While magazine publishing and book publishing have made the leap from print to digital, there is still one niche of book publishing that is slow to conform: the coffee table book. Coffee table books which are large, illustrative books focusing on a particular subject, are growing stronger in the publishing industry, according to an article on Marketplace Business.
The hipster is dying. Or rather, the culture of the hipster is dying. As its dogma is being absorbed into the mainstream, what options are left for the originals but to fade and maybe reincarnate as a new subculture? The hipster has never been completely defined. Websites such as UrbanDictionary.com and the comedy site Cracked state characteristics of today’s hipster: an appreciation for Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer, the tendency to wear thrift-store and vintage threads, having obscure music tastes and being obsessed with being different from the mainstream.
Swedish House Mafia. These big-time names are on the tips of everyone’s tongues, as each DJ and the music they represent is becoming more prominent and more popular in today’s mainstream music. Both Deadmau5 and producer-DJ David Guetta performed at this year’s Grammy Awards, and dubstep artist Skrillex won three out of the five Grammy nominations he was up for – Best Dance Album, Best Dance Recording, and Best Remix.
