NYLON Magazine Blurs Boundaries Between Print & New Media

NYLON’s summer music issue is all about MySpace.  The social networking phenomenon has firmly rooted itself in pop culture and has become essential for emerging bands.  NYLON exposes how both professionals and amateurs alike are utilizing the new medium to promote their music as well as find fresh new faces and inspiration. 

The issue’s lay out roughly resembles the chaotic and overwhelming network of information typical of MySpace’s 85 million user profiles. Highlights include tips from Lady Sovereign on how to pimp your profile and interviews with Frank Ferdinand that you can actually listen to on Nylon’s myspace page. 

Marvin Scott Jarrett, editor-in-chief of Nylon magazine says:

“I first met MySpace founders Chris DeWolfe and Tom Anderson about six months ago, when the site had about half the users it has now, and the way it’s exploded since then has been an awesome thing to watch.  When I suggested getting together with MySpace to create an issue that blurred the boundaries between print and new media, most of the NYLON staffers thought I was either crazy or brilliant.” 

“As we began to brainstorm ways we could add interactive elements to the pages of our magazine, as well as our MySpace page, I realized we were on to something very special, new, and exciting…”

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Contributed by Jeff Squires