RIP: March 2009 Archives

RIP: Blender

This is not the way we like to spend our Thursday mornings, Universe: Ad Age has the news that music mag Blender has closed. The current issue, with Kelly Clarkson on the cover, will be the last.

Makes our Q&A about the SPD PUB 44 Medal-finalist redesign last fall with Blender CD Dirk Barnett all the more bittersweet.

RIP: Best Life

Word is rippling around, but we've seen the "official" press release, and are sad to report that much-loved Best Life (just recently seen around these parts in NEW WORK) has been shuttered. More as we hear it.

Arena to Close Its Doors

More glum news for our friends across the pond.

As you might have heard, Arena has suspended publication after 22 years.

The final edition goes on sale next week, featuring an interview with The House Bunny's comic bombshell Anna Faris, an exclusive face-to-face encounter with Mike Tyson, a portfolio of the most stunning indie music girls and a report on the rise of the 'new amateur entrepreneurs'.

There's a celebration of '80s cars, profiles of Watchmen star Matthew Goode and maverick surfing legend Greg Long, and the return of Flight Of The Conchords - plus Liverpool hero Jamie Carragher selects his 'First and Last'. There's also the usual pages of fashion and grooming, opinion, music and film reviews.

The April 2009 issue of Arena is on sale on 12 March.