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Q Magazine Folds After 34 Years

Richard Bradbury

22-Jul-20 22:00

Q Magazine Folds After 34 Years

There's no question that the print industry have been in the slumps for the last 10-15 years and if anything the Covid-19 pandemic accelerated on-going trends. One of the major casualties over the last week was of Q Magazine folding after 34 years. Once a mainstay in the british music press eco-system, we react to the annoucement and what it potentially might mean for the future of the entertainment-media industry.

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Produced by: Daryl Ong, Haniff Baharudin

Presented by: Daryl Ong, Haniff Baharudin


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