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In the first part of this series, I questioned whether traditional climbing magazines can still thrive or will we see a faster migration to online only publications? Peter Beal and Dougald MacDonald both have some interested perspectives on this issue and I’d like to expand further on the topic. Personally, I still enjoy reading climbing […]
Popular rock climbing portal RockClimbing.com is under new management again. Citing economic conditions, they’re reconfiguring ownership and dropping Jay Young as a full-time, salaried publisher (via @theclimbergirl). Rockclimbing.com, together with its sister sites Dropzone.com and BASEjumper.com, were purchased by NameMedia last year and operated by them since then. Unfortunately, as the economy worsened over the […]
The other day I wrote about the reports of Michael Kennedy editing the new Alpinist. If you haven’t had enough of the Alpinist news, there’s even more. Alpinist released a press release which clarified a few points: Founded by Christian Beckwith and Marc Ewing and operated in Jackson, Wyoming, until the autumn of last year, […]
Dougald MacDonald reports that Vermont-based Height of Land Publications has purchased the assets of Alpinist. The current publishers of Backcountry and Telemark Skier Magazines plan to bring back Alpinist in its current form and honor all current subscriptions. Additionally, Alpinist is offering a special re-launch price of $30 for one year. From the press release: […]
The GetOutdoors blog is reporting that Alpinist has finally been sold to a high bidder. No details yet on the identity of the buyer. In the end, the final bid was for $71,000. That’s the bad news for the debt holders and/or investors given the millions that were pumped in. On the positive side, the […]