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    Motor Trend Publisher Files For Bankruptcy, Will Privatize

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    Image of Mobius Mobius
    04/28/09

    In reply to Motor Trend Publisher Files For Bankruptcy, Will Privatize
    Whoa, print is dying? How long have I been in Cryo for?
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    04/28/09

    In reply to Motor Trend Publisher Files For Bankruptcy, Will Privatize
    What is that cake? An octopus squirting out an ink cloud?


    Ummm. Cake.

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    Image of If FromaBuick6 has to watch one more Chevy commercial, he's going to punch Howie Long in the face If FromaBuick6 has to watch one more Chevy commercial, he's going to punch Howie Long in the face
    04/28/09

    In reply to Motor Trend Publisher Files For Bankruptcy, Will Privatize
    Ah, Angus Mackenzie, Captain Slow's non-union, Australian equivalent.
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    Image of pres pres
    04/28/09

    In reply to Motor Trend Publisher Files For Bankruptcy, Will Privatize
    That picture of Angus was taken in my old cubicle...lol!
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    Image of Mobius Mobius
    04/28/09

    In reply to Motor Trend Publisher Files For Bankruptcy, Will Privatize
    I think the chief reason for the print industry's slow death can be attributed to the lack of one important feature that makes Jalopnik so alive.


    Commenting.

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    Image of Das ASHloch (achtundsiebzig) Das ASHloch (achtundsiebzig)
    04/28/09

    In reply to Motor Trend Publisher Files For Bankruptcy, Will Privatize
    The internet is great and all, but what's going to happen to millions of men who are seeking unbiased views on how to spice things up in the bedroom and no longer have a simple, concise, 4-page cluster of ads at the end of each of these mags, complete with scantily-clad women airbrushed to look half their age?


    Won't someone please think of the middle-aged men trapped in loveless marriages of routine?

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    Image of Cognitive Friction Cognitive Friction
    04/28/09

    In reply to Motor Trend Publisher Files For Bankruptcy, Will Privatize
    Damnit, Car Craft is my go-to poop magazine!


    It just won't be the same pinching loaves without Krass & Bernie to keep me company...

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    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    04/28/09

    In reply to Motor Trend Publisher Files For Bankruptcy, Will Privatize
    well, if the Carpocalpso takes down Motor Trend, then it won't have been entirely in vain. As long as I've been read car mags, MT has consistently been the worst written with the poorest level of information and editorial integrity. It's only redeeming feature was that it was the car mag most likely to be stocked by libraries - very helpful for a poor teenager.
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    Image of BoomhauerTX BoomhauerTX
    04/28/09

    In reply to Motor Trend Publisher Files For Bankruptcy, Will Privatize
    I was a bit worried about how thin "Automobile" had gotten lately. Content was teh same, but ads were missing. Ruh-roh Shaggy.


    Now we need the Jalopnik Gold. How else am I to read about cars on the can?

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    Image of A strolling player A strolling player
    04/28/09

    @BoomhauerTX: "Yeah, man, I tell you what, that dang ol' internet, man, you just goin' on there and point and click gettin' in that talkin' about dubya dubya dot dubya com I mean you got dem dat nekkid chicks on there, man, you go click click click click click click click. It's real easy, man."
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    Image of jpech jpech
    04/28/09

    In reply to Motor Trend Publisher Files For Bankruptcy, Will Privatize
    So,

    5.0 Mustang & Super Fords

    Muscle Mustangs & Fast Fords

    Mustang & Fords

    Mustang Monthly


    Why would 1 company need 4 separate mustang magazines.

    That's like 1 whole magazine for every mustang fan that can read.

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    Image of NiceNurseRatched NiceNurseRatched
    04/28/09

    @jpech: That's because three of them are coloring books.
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    Image of Six Flags Over Tomsk Six Flags Over Tomsk
    04/28/09

    @NiceNurseRatched: Now that's catering to your target demographic.


    /ducks

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    Image of FLB is on vacation FLB is on vacation
    04/28/09

    In reply to Motor Trend Publisher Files For Bankruptcy, Will Privatize
    Oh noes! What's going to happen to the Car-of-the-Year-Award™?
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    Image of Six Flags Over Tomsk Six Flags Over Tomsk
    04/28/09

    @FLB: You mean that thing they gave to such classic, highly coveted cars as the Vega, the Alliance and the whalemobile Caprice?


    No clue.

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    Image of engineerd engineerd
    04/28/09

    In reply to Motor Trend Publisher Files For Bankruptcy, Will Privatize
    That's too bad.


    /goes back to reading Jalopnik

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    Image of aSoundofSleep-less nights aSoundofSleep-less nights
    04/28/09

    @engineerd:


    Exactly.


    What's a mag-a-zine, anyway?

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    Image of Mobius Mobius
    04/28/09

    @aSoundofSleep: Let's see what Wikipedia says...


    It mentions something called "paper".


    ???

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    Image of Das ASHloch (achtundsiebzig) Das ASHloch (achtundsiebzig)
    04/28/09

    In reply to Motor Trend Publisher Files For Bankruptcy, Will Privatize
    Sell to Larry Flynt, forgo all the fancy glamour shots and just print retouched close-ups of throttle bodies being opened by hand.
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    Image of elitza owns the last Enzo shirt elitza owns the last Enzo shirt
    04/28/09

    In reply to Motor Trend Publisher Files For Bankruptcy, Will Privatize
    Maybe they don't need eleventy billion magazines, one for every single hobbyist's personal special interest. I dunno, it's a thought....?
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    Image of pauljones pauljones
    04/28/09

    @elitza owns the last Enzo shirt:


    Oh, I agree that they need to seriously trim down. But there are some great magazines in there.


    For instance, I hope that High Performance Pontiac lives. It was bit of an obscure magazine, but the covered nothing but the greatest Pontiacs, cars that are generally ignored by other similar magazines such as Popular Hot Rodding.

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    Image of elitza owns the last Enzo shirt elitza owns the last Enzo shirt
    04/28/09

    @pauljones: The most rational thing to do with HPP, looks like, would be to integrate that content into one of their other magazines like Popular Hot Rodding--thereby saving the nifty Pontiac coverage and getting one mailing out of the way.


    I guess I'd think you'd run out of stuff to talk about when the mags are that specifically focused. Niche market coverage is great, but yeesh.

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    Image of pauljones pauljones
    04/28/09

    In reply to Motor Trend Publisher Files For Bankruptcy, Will Privatize
    Damn. That's a lot of great magazine titles without a home"


    MAGAZINES

    Automotive

    5.0 Mustang & Super Fords

    Automobile

    Car Audio and Electronics

    Car Craft

    Chevy High Performance

    Circle Track

    Corvette Fever

    Custom Classic Trucks

    European Car

    Eurotuner

    GM High-Tech Performance

    High Performance Pontiac

    Honda Tuning

    Hot Rod

    Import Tuner

    Kit Car

    Lowrider Arte

    Lowrider

    Lowrider Bike

    Modified

    Modified Luxury & Exotics

    Mopar Muscle

    Motor Trend

    Muscle Mustangs & Fast Fords

    Mustang & Fords

    Mustang Monthly

    Popular Hot Rodding

    Project Car Magazine

    Rod and Custom Magazine

    Sport Compact Car

    Stock Car Racing

    Street Rodder

    Super Chevy

    Super Street

    Truck Trend

    Turbo & High-Tech Performance

    Vette

    Truck

    4Wheel Drive & Sport Utility

    4Wheel & Off-Road

    Classic Trucks

    Diesel Power

    Four Wheeler

    JP Magazine

    Mini Truckin'

    Off-Road

    Sport Truck

    Truckin'

    Motorcycle

    ATV Rider

    Baggers

    Dirt Rider

    Hot Bike

    Motorcycle Cruiser

    Motorcyclist

    Sport Rider

    Street Chopper

    Super Street Bike

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    Image of Tiberiuswise is all ate up with sarcasm Tiberiuswise is all ate up with sarcasm
    04/28/09

    @pauljones:
    And they say GM has too many brands.
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    Image of Bertone77 Bertone77
    04/28/09

    @pauljones: What!? That's pretty much the ENTIRE automotive mag section at any supermarket!


    Now what will I look at while I'm supposed to be shopping for diapers?

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    04/28/09

    @bertone77-wishes it would stop raining on his parade: Porn?
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    Image of pauljones pauljones
    04/28/09

    @Tiberiuswise gazing at the Pontiac Moon.:


    Seriously. I could cut that down to, oh , say:


    Motor Trend

    Truck Trend

    Classic Trucks

    Super Street

    Import Tuner

    High Performance Pontiac

    Chevy High Performance

    Eurotuner

    Mopar Muscle

    Muscle Mustangs & Fast Fords

    Popular Hot Rodding

    Rod & Custom Magazine

    Truckin'

    Four Wheeler

    Dirt Rider

    Motorcycle Cruiser

    Street Chopper

    Super Street Bike


    And still have the market completely covered. That's still a lot of titles, but there is very little overlap in those titles, and it is a big market.

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    Image of Bertone77 Bertone77
    04/28/09

    @pauljones: Your right, I guess I will just have to drool over the FHM and Maxum mags instead...


    Oh, and I think you could probably drop "High Performance Pontiac" off your list of keepers.

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    Image of pauljones pauljones
    04/28/09

    @bertone77-wishes it would stop raining on his parade: Never.


    If it weren't for HPP, Pontiacs would be almost completely ignored in favor of yet more Mustangs, Chevelles, and Camaros.


    I like me some Pontiacs.


    And does anyone know what the hell happened to Stuff Magazine? That was my bible as a pubescent teenager back in the day...

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    04/28/09

    @bertone77-wishes it would stop raining on his parade: FHM and Maxim are two very Jalop magazines:



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    Image of NiceNurseRatched NiceNurseRatched
    04/28/09

    @pauljones: There is one you forgot: Black Skydiving Actuaries
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    Image of pauljones pauljones
    04/28/09

    @NiceNurseRatched:


    They actually have 20 or so other titles in addition to the ones I named. I just don't give a crap about them, as they have nothing to do with cars, trucks, or motorcycles.

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