Maybe it's a little morbid, but we think it would be useful to start tracking all the magazine closings during this difficult year. So we're adding a new category for this blog: Dead Magazines.

First up: Blender, which has been covering music and entertainment with a "laddie" sensibility since 2001. Alpha Media group, just announced that the magazine's April issue will be its last.

As publishers always say at this point, the brand will continue online at Blender.com.

When we get a minute, we're going to set up a stand-alone page where we'll
gather all notices of 2009 magazine closings into a centralized inventory, the Dead
Magazine List.

We could use your help. If you hear of a new closing, want to remind us about a magazine that ceased publication earlier this year, or have some thoughts about what's going on, please add a comment here or e-mail us.