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

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

Chicago’s long-running Pitchfork Music Festival is calling it quits after nearly two decades. The Pitchfork Music Festival announced it will not return to Chicago’s Union Park next year ...

CHICAGO (CBS) — Pitchfork Music Festival will not be held in Chicago next year, organizers announced Monday. After 19 years ...

Pitchfork officials announced that the evolving landscape of the music industry required them to make difficult decisions, and that included pulling the plug on the Chicago-based festival that had ...

Pitchfork Music Festival CDMX has revealed the first slate of artists in its 2025 lineup. Black Country, New Road, Roc ...

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: ...

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 ...

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