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Editor | Josh Jackson |
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Frequency | Digital, monthly |
Publisher | Paste Media Group |
First issue | July 2002 |
Final issue | August 31, 2010 (print) |
Country | United States |
Based in | 2852 E College Ave. Decatur, Georgia, U.S. [1] |
Language | English |
Website | pastemagazine.com |
ISSN | 1540-3106 |
OCLC | 49937508 |
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]
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]
Paste Media Group began expanding in November 2023 when it acquired US-based news and culture site Jezebel and left-leaning news and opinion site Splinter from G/O Media after both sites closed down, relaunching them in December 2023 and March 2024, respectively. [16] It also purchased The A.V. Club , another former G/O Media property, in March 2024. [17] Paste spun-off its games section into Paste Media Group's fifth publication, Endless Mode, in July 2025, expanding its reach to include anime, tabletop, pinball, and theme parks. [18]
Its tagline is "Signs of Life in Music, Film and Culture". [19] 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, [20] [ failed verification ] Liam Finn, the Trolleyvox, and Thom Yorke. Many of these artists also contributed to the Campaign to Save Paste. [21] [ failed verification ]
Year | Artist | Album | Ref. |
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2006 | The Decemberists | The Crane Wife | [22] |
2007 | The National | Boxer | [23] |
2008 | She & Him | Volume One | [24] |
2009 | The Avett Brothers | I and Love and You | [25] |
2010 | LCD Soundsystem | This Is Happening | [26] |
2011 | Bon Iver | Bon Iver | [27] |
2012 | Frank Ocean | Channel Orange | [28] |
2013 | Phosphorescent | Muchacho | [29] |
2014 | The War on Drugs | Lost in the Dream | [30] |
2015 | Father John Misty | I Love You, Honeybear | [31] |
2016 | David Bowie | Blackstar | [32] |
2017 | Jay Som | Everybody Works | [33] |
2018 | Lucy Dacus | Historian | [34] |
2019 | Weyes Blood | Titanic Rising | [35] |
2020 | Fiona Apple | Fetch the Bolt Cutters | [36] |
2021 | Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders, and the London Symphony Orchestra | Promises | [37] |
2022 | Big Thief | Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You | [38] |
2023 | Wednesday | Rat Saw God | [39] |
2024 | Jessica Pratt | Here in the Pitch | [40] |