Yesterday the publisher of Punk Planet, a fiercely independent source of information on music, culture, and politics, announced that is it closing it’s doors.
Ironically, I had just read the latest issue and made a note about blogging on two education related articles in the current issue (PP79), looks like PP80 will the last issue after 13 years of publishing.
Independent magazines always have a rough go of it, but bad distribution deals, disappearing advertisers, and a decreasing audience of subscribers seem to have done PP in.
While not mentioned in the PP announcement, the new USPS regulations on periodicals, which were basically written by Time Warner, are having a dramatic impact on independent magazines. In its service to media conglomerates the USPS has essentially attacked threaten the dissemination of information and thus democracy.
Oh well, but PP79 is still on the newstands, check out the articles on the new SDS and on the No Child Left Behind Act.
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