More People Gone At MD

[Femphysiquefan]

Joe Pietaro is reporting over on MSM TV that 2 more higher-ups at MD are now gone of their own accord. Looks like David Baye's departure was the first of several.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2y__EPibUDs

[huge285]

When you don't get paid, you can't pay your mortgage, phone bill, electricity, cable, etc...........so you have to go get a "paying" job!

[Joe Pietaro]

[hifrommike65]

Schadenfreude over hard times at MD is misguided. It we lose MD, that leaves the AMI/Weider mags (& Iron Man, which gets shorter every month) as the only widely sold print periodicals. A lot of people depend on the mags to market themselves & get the word out on their work in the bodybuilding & fitness industry. We have lost too many mags already. Every loss means it gets harder for some to stay in the industry. A loss for one part of it is a loss for all.

[Curt James]

Schadenfreude over hard times at MD is misguided. It we lose MD, that leaves the AMI/Weider mags (& Iron Man, which gets shorter every month) as the only widely sold print periodicals. A lot of people depend on the mags to market themselves & get the word out on their work in the bodybuilding & fitness industry. We have lost too many mags already. Every loss means it gets harder for some to stay in the industry. A loss for one part of it is a loss for all.

While you have a point, my friend, it's inexcusable and unsustainable to not pay your employees. :-(

How many muscle mags can you name that have gone under?

Off the top of my chrome dome...

• Muscle Digest
• Female Bodybuilding
• Women's Physique World
• MuscleMag International
• MuscleMag Annual

What was that one Jeff Everson put out? Is it still on the newsstand?

[Chris Aceto]

Sugar NyQuil Shawn still acting as journalist in chief and getting a check . You can guarantee wrong Harris still owed thousands and thousands and zero way Bleckmin paying Mcgough . word is they have no one to cover the Arnold as people fear not be paid

[doubleogordo]

Wow. Can someone please pull the plug on MD?

[Joe Pietaro]

Schadenfreude over hard times at MD is misguided. It we lose MD, that leaves the AMI/Weider mags (& Iron Man, which gets shorter every month) as the only widely sold print periodicals. A lot of people depend on the mags to market themselves & get the word out on their work in the bodybuilding & fitness industry. We have lost too many mags already. Every loss means it gets harder for some to stay in the industry. A loss for one part of it is a loss for all.

There is another print publication that covers hardcore bodybuilding, you know...

[MotownMuscle97]

Has David Baye still been posting here?

[Mac]

Has David Baye still been posting here?

Not that I have seen. But I miss a lot of posts at certain times of the day.

http://forums.rxmuscle.com/search.php?searchid=3869135


He's been lurking however.

[MotownMuscle97]

Not that I have seen. But I miss a lot of posts at certain times of the day.

Was just wondering if his ranting came back and bit him on the ass. Hopefully it hasn't, he's a good dude.

[Curt James]

Was just wondering if his ranting came back and bit him on the ass. Hopefully it hasn't, he's a good dude.

On the recent HMR, Dave noted that Baye was picked up as emcee for Tim Gardner's IFBB Hawaii Pro.

[Femphysiquefan]

While you have a point, my friend, it's inexcusable and unsustainable to not pay your employees. :-(

How many muscle mags can you name that have gone under?

Off the top of my chrome dome...

• Muscle Digest
• Female Bodybuilding
• Women's Physique World
• MuscleMag International
• MuscleMag Annual

What was that one Jeff Everson put out? Is it still on the newsstand?

That would be Planet Muscle, which as far as I know is still on newsstands. I don't know how well the print magazine is doing, though, in this digital age.

[MotownMuscle97]

On the recent HMR, Dave noted that Baye was picked up as emcee for Tim Gardner's IFBB Hawaii Pro.

Thanks Curt.

[Mobster]

One of the major issues with print magazines has always been the numbers of readers vs those who brought them. Here in the UK we've lost 10+ mags since I started collecting mine. I wrote for a couple and spoke to others who were more involved. They told me the figure was often 7-1. So guy buys it and 6 others have a look. The best circulation was between 30 and 50,000 (IIRC).

We've only one independent mag now: The Beef and it's no longer seen on the shelves in shops (just become free though via gyms and mail). Flex and Muscle & Fitness UK editions are the only ones, outside of Men's Fitness etc. we'd call bodybuilding magazines that you'll see in a shop. Subscription only is the oldest bodybuilding magazine in the world: Health & Strength.

Mags that came and went (US and UK) include Bodybuilding Monthly, Muscle Express, Bodybuilding Lifestyles (the WBF mag), Hardgainer, Strength Athlete, Muscle Media 2000 and BodyFitness to name a few.