A print magazine devoted to vlogging? It’s a generational thing

Those who are so quick to dismiss the launch of Oh My Vlog! and its coverage of the new breed of online superstars are missing the pointOn Wednesday afternoon, while Piers Morgan was penning his important and completely helpful musings on the concept of Nicki Minaj’s support from Black Twitter, Media Twitter was erupting at the news that Egmont, the publishing company behind the pop magazine We Love Pop, had a new project: Oh My Vlog!, a standalone title celebrating the world of YouTube superstars such as Alfie Deyes, Tanya Burr and Zoella.Among the first responders was one sceptical Metro writer who ended their article with the words, “Who said print journalism was dead, eh?” This writer was apparently unaware of the circumstances surrounding print media’s demise. For print journalism did not die of natural causes. It was suffocated on its way to work one morning, buried beneath an avalanche of discarded newspapers. Its final glimpses of humanity were a cat cartoon and a paparazzi shot of Rita Ora. Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

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