Re: Is Hot Rod Magazine Next to Go Down?
[Re: GregY]
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07/29/20 09:58 AM
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I hope not. I think the current thinness might be more economy/covid related.
Besides, I see an improvement in HR's game of late, as I think they also see the tightening of this format.
Reality check, that half the population is smarter then 50% of the people and it's a constantly contested fact.
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Re: Is Hot Rod Magazine Next to Go Down?
[Re: jcc]
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Current issue - 3 Mopars on the cover - is entirely articles that they previously had online, except the Mopars, and HR is the 3rd article I've seen on them. Whether that's Covid-related, vacation-related, or what, I don't know. As much as HR crows about how important they are - and I can't disagree, really - I would hope they survive. Seems R&T and C/D are still going strong, but a lot of their ads are non-automotive. I like print more than online: simple, portable, more tangible. Same with FSMs, gimme the book format.
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Re: Is Hot Rod Magazine Next to Go Down?
[Re: GregY]
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07/29/20 10:28 AM
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I got my new issue: 83 pages. I could have had the mailman slide it under the door. No subscription cards either...
I know print magazines are a dying breed, I am going to miss them when they're gone.
Greg .....and how many of those pages were paid advertising? Some of the chick mags are UP TO 70% advertising!
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Re: Is Hot Rod Magazine Next to Go Down?
[Re: dOc !]
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Yes, the content seems to be getting thinner
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Re: Is Hot Rod Magazine Next to Go Down?
[Re: 340Cuda]
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07/29/20 11:57 AM
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I pretty much agree with everything that's been posted. I certainly enjoy some issues of Hot Rod more than others, and I would take 83 pages over it going to digital only or disappearing entirely. I guess we will see.
If you ever want to see what a quality car-related magazine used to look like, check out Stock Car Racing from the 1970s. I've have about 20 or so of them that I rediscovered in my basement recently. They were amazing magazines from the columns, to the big race reports, to the local track stuff, to the tech, everything. Some of the letters to the editor are kind of humorous viewed 40+ years in the future. As a preteen/teen at the time, I probably didn't fully appreciate it.
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Re: Is Hot Rod Magazine Next to Go Down?
[Re: moparx]
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i had subscriptions to several of the titles ten canceled, so the remaining time was all transferred to hot rod. that subscription now runs out in late 2025........... ... so on your CENTENNIAL birthday !
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Re: Is Hot Rod Magazine Next to Go Down?
[Re: Devil]
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07/29/20 08:48 PM
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I can't get into much of the nitty gritty of it because of stuff I signed. But since Discovery Communications bought us, they don't want anything to do with publishing lets say. We had 26 Magazines 36 months ago, and now it is 3. And many of those magazines were making money, not a lot of money, but money. They just don't want to deal with magazines. Yeah I would think that someone who is sharp could run a profitable magazine business even these days. There are a lot of older guys who like to read articles in print rather than on line. There are plenty of project cars in the world and there are a lot of vendors who would like to advertise in the magazines. So if you put all of those things together you have a business model. Might not be as profitable as it was in the 70's or 80's, but it could still provide value for a lot of people.
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Re: Is Hot Rod Magazine Next to Go Down?
[Re: moparx]
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i had subscriptions to several of the titles ten canceled, so the remaining time was all transferred to hot rod. that subscription now runs out in late 2025........... They gave me a digital subscription of Hot Rod in lieu of Car Craft. I have absolutely ZERO interest in a digital subscription., If they sent me hard copies of Hot Rod I probably would have continued my subscription.
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Re: Is Hot Rod Magazine Next to Go Down?
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07/30/20 11:41 AM
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i had subscriptions to several of the titles ten canceled, so the remaining time was all transferred to hot rod. that subscription now runs out in late 2025........... They gave me a digital subscription of Hot Rod in lieu of Car Craft. I have absolutely ZERO interest in a digital subscription., If they sent me hard copies of Hot Rod I probably would have continued my subscription. i was offered digital subscriptions as well, but i called them up and conned them into combining my balance to hot rod in the print version.
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