new life as an online magazine. Please stay connected with us!”
- Magazine editor Gary Walker said: “I’m desperately sad that the print magazine hasn’t made it through this unprecedented global recession. With a small but incredibly dedicated and talented team and limited resources, we produced a magazine to be proud of, championing the cause of independent record shops and labels who shared our passion for records and all aspects of collecting culture.
- “I’d like to thank everyone who bought the print magazine and the many friends we made throughout the music industry over the past three years. It’s a cliché, but we couldn’t have done it without you. I’m enormously proud of the unbelievably talented team of contributors and columnists we were privileged to have grace the pages of Long Live Vinyl during my first job as an editor. You made going to work a daily pleasure. Although I’m sadly now leaving Long Live Vinyl, it’s been a total honour and an experience I’ll never forget. Thank you. (…)
- In the meantime, thank you so much for your support for a project that far outstripped our initial expectations and dreams when first launched back in 2016 and we hope you’ll continue to support us in this new stage of our journey.
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