Comments | lord_darkseid: Sign of the times sadly... :(

lord_darkseid

Sign of the times sadly... :(

Mar 26, 2009 15:01

Anime Insider magazine ceases publication after 8 years

Comments 7

Not surprised... karaoke_ok March 26 2009, 20:11:00 UTC

Wizard has been contracting a lot lately, including lay-offs and cancelling WW Texas & WWLA:

http://www.newsarama.com/comics/090226-wizard-lay-offs.html
(Apparently, this also opens the door for freelance contributors.)

They also moved all of their operations (except on the West Coast) to one building:
http://www.comicbookconventions.com/forum/index.php?topic=7589.0

Did you get my message about CCI?

The following is off-topic, but I think you'd be just as pissed as I was when I read about this:
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/032609dnmetcopstop.3e9c080.html?nTar=OPUR

(I've had my share of run-ins with cocky young police officers who abuse their authority as well.)

sixstop March 26 2009, 23:22:54 UTC

if you can't run lean and mean, you're gonna run outta breath

dave_iii March 27 2009, 00:34:02 UTC

Now, I wonder... did it fold because no one's buying anime magazines anymore, or just THAT magazine?

tochiro998 March 27 2009, 01:48:28 UTC

As mentioned, Wizard is having a tough time currently ( ... )

kikaiju March 27 2009, 05:07:37 UTC

When people were doing something and suddenly stop, it's often because what they were doing stopped paying out money/profits ( ... )

tochiro998 March 27 2009, 05:34:46 UTC

You're right about most of this. The problem with 4Kids is, they mistook the success of Pokemon as THEIR success, not the product itself, and have totally ignored that what made Pokemon huge was a. constant, unwavering support from Nintendo and b. the show ran in that all important, now vanished 3-5 PM mon-fri. kidvid timeslot on broadcast TV stations ( ... )

kikaiju March 27 2009, 04:46:59 UTC

Anime who? I admit I am not totally in touch with today's stuff but as far as I can tell, I have never heard of or seen Anime Insider.

Says something about.... something.