Artrocker (magazine)
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Before switching to a digital format in 2013, it was stocked in larger branches of [[newsagent]]s, though its main availability was in music stores. The magazine started life as a weekly [[email]] newsletter before evolving into a printed magazine. Issue one featured [[KaitO]] on the cover and was released on 4 October 2004. The publication appeared on a bi-weekly basis until November 2007 (issue 72), when the magazine began publication on a monthly basis. Launching its first digital edition in 2010, Artrocker slowly phased out the print issue, with the tablet version outselling the magazine by 2012.[http://www.artrockermagazine.com/ArtrockerMediaPack2013.pdf Artrocker media pack, 2013 version] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160116161940/http://www.artrockermagazine.com/ArtrockerMediaPack2013.pdf |date=January 16, 2016 }} |
Before switching to a digital format in 2013, it was stocked in larger branches of [[newsagent]]s, though its main availability was in music stores. The magazine started life as a weekly [[email]] newsletter before evolving into a printed magazine. Issue one featured [[KaitO]] on the cover and was released on 4 October 2004. The publication appeared on a bi-weekly basis until November 2007 (issue 72), when the magazine began publication on a monthly basis. Launching its first digital edition in 2010, Artrocker slowly phased out the print issue, with the tablet version outselling the magazine by 2012.[http://www.artrockermagazine.com/ArtrockerMediaPack2013.pdf Artrocker media pack, 2013 version] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160116161940/http://www.artrockermagazine.com/ArtrockerMediaPack2013.pdf |date=January 16, 2016 }} |
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Artrocker provides an outlook on modern culture, with information on the UK music scene and the main emphasis firmly being placed on [[London]]. There are also sections dedicated to covering art and fashion, and classic bands from the past. Due to the demise of ''[[Melody Maker]]'' and ''[[Sounds (magazine)|Sounds]]'', the magazine was considered one of the very few rivals to |
Artrocker provides an outlook on modern culture, with information on the UK music scene and the main emphasis firmly being placed on [[London]]. There are also sections dedicated to covering art and fashion, and classic bands from the past. Due to the demise of ''[[Melody Maker]]'' and ''[[Sounds (magazine)|Sounds]]'', the magazine was considered one of the very few rivals to ''[[NME]]''. In 2008, the magazine claimed a circulation figure of 30,369,[http://www.artrockermagazine.com/ArtrockerMediaPack.pdf Artrocker press pack, 2008 version]{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} under current editor-in-chief Tom Fawcett, compared to around 68,000 for the NME.[http://www.abc.org.uk ABC circulation figures] Today, the circulation of ''NME'' sits at 15,384. |
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There is a certain rivalry evident between Artrocker and the NME, with Artrocker writers and readers apparently referring to the NME as "the Comic" and accusing them of jumping on "any old bandwagon". |
There is a certain rivalry evident between Artrocker and the NME, with Artrocker writers and readers apparently referring to the NME as "the Comic" and accusing them of jumping on "any old bandwagon". |
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