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NME not going free the week after next
By Chris Cooke | Published on Wednesday 18 February 2015
So, after last week’s ABC magazine stats were released various people noted NME’s latest circulation figures and mused that the weekly music mag should just go free, Time Out-style, which Chinese-whispered into rumours that NME was about to go free, Time Out-style, leading to the team at Vice asking their local newsagent if NME was going free, Time Out-style, and he told them that NME was definitely going free, Time Out-style, which led to much chatter on Twitter about how NME was going free, Time Out-style.
So, Time Inc UK, publisher of NME, is it true that NME is going free, Time Out-style? “It is untrue that next week’s edition is the last paid-for issue of NME”. OK, Time Inc UK, publisher of NME, but what about the week after that, will we soon be seeing NME go free, Time Out-style? “We don’t comment on speculation”. But, Time Inc UK, publisher of NME, are you not commenting on speculation Time Out-style? “No comment”.
So, that’s all stuff that happened. Well, apart from that last sentence. I made that bit up. Time Out-style.
PS: For the avoidance of doubt, I’m not saying Time Out has ever made anything up. That was just a pleasing way to finish off the story. NME-style.
PPS: For the avoidance of doubt, I’m not saying NME ever finished off a story in a pleasing way. That was just a mechanic to ensure someone got dissed in this story. CMU-style.
