Spin magazine, founded 26 years ago by Bob Guccione Jr., is the latest casualty in the world of print... sort of. The magazine will become a bimonthly, according to AdWeek, publishing just six issues a year, and shifting the focus more onto their web presence. They note, "The magazine also plans to cut its rate base to 350,000 to 450,000, an acknowledgment that the Web is replacing print for its mainly young, male readership." more ›

Yesterday we reported that SPIN magazine had sent a cease and desist letter to a young man in Oregon whose Twitter handle is @Spin, claiming copyright infringement and confusion. The magazine hasn't gotten back to us with a comment, but @Spin (aka Eric Rice) has. He told us this afternoon: more ›

SPIN Magazine has sent an Oregon man, Eric Rice, a cease & desist letter demanding that he give up his Twitter handle: @SPIN. They write that his Twitter account is causing a significant amount of confusion among their client's customers, who are "redirected to @SPIN" (the magazine's handle is @SPINmagazine—which is the first thing to come up if one Googles "spin twitter"). more ›

We sincerely hope that people get to know The National as more than just the band that Clap Your Hands Say Yeah opened for on their first big tour. They released one of the most earnest, heartfelt and genuine records of 2005, and we were thrilled to see that they were able to exude an equal amount of emotion in the corporate confines of the SPIN Magazine offices. more ›