9.26.2003

 

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30 June 2003 press releases 2003

MUZIK MAGAZINE TO CLOSE

IPC ignite! is to close its monthly dance magazine, Muzik, with effect from the August issue on sale July 9.

Advertisement and copy sale revenues have declined in parallel with the decline of this sector of the Music market, to the point that the title is no longer economically viable.

Tim Brooks, managing director of IPC ignite! – which also publishes the market-leading rock weekly NME and the award-wining music & movies monthly Uncut - says: “We have a very talented and dedicated team on Muzik, and I want to thank them all for their hard work and their grace under pressure. Sadly, nothing they could do in isolation was going to turn around this sector of the Music market. Just like the broader Music industry of which we’re proud to be a part, we have to channel our resources to where the consumers are.”

The closure will result in no more than ten redundancies, and every effort will be made to find alternative jobs for all those affected.

For further information, please contact Julie York, director of corporate communications, IPC Media, Tel: 020 7261 5880 or Email: julie_york@ipcmedia.com

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this cant be happening..
not when i was going to go over and start a direct debit subscription, which would have meant no queuing at newstands, no worries about missing the latest, greatest issue (i missed the one with the zouk cd, mind) plus a free cd to boot. hot damn. now what will i do when im there?

no wonder i din find muzik at kino last week. and on a more sinister note, ministry is back.. trashy as ever. but still with a free cd. it remains to be seen if my craving for a free cd every month wins out over championing responsible journalism.

on a related note, i realise, to my horror, that nobody has mourned the passing of the Selecta, the syndicated weekly showcase of brit music (never pop!!) sponsored by the British Council and locally-fronted by jean danker. now my saturdays are that much darker. =(

ive also just been informed, at the last minute, that i will be subbing as a competitive runner for tuesday's cross-country trail since a few of my frens bowed out (due to illness... and i was the one who sent them to the medical centre, natch). i shall make history by being the slowest competitive runner in the history of the unit.. if not the world!

just cant help but feel incredibly optimistic. wow. =\

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