To help its readers experience the music it’s reviewing, Fader has put together a podcast which, along with a complete PDF reproduction of the magazine, can be downloaded from iTunes. Putting together the music is a magnificent effort, but the PDF file needs to be replaced with something more iPod-friendly.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Fader magazine releases issue on iTunes, 2006-Jul-6, by Jake Coyle of The Associated Press

Stone believes the days of magazines existing purely on paper are over. For a brand like Fader that often writes about new, potentially hard-to-find music, a podcast helps readers get their ears to it.