Are we toast?
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hey woo, how r u?
well if you say so....heh heh
Where you been son? Hopefully not at the capitol on Jan 6
lol no i wasn't out rioting. still in boston, not riding much but still taking loads of photos.
So it looks like Bikemag is regularly spitting out news again! Just not their own production though. Kinda like one of those news/viral videos integrators out there. Discovered it by a comment on the Rampage's custom helmets piece on PB.
I honestly thought all operations had stopped pre pandemic...
EDIT: the last original piece is from August 24.
I honestly thought all operations had stopped pre pandemic...
EDIT: the last original piece is from August 24.
@slimshady I met with some of the new team last week. They're starting up some operations again. Guessing you'll see more of a mixture of original content and ongoing trends/industry news than the original Bike which was almost exclusively original content. But the new editors are a bunch of outdoor biking enthusiasts so it's not turning into Buzzfeed, either.
I think the editors are going to start showing up around the community, try to engage a bit more. I suggested that, if they have interesting topics that aren't fleshed out enough to warrant a full article, that they bring them to the community for discussion. We'll see what happens - but they are interested in trying to contribute here.
I think the editors are going to start showing up around the community, try to engage a bit more. I suggested that, if they have interesting topics that aren't fleshed out enough to warrant a full article, that they bring them to the community for discussion. We'll see what happens - but they are interested in trying to contribute here.
I wish they could make the article headings not look they were generated by the cheapest AI/Bot on the market though.
One of the new editors is a friend of mine. Straight up awesome guy, great rider, really good illustrator, just top notch people all around. He feels good about the future.
Cy?
I honestly have no idea how much equity the "Bike Magazine" name has in the market anymore. But it sure has a lot of brand equity in my heart - it is/was a really foundational part of my first years being interested in riding. I still remember the excitement of pulling a new issue from the mailbox and rushing inside to flip through it.
I hope they make a go of it, and not just because they are tied to Ridemonkey.
I hope they make a go of it, and not just because they are tied to Ridemonkey.
We're obviously in very good hands
Still kinda hungry for toast.
Damn it now I want toast
So what’s the monkey worth anyways?
Considering it’s just a bunch of crusty curmudgeons complaining about sleep, weather, sharing memes and occasional bike related stuff I would say about…….fiddy
Is this the right thread to complain about only getting second in the annual soup competition ?
I need some geritol.
I need some geritol.
I believe you are in the centrum silver and depends category actually
Well, I couldn’t cook like usual, so wifey did most of it . It was an ultra-dank Mulligatawny Stew. Last year I won in a landslide with a ridiculous Tom Kha Ghai. Next year will me a braised short rib Panang curry.
Been keeping an eye on the Arena Group / SI drama because they are a sizable client.
nymag.com
Love this bit. Nobody tell 'em about RM.
Almost immediately, the morale at Arena Group plunged, former employees there said. In early December, after the deal with B. Riley had closed, Bhargava gave a speech at an all-hands meeting in which he told employees, “The amount of useless stuff you guys do is staggering,”
Sports Illustrated’s $10 Million Mystery
There was plenty of cash to keep the venerable sports magazine alive. Why did its parent company, Arena Group, choose not to?
nymag.com
Love this bit. Nobody tell 'em about RM.
Almost immediately, the morale at Arena Group plunged, former employees there said. In early December, after the deal with B. Riley had closed, Bhargava gave a speech at an all-hands meeting in which he told employees, “The amount of useless stuff you guys do is staggering,”
I believe I am the self-proclaimed CEO of "useless", why wasn't I in the all-hands meeting? I would like to speak to a manager pleaseBeen keeping an eye on the Arena Group / SI drama because they are a sizable client.
Sports Illustrated’s $10 Million Mystery
There was plenty of cash to keep the venerable sports magazine alive. Why did its parent company, Arena Group, choose not to?
Love this bit. Nobody tell 'em about RM.
Almost immediately, the morale at Arena Group plunged, former employees there said. In early December, after the deal with B. Riley had closed, Bhargava gave a speech at an all-hands meeting in which he told employees, “The amount of useless stuff you guys do is staggering,”
I believe you are the COO of "useless." *I* am the CEO of that particular endeavor.
It's a media holding group. All of these giant holding empires are essentially useless by definition. They don't build anything. Most of them simply purchase companies, squeeze some profits out, then move on.
May as well go to the Bike Mag staff and say, "all you guys talk about is bikes!"
A good look at the state of media these days, as told by a writer from the inside of the cindering wreck of The Messenger, which recently and spectacularly crashed and burned.
nymag.com
Killing The Messenger: My Final Days Working at a Disaster
Empty offices, empty promises, but at least there was hummus.
nymag.com
