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Alpinist Magazine is folding
Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2008 1:38 pm
by ecp88
Another victim of the economy; Alpinist has closed its doors:
http://www.alpinist.com/
It was the best climbing magazine around.
Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2008 1:59 pm
by krampus
definitely the most interesting news I heard.....last week.
Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2008 2:18 pm
by bcombs
.... for me to poop on.
Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2008 3:23 pm
by p0bray01
holy shit. Well there price was steep. But I did love their mags.
Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2008 4:50 pm
by pkananen
Not sure I'd say they were a victim of the economy...even though they mentioned that in the press release.
Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2008 5:30 pm
by bcombs
IMO they were a victim of being a company that only put out a handful of issues a year to a market segment the size of a pinhead.
Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2008 6:00 pm
by pkananen
bcombs wrote:IMO they were a victim of being a company that only put out a handful of issues a year to a market segment the size of a pinhead.
That's basically true. They had the founder of RedHat giving them money to stay alive for a few years because it was his pet project. My guess is that he was sick of doing it, especially during this financial mess, so the ride was over.