The once highly profitable Maxim magazine has been in a continued sales slump, and its billionaire owner is now shopping the magazine to other publishers.
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02-16-2007, 08:45 AM #1From putty 2 orange
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Maxim on the block?
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Civilly disobeying the law of gravity.
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02-16-2007, 08:52 AM #2Were You There?
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I really don't care.
"If you can't say anything good about someone, sit right here by me." - Alice Roosevelt Longworth, on manners
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02-16-2007, 10:50 AM #3Animation & Illustration
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Well, I kinda do care.
I don't read it regularly or anything, but if you want something to read on the plane that can occupy you with silly manliness for about 3 hours, a Maxim is good for that. Plus, it's chock-full of little ideas for fiction writers in the various articles (espescially the how-to stuff).
It'll be a shame if it collapses. Where will men go for their Cosmo equivalent?"Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside a dog, it's too dark to read"- Groucho Marx
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02-16-2007, 10:54 AM #4Senior Member
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The internet?
Originally Posted by Inkthinker
I mean, why buy the magazine when you can get the porn for free?
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02-16-2007, 01:30 PM #5Don't bone me.
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Because some of us cant bring the internet into the bathroom of our parents' house. Originally Posted by Ryan Day
Did I just say that?
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02-16-2007, 05:56 PM #6vs. mode
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Just convince them that they need wi-fi. Originally Posted by CaptainAwesome
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02-16-2007, 11:03 PM #7K-Bell is Dazzler
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Ive never read the magazine
But ive seen the celebrity photos
Maxim must be saved
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02-16-2007, 11:55 PM #8Animation & Illustration
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It's a fair cop. The internet can give you everything Maxim does x 1000. Originally Posted by Ryan Day
Of course, the same can be said for almost every magazine in print, hence the reason magazines are not doing so well these days."Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside a dog, it's too dark to read"- Groucho Marx
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02-17-2007, 10:11 AM #9Long Live the Legion
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Well FHM which is like Maxim only better just went under so the future doesn't look to bright for it right now.
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02-17-2007, 03:56 PM #10BANNED
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I've been reading Maxim since 2001 and my current Christina Aguilera issue deserves to be framed. Let's go Maxim!
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02-17-2007, 08:51 PM #11internet pope
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There's still Stuff and a half-dozen other almost-interchangeable magazines. Originally Posted by Inkthinker
howyadoin?
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02-17-2007, 11:01 PM #12Animation & Illustration
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I thought Stuff was a sub-publication of Maxim (or FHM). If they go under, doesn't Stuff soon follow?
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02-18-2007, 12:09 AM #13Cheering the apocalypse
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When the New York Times is looking to possibly cease publication, nothing else seems to matter
"I really don't know whether we'll be printing the Times in five years, and you know what? I don't care either," said Sulzberger at Davos’ World Economic Forum.
"The Internet is a wonderful place to be, and we're leading there."
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02-18-2007, 06:46 AM #14Beeyok! Ptow!
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Originally Posted by DWEarhart
Well, crap... wow.
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02-18-2007, 07:46 AM #15Cheering the apocalypse
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I shouldnt have said nothing else seems to matter, but rather, nothing is off limits.
The internet has opened up so many different doors and opportunities for journalism and commerce, it's frightening to some and exciting to others. The 'net could really change to face and practice of the news media if it hasn't already.
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