The result was no consensus. Sandstein 17:27, 8 June 2016 (UTC)
No real assertion of notability; there have been no exclusive interviews, and even the NY Review of Mags source (which, despite its title, "is an annual magazine published by students at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism", and itself hasn't been published since 2010), claims it's a very niche magazine. Therefore, as far as unequivocal RS is concerned, all there is is a Billboard article saying the mag folded (no pun intended). There's no guideline for magazine notability, but it doesn't meet common-sense barometers like popularity (stated niche), circulation (claimed 85,000, where our own List of magazines by circulation top 100 in the US it at minimum ten times that), or longevity (only 12 years, between 48-60 issues, because the article is inconsistent). MSJapan (talk) 22:53, 9 May 2016 (UTC)
The article notes:
Good music will (still) prevail, even though Filter, the Los Angeles-based music magazine and Culture Collide festival promoter and organizer, will cease operation by summer's end.
Filter co-founders Alan Sartirana and Alan Miller have parted ways to pursue their own endeavors. The latter will continue the Culture Collide brand as an editorial platform and its namesake festival, scheduled for L.A. (Oct. 16-18), San Francisco, and New York. Sartirana will launch Anthemic, an online music and culture publication, in September. The story was originally reported by Buzzbands.la.
The article notes:
http://archives.jrn.columbia.edu/2010/nyrm.org/about/index.html notes:Circulation: 85,000
Date of Birth: 2002
Frequency: Five times a year
Price: $4.99
If you can find it in a store, Filter is hard to miss on the shelf. Filter sticks out, and not just because it is physically larger and usually much thicker than Rolling Stone or Spin. It is also not just about mainstream music culture. Filter focuses on “good” music, freely translated to mean “indie” music and the culture that surrounds it.
Each issue of Filter is stacked with long-form artist Q&A’s, photo portfolios and profiles of well-known acts like Julian Casablancas and Peter Gabriel. A healthy chunk of space is reserved for “Getting to Know” new bands and spotlighting bands “You Should Already Know.” The back of the magazine is liberally sprinkled with bite-size album reviews and an eclectic mix of pop and indie culture events, updates and news.
The real draw of Filter is its approach to the indie scene. Big-name magazines like Rolling Stone, Spin, Q and NME are fantastic resources but usually focus on established acts and rock aristocracy. Indie publications devoted solely to uncovering unknown new acts are often snarky or appear condescending. This is why most people don’t like hipsters in the first place.
That the magazine was written by Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism students who are overseen by reputable journalists Victor Saul Navasky and Roger Youman strongly indicate that the magazine is a reliable source that can be used to establish notability.The New York Review of Magazines is an annual magazine published by students at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism. Victor Navasky, former editor and publisher of The Nation, and Roger Youman, former editor of TV Guide, oversee the magazine.
The article notes:
I consider significant coverage about Filter Magazine TV to be significant coverage of Filter Magazine because it is one of the subject's products.The idea was the brainchild of Filter magazine, a discriminating new-music pub whose creators rarely hesitate to think outside the page, so to speak. "We'd been putting together music samplers for Urban Outfitters and Anthropologie," says publication cofounder Alan Miller. "Filter Magazine TV seemed like the next natural step."
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For now, Filter Magazine TV remains commercial-free, though this could change in the near future. Like most other publishers, Miller claims that Filter's advertising is "seamless" and even appreciated by readers. Inserting ads into the preshow video presentations, however, could raise the ire of fans already bombarded with ads before movies and in other formerly ad-free venues.
The article notes:
I consider significant coverage about Filter Magazine's Culture Collide Festival to be significant coverage of Filter Magazine.FILTER Magazine has made quite a reputation for itself in delivering premier artists and uncovering new talent each year with its Culture Collide festival. This year, the celebrated even returns to Los Angeles’ Echo Park for its fourth year, running October 9-12, and features Phoenix, Dinosaur Jr, Liars, The Raveonettes and more.
Culture Collide's multi-day experience celebrating creative curiosity stretches across some of LA’s most renowned and intimate venues, where attendees are bound to discover their new favorite international band, as well as FILTER’s own favorite headliners, artists, comedians, industry experts and more.
The article notes:
I consider significant coverage about Filter Magazine's Culture Collide Festival to be significant coverage of Filter Magazine.For those without an airline ticket to some far off land this weekend, the international sounds have come to Echo Park with Filter Magazine's Culture Collide Festival, a multi-day super-eclectic music event that features 80 artists from 24 countries and is taking over a two-block stretch of clubs and venues.
Now in its second year, the festival is a rare opportunity to see the catchy Danish pop band the Asteroids Galaxy Tour, Australia's Cameras -- or even recently reformed East Coast indie band Clap Your Hands Say Yeah.
The article notes:
The superstar singer-DJ was a headline panelist Thursday at the kickoff event of FILTER Magazine's Culture Collide, a three-day celebration of international music, film, art, food, beverages and all-around global consciousness in Los Angeles' trendy Echo Park neighborhood.
In its fourth year, Culture Collide features more than 25 international music acts, running the gamut from Denmark's Raveonettes to Australia's Miami Horror; from the UK's Fuck Buttons to even some homegrown American talent, including Bleached, the Liars and Mystery Skulls.
The article notes:
In an age when music publications are folding left and right, FILTER magazine soldiers on with five full issues and five Good Music Guides per year. The content of the publication is driven by its tagline, "Good music will prevail," and recent features have included everything from a major interview and photo essay with Morrissey to a nine-page spread about the history of Slayer.
FILTER is one of the few major music magazines based out of Los Angeles, so their coverage of the local scene is a bit deeper than that of many other media outlets. LAist recently sat down with FILTER Editor-in-Chief Pat McGuire to chat about Morrissey, the rapidly changing magazine market and the unlikely road McGuire took on his way to becoming editor.
The article notes:
Miller and Sartirana, both former record-label employees, originally teamed to publish Filter magazine, since 2001, a Los Angeles-based glossy intended to "turn people on to artistically credible music," Miller said. Each issue—editorial content clearly distinct from marketing, he stressed—features a CD sampler of songs and related advertising meant to appeal to the forward-looking consumers FCG clients aspire to reach.
Cunard (talk) 07:43, 21 May 2016 (UTC)
CraveOnline noted "FILTER Magazine has made quite a reputation for itself in delivering premier artists and uncovering new talent each year with its Culture Collide festival." Since the Culture Collide festival was run by Filter at the time, the festival is part of Filter's history. Significant coverage about the festival therefore can be used to establish notability for Filter. NinjaRobotPirate (talk · contribs) mentioned this point above.
Likewise, significant coverage by MediaPost Communications about Filter Magazine TV is another source about Filter's product and history, so can be used to establish notability. Quote from the article: "The idea was the brainchild of Filter magazine, a discriminating new-music pub whose creators rarely hesitate to think outside the page, so to speak."
The LAist source is an interview, so the interview portion cannot be used to establish notability. However, in my above comment I quoted two paragraphs from the non-interview portion written by the article's author about the magazine. Those two paragraphs are independent material and cover Filter "directly and in detail, so that no original research is needed to extract the content" (quoting from Wikipedia:Notability#General notability guideline).
The Billboard article is a very strong source because Billboard does not cover the shuttering of every music magazine. That Billboard found Filter's closure significant enough to write in detail about strongly establishes notability.
In sum, there are multiple reliable sources about Filter. Billboard and The New York Review of Magazines cover Filter in significant detail. MediaPost Communications, the Los Angeles Times and CraveOnline review Filter's festival Culture Collide. MediaPost Communications discusses Filter Magazine TV in detail. Filter passes Wikipedia:Notability#General notability guideline.
Cunard (talk) 03:01, 22 May 2016 (UTC)