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Ron

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MuscleMag, Oxygen, Reps Magazine done - out of business
« on: June 07, 2013, 01:28:41 PM »
Oxygen, MuscleMag, Reps are in the process of declaring bankruptcy and all of employees have been sent home.

Business for these magazines are over, and as of right now, no more issues coming out, as the printer is owed thousands, and halted everything.

Sad to see the end of an era in the publishing world.




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michael arvilla

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Re: MuscleMag Magazine done - out of business
« Reply #1 on: June 07, 2013, 01:31:05 PM »
Has been "downhill" for awhile now (in the 90's it was great)
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Re: MuscleMag Magazine done - out of business
« Reply #2 on: June 07, 2013, 01:31:19 PM »
Quote from: Ron on June 07, 2013, 01:28:41 PM
Oxygen, MuscleMag, Reps are in the process of declaring bankruptcy and the employees have been sent home.

Business for these magazines are over, and as of right now, no more issues coming out.


why is this Ron ? Bob Kennedy died but i thought it would go on ?
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Re: MuscleMag Magazine done - out of business
« Reply #3 on: June 07, 2013, 01:33:25 PM »
MM started dying the month Muscletech ads appeared in the mag.
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Re: MuscleMag, Oxygen, Reps Magazine done - out of business
« Reply #4 on: June 07, 2013, 01:34:44 PM »
Real question, who the hell still buys bodybuilding mags?
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Re: MuscleMag, Oxygen, Reps Magazine done - out of business
« Reply #5 on: June 07, 2013, 01:34:49 PM »
Who buys magazines any more? This is no surprise.
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Re: MuscleMag, Oxygen, Reps Magazine done - out of business
« Reply #6 on: June 07, 2013, 01:35:44 PM »
The internet killed printed media.
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Re: MuscleMag, Oxygen, Reps Magazine done - out of business
« Reply #7 on: June 07, 2013, 01:40:24 PM »
Quote from: chaos on June 07, 2013, 01:35:44 PM
The internet killed printed media.
this is very true
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Ron

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Re: MuscleMag, Oxygen, Reps Magazine done - out of business
« Reply #8 on: June 07, 2013, 01:42:14 PM »
From Bill Geiger, editor-in-chief of the magazines...

"Bad news folks: Canusa/Robert Kennedy Pubs which produces MuscleMag and Oxygen has gone out of business. Closed its doors. It was great working all the great people on staff and athletes out there. Hope I land on my feet."
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Re: MuscleMag, Oxygen, Reps Magazine done - out of business
« Reply #9 on: June 07, 2013, 01:54:37 PM »
With an 80/20 advertising to content ratio, why couldn't they make it? Printing & distribution costs too high?
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Re: MuscleMag, Oxygen, Reps Magazine done - out of business
« Reply #10 on: June 07, 2013, 01:56:01 PM »
PIP
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Re: MuscleMag, Oxygen, Reps Magazine done - out of business
« Reply #11 on: June 07, 2013, 01:56:40 PM »
PIP Musclemag. I loved that mag as a naive teenager. Thanks for the memories.
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Re: MuscleMag, Oxygen, Reps Magazine done - out of business
« Reply #12 on: June 07, 2013, 01:56:55 PM »
Quote from: Abacab on June 07, 2013, 01:54:37 PM
With an 80/20 advertising to content ratio, why couldn't they make it? Printing & distribution costs too high?

Circulation numbers go down and advertisers are less inclined to place ads and if they do they aren't going to pay a high rate.
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Re: MuscleMag, Oxygen, Reps Magazine done - out of business
« Reply #13 on: June 07, 2013, 01:58:25 PM »
Reps was actually a good mag, maybe they can continue as an online forum.
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Re: MuscleMag, Oxygen, Reps Magazine done - out of business
« Reply #14 on: June 07, 2013, 01:58:37 PM »
I remember the glory days of Musclemag here in the UK - a la early 90's - my wife bought me a 6 month subscription recently as a present recently, and really - what a struggle it was to read right through each issue.

Authors really are scraping the barrel trying to come up with new material...


No surprise that this situation has resulted really...
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Re: MuscleMag, Oxygen, Reps Magazine done - out of business
« Reply #15 on: June 07, 2013, 02:03:40 PM »
well ron, partially responsible are forums like this one

i feel sorry for those who lost their jobs,kinda.

not for bob kenedy, he spread so many lies there the only good thing about mmi was greg zulak for a while

the rest was the usual dishonesty and lately the mag looked like 80% ads.

and having pics of pros with guts like cows,thatw ont survive in this economy.

the mag was fucking shit, but less shit than flex etc.

instead of being honest,they went for the money.

misleading a whole generation into permabulking and buying creatine and useless supplements.

pathetic.



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Re: MuscleMag, Oxygen, Reps Magazine done - out of business
« Reply #16 on: June 07, 2013, 02:06:12 PM »
Quote
Authors really are scraping the barrel trying to come up with new material...
Train, eat, take drugs, rest, rinse and repeat.

Thats competitive bodybuilding.
Theres only so many ways you can tell it.
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Re: MuscleMag, Oxygen, Reps Magazine done - out of business
« Reply #17 on: June 07, 2013, 02:07:44 PM »
Quote from: galeniko on June 07, 2013, 01:53:29 PM
well ron, partially responsible are forums like this one ;D

i feel sorry for those who lost their jobs,kinda.

not for bob kenedy, he spread so many lies there the only good thing about mmi was greg zulak for a while

the rest was the usual dishonesty and lately the mag looked like 80% ads.

and having pics of pros with guts like cows,thatw ont survive in this economy.

the mag was fucking shit, but less shit than flex etc.

instead of being honest,they went for the money.

misleading a whole generation into permabulking and buying creatine and useless supplements.

pathetic.

Bingo 
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Re: MuscleMag, Oxygen, Reps Magazine done - out of business
« Reply #18 on: June 07, 2013, 02:20:39 PM »
sorry to hear this, it's the sign of the times. :( :( :( i still have issue 1.
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Re: MuscleMag, Oxygen, Reps Magazine done - out of business
« Reply #19 on: June 07, 2013, 02:44:37 PM »
Did any of you ever speak to him ? I spoke to him 2 on the phone. He made a lot of time for me and was a very nice man . Please do not speak rubbish about him or MM .
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Re: MuscleMag, Oxygen, Reps Magazine done - out of business
« Reply #20 on: June 07, 2013, 02:45:32 PM »
Quote from: galeniko on June 07, 2013, 02:08:30 PM
who doesnt remember the 134% strenght increases from muscletech

and the hydrocut

haha they pushed greg kovacs will they help him now that hes destroyed himself, how about a nostalgia article for kovacs to see how the "celltech" worked longterm



I was promised "steroid-like gains"

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Re: MuscleMag, Oxygen, Reps Magazine done - out of business
« Reply #21 on: June 07, 2013, 02:47:58 PM »
Quote from: Ron on June 07, 2013, 01:28:41 PM
Oxygen, MuscleMag, Reps are in the process of declaring bankruptcy and all of employees have been sent home.

Business for these magazines are over, and as of right now, no more issues coming out, as the printer is owed thousands, and halted everything.

Sad to see the end of an era in the publishing world.




--> Discussions with Musclephone, as he gets the credit for bringing it up




I pretty much expected it....without Robert Kennedy, the company was never able to recover and catch their breath.  Very sad to hear.
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Re: MuscleMag, Oxygen, Reps Magazine done - out of business
« Reply #22 on: June 07, 2013, 02:50:52 PM »
Bob Kennedy
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Re: MuscleMag, Oxygen, Reps Magazine done - out of business
« Reply #23 on: June 07, 2013, 03:12:32 PM »
-Who want to buy "muscle" advertising catalogues with up to 40% of bullshit contents  ::)
-Never ending repetitive images & BS training methods
-Old editors/publishers with old ideas, they don't know how to adopt/modernize to today's readers
-Muscle & Fitness  still is titled "Joe Weider's" mag's how idiotically can dead man run business  ::) ::) ::)
-Etc,etc,etc,...............
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Re: MuscleMag, Oxygen, Reps Magazine done - out of business
« Reply #24 on: June 07, 2013, 03:14:56 PM »
What turns me off if the endless supplement ads, endless pictures of dudes in a kitchen w a fork and a set of supplement bottles on the counter,
recycled "routines" right out of peoples' asses, etc.

Its just boring and overdone.   

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