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website and, before, a monthly music magazine. It launched in April 2008 and switched to online-only distribution in
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who featured Stipe on their cover at the same time, a move widely thought to be an attempt by Hot Press to stifle State's status as a serious 'alternative' to the more established local magazine. At a price of €5.50,
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