Damn. Print Media is done...

Following hot on the heels of the demise of Arena magazine, issue 232 of Hip Hop Connection, a UK-based rap music magazine that holds the title of the longest running monthly of its type globally, will be it's last.

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I used to buy this mag when I was 14 years old, back in the days when the only rap shown on TV was on Yo! MTV Raps or Normski's House Party. Now, admittedly, I haven't bought in about 8 years, which might be why it's going to the wall, but it was typically aimed at the 15 - 25 year old market (which I'm way passed). Youngsters are too internet focused to pick up a magazine for news and insight... the news they can get from Website's on a second-by-second basis, and the insight they get from chat rooms full of arseholes spouting opinions.

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Print media may need it's last rites read.

Arena Magazine - RIP

What a shame. The original (and best and funniest and smartest and most stylish) men's magazine on the UK market, Arena, will be publishing potentially it's final ever issue on Thursday after 22 years.

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All we're left with is over-the-top gay fashion mags, tory-boy wankers handbook GQ and those seedy little porno-disguised-as-a-comic-book-for-absolute-fucking-pillocks, FHM, Nuts and Zoo.

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I'm championing Buck to partially fill the void, although it is heavily fashion driven. Maybe grown men like me should stick to books and the paper?

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