Digital magazine archives are much more future-oriented than they are backwards-looking. They are, of course both retrospective incorporating previously published issues in a searchable corpus, but they should also be prospective, since they need to be databased and accessible in such a way that the most recent issue and all previous issues are immediately and universally available to subscribers. So we should stop thinking about magazine archives as cabinets … Keep Reading
The Canadian avant-garde music magazine Musicworks has enhanced its digital archive on the Exact Editions platform by extending issues back from 2003 to 1989, providing subscribers with fourteen years of rich additional content. Musicworks’ extended digital archive will be available to both individual and institutional subscribers through the Exact Editions digital platform. As the ‘Canadian Journal of Sound Exploration’, Musicworks’ is an important title in Canadian libraries, and subscribing libraries can now access an even more extensive and thorough archive … Keep Reading
The Wire magazine is an iconic title amongst the eclectic archive of music journalism on the Exact Editions platform. First published in 1982 and monthly thereafter, the subversive and proudly independent music magazine covers the global alternative, underground and experimental music scene. Co-founded by jazz promoter Anthony Wood and journalist Chrissie Murray, it began as a revolt against its more conventional and conservative competitors at the time, namely Jazz Journal, and soon established itself as a more ‘progressive’ alternative, … Keep Reading
Substack may turn out to be the best new digital institution for journalism and journalists for this decade. It hasn’t gone sour like Twitter, it has reached a degree of commercial take-off which seems still to be eluding Medium, and it has attracted lots of great journalists and commentators. Arguably, it has been better for journalists than for journalism per se. I say this because most of the best writers on Substack have learned their stylistic, reportage, editing skills … Keep Reading
Europe’s leading magazine of culture and ideas, the London Review of Books, has launched a new digital subscription offering in partnership with Exact Editions.
Exact Editions offers a reading experience that is at once immersive and enjoyable, with a fidelity that replicates the visual impact and design integrity of the print edition but allows for seamless navigation, full-text search and accessibility features. This new digital subscription to the London Review of Books provides all the benefits of a digital … Keep Reading
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