Punk Planet

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Punk Planet
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Punk Planet was a 16,000 print run

teenagers listen. In addition to covering music, Punk Planet also covered visual arts and a wide variety of progressive issues — including media criticism, feminism
, and labor issues.

The most notable features in Punk Planet were the interviews and album reviews. The interviews generally ran two or three pages, and tended to focus on the motivations of the artist (or organizer, activist, or whoever) being interviewed.

zines
, and DVDs.

A number of poor distribution deals and the collapse of the Independent Press Association resulted in mounting debts for the editors.[3] As a result, issue 80 was shipped with a cover reading: "This is the final issue of Punk Planet, after this the fight is yours." Subsidiary business Punk Planet books remains in business.

History and other projects

The first issue of the

ISBN 1-888451-93-9
).

In September 2006, Punk Planet partnered with the website, ZineWiki, to publish, online, exclusive articles from past print issues.

On June 18, 2007, a post at www.punkplanet.com informed the public that after 13 years and 80 issues, Punk Planet's final issue was being sent out. The reasoning pointed to "bad distribution deals, disappearing advertisers, and a decreasing audience of subscribers."[6][7]

As a result, editor Dan Sinker decided to place his focus on the online website, but it has since gone offline. In its place is a statement, "This is it, folks. The Punk Planet website is closed. Two years after the closure of the magazine, it just seemed time." [1]

In January 2021, all 80 issues of Punk Planet were uploaded to the Internet Archive.[8]

References

  1. ISBN 9781888451146
    . Retrieved November 19, 2020.
  2. ^ a b Huston, Johnny (April 1996). "The Book of DIY". Spin. Vol. 12, no. 1. p. 26.
  3. ^ Martens, Todd (November 19, 2005). "Punk Planet Realigns". Billboard. Vol. 117, no. 47. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. pp. 20–21.
  4. ISBN 9781628926071
    . Retrieved November 19, 2020.
  5. ^ Margasak, Peter (December 17, 1998). "Punk Planet's New Atmosphere". Chicago Reader. Retrieved January 10, 2024.
  6. ^ Paul, Aubin (June 18, 2007). "Punk Planet (1994-2007)". Punknews.org. Retrieved February 15, 2022.
  7. ^ Eckinger, Helen (July 13, 2007). "Stop the presses". Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on January 10, 2024. Retrieved January 10, 2024.
  8. ^ "Every Issue of Punk Planet Is Available on the Internet Archive". Pitchfork. January 28, 2021. Retrieved July 29, 2023.

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