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Paste
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EditorJosh Jackson
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FrequencyDigital, monthly
PublisherPaste Media Group
First issueJuly 2002; 24 years ago (2002-07)
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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, then ran as a print publication from 2002 until 2010, when it was converted to online only.[3]

History

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]

Paste Media Group

Paste Media Group began expanding in November 2023 when it acquired US-based news and culture site Jezebel and left-leaning news and opinion site Splinter from G/O Media after both sites closed down, relaunching them in December 2023 and March 2024, respectively.[16] It also purchased The A.V. Club, another former G/O Media property, in March 2024.[17] In October 2024, G/O Media filed a lawsuit against Paste Media alleging a breach in contract from the sale of Jezebel and Splinter.[18]

In July 2025, Paste spun-off its games section into Paste Media Group's fifth publication, Page Template:Visible anchor/styles.css has no content.Endless Mode, expanding its reach to include anime, tabletop, pinball, and theme parks. Garrett Martin, who had been Paste's games editor since 2011, became the new publication's Editor-in-Chief.[19][20] In November 2025, Paste Media Group announced that Paste would refocus exclusively on music coverage. As part of the restructuring, the magazine closed its movie and TV divisions, with future reporting on these topics to come from The A.V. Club. The shift resulted in layoffs.[21] At the same time, Endless Mode was merged into the games section of The A.V. Club as The A.V. Club Games, though no layoffs occurred.[21][22] Later that month, Paste Media president Josh Jackson announced that Splinter would be merged into Jezebel. Jackson explained that while Paste Media had revived two inactive outlets, Splinter "had lain dormant far longer" than Jezebel, and that, along with ongoing industry pressures, led the company to combine the two under the Jezebel brand.[23] In May 2026, Kotaku and Aftermath reported that the games vertical was effectively shuttered after Paste Media laid off The A.V. Club Games staff, including Martin.[24][25]

Content

Its tagline is "Signs of Life in Music, Film and Culture".[26] PasteTemplate:'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,[27][failed verification] Liam Finn, the Trolleyvox, and Thom Yorke. Many of these artists also contributed to the Campaign to Save Paste.[28][failed verification]

Album of the Year

Year Artist Album Template:Refh
2006 The Decemberists The Crane Wife [29]
2007 The National Boxer [30]
2008 She & Him Volume One [31]
2009 The Avett Brothers I and Love and You [32]
2010 LCD Soundsystem This Is Happening [33]
2011 Bon Iver Bon Iver [34]
2012 Frank Ocean Channel Orange [35]
2013 Phosphorescent Muchacho [36]
2014 The War on Drugs Lost in the Dream [37]
2015 Father John Misty I Love You, Honeybear [38]
2016 David Bowie Blackstar [39]
2017 Jay Som Everybody Works [40]
2018 Lucy Dacus Historian [41]
2019 Weyes Blood Titanic Rising [42]
2020 Fiona Apple Fetch the Bolt Cutters [43]
2021 Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders, and the London Symphony Orchestra Promises [44]
2022 Big Thief Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You [45]
2023 Wednesday Rat Saw God [46]
2024 Jessica Pratt Here in the Pitch [47]
2025 Nourished by Time The Passionate Ones [48]

References

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  1. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Masthead". Paste. October 6, 2008. Retrieved November 5, 2018.
  2. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."About". Paste. Retrieved November 5, 2018.
  3. ^ a b c d e Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Turner, Dorie (September 1, 2010). "Paste music magazine to stop print publication". The San Diego Union-Tribune. Associated Press. Retrieved March 12, 2017.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  4. ^ Multiple sources:
  5. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.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. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Jackson, Josh. "Josh Jackson – Paste Magazine Journalist". Retrieved November 5, 2018 – via Muck Rack.
  7. ^ Multiple sources:
  8. ^ Multiple sources :
  9. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.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. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.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. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.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. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.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. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.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. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.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. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Nolan, Hamilton (September 1, 2010). "Paste Magazine Is Dead". Gawker. Archived from the original on August 27, 2011. Retrieved May 4, 2020.
  16. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.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. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Former Deadspin owner G/O Media puts The Onion up for sale: source". New York Post. March 26, 2024. Retrieved March 26, 2024.
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  19. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Martin, Garrett (June 30, 2025). "A Note on the Future of Paste's Games Coverage". Paste. Archived from the original on June 30, 2025. Retrieved November 17, 2025.
  20. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Martin, Garrett (July 1, 2025). "Endless Mode: It's the New Thing". Endless Mode. Archived from the original on July 1, 2025. Retrieved July 12, 2025.
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  22. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Martin, Garrett (November 17, 2025). "The A.V. Club Games announces a new era". The A.V. Club. Retrieved November 17, 2025.
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  24. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Gach, Ethan (May 1, 2026). "Paste Games Is Finally Dead And It Sucks". Kotaku. Retrieved May 1, 2026.
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  31. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."The 50 Best Albums of 2008". Paste Magazine. November 21, 2008. Retrieved March 28, 2023.
  32. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."The 25 Best Albums of 2009". Paste Magazine. December 15, 2009. Archived from the original on March 28, 2023. Retrieved March 28, 2023.
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