Ice Magazine's founder/owner Pete Howard posted a message at the magazine's website notifying the public that the music magazine has closed its doors for good. Ice walked a line between an industry trade and a resource for record-collecting store owners and industry employees. There was nothing else on the market like it.

"It's with careful consideration and a heavy heart that ICE magazine has decided to close its doors, after 19 wonderful years," he wrote. "In the very near future - perhaps just a few days - we will post a URL here which will lead to a Q&A blog in which I’ll attempt to answer all of your questions regarding ICE’s closing and its 19-year history."

Billboard will take over the magazine's subscriber list starting with its June 17th issue.

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