I don't like the mag, but my sisters long time BF is an editor there.
http://music-mix.ew.com/2009/03/blender-magazin.html
bad time to be in print.
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March 26, 2009 1:02 p.m. ignorant PowerDork
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March 26, 2009 1:19 p.m. neon4891 SuperDork
never read it. But I must agree it seems like a bad time for print.
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March 26, 2009 1:34 p.m. Ian_F New Reader
Never even heard of it... but I can imagine the print industry is a rough one right now... especially for something as "current" as the music industry...
We car-guys seem to like holding an actual paper rag... more comfortable than sitting on the can with a lap-top... so I'm guessing car mags will be one of the last to go...
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March 26, 2009 1:35 p.m. Dr. Hess PowerDork
My M-i-L subscribed to Country Weekly or something like that. A couple weeks ago there was a letter from them saying the mag was no more and any remaining subscription would be transferred over to something else if you asked.
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March 26, 2009 1:49 p.m. Ian_F New Reader
Dr. Hess wrote:
My M-i-L subscribed to Country Weekly or something like that. A couple weeks ago there was a letter from them saying the mag was no more and any remaining subscription would be transferred over to something else if you asked.
I had that happen to a start-up biking magazine I subscribed to a number of years ago... after 3 issues, it folded and my subscription was transfered to Velonews...
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March 26, 2009 1:49 p.m. 93celicaGT2 Dork
Dr. Hess wrote:
My M-i-L subscribed to Country Weekly or something like that. A couple weeks ago there was a letter from them saying the mag was no more and any remaining subscription would be transferred over to something else if you asked.
I died of boredom just reading the title of the mag...
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March 26, 2009 1:51 p.m. ignorant PowerDork
Yeah
Blue Print - MSO mag has died
and
Wonder tIme
My sister worked at both.
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March 26, 2009 2:01 p.m. Kramer Reader
Here's a funny societal comment I got from the original article:
Article said:
The title was launched in 2001
and
I actually worked at Blender for a long time
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March 26, 2009 2:47 p.m. TR3only New Reader
Our local newspaper is shrinking in page SIZE and number, and the newstand price just went up (again) so it now costs $0.75 a day. I wouldn't pay $0.25 a day for it, and it looks like with the latest round of layoffs, it's only a matter of time before it folds....permanently.
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March 26, 2009 3:06 p.m. Toyman01 Reader
ignorant wrote:
Yeah
Blue Print - MSO mag has died
and
Wonder tIme
My sister worked at both.
Please, please, please ask her not to get a job at GRM.
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March 26, 2009 3:15 p.m. ignorant PowerDork
Toyman01 wrote:
ignorant wrote:
Yeah
Blue Print - MSO mag has died
and
Wonder tIme
My sister worked at both.
Please, please, please ask her not to get a job at GRM.
no problem..
She won't leave NYC no matter what. but the market for magazines is saturated. Natural contraction going on.
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March 26, 2009 3:42 p.m. gamby UberDork
That's a bummer. I subscribed for a year. Decent enough magazine. I still subscribe to Spin, though--much snootier.
I think magazines will come back. There's still something to be said for reading a magazine on the couch on a Sunday. Much more tactile than a laptop, IMHO.
Actually, I hate reading magazines online--I think I've read one Winding Road in the past year and a half.
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March 26, 2009 6:30 p.m. maroon92 SuperDork
I subscribed to "european car" as a digital issue...it was about half price, and I think it was worth it. I wouldn't have paid full price for the subscription, but its okay at 6 bucks for a year...
I don't have a problem with digital issues...but for certain magazines, the tactility of it is important...evo for example wouldn't be the same in digital. GRM for another example.
