Premiere Folds

No, I havn't read it much since college (and even then, it was the late 90s and the mag was already in decline), but the news that PREMIERE magazine is shutting down after 20 years in print is still kind of bummer. Obviously, it's one less outlet for film freelancers to pitch to -- and, in the dumbest irony in recent memory, I was actually in the midst of digging up the mag's contact info so I could send a querie when I heard the news. But also, by my accounting, it was the last U.S.-based, mainstream film magazine standing, and it seems incredibly unlikely that another print title will pop up in its place. Will Premiere itself be missed? Maybe not by anyone who wasn't currently on the payroll. But with pretty much every other relevant film magazine remaining obstinately indie-minded (and/or operated by a non-profit), I'm in deep nostalgia for an era of serious, mainstream film journalism which may or may not have ever truly existed.