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Concerns Arise When Music Mags Produce Albums

East Bay Express   |  Oscar Pascual   |   June 28, 2007 08:47 AM

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The one-two punch of declining ad sales and digital downloads has bloodied the noses of music magazines and their record-label advertisers. In times of trouble, Wu-Tang Financial says "You gotta diversify," and that's exactly how the magazines are coping.
Subject(s): Vice , Filter

Vice Records, an offshoot of culture and music publication Vice magazine, now releases music from Bloc Party, the Streets, and Charlotte Gainsbourg. The Fader magazine's Fader Label has released albums by hip-hop poet and emcee Saul Williams and UK rock band Editors. Filter magazine's Filter US Recordings boasts a low-key, impressive roster that includes Icelandic indie darlings Sigur Rós.

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