The fall and fall of NME
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Felonious Manc
Stopped reading it around 1979-80. It was all getting a bit tedious then.
skyscraper101
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It keeps falling
How NME Has Flushed Its Moral Compass Partnering With Ladbrokes | The Quietus
The NME has been brazenly courting brand money for decades; but as the power of the magazine brand has diminished, the more exponentially desperate its brand deals have become. There was Carling in the late 1990s and early 2000s sponsoring the NME Awards and related tours. This was followed by...thequietus.com
Uhh. NME partnering with Ladbrokes. Just no.
From the same article.
The NME have been dead to me for a long time anyway. Even before they went to being a free paper. I think the watershed was when they stopped printing on newspaper and went glossy around 2002. Even then they were always inferior to Melody Maker. Who even bothers with them now except corporate brands trying to get some cred.
marty21
One on one? You're crazy.
I used to buy them all ! NME, Melody Maker , Sounds , even Record Mirror
Pickman's model
sunset spires and twilight woods
There was a newsstand by Tottenham Court Road tube used to have them the day they came out, when I was at school went down every Thursday to get MM and Sounds and sometimes NME. Had hundreds, only got rid of (most) of them this year, to the charity shop. Kept me ones from the 1970s tho with the Sex Pistols inI used to buy them all ! NME, Melody Maker , Sounds , even Record Mirror
Orang Utan
Maybe I like the misery
I used to pay for the NME, and walk out with the others tucked under my shoulderI used to buy them all ! NME, Melody Maker , Sounds , even Record Mirror
neonwilderness
What would Badgers do?
From the title I thought this thread was going to be about Mark E Smith bringing down the NME 
I can’t remember the last time I read a copy. Probably before the internet became easily accessible I guess.
I can’t remember the last time I read a copy. Probably before the internet became easily accessible I guess.
krtek a houby
Saoirse don Phalaistín!
Don't remember seeing Record Mirror in Ireland but would buy the others, Hot Press and on occasion, Smash Hits or No.1.I used to buy them all ! NME, Melody Maker , Sounds , even Record Mirror
Love going through the remainder of the collection, all those bands and movements that stalled and the hills fans and journalists would pick to die on!
Orang Utan
Maybe I like the misery
What’s it to do with the NME though?
Smokeandsteam
Working Class First
Apparently the new print version of the NME costs a tenner!really going for the Dad rocker market.
Seriously? Expect lots of Pink Floyd/Beatles/Who/Bowie/Kate Bush/What is the most expensive turntable I can waste my money on features then...
skyscraper101
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The NME is now in league with the Ladbrokes
How NME Has Flushed Its Moral Compass Partnering With Ladbrokes | The Quietus
The NME has been brazenly courting brand money for decades; but as the power of the magazine brand has diminished, the more exponentially desperate its brand deals have become. There was Carling in the late 1990s and early 2000s sponsoring the NME Awards and related tours. This was followed by...
thequietus.com
skyscraper101
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Apparently the new print version of the NME costs a tenner!
It's not even a weekly, they describe it now as a "bi-monthly" - which I'm presuming to mean one issue every two months as the first issue of the relaunch is described as "July/August edition" so that'll be a whole SIX issues a year lol.
All this is, is just some cunt slapping "NME" on a glossy lifestyle mag and trying to harness some long lost street credentials to shift some units for a tenner each. It's for idiots. Load of bollocks.
twistedAM
Left Of The Dial
To get into one of their promoted shows you have to sign up AND play in the Ladbrokes app. My point that was while I have always gambled on sports responsibly and often profitably a lot of susceptible kids will be introduced to this site and the landing point on the app will be those awful fruit machines. Highly irresponsible.
cupid_stunt
Thank you for your attention to this matter!
I used to buy them all ! NME, Melody Maker , Sounds , even Record Mirror
As a teenager I used to advertise in them all, just small ads at the back for Radio Caroline car-stickers, T-shirts, etc., and my little pirate radio magazine, I never made anything out of it, it was just a bit of fun to help promote the station, whilst sticking two fingers up the authorities, and the Marine Broadcasting Offences Act.
AverageJoe
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So you have a link that explains that?
I work in the industry and that's a disgraceful attempt at a promotion.
twistedAM
Left Of The Dial
Ahh I had a look at NME articles on it and they seem to be edited cos of this article and a twitter outcry
How NME Has Flushed Its Moral Compass Partnering With Ladbrokes | The Quietus
The NME has been brazenly courting brand money for decades; but as the power of the magazine brand has diminished, the more exponentially desperate its brand deals have become. There was Carling in the late 1990s and early 2000s sponsoring the NME Awards and related tours. This was followed by...
thequietus.com
NME now claiming "With no betting involved, fans must be over 18 to register for the digital hub and to access the exclusive offers and live performance opportunities offered by Ladbrokes LIVE." BUT of course you still have to sign up to the app and from there you will be no doubt be bombarded by special offers from ladbrokes.
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