3T39 said:
Hello, All!
Just received a letter from Nexus Media publications about my subscription
to the UKs Television Magazine, to let me know they have ceased
publication
with imediate effect.
A shame, but no great surprise really, I have a collection that goes back
to
the sixties and even a few issues from the 50s .
another sad day for TV techs everywhere.
With best regards, 3T39. E-mail:
[email protected]
I wrote for them for many years, and things were never the same after they
brought the editing in-house, and sacked John and Tessa, who had been the
editor and assistant editor, for more years than they ( and I ) care to
remember. The guy that they brought in to edit it came from an electrical
industry paper, and it immediately showed. I, and many of the other regular
contributors rapidly came to blows with him, and many of the best writers
were lost to the magazine for ever. Most of us went over to the new magazine
that a few of the old stalwarts valiantly tried to set up in competition.
Sadly, that one hasn't made it either, and has left those brave souls rather
out of pocket. I kept taking TeleMag right up to the end, and the latest
editor that they had installed a few months back, seemed to be at least
steering it back in the right general sort of direction, but it was never
going to be the "community project" that it formerly was - written by
engineers, for engineers, edited by two people that really understood the
industry, and treated all of the contributors as friends. I still stay in
touch with Tessa over the net, and John rang me a couple of weeks back to
tell me about the demise of TeleMag. You might be interested to know that
they are both well. Still, as you say, a sad day all round. There are now no
trade mags this side of the pond, at all ...
Arfa
