As the NME nears its 60th birthday, has its influence in music world waned?

Critics say music weekly with proud history no longer has the huge relevance it once hadOne of the perils of being an institution is that you get gossiped about. So it is with the NME, the totemic name in British music journalism.In recent weeks, following the announcement the music weekly's circulation had fallen to 27,650, the music industry has been abuzz with rumours: its staff have been told to ditch the coverage of guitar bands and concentrate on urban music; one issue before Christmas was...

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