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{{short description|American music and entertainment digital magazine}}
{{Self-published|date=November 2013}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2018}}
{{Infobox Magazine
{{Infobox magazine
| title = Paste
| title = Paste
| image_file =PasteMag.jpg| image_size = 200px | image_caption =
| image_file =PasteMag.jpg
| logo = <!-- Paste (magazine) logo.svg -->
| editor = Josh Jackson
| editor = Josh Jackson
| frequency = [[Weekly]]
| frequency = Digital, monthly
| category = [[:Category:American music magazines|Music magazines]]
| category = [[:Category:Online magazines|Online]], [[:Category:music magazines published in the United States|American music]]
| publisher = [[Wolfgang's Vault]]
| publisher = Paste Media Group
| firstdate = July 2002
| firstdate = {{start date and age|2002|7}}
| finaldate = 2010 (print)
| finaldate = {{end date|2010|8|31}} (print)
| country = United States
| country = United States
| based = [[Avondale Estates, Georgia]]
| based = 2852 E College Ave. <br>[[Decatur, Georgia]], U.S.<ref name="Masthead" />
| language = English
| language = English
| website = {{URL|http://www.pastemagazine.com}}
| website = {{URL|http://www.pastemagazine.com|pastemagazine.com}}
| issn = 1540-3106
| issn = 1540-3106
| oclc = 49937508
}}
}}

'''''Paste''''' is a monthly [[music]] and [[entertainment]] digital [[magazine]] published in the [[United States]] by [[Wolfgang's Vault]]. Its tagline is "Signs of Life in Music, [[Film]] and [[Culture]]."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pastemagazine.com|title=Signs of Life in Music, Film and Culture|work=Paste (magazine)|accessdate=May 17, 2009}}</ref> It ran as a print publication from 2002 to 2010 before converting to online-only.
'''''Paste''''' is an American monthly [[music]] and [[entertainment]] digital [[magazine]], headquartered in [[Atlanta, Georgia]],<ref name="Masthead">{{cite web|title=Masthead|url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/contributor-information|website=Paste|date=October 6, 2008|access-date=November 5, 2018}}</ref> with studios in Atlanta and [[Manhattan]],<ref>{{cite web|title=About|url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/about|website=Paste|access-date=November 5, 2018}}</ref> 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.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|last=Turner|first=Dorie|date=September 1, 2010|title=Paste music magazine to stop print publication|work=[[The San Diego Union-Tribune]]|agency=[[Associated Press]]|url=https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sdut-paste-music-magazine-to-stop-print-publication-2010sep01-story.html|url-status=live|access-date=March 12, 2017|archive-url=https://archive.today/20170312121121/http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sdut-paste-music-magazine-to-stop-print-publication-2010sep01-story.html|archive-date=March 12, 2017|url-access=limited}}</ref>


==History==
==History==
The magazine was founded<ref>Multiple sources:
The magazine, headquartered in [[Avondale Estates, Georgia|Avondale Estates]], Georgia, was founded as a quarterly in July 2002<ref>{{cite web|title=Potential Markets|url=http://www.freelancewriting.com/magazinewriting/write-for-music-magazines.php|publisher=Freelance Writing|accessdate=December 4, 2015}}</ref> by Josh Jackson, Nick Purdy, and Tim Porter. It later switched to a bimonthly format. In 2005, ''Paste'' fulfilled remaining subscriptions for the competing magazine ''Tracks'', which had ceased publishing its print edition.{{cn|date=November 2013}} ''Paste'' became a monthly with its August 2006 issue.
*{{cite book|last=Lyons|first=Gabe|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t4tIDwAAQBAJ&q=Paste&pg=PA232|title=The Next Christians: Seven Ways You Can Live the Gospel and Restore the World|publisher=WaterBrook Multnomah|year=2010|isbn=978-0385529846|lccn=2010006089|access-date=November 5, 2018|via=Google Books}}{{page needed|date=May 2020}}
*{{cite web|title=Spotlight: ''Paste'' Magazine|url=http://www.christianimagination.com/2008/02/29/spotlight-paste-magazine/|last=Daire|first=Seth|date=February 29, 2008|website=The Christian Imagination|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181105202846/http://www.christianimagination.com/2008/02/29/spotlight-paste-magazine/|archive-date=November 5, 2018|access-date=November 5, 2018}}</ref> as a quarterly in July 2002 and was owned<ref>{{cite web|title=Paste Succumbs to Debt, Suspends Print Magazine|url=https://www.foliomag.com/paste-succumbs-debt-suspends-print-magazine/|last=Welton|first=Caysey|date=September 1, 2010|website=[[Folio (magazine)|Folio]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200504063133/https://www.foliomag.com/paste-succumbs-debt-suspends-print-magazine/|archive-date=May 4, 2020|access-date=November 5, 2018}}</ref> by Josh Jackson,<ref>{{cite web|title=Josh Jackson – Paste Magazine Journalist|url=https://muckrack.com/josh-jackson-1|last=Jackson|first=Josh|via=Muck Rack|access-date=November 5, 2018}}</ref> Nick Purdy,<ref>Multiple sources:
*{{cite web|title=My (Re)generation: Paste's Nick Purdy on the Fall and Rise of a Music Magazine|url=https://www.pubexec.com/article/my-re-generation-pastes-nick-purdy-fall-rise-music-magazine/all/|last=Sturdivant|first=Jim|date=September 1, 2011|website=Publishing Executive|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190820075716/https://www.pubexec.com/article/my-re-generation-pastes-nick-purdy-fall-rise-music-magazine/all/|archive-date=August 20, 2019|access-date=November 5, 2018}}
*{{cite news|date=August 19, 2011|title=Paste Magazine Puts All Bets On The Internet|work=[[Here and Now (Boston)|Here and Now]]|publisher=[[WBUR]]|url=https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2011/08/19/paste-magazine-internet|url-status=live|access-date=November 5, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181105202553/https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2011/08/19/paste-magazine-internet|archive-date=November 5, 2018}}</ref> and Tim Regan-Porter.<ref>Multiple sources :
*{{cite news|date=June 12, 2018|title=McClatchy names Regan-Porter as new South region editor|work=[[Associated Press]]|url=https://www.apnews.com/5a4416902f6f44a99302103e0b331f2d|url-status=live|access-date=November 5, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180617005140/https://www.apnews.com/5a4416902f6f44a99302103e0b331f2d|archive-date=June 17, 2018}}
*{{cite web|title=Part 1: My long journey to Stanford|url=https://medium.com/@timreganporter/part-1-my-long-journey-to-stanford-7773bb58af6d|last=Regan-Porter|first=Tim|date=January 17, 2018|via=[[Medium (website)|Medium]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181105202929/https://medium.com/@timreganporter/part-1-my-long-journey-to-stanford-7773bb58af6d|archive-date=November 5, 2018|access-date=November 5, 2018}}
*{{cite web|title=''Paste'' Magazine Thrives Through Belt-Tightening|url=https://www.adweek.com/digital/paste-magazine-thrives-through-belt-tightening/|last=Grant|first=Drew|date=January 12, 2010|website=[[Adweek]]|url-access=subscription|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200504071133/https://www.adweek.com/digital/paste-magazine-thrives-through-belt-tightening/|archive-date=May 4, 2020|access-date=November 5, 2018}}</ref>


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In October 2007, the magazine tried the "[[Radiohead]]" experiment, offering new and current [[Subscription business model|subscribers]] the ability to pay what they wanted for a one-year subscription to ''Paste''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Following Radiohead, Paste to Let Subscribers Name Their Own Price|url=https://www.foliomag.com/following-radiohead-paste-let-subscribers-name-their-own-price/|last=Stableford|first=Dylan|date=October 29, 2007|work=[[Folio (magazine)|Folio]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161117212255/https://www.foliomag.com/following-radiohead-paste-let-subscribers-name-their-own-price/|archive-date=November 17, 2016|access-date=May 17, 2009}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> 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 [[Advertising|advertisers]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Paste President: Radiohead Experiment 'A Huge Success'|url=https://www.foliomag.com/paste-president-radiohead-subscription-experiment-huge-success/|last=Stableford|first=Dylan|date=January 4, 2008|work=[[Folio (magazine)|Folio]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161117212542/https://www.foliomag.com/paste-president-radiohead-subscription-experiment-huge-success/|archive-date=November 17, 2016|access-date=May 17, 2009}}</ref>
For two years in the mid-2000s, ''Paste'' had a weekly segment on ''[[HLN (TV channel)|CNN Headline News]]'' called "Paste Picks",<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2004/08/paste-secures-weekly-spot-on-cnn-headline-news.html|title=Paste Secures Weekly Spot on CNN Headline News|work=Paste (magazine)|date=August 26, 2004|accessdate=November 7, 2013}}</ref> wherein editors would recommend new albums and films every Tuesday.


Amidst an economic downturn, ''Paste'' began to suffer from lagging [[Advertising revenue|ad revenue]],<ref>{{cite web|title=''Paste'' Magazine Freelancers Are Getting Screwed|url=https://gawker.com/5634023/paste-magazine-freelancers-are-getting-screwed|last=Nolan|first=Hamilton|date=September 9, 2010|website=[[Gawker]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105075315/https://gawker.com/5634023/paste-magazine-freelancers-are-getting-screwed|archive-date=November 5, 2013|access-date=November 5, 2018}}</ref> as did other magazine publishers in 2008 and 2009.<ref name=":0" /> On May 14, 2009, ''Paste'' editors announced a plan to save the magazine, by pleading to its readers, musicians and celebrities for contributions.<ref>{{cite web|title=Paste Launches Campaign to Save its Magazine|url=https://www.foliomag.com/paste-launches-campaign-save-its-magazine/|last=Stableford|first=Dylan|date=May 14, 2009|work=[[Folio (magazine)|Folio]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161117212318/https://www.foliomag.com/paste-launches-campaign-save-its-magazine/|archive-date=November 17, 2016|access-date=May 17, 2009}}</ref> Cost-cutting by the magazine did not stem the losses.<ref>{{Cite web|title=''Paste'' magazine: Inside the death of a music indie|url=https://www.salon.com/2010/09/03/death_of_paste_magazine/|last=Maddux|first=Rachael|date=September 3, 2010|website=[[Salon (website)|Salon]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100924025402/http://www.salon.com/life/feature/2010/09/03/death_of_paste_magazine|archive-date=September 24, 2010|access-date=May 4, 2020}}</ref> The crux cited for the financial troubles was the lack of advertiser spending.<ref name=":0" />
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In October 2007, the magazine tried the "[[Radiohead]]" [[Radiohead#In Rainbows, independent work and "pay what you want" (2005–08)|experiment]], offering new and current [[Subscription business model|subscribers]] the ability to pay what they wanted for a one-year subscription to ''Paste''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.foliomag.com/2007/following-radiohead-paste-let-subscribers-name-their-own-price|title=Following Radiohead, Paste to Let Subscribers Name Their Own Price|work=FolioMag|accessdate=May 17, 2009}}</ref> The subscriber base increased by 28,000,{{cn|date=November 2013}} 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 [[Advertising|advertisers]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.foliomag.com/2008/paste-president-radiohead-subscription-experiment-huge-success|title=Paste President: Radiohead Experiment 'A Huge Success'|work=FolioMag|accessdate=May 17, 2009}}</ref>


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In 2009, ''Paste'' launched an hour-long TV pilot for [[Halogen TV]] called ''Pop Goes the Culture''.<ref>{{cite web|title=New ''Paste'' TV Show Debuts Tonight!|url=http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2009/10/new-paste-tv-show-debuts-tonight.html|last=Jackson|first=Josh|date=October 26, 2009|work=Paste|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100130002008/http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2009/10/new-paste-tv-show-debuts-tonight.html|archive-date=January 30, 2010|access-date=November 7, 2013}}</ref>
Amidst an economic downturn, ''Paste'' began to suffer from lagging ad revenue, as did other magazine publishers in 2008 and 2009. On May 14, 2009, ''Paste'' editors announced a plan to save the magazine, by pleading to its readers,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://gawker.com/5253043/a-letter-to-paste-contributors|title=A Letter to Paste Contributors|work=Gawker|date=May 13, 2009|accessdate=May 17, 2009}}</ref> musicians and celebrities for contributions.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.foliomag.com/2009/paste-launches-campaign-save-its-magazine |title=Paste Launches Campaign to Save its Magazine|work=FolioMag|accessdate=May 17, 2009}}</ref> Cost-cutting by the magazine did not stem the losses. The main crux cited for the financial troubles is the lack of advertiser spending.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pastemagazine.com/paste/the-campaign-to-save-paste.html |title=The Campaign to Save Paste|work=PasteMagazine|accessdate=May 17, 2009}}</ref>


On August 31, 2010, ''Paste'' suspended the print magazine, but continues publication as the online PasteMagazine.com.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=''Paste Magazine'' Is Dead|url=https://gawker.com/5627700/paste-magazine-is-dead|last=Nolan|first=Hamilton|date=September 1, 2010|website=[[Gawker]]|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110827171731/https://gawker.com/5627700/paste-magazine-is-dead|archive-date=August 27, 2011|access-date=May 4, 2020}}</ref>
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In 2009, ''Paste'' launched an hour-long TV pilot for [[Halogen TV]] called ''Pop Goes the Culture''.<ref>{{cite web|first=Josh |last=Jackson |url=http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2009/10/new-paste-tv-show-debuts-tonight.html |title=New Paste TV Show Debuts Tonight!|work=Paste|date=October 26, 2009|accessdate=November 7, 2013}}</ref>


In November 2023, ''Paste'' magazine acquired two [[G/O Media]] properties—the US-based news and culture site [[Jezebel (website)|Jezebel]], along with the left-leaning news and opinion site [[Splinter News|Splinter]], after the site closed down.<ref>{{Cite web |first1=Oliver |last1=Darcy |first2=Jon |last2=Passantino |date=2023-11-29 |title=Jezebel to be brought 'back to life' after being acquired by Paste Magazine |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/29/media/jezebel-acquired-paste-magazine/index.html |access-date=2023-11-29 |website=CNN Business |language=en}}</ref> It also purchased ''[[The A.V. Club]]'', another former G/O Media property, in March 2024.<ref>{{cite news |last4=Steigrad |first4=Alexandra |title=Former Deadspin owner G/O Media puts The Onion up for sale: source |url=https://nypost.com/2024/03/26/media/former-deadspin-owner-g-o-media-puts-the-onion-up-for-sale-source/ |access-date=26 March 2024 |work=New York Post |date=26 March 2024}}</ref>
On August 31, 2010, ''Paste'' suspended the print magazine,<ref>{{cite web|author=Josh Jackson |url=http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2010/09/paste-magazine-ceases-publication.html|title=Paste Magazine Suspends Print Publication|work=Paste|date=September 1, 2010|accessdate=November 7, 2013}}</ref> but continues publication as the online PasteMagazine.com.

==Reemergence==
On May 28, 2011, ''Paste'' announced it was bringing back its weekly subscription services in a digital layout. The digital magazine now covers music, movies, TV, comedy, books, video games, design, tech, food and drink. Each issue also includes a digital version of the Paste Sampler with seven new songs each week.


==Content==
==Content==
Although ''Paste'''s focus was music, covering a variety of genres with an emphasis on [[adult album alternative]], [[Americana (music)|Americana]] and [[indie rock]], the magazine also covered [[independent film]] and [[book]]s. Each issue originally included a [[compact disc|CD]] music sampler<!--and DVD? Or was that Tracks?--> but was dropped in favor of digital downloading as a [[Environmentalism|Going-Green]] initiative. Featured artists included [[Ryan Adams]], [[Blackalicious]], [[Paul McCartney]], [[Regina Spektor]], [[The Whigs (band)|The Whigs]], [[Fiona Apple]], [[The Decemberists]], [[Mark Heard]], [[Woven Hand]], [[Milton and the Devils Party]], [[Liam Finn]], [[The Trolleyvox]], and [[Thom Yorke]]. Many of these artists also contributed to the Campaign to Save ''Paste''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pastemagazine.com/paste/save-paste-faqs.html#artists |title=Artists Contributing to The Campaign to Save Paste|work =PasteMagazine|accessdate=May 17, 2009}}</ref>
Its tagline is "Signs of Life in Music, [[Film]] and [[Culture]]".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pastemagazine.com|title=Signs of Life in Music, Film and Culture|work=Paste|access-date=May 17, 2009}}</ref> ''Paste''{{'}}s initial focus was music, covering a variety of genres with an emphasis on [[adult album alternative]], [[Americana (music)|Americana]] and [[indie rock]], along with [[independent film]] and [[book]]s. Each issue originally included a [[compact disc|CD]] music sampler but was dropped in favor of digital downloading as a [[Environmentalism|Going-Green]] initiative. Featured artists included [[Paul McCartney]], [[Ryan Adams]], [[Blackalicious]], [[Regina Spektor]], [[The Whigs (band)|the Whigs]], [[Fiona Apple]], [[the Decemberists]], [[Mark Heard]], [[Woven Hand]], Milton and the Devils Party,<ref>{{cite web|title=Fountains of Wayne, Joe Craven, Milton and the Devils Party, Jon Rauhouse|url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/blogs/whitman/2007/02/fountains-of-wayne-joe-craven-milton-and-the-devil.html|last=Whitman|first=Andy|date=February 5, 2007|website=Paste|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151004161133/http://www.pastemagazine.com/blogs/whitman/2007/02/fountains-of-wayne-joe-craven-milton-and-the-devil.html|archive-date=October 4, 2015|access-date=November 5, 2018}}</ref>{{Failed verification|date=May 2020}} [[Liam Finn]], [[the Trolleyvox]], and [[Thom Yorke]]. Many of these artists also contributed to the Campaign to Save ''Paste''.<ref>{{cite web|title='Save Paste' Campaign Raises $166,000|url=https://www.foliomag.com/save-paste-campaign-raises-166-000/|last=Stableford|first=Dylan|date=May 21, 2009|work=[[Folio (magazine)|Folio]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180113035620/https://www.foliomag.com/save-paste-campaign-raises-166-000/|archive-date=January 13, 2018|access-date=May 21, 2009}}</ref>{{Failed verification|date=May 2020}}


===Album of the Year===
==Awards==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:0.95em;line-height:1.5em;"
In 2005, ''Paste'' was listed at #21 on the ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'''s list of "50 Best Magazines"; it appeared on the list again in 2007.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/lifestyle/chi-040615mags,0,2988284.story|title=50 Best Magazines|work=Chicago Tribune|date=June 17, 2004|accessdate=May 17, 2009}}</ref> ''Paste'' was also named "Magazine of the Year" by the [[PLUG Independent Music Awards]] in 2006, 2007 and 2008. In 2008, 2009 and 2010, ''Paste'' was nominated for a National Magazine Award in the category of General Excellence, and in 2010, associate editor Rachael Maddux' writings were nominated for Best Reviews.
|-
! Year
! Artist
! Album
! Source
|-
| 2006 || [[The Decemberists]] || ''[[The Crane Wife]]'' || <ref>{{cite web |title=Paste's Top 100 Albums of 2006 |url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/pastes-top-100-albums-of-2006 |date=January 15, 2007 |website=Paste Magazine |access-date=28 March 2023}}</ref>
|-
| 2007 || [[The National (band)|The National]] || ''[[Boxer (The National album)|Boxer]]'' || <ref>{{cite web |title=The 100 Best Albums of 2007 |url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/signs-of-life-2007-best-music-1 |website=Paste Magazine |access-date=28 March 2023 |date= November 26, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230328011931/https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/signs-of-life-2007-best-music-1 |archive-date=28 March 2023 }}</ref>
|-
| 2008 || [[She & Him]] || ''[[Volume One (She & Him album)|Volume One]]'' || <ref>{{cite web |title=The 50 Best Albums of 2008 |url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/she-him/signs-of-life-2008-best-music |date=November 21, 2008 |website=Paste Magazine |access-date=28 March 2023}}</ref>
|-
| 2009 || [[The Avett Brothers]] || ''[[I and Love and You]]'' || <ref>{{cite web |title=The 25 Best Albums of 2009 |url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/the-25-best-albums-of-2009/2 |date=December 15, 2009 |website=Paste Magazine |access-date=28 March 2023 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230328011937/https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/the-25-best-albums-of-2009/2 |archive-date=28 March 2023 }}</ref>
|-
| 2010 || [[LCD Soundsystem]] || ''[[This Is Happening]]'' || <ref>{{cite web |title=The 50 Best Albums of 2010 |url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/the-50-best-albums-of-2010/5 |first1=Josh |last1=Jackson |date=December 1, 2010 |website=Paste Magazine |access-date=28 March 2023}}</ref>
|-
| 2011 || [[Bon Iver]] || ''[[Bon Iver (album)|Bon Iver]]'' || <ref>{{cite web |title=The 50 Best Albums of 2011 |url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/the-50-best-albums-of-2011 |first1=Josh |last1=Jackson |date=November 29, 2011 |website=Paste Magazine |access-date=28 March 2023}}</ref>
|-
| 2012 || [[Frank Ocean]] || ''[[Channel Orange]]'' || <ref>{{cite web |title=The 50 Best Albums of 2012 |url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/the-50-best-albums-of-2012 |first1=Josh |last1=Jackson |date=November 26, 2012 |website=Paste Magazine |access-date=28 March 2023}}</ref>
|-
| 2013 || [[Phosphorescent (band)|Phosphorescent]] || ''[[Muchacho (album)|Muchacho]]'' || <ref>{{cite web |title=The 50 Best Albums of 2013 |url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/the-50-best-albums-of-the-year |first1= Josh |last1=Jackson |date=December 2, 2013 |website=Paste Magazine |access-date=28 March 2023}}</ref>
|-
| 2014 || [[The War on Drugs (band)|The War on Drugs]] || ''[[Lost in the Dream]]'' || <ref>{{cite web |title=The 50 Best Albums of 2014 |url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/the-50-best-albums-of-2014 |first1=Josh |last1=Jackson |date=December 1, 2014|website=Paste Magazine |access-date=28 March 2023}}</ref>
|-
| 2015 || [[Father John Misty]] || ''[[I Love You, Honeybear]]'' || <ref>{{cite web |title=The 50 Best Albums of 2015 |url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/the-50-best-albums-of-2015 |date=December 1, 2015 |website=Paste Magazine |access-date=28 March 2023}}</ref>
|-
| 2016 || [[David Bowie]] || ''[[Blackstar (album)|Blackstar]]'' || <ref>{{cite web |title=The 50 Best Albums of 2016 |url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/best-albums-of-2016/the-50-best-albums-of-2016 |first1=Hilary |last1=Saunders |date=November 30, 2016 |website=Paste Magazine |access-date=28 March 2023}}</ref>
|-
| 2017 || [[Jay Som]] || ''[[Everybody Works]]'' || <ref>{{cite web |title=The 50 Best Albums of 2017 |url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/the-50-best-albums-of-2017 |date=November 27, 2017 |website=Paste Magazine |access-date=28 March 2023}}</ref>
|-
| 2018 || [[Lucy Dacus]] || ''[[Historian (album)|Historian]]'' || <ref>{{cite web |title=The 50 Best Albums of 2018 |url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/best-albums/the-50-best-albums-of-2018 |date=November 26, 2018 |website=Paste Magazine |access-date=28 March 2023}}</ref>
|-
| 2019 || [[Weyes Blood]] || ''[[Titanic Rising]]'' || <ref>{{cite web |title=The 50 Best Albums of 2019 |url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/best-albums/best-albums-of-2019 |date=December 2, 2019 |website=Paste Magazine |access-date=28 March 2023}}</ref>
|-
| 2020 || [[Fiona Apple]] || ''[[Fetch the Bolt Cutters]]'' || <ref>{{cite web |title=The 50 Best Albums of 2020 |url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/best-albums/best-albums-of-2020 |date=November 30, 2020 |website=Paste Magazine |access-date=28 March 2023}}</ref>
|-
| 2021 || [[Floating Points]], [[Pharoah Sanders]], and the [[London Symphony Orchestra]] || ''[[Promises (Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders and the London Symphony Orchestra album)|Promises]]'' ||<ref>{{cite web |title=The 50 Best Albums of 2021 |url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/best-albums/best-albums-of-2021 |date=November 29, 2021 |website=Paste Magazine |access-date=28 March 2023}}</ref>
|-
| 2022 || [[Big Thief]] || ''[[Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You]]'' || <ref>{{cite web |title=The 50 Best Albums of 2022 |url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/best-albums/best-albums-of-2022 |date= November 28, 2022 |website=Paste Magazine |access-date=28 March 2023 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230329173043/https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/best-albums/best-albums-of-2022 |archive-date=29 March 2023 }}</ref>
|-
| 2023 || [[Wednesday (American band)|Wednesday]] || ''[[Rat Saw God (album)|Rat Saw God]]'' || <ref>{{cite web |title=The 50 Best Albums of 2023 |url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/best-albums/50-best-albums-of-2023 |date=November 27, 2023 |website=Paste Magazine |access-date=27 November 2023}}</ref>
|}


==References==
==References==
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== Further reading ==

* {{Cite news|last=Kessler|first=John|date=July 12, 2009|title=Alt-rock editor fights to keep ''Paste'' off life support|work=[[The Atlanta Journal-Constitution]]|url=http://www.ajc.com/business/content/printedition/2009/07/12/joshjackson0712.html?cxntlid=inform_sr|url-status=dead|access-date=May 4, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090805062928/http://www.ajc.com/business/content/printedition/2009/07/12/joshjackson0712.html?cxntlid=inform_sr|archive-date=August 5, 2009}}


==External links==
==External links==
* {{Official website|http://www.pastemagazine.com}}
* {{Official website|https://www.pastemagazine.com/}}

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Paste
EditorJosh Jackson
CategoriesOnline, American music
FrequencyDigital, monthly
PublisherPaste Media Group
First issueJuly 2002; 21 years ago (2002-07)
Final issueAugust 31, 2010 (2010-08-31) (print)
CountryUnited States
Based in2852 E College Ave.
Decatur, Georgia, U.S.[1]
LanguageEnglish
Websitepastemagazine.com
ISSN1540-3106
OCLC49937508

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]

History[edit]

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]

In November 2023, Paste magazine acquired two G/O Media properties—the US-based news and culture site Jezebel, along with the left-leaning news and opinion site Splinter, after the site closed down.[16] It also purchased The A.V. Club, another former G/O Media property, in March 2024.[17]

Content[edit]

Its tagline is "Signs of Life in Music, Film and Culture".[18] 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,[19][failed verification] Liam Finn, the Trolleyvox, and Thom Yorke. Many of these artists also contributed to the Campaign to Save Paste.[20][failed verification]

Album of the Year[edit]

Year Artist Album Source
2006 The Decemberists The Crane Wife [21]
2007 The National Boxer [22]
2008 She & Him Volume One [23]
2009 The Avett Brothers I and Love and You [24]
2010 LCD Soundsystem This Is Happening [25]
2011 Bon Iver Bon Iver [26]
2012 Frank Ocean Channel Orange [27]
2013 Phosphorescent Muchacho [28]
2014 The War on Drugs Lost in the Dream [29]
2015 Father John Misty I Love You, Honeybear [30]
2016 David Bowie Blackstar [31]
2017 Jay Som Everybody Works [32]
2018 Lucy Dacus Historian [33]
2019 Weyes Blood Titanic Rising [34]
2020 Fiona Apple Fetch the Bolt Cutters [35]
2021 Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders, and the London Symphony Orchestra Promises [36]
2022 Big Thief Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You [37]
2023 Wednesday Rat Saw God [38]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Masthead". Paste. October 6, 2008. Retrieved November 5, 2018.
  2. ^ "About". Paste. Retrieved November 5, 2018.
  3. ^ a b c d e Turner, Dorie (September 1, 2010). "Paste music magazine to stop print publication". The San Diego Union-Tribune. Associated Press. Archived from the original on March 12, 2017. Retrieved March 12, 2017.
  4. ^ Multiple sources:
  5. ^ Welton, Caysey (September 1, 2010). "Paste Succumbs to Debt, Suspends Print Magazine". Folio. Archived from the original on May 4, 2020. Retrieved November 5, 2018.
  6. ^ Jackson, Josh. "Josh Jackson – Paste Magazine Journalist". Retrieved November 5, 2018 – via Muck Rack.
  7. ^ Multiple sources:
  8. ^ Multiple sources :
  9. ^ Stableford, Dylan (October 29, 2007). "Following Radiohead, Paste to Let Subscribers Name Their Own Price". Folio. Archived from the original on November 17, 2016. Retrieved May 17, 2009.
  10. ^ Stableford, Dylan (January 4, 2008). "Paste President: Radiohead Experiment 'A Huge Success'". Folio. Archived from the original on November 17, 2016. Retrieved May 17, 2009.
  11. ^ Nolan, Hamilton (September 9, 2010). "Paste Magazine Freelancers Are Getting Screwed". Gawker. Archived from the original on November 5, 2013. Retrieved November 5, 2018.
  12. ^ Stableford, Dylan (May 14, 2009). "Paste Launches Campaign to Save its Magazine". Folio. Archived from the original on November 17, 2016. Retrieved May 17, 2009.
  13. ^ Maddux, Rachael (September 3, 2010). "Paste magazine: Inside the death of a music indie". Salon. Archived from the original on September 24, 2010. Retrieved May 4, 2020.
  14. ^ Jackson, Josh (October 26, 2009). "New Paste TV Show Debuts Tonight!". Paste. Archived from the original on January 30, 2010. Retrieved November 7, 2013.
  15. ^ Nolan, Hamilton (September 1, 2010). "Paste Magazine Is Dead". Gawker. Archived from the original on August 27, 2011. Retrieved May 4, 2020.
  16. ^ Darcy, Oliver; Passantino, Jon (November 29, 2023). "Jezebel to be brought 'back to life' after being acquired by Paste Magazine". CNN Business. Retrieved November 29, 2023.
  17. ^ "Former Deadspin owner G/O Media puts The Onion up for sale: source". New York Post. March 26, 2024. Retrieved March 26, 2024.
  18. ^ "Signs of Life in Music, Film and Culture". Paste. Retrieved May 17, 2009.
  19. ^ Whitman, Andy (February 5, 2007). "Fountains of Wayne, Joe Craven, Milton and the Devils Party, Jon Rauhouse". Paste. Archived from the original on October 4, 2015. Retrieved November 5, 2018.
  20. ^ Stableford, Dylan (May 21, 2009). "'Save Paste' Campaign Raises $166,000". Folio. Archived from the original on January 13, 2018. Retrieved May 21, 2009.
  21. ^ "Paste's Top 100 Albums of 2006". Paste Magazine. January 15, 2007. Retrieved March 28, 2023.
  22. ^ "The 100 Best Albums of 2007". Paste Magazine. November 26, 2007. Archived from the original on March 28, 2023. Retrieved March 28, 2023.
  23. ^ "The 50 Best Albums of 2008". Paste Magazine. November 21, 2008. Retrieved March 28, 2023.
  24. ^ "The 25 Best Albums of 2009". Paste Magazine. December 15, 2009. Archived from the original on March 28, 2023. Retrieved March 28, 2023.
  25. ^ Jackson, Josh (December 1, 2010). "The 50 Best Albums of 2010". Paste Magazine. Retrieved March 28, 2023.
  26. ^ Jackson, Josh (November 29, 2011). "The 50 Best Albums of 2011". Paste Magazine. Retrieved March 28, 2023.
  27. ^ Jackson, Josh (November 26, 2012). "The 50 Best Albums of 2012". Paste Magazine. Retrieved March 28, 2023.
  28. ^ Jackson, Josh (December 2, 2013). "The 50 Best Albums of 2013". Paste Magazine. Retrieved March 28, 2023.
  29. ^ Jackson, Josh (December 1, 2014). "The 50 Best Albums of 2014". Paste Magazine. Retrieved March 28, 2023.
  30. ^ "The 50 Best Albums of 2015". Paste Magazine. December 1, 2015. Retrieved March 28, 2023.
  31. ^ Saunders, Hilary (November 30, 2016). "The 50 Best Albums of 2016". Paste Magazine. Retrieved March 28, 2023.
  32. ^ "The 50 Best Albums of 2017". Paste Magazine. November 27, 2017. Retrieved March 28, 2023.
  33. ^ "The 50 Best Albums of 2018". Paste Magazine. November 26, 2018. Retrieved March 28, 2023.
  34. ^ "The 50 Best Albums of 2019". Paste Magazine. December 2, 2019. Retrieved March 28, 2023.
  35. ^ "The 50 Best Albums of 2020". Paste Magazine. November 30, 2020. Retrieved March 28, 2023.
  36. ^ "The 50 Best Albums of 2021". Paste Magazine. November 29, 2021. Retrieved March 28, 2023.
  37. ^ "The 50 Best Albums of 2022". Paste Magazine. November 28, 2022. Archived from the original on March 29, 2023. Retrieved March 28, 2023.
  38. ^ "The 50 Best Albums of 2023". Paste Magazine. November 27, 2023. Retrieved November 27, 2023.

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