Mike Reed said the longtime Chicago fest also was burdened by increasing pressure to book commercial pop acts like Justin ...

Mike Reed says he felt increased pressure from Condé Nast, the festival’s new owners, to chase after commercial pop acts such as Justin Bieber or Demi Lovato, signaling to him they were unaware of the ...

Pitchfork's annual music festival in Chicago, Illinois, will not return next year after a nearly two-decade run. The online ...

Back in November we got the disappointing news that Condé Nast, the publishing giant that has own Pitchfork since 2015, was ...

CHICAGO — Officials behind Pitchfork Music Festival announced Monday a departure from the Windy City after 19 years. “This decision was not made lightly,” a statement on the Pitchfork ...

Co-founder Matt Reed said he faced increasing pressure from the media company to put big commercial pop acts on the ...

Reed told WBEZ that booking the festival since Condé Nast purchased Pitchfork had become “increasingly difficult,” and that the mass media company was trying to push the fest in a more pop direction: ...