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Alternative Press began as a photocopied fanzine in Cleveland in 1985.Three decades later it is still in print, defying the widespread death of independent music magazines while also embracing the digital realm."There's always going to be some kid out there that's just going to be slightly different."Tomorrow, the magazine will host the second annual Journeys Alternative Press Music Awards in Cleveland, a celebration of alt youth culture that will feature performances by artists like DMC of Run DMC and Weezer, and honor icons including Rob Zombie and punk pioneers X. At the same time, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland will debut an exhibit celebrating 30 years of the publication. With a current circulation of 225,000 (including subscription numbers that will hit 70,000 after a bump from this summer's Warped Tour), Alternative Press is the number two music magazine in the country behind Rolling Stone, with steady sales, while altpress.com attracts 2.3 million unique visits per month.Founder Mike Shea says the magazine's endurance comes from consistently listening to its young audience even through the industry's shakiest times. Shea talked to Fast Company about the power of fandom, the value of kids' appreciation for music history, and what it means to be "alternative" in 2015.Alternative Press has succeeded at keeping the same young demographic of reader even as you and the original artists you covered have gotten older. How do you think you've accomplished this?When you're an entertainment editor or even probably a political editor or something like that, your main years of putting in the midnight hours, going crazy on it, a lot of the stuff that you're writing about at that point really becomes very personal to you. I think the trick when you're an editor is to realize that clocks move forward and you have to take a step back and put them in the background a little bit and make sure that you're trying to stay on top of what's going on now. A lot of times that includes working with new generations of writers or other contributing editors—you have to be open to it. I think we've all, in this journalism industry, seen those editors and writers that just don't want to stop. They just believe that if they maybe write more about something then more people will like it, and that's not necessarily the case.I mean, there's a reason why they call it pop culture, right? Times change. I think the key is we've had to consistently step back and open our eyes and our ears and listen to the readers. The readers are usually the first people to tell us we're screwed up. They'll tell us, "why are you still writing about them," or "no one cares," or "where's my favorite band?" If enough of them say it, then you get the idea.
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