RIP Mad magazine
News came earlier this week that the long-running humor and satire magazine, Mad, is effectively ceasing publication of new material. After August’s issue #9, Mad …
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Apple announces a new streaming service, a digital magazine service, and… a credit card?
On Monday, Apple announced a range of new digital services. They decided to make this their main presentation emphasis, to the point that a range …
RIP SkyMall, Cat Fancy, and Dog Fancy
I bring news of a trio of long-running magazines/catalogs finally going under. “SkyMall,” the ubiquitous back-of-the-airplane-seat filler, is filing for bankruptcy. The catalog, offering all …
RIP Macworld magazine
I’ve enjoyed reading Macworld for years, but the writing was on the wall for some time. Its PC counterpart, PC World, shifted to a web-only …
RIP Newsweek (and the concepts behind weekly newsmagazines?)
As announced last week, weekly newsmagazine (and Time competitor) Newsweek says it’ll be ending its 80-year run as a print publication, and shifting solely to …
Miscellaneous comics news: “Wizard” magazine closes shop, more on the death of the Comics Code
Several miscellaneous comics items: Today’s big news is that “Wizard” magazine, a monthly magazine covering the (mostly superhero) comics industry, is shutting down. Back in …
New Archie magazine, “Veronica and Betty,” to debut in 2011
Archie’s “turning it up to 11” in 2011! (Yeah, I know, but I need something to replace the soon-to-end 2010 “year we make contact” puns/bide …