tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17198800.post3495952709069572178..comments2023-10-17T08:20:16.111-06:00Comments on The Mountain World: Climbing Mag Sold; New Running Mag Coming?Dougald MacDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12084708125730430530noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17198800.post-7523258401293179802007-01-12T20:34:00.000-07:002007-01-12T20:34:00.000-07:00As a life-long climber now in my late 40s, who eve...As a life-long climber now in my late 40s, who even remembers Mountain magazine, the irony is this: I am a charter subscriber to Urban Climber, sending in my $$s before the 1st issue even appeared, and it has quickly jumped to the top of my list of climbing mags. Reason: it was different, edgy, new. In other words, not just for the young skater-bouldering crowd. But already, I see it drifting toward the same content and tone as R&I and Climbing, which, if we're honest, are frequently hard to tell apart, even with R&I's new large fmt. It seems UC mag began this drift after original editor M@tt curiously exited. So... who knows where it'll go: maybe both UC and Climbing will now feel free to move away from the common middle ground and give those of us who are multiple subscribers something different to read per mag, rather than duplicate content, tone and coverage. Now that would nice.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17198800.post-12850290452103639832007-01-11T06:05:00.000-07:002007-01-11T06:05:00.000-07:00Interesting note !
I am impatient to discover how...Interesting note !<br /><br />I am impatient to discover how these tow very different magazine will evolve.<br />Dougald, whare you write that Climbing has to increase editorial, do you mean there is too much advertising in the magazine .<br /><br />For French readers, I just wrote an article about this transaction :<br />http://www.escalademag.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=303&Itemid=85Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00907850529210671717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17198800.post-72066052179874289562007-01-06T09:00:00.000-07:002007-01-06T09:00:00.000-07:00Quite right, thanks for the clarification. It was ...Quite right, thanks for the clarification. It was Cowles Enthusiast Media in 1997.Dougald MacDonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12084708125730430530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17198800.post-6192434217757330972007-01-05T21:10:00.000-07:002007-01-05T21:10:00.000-07:00Point of clarification: Primedia was in fact not t...Point of clarification: Primedia was in fact not the original purchaser of Climbing from MK back in the 90's. It was Cowles, which was bought a year or two later by McMullen Argus, which in turn was bought by Primedia a year or so after that.<br /><br />Regardless, it should be interesting to see what happens now that the magazine is out of the clueless clutches of Primedia.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17198800.post-17751947954753060882007-01-05T16:48:00.000-07:002007-01-05T16:48:00.000-07:00Glad to see they are going to leave the current st...Glad to see they are going to leave the current staff in place. They are all good people and deserve to work for a company that actually knows what it's doing in a small niche market.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com