Official Ceased Publication Updates

In addition to these - Radar magazine announced just this week that it will be ceasing publication.

Tracks magazine ceased publication in the spring of 05 and subscribers received subs to PASTE magazine instead for the sum of their remaining issues.

Vitals Man and Vitals Woman have also ceased publication but Fairchild has not stated what we will get instead.

From Media LIFE RE: RADAR:



Mort pulls the plug on Radar magazine

Citing tough ad climate for hip-skewing title
By Heidi Dawley
Dec 15, 2005

When Maer Roshan's Radar relaunched last June, amid a buzz of New York media chatter, two questions arose: Did America need or want this new magazine aimed at an elite of hip young trendsetters?

The second was whether its chief backer, Mort Zuckerman, would stick around long enough to find out.

The answer for the second question came yesterday, and it effectively answered the first: No.

With just three issues published, Zuckerman yanked his financial support of Radar, citing the negative ad climate. A statement released by the magazine quotes him as saying, "The current economic environment--primarily reflected in the magazine's lack of advertising traction--no longer makes it feasible to continue publishing."

The November-December issue, now on the stands, looks to be Radar's last unless Roshan can find new backers in a hurry.

Radar's closing, first reported yesterday on the blog Gawker, which has obsessed over the magazine through its brief life, does not come as a big surprise.

For all the initial buzz, Radar's first issue underwowed, with critics complaining that it seemed either a rehash of stories printed elsewhere or, perhaps even more damning, of its former self. Roshan had published two issues in 2003 before running out of capital.

Media buyers were notably unimpressed. One told Media Life at the time that Radar seemed too nichy and perhaps better suited for the internet. “It seems like a mish-mosh of things. It seems like it’s going to be very niche, for these people that like online sites.”

Still, the sense then was that Roshan, by most accounts a brilliant editor who had worked at Talk under Tina Brown as well as at New York, would in time find his pace, raising the hipness factor of Radar to the anticipated levels. The issue was just how much time he had.

The feeling was that he had very little, perhaps a few months, and as it turned out, that was a solid estimate.

Zuckerman, owner of the New York Daily News and U.S. News & World Report, was growing increasingly impatient with the losses of his newsmagazine. While he committed $25 million to Radar, along with co-investor Jeffrey Epstein, a financier, the magazine was not his first choice--he had only recently lost out on a bid for New York magazine--and his commitment to Radar seemed tentative at best.

Radar launched without a dedicated ad sales team, relying instead on the sales staff of U.S. News, itself struggling in the red. It was an odd pairing, considering the vastly different audiences. Radar targeted young, educated professionals with a median age of 31 and a household income of $75,000+. It launched with a rate base of 150,000.

It was also at a time when both U.S. News and the Daily News were undergoing rounds of job cuts. Employees at both publications were irked that Zuckerman was investing in a startup title at the same time that he was cutting costs at his existing publications.


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As a result of all the above, I would guess it will be quite some time before we get any news of what becomes of the Subscriber burden. That means those of you inclined to call up customer service and ask a totally uninterested party to read the tea leaves for you might want to sit on your hands for few weeks or better yet, read MEDIA WEEK or Media Life.

Customer service reps on those toll free lines do NOT work for the publisher - so keep that in mind whan you press them for info. They often service calls for many publishers. They will simply tell you that you will hear in a few weeks whether they know that to be true or not. Media Week or Media Life is your best source.

Here are two links Mag sub fiends might want to bookmark:

Media Week's Magazine/newspaper index front page:
http://www.mediaweek.com/mw/news/print/index.jsp

Media Life Front Page:
http://www.medialifemagazine.com/

Sync, Razar and Radar target almost the same similar demographics.

Here is Update!

I called Oraganic Style check the status. According to the customer service person, the management team choose
for you on the magazine depending on expiration date and their perception of you.

Majority of the subscribers will be receiving Experience Life Magazine (Fitness Life) They gave the following number
with has answering machine: 1-800-749-3964. Here is the website with different number: Website [lifetimefitness.com]

The other non-given choices

Body & Soul - Non-Rodale Magazine ---> Martha Stewart Omnimedia
Organic Gardening - Rodale
Prevention - Rodale

Even though majority of us receive the magazine for free. Many of us enjoy the magazine and would of like of given the choice.

Biography magazine will cease being a print magazine with the Winter issue and will now be an online content kinda thingy.

Private Pilot has ceased publication with the November 2005 issue. Beginning with the December 2005 issue, Private Pilot readers will join thousands of aviators who depend on Plane & Pilot for the latest aviation news!

Wow. Thnaks. I get that mag and a few other aviation mags - not sure why really except the neighbors's son always snags 'em when they arrive. i think he wants to be a pilot someday. I alrready get Plamne & pilot so I hope they just tack on another year or so

Desrtvixen posted on another site that also recently ceased are:

Travel America
Football Digest

Bah Some of my favorite mags are kicking the bucket! I got my last print issue of Biography yesterday.

Organic Style: I was told they are transferring our subs to Body+Soul; if you don't want that sub you can call Body+Soul at (800) 755-1178 and request a refund.

Radar: They are still negotiating our transfer to another publication.

Sync: They WILL NOT be transferring our complimentary subs only paid subs.

Razor: A recorded message says they are still working on a transfer.

Quote from desertvixen : Organic Style: I was told they are transferring our subs to Body+Soul; if you don't want that sub you can call Body+Soul at (800) 755-1178 and request a refund.

Not necessarily. They have 3 magazines they are sending out as replacements.
More details here: http://forums.slickdeals.net/show...2&t=152099

Most are getting Experience Life (Lifetime Fitness) magazine.
A few others are getting Prevention OR Body & Soul.

I just called Sync magazine and they said that my subscription was complimentary and that it would end at that. So no replacement for me.

Quote from vodreaux : As several of you realize, several magazines has ceased publications in recent months. There will be more magazines will ceased publications. Here is a thread to track the various threads on specific magazines with some basic information. Just for your Entertainment Magazine Dead Pool Sync Magazine Phone: (866) 311-9582 Website: www.syncmagazine.com You can Call Sync Magazine to get PC Magazine or Electronic Gaming World as replacement. Also, You may get Playstation Magazine replacement in January. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Organic Style Email ROLcustserv@Rodale.com Phone: (800) 365-3276 Website: http://www.organicstyle.com/ Call Rodale, the publisher of Organic Style, last month on replacement magazine. They stated, "They will send letter on replacement magazine." Read Thread Update. Rodale Automatically replace it with Experience Life(Majority), Body N Soul, Organic Gardening or Prevention. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Razor Magazine Phone: (800) 830-5180 Website: www.razormagazine.com No News on Replacement ---------------------------------------------------------------- Radar Magazine Phone: (800) 830-5180 Website: www.razormagazine.com Thanks, Nuala'sMom for Info, see Below. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Someone mentioned Tracks and Vitals Magazine. No info on either magazine.