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 Posted: Dec 13, 2011 - 01:47 PM
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First post: Oct 24, 2010
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Factory media do quite alot
Factory Media Ltd produce the following brands:
Adrenalin Trip, Bicycle Buyer, Boards, Boardseeker, Cooler, Dig BMX, Dirt Mountain Bike, Kingpin Skateboarding Europa, Mpora, Moto, MX Trax, Onboard European Snowboarding, Ride BMX, Sidewalk Skateboarding, Ski Union, Surfer's Path, Surf Europe, Whitelines Snowboarding
Factory Media GmbH produce the following brands:
Freedom BMX, Moto X, Skateboard MSM, Skiing, Snowboarder MBM, Surfers |
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Post subject: RE: Re: RE: whats wrong with snowboarding magazines......
Posted: Dec 13, 2011 - 02:54 PM
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First post: Dec 05, 2005
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Location: Basingstoke / London
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I stopped buying mags a while ago - they're all so bloody expensive with very little in return. Especially when you can get tons of content on the internet these days.
Whitelines would def be my rag of choice though - whenever I do read one I'm more often than not engaged by the written stuff. It's always a nice surprise to find a nice article that captures the sport. |
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Post subject: RE: Re: RE: whats wrong with snowboarding magazines......
Posted: Dec 13, 2011 - 03:10 PM
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First post: Nov 26, 2011
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Location: Chorleywood, Herts
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I deal quite a lot with one of the big publishers...advertising is key, they write articles to spec pretty much, the more you pay, the more control you have...the journalism isn't great, but then the journos are not well paid....no ideological young guns to be seen...and as a result, the magazines are at best an absorbant liner for your cat litter tray.
The problem is, that the people writing the content don't actually understand or care about the subject matter..they are just getting paid (and not very much either).
Online genuinely is the future, but probably not in the way that the publishers want - we all love to read content from people who care, be it blogs, indy sites or forums who are not bogged down in advertising and have the freedom to be opinionated, to say that some stuff sucks, etc, etc.
That said, if anyone wants to start a mag and needs a copywriter...call me  |
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Post subject: RE: Re: RE: whats wrong with snowboarding magazines......
Posted: Dec 13, 2011 - 03:19 PM
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First post: Jun 01, 2011
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Location: Warwickshire
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| it is nice though to be able to flick through a mag whilst on the train/ plane etc but there is just so much out there on the internet its gonna be hard to keep pushing forward with the mags unless the good features are there. |
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Post subject: RE: Re: RE: whats wrong with snowboarding magazines......
Posted: Dec 13, 2011 - 06:31 PM
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| Id happily pay money for reason, its miles better than the others, Method is good too. |
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Post subject: RE: Re: RE: whats wrong with snowboarding magazines......
Posted: Dec 13, 2011 - 07:04 PM
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First post: Jun 01, 2011
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Location: Warwickshire
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| the reason is good.. amazed they manage to make it for free.... |
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Post subject: RE: Re: RE: whats wrong with snowboarding magazines......
Posted: Dec 13, 2011 - 07:22 PM
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First post: Jan 09, 2006
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Location: Washington DC USA
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ColdComfort
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Post subject: RE: Re: RE: whats wrong with snowboarding magazines......
Posted: Dec 13, 2011 - 08:31 PM
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First post: Dec 03, 2009
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completely agree ... all snowboard press is absolute dross these days, half GQ style fashion bollox, the other half crammed full of the same old photo's ad's and piss poor storys about some crue and a no name pro or two backpacking around eastern europe.
They really need to step up their game or have they already surrendered to the online age. |
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Posted: Dec 13, 2011 - 10:23 PM
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First post: Nov 30, 2004
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The internet has changed things for print as well as music. "Print" is a little behind the curve. People do still buy magazines ... that's the weird thing.
Magazine content isn't what it was? I thought that was just me getting old. But then the revenue stream can hardly be what it was. How many copies are they selling?
Maybe the way to look at it is as a positive thing - there's lots of stuff online now, and there's quality there if you look for it.
Here's the first issue of TWS. Online, free. That was then, this is now... there's still plenty to do. |
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Post subject: RE: Re: RE: whats wrong with snowboarding magazines......
Posted: Dec 16, 2011 - 09:06 AM
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First post: Nov 04, 2011
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| Coming from a surfing background I've seen the those mags do exactly the same thing. funnily enough factory media's offerings, Surf Europe and surfers path are slim on content and heavily Americanised. The uk offerings followed suit and i haven't picked one up in years. Quite like http://www.methodmag.com/ although you still have to wade through the ads and crap for the gold dust but its free! |
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Post subject: RE: Re: RE: whats wrong with snowboarding magazines......
Posted: Dec 22, 2011 - 04:53 PM
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First post: Apr 18, 2010
Total posts: 192
Location: Surrey
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F..liping good magazine, thanks for the heads up. Couldn't find it any where so paid up for subscription. £2.50 a pop delivered.... 
http://thereasonmag.com/ |
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Posted: Dec 22, 2011 - 05:28 PM
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First post: Dec 14, 2004
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Location: cheshire
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By far the best magazine ive EVER read is Transworld Snowboarding from the US
I picked it up in a french air-port a few years ago (and Ive still got it)
I know you can get it over here if your willing to pay big money for a subscription (which I'm not).
If I could afford it I would deffo buy it and cant reccomend it enough....ive given up on whitelines lately, dont know why its just lost its appeal for me  |
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Posted: Dec 22, 2011 - 05:55 PM
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First post: Oct 11, 2004
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Location: Is in the U freakin' K
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