Classic Rock's "Prog Rock" Magazine

moshkito wrote: AtomicCrimsonRush wrote: Hmm, we are certainly making an impact here I agree but theres something about a mag that hits newstands and targets an audience that may never darken our doorstep here........... they both have validity in this case.   A couple more years ... just a couple more ... and anyone trying to sell those magazines by distribution is going to go broke! It is the stupidest thing, and the company would (essentially) be paying someone else for the priviledge of distributing it, and this is the part of the music business that started falling off first, and the publishing business is next ...   Get ready to print this at home ... you buy it direct, download it, and print it. In 5 years the color printers will be even better and almost as good as what you get on the street anyway! And it helps a company keep track of sales better over all, since the distributors and record companies were never that honest in the first place!   Again, if I was a person on the board at PA, I would start this NOW, and try to get something going on a monthly basis, and sell each license individually ... (on Adobe, you can download it and NOT print it) ... although the usual paranoia is going to happen when someone sends a copy of it to their friends ... and what not. But generally, most people would want their own anyway, and if they want a printed copy they can call PA directly and order one!   There are many things that can be done ... the question is ... do you wanna do it? ... and when? ... just don't wait until the next decade when others are already doing it, and PA is no longer vital ... !!! ... which is my only concern.

No one in their right mind will ever print out a 130 page full colour magazine in their own home. They'll read it online or on a Kindle (or at least they will if a colour version is made).

lazland wrote: It's really expensive, but well worth it IMO - I've saved by cancelling my order of the regular Classic Rock magazine.

From what I've seen, it's yet another glossy mag that simply regurgitates popular taste and incorrect history. For want of a nail a Kingdom was lost.

I agree that these threads are for discussion not advertising

Team Rock have gone into receivership so unless a buyer can be found Classic Rock presents Prog magazine will be no more.

lazland wrote: Dean wrote: Team Rock have gone into receivership so unless a buyer can be found Classic Rock presents Prog magazine will be no more. Blimey. Bad news, for sure. A couple of issues ago, they ditched the fancy gatefold cover, so I suppose that was the harbinger of things not being so healthy. Let's hope a buyer can be found.

Does this mean that rock is dead? 

SteveG wrote: lazland wrote: Dean wrote: Team Rock have gone into receivership so unless a buyer can be found Classic Rock presents Prog magazine will be no more. Blimey. Bad news, for sure. A couple of issues ago, they ditched the fancy gatefold cover, so I suppose that was the harbinger of things not being so healthy. Let's hope a buyer can be found. Does this mean that rock is dead?

It means that in the present era, print magazines face a bloody hard job to survive.

Oh, and to clarify Dean's original post, the parent company has gone into administration, meaning that they are actively seeking buyers for a, hopefully, ongoing business. However, having just read the news on BBC website after Dean's post, and looking at the financial figures in terms of losses and decline in turnover, it does not look too hopeful.

A truly sad day for those concerned about the commercial aspect of rock music. One can like or dislike the priorities given by the magazines Team Rock had, but they did make these genres and numerous artists active in them visible in a manner no-one else has managed for decades. One can only hope, for the sake of the employees just as much as for the sake of the genres these magazines covered, that someone else decides to step in and take if not all then at least most of them over.
The Prog mag have done magnificent work in giving limelight and spotlight to their chosen genre, I see the footprints they have left on a fairly constant basis when reading mainstream media. For the sake of this type of music specifically I hope that the Prog mag is one that will be saved.

And it's not just the magazine. They finally gave Prog its own special night, an annual awards ceremony which honoured the best of the year, and said thank you to the legends of the past, most of whom would be generally ignored by the mainstream media.

I saw this on my Facebook feed the other day.  http://www.wlup.com/2016/12/23/rush-join-bands-in-supporting-team-rock/