Where is nme sold

Ex-NME editor suggests digital brand can be 'more valuable' outside publishing company. BandLab Technologies is buying NME , which was founded in and shut its print edition in , and Uncut, which made its debut in , for an undisclosed sum.

BandLab, a social music creation platform, describes itself as a collective of music-focused brands that span tech, retail, manufacturing and publishing, and is focused on building a "connected world of music" and creating products and services for music makers and lovers. It claims to have more than five million global users. The company already owns UK-based Guitar. His father is a palm oil billionaire. All Sections View and post jobs in journalism. In the news Platforms Publishers Interviews Marketing.

The s saw the paper at the cutting edge of the UK's new music scenes, including glam rock and punk. Throughout the next three decades the publication cemented its position as the world's biggest rock weekly and independent music bible.

But in , faced with falling sales, NME magazine was relaunched as a free publication. Just three years later NME announced that its print edition would cease publication after 66 years and become an online-only offering.

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