Den brittiska musiktidningen Plan B Magazine lägger ner verksamheten. Det kommande numret blir det sista, berättar tidningen själv i ett pressmeddelande, och anledningen är att det inte går att få ihop ekonomin med tanke på rådande klimat.

Sad news: the issue of Plan B magazine that hits shelves on June 1 will be the last.

We’ve come to this decision after a lot of deliberation. The current economic climate, combined with the situation of the music industry – to which, whether we like it or not, the fortunes of a commercial monthly music mag are inextricably linked – has made it ever harder for us to continue producing the magazine the way we want to. To keep going, we’d need to make cuts in staff, content, size, frequency, print quality – and we’re not prepared to do that. We’re still above water, we’re making some beautiful magazines, and we are quitting while we’re ahead.

Thanks to everybody who has supported us these last five years, and hopefully we’ll see you in some other form in the not so distant future.