Paste (magazine)

Paste is an American monthly music and entertainment digital magazine, headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia,^[1] with studios in Atlanta and Manhattan,^[2] and owned by Paste Media Group. The magazine began as a website in 1998. It ran as a print publication from 2002 to 2010 before converting to online-only.^[3]

Paste

Editor	Josh Jackson
Categories	Online, American music
Frequency	Digital, monthly
Publisher	Paste Media Group
First issue	July 2002; 21 years ago (2002-07)
Final issue	August 31, 2010 (2010-08-31) (print)
Country	United States
Based in	2852 E College Ave. Decatur, Georgia, U.S.^[1]
Language	English
Website	pastemagazine.com
ISSN	1540-3106

History

The magazine was founded^[4] as a quarterly in July 2002 and was owned^[5] by Josh Jackson,^[6] Nick Purdy,^[7] and Tim Regan-Porter.^[8]

In October 2007, the magazine tried the "Radiohead" experiment, offering new and current subscribers the ability to pay what they wanted for a one-year subscription to Paste.^[9][3] The subscriber base increased by 28,000, but Paste president Tim Regan-Porter noted the model was not sustainable; he hoped the new subscribers would renew the following year at the current rates and the increase in web traffic would attract additional subscribers and advertisers.^[10]

Amidst an economic downturn, Paste began to suffer from lagging ad revenue,^[11] as did other magazine publishers in 2008 and 2009.^[3] On May 14, 2009, Paste editors announced a plan to save the magazine, by pleading to its readers, musicians and celebrities for contributions.^[12] Cost-cutting by the magazine did not stem the losses.^[13] The crux cited for the financial troubles was the lack of advertiser spending.^[3]

In 2009, Paste launched an hour-long TV pilot for Halogen TV called Pop Goes the Culture.^[14]

On August 31, 2010, Paste suspended the print magazine, but continues publication as the online PasteMagazine.com.^[3][15]

Content

Its tagline is "Signs of Life in Music, Film and Culture".^[16] Paste's initial focus was music, covering a variety of genres with an emphasis on adult album alternative, Americana and indie rock, along with independent film and books. Each issue originally included a CD music sampler but was dropped in favor of digital downloading as a Going-Green initiative. Featured artists included Paul McCartney, Ryan Adams, Blackalicious, Regina Spektor, The Whigs, Fiona Apple, The Decemberists, Mark Heard, Woven Hand, Milton and the Devils Party,^{[17][failed verification]} Liam Finn, The Trolleyvox, and Thom Yorke. Many of these artists also contributed to the Campaign to Save Paste.^{[18][failed verification]}

Album of the Year

Year	Artist	Album	Source
2006	The Decemberists	The Crane Wife	^[19]
2007	The National	Boxer	^[20]
2008	She & Him	Volume One	^[21]
2009	The Avett Brothers	I and Love and You	^[22]
2010	LCD Soundsystem	This Is Happening	^[23]
2011	Bon Iver	Bon Iver	^[24]
2012	Frank Ocean	Channel Orange	^[25]
2013	Phosphorescent	Muchacho	^[26]
2014	The War on Drugs	Lost in the Dream	^[27]
2015	Father John Misty	I Love You, Honeybear	^[28]
2016	David Bowie	Blackstar	^[29]
2017	Jay Som	Everybody Works	^[30]
2018	Lucy Dacus	Historian	^[31]
2019	Weyes Blood	Titanic Rising	^[32]
2020	Fiona Apple	Fetch the Bolt Cutters	^[33]
2021	Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders, and the London Symphony Orchestra	Promises	^[34]
2022	Big Thief	Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You	^[35]

References

1. "Masthead". Paste. October 6, 2008. Retrieved November 5, 2018.
2. "About". Paste. Retrieved November 5, 2018.
3. Turner, Dorie (September 1, 2010). "Paste music magazine to stop print publication". The San Diego Union-Tribune. Associated Press. Archived from the original on March 12, 2017. Retrieved March 12, 2017.
4. Multiple sources:
   • Lyons, Gabe (2010). The Next Christians: Seven Ways You Can Live the Gospel and Restore the World. WaterBrook Multnomah. ISBN 978-0385529846. LCCN 2010006089. Retrieved November 5, 2018 – via Google Books.^{[page needed]}
   • Daire, Seth (February 29, 2008). "Spotlight: Paste Magazine". The Christian Imagination. from the original on November 5, 2018. Retrieved November 5, 2018.
5. Welton, Caysey (September 1, 2010). "Paste Succumbs to Debt, Suspends Print Magazine". Folio. from the original on May 4, 2020. Retrieved November 5, 2018.
6. Jackson, Josh. "Josh Jackson – Paste Magazine Journalist". Retrieved November 5, 2018 – via Muck Rack.
7. Multiple sources:
   • Sturdivant, Jim (September 1, 2011). "My (Re)generation: Paste's Nick Purdy on the Fall and Rise of a Music Magazine". Publishing Executive. from the original on August 20, 2019. Retrieved November 5, 2018.
   • "Paste Magazine Puts All Bets On The Internet". Here and Now. WBUR. August 19, 2011. from the original on November 5, 2018. Retrieved November 5, 2018.
8. Multiple sources :
   • "McClatchy names Regan-Porter as new South region editor". Associated Press. June 12, 2018. from the original on June 17, 2018. Retrieved November 5, 2018.
   • Regan-Porter, Tim (January 17, 2018). "Part 1: My long journey to Stanford". from the original on November 5, 2018. Retrieved November 5, 2018 – via Medium.
   • Grant, Drew (January 12, 2010). "Paste Magazine Thrives Through Belt-Tightening". Adweek. Archived from the original on May 4, 2020. Retrieved November 5, 2018.
9. Stableford, Dylan (October 29, 2007). "Following Radiohead, Paste to Let Subscribers Name Their Own Price". Folio. from the original on November 17, 2016. Retrieved May 17, 2009.
10. Stableford, Dylan (January 4, 2008). "Paste President: Radiohead Experiment 'A Huge Success'". Folio. from the original on November 17, 2016. Retrieved May 17, 2009.
11. Nolan, Hamilton (September 9, 2010). "Paste Magazine Freelancers Are Getting Screwed". Gawker. from the original on November 5, 2013. Retrieved November 5, 2018.
12. Stableford, Dylan (May 14, 2009). "Paste Launches Campaign to Save its Magazine". Folio. from the original on November 17, 2016. Retrieved May 17, 2009.
13. Maddux, Rachael (September 3, 2010). "Paste magazine: Inside the death of a music indie". Salon. from the original on September 24, 2010. Retrieved May 4, 2020.
14. Jackson, Josh (October 26, 2009). . Paste. Archived from the original on January 30, 2010. Retrieved November 7, 2013.
15. Nolan, Hamilton (September 1, 2010). "Paste Magazine Is Dead". Gawker. from the original on August 27, 2011. Retrieved May 4, 2020.
16. "Signs of Life in Music, Film and Culture". Paste. Retrieved May 17, 2009.
17. Whitman, Andy (February 5, 2007). . Paste. Archived from the original on October 4, 2015. Retrieved November 5, 2018.
18. Stableford, Dylan (May 21, 2009). "'Save Paste' Campaign Raises $166,000". Folio. from the original on January 13, 2018. Retrieved May 21, 2009.
19. "Paste's Top 100 Albums of 2006". Paste Magazine. Retrieved March 28, 2023.
20. "The 100 Best Albums of 2007". Paste Magazine. Retrieved March 28, 2023.
21. "The 50 Best Albums of 2008". Paste Magazine. Retrieved March 28, 2023.
22. "The 25 Best Albums of 2009". Paste Magazine. Retrieved March 28, 2023.
23. "The 50 Best Albums of 2010". Paste Magazine. Retrieved March 28, 2023.
24. "The 50 Best Albums of 2011". Paste Magazine. Retrieved March 28, 2023.
25. "The 50 Best Albums of 2012". Paste Magazine. Retrieved March 28, 2023.
26. "The 50 Best Albums of 2013". Paste Magazine. Retrieved March 28, 2023.
27. "The 50 Best Albums of 2014". Paste Magazine. Retrieved March 28, 2023.
28. "The 50 Best Albums of 2015". Paste Magazine. Retrieved March 28, 2023.
29. "The 50 Best Albums of 2016". Paste Magazine. Retrieved March 28, 2023.
30. "The 50 Best Albums of 2017". Paste Magazine. Retrieved March 28, 2023.
31. "The 50 Best Albums of 2018". Paste Magazine. Retrieved March 28, 2023.
32. "The 50 Best Albums of 2019". Paste Magazine. Retrieved March 28, 2023.
33. "The 50 Best Albums of 2020". Paste Magazine. Retrieved March 28, 2023.
34. "The 50 Best Albums of 2021". Paste Magazine. Retrieved March 28, 2023.
35. "The 50 Best Albums of 2022". Paste Magazine. Retrieved March 28, 2023.

Further reading

• Kessler, John (July 12, 2009). . The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Archived from the original on August 5, 2009. Retrieved May 4, 2020.

External links

• Official website