In Reply to: The state of music in the US posted by rbolaw on May 16, 2016 at 08:46:50:
is what you experienced, and the state of advertising in NYC yet.
Business is business and the state of business for print papers is /has been shakey for a LONG time.
Most people heading to NYC are more interested in going shopping and taking in a play; not going to the BN or CH.
MOST of the advertising you're seeing is aimed at them.
Maybe next issue there will be a piece on some orchestra, band, musician you dig, one issue don't tell the whole story.
You'd need to track it for at least 3 months to discern any definite pattern/trend.
When I used to pursue the Times A&R (when the Arts were the Arts by most definitions) section some days it was a 4.5
minute read, other weeks 45 minutes worth.
That's as it has always been with ALL newspapers (New Yorker too).
If every issue ONLY had articles I was interested in, circulation would just plunge further.
As far as reaching me with advertiising, ALWAYS was a waste of time.
"Once this was all Black Plasma and Imagination"-Michael McClure
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- The state of music ADVERTISING in the US... - musetap 10:17:03 05/16/16 (2)
- RE: The state of music ADVERTISING in the US... - rbolaw 10:27:13 05/16/16 (1)
- Yeah... well, they need to keep SOME readership as us old farts... - musetap 11:04:01 05/16/16 (0)