Pitchfork, the music press, and the silencing
The music press has watched its obituary being written countless times over. Indeed, there are now shelves of books on the downfall of the inkies, exploring the rise and fall of fabled titles such as Melody Maker, Sounds, and Q – or in the States, AMP and The Source, for example. Yet even amid this wave of eulogies, news that Pitchfork – self-proclaimed as The Most Trusted Voice In Music – is to be merged with GQ strikes hard. – by Robin Murray / Clash Music
