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  • Shap
    Confirmed User
    • May 2001
    • 8313
    #1

    Sign of how bad the magazine industry is? Business 2.0 closes shop ;(

    I just found out my favorite magazine "Business 2.0" is closing up shop. I can't believe it. I can't imagine how bad the magazine industry is hurting when a kick ass magazine like Biz 2.0 has to close shop.

    Damn that really bums me out. I'm going to miss it.
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    • RawAlex
      So Fucking Banned
      • Oct 2003
      • 9465
      #2
      Business 2.0 WAS a great magazine, about 4 or 5 years ago. But recent issues showed a total lack of focus and a format that was more "10 ways to make your website sticky" and less about true business.

      The magazine business these days is very tough indeed, and the insanely long lead times that most publications have make them almost entirely irrelevant by the time they make it to the stands. In many cases, they have a 3 or 4 MONTH lead time. Example would be that a magazine would have finished it's Christmas issue in August for publication in november with a december date on the cover.

      Too bad they are gone, but like most things...

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        • Deej
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          • Jun 2005
          • 24386
          #3
          lets just skip 2.0 and move up to 3.0


          2.0 has already pissed me off...


          A shame though, indeed...

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            • tASSy
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              • Nov 2004
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              #4
              hrm, boo!

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                • DamageX
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                  • Jun 2001
                  • 14293
                  #5
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                    • Violetta
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                      • Jul 2004
                      • 28735
                      #6
                      Originally posted by DamageX
                      Survival of the fittest.


                      Sad but true
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                        • fuzebox
                          making it rain
                          • Oct 2003
                          • 22369
                          #7
                          Originally posted by RawAlex
                          Business 2.0 WAS a great magazine, about 4 or 5 years ago. But recent issues showed a total lack of focus and a format that was more "10 ways to make your website sticky" and less about true business.
                          Every time I'm in the airport I grab a couple business and online business magazines, and I've been pretty disappointed at the lack of content out there. I understand a magazine is just another avenue for selling advertising, but come on...

                          I have a copy of Revenue sitting here where one of the feature stories is this retired dude who has a blog that promotes Linkshare, and although he hasn't made any money yet he hopes to.

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                            • Matt 26z
                              So Fucking Banned
                              • Apr 2002
                              • 18481
                              #8
                              I remember when I first discovered the magazine I was walking away with new ideas. Nowadays it seems to have been written for n00bs.

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                                • WiredGuy
                                  Pounding Googlebot
                                  • Aug 2002
                                  • 34517
                                  #9
                                  That sucks, I used to always pick one up in the airport while waiting for my plane.
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                                    • robfantasy
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                                      • Jun 2002
                                      • 6445
                                      #10
                                      that sucks. that magazine is awesome
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                                        • Juicy D. Links
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                                          • Apr 2001
                                          • 122992
                                          #11
                                          el bumpppp

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                                            • corvette
                                              Confirmed User
                                              • Oct 2001
                                              • 7880
                                              #12
                                              good post, i was at the airport last week and picked one up, great magazine, a really "think outside the box" publication
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                                                • StarkReality
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                                                  • May 2004
                                                  • 4444
                                                  #13
                                                  Damn, didn't know so far, was a great magazine...but it's like on TV: Shit stays, good stuff disappears soon.

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                                                    • GrouchyAdmin
                                                      Now choke yourself!
                                                      • Apr 2006
                                                      • 12085
                                                      #14
                                                      Originally posted by fuzebox
                                                      I have a copy of Revenue sitting here where one of the feature stories is this retired dude who has a blog that promotes Linkshare, and although he hasn't made any money yet he hopes to.
                                                      This reminds me a lot of NewsRadio's Sweeps Week:

                                                      After interviewing "Tom the computer expert" and not letting him get a word in at all, Bill decides quickly that the guy is a fraud. When Dave confronts him and asks him why he didn't let the guy talk, Bill says that he can spot a phony a mile away. Dave reschedules the interview for the following day with Catherine.

                                                      ...

                                                      Tom comes back to be interviewed by Catherine, but it turns out Bill is right. This Tom guy thinks the future of business is "computers." They're really neat, and when he gets one, he's going to be really successful. Jimmy talks to Dave about it, and wonders why Bill couldn't figure out quickly that this guy was a phony because he's usually good at that.

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                                                        • xmas13
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                                                          • Dec 2004
                                                          • 5176
                                                          #15
                                                          Bad, R.I.P. Business 2.0

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                                                            • SomeCreep
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                                                              • Mar 2003
                                                              • 26118
                                                              #16
                                                              Originally posted by Shap
                                                              I just found out my favorite magazine "Business 2.0" is closing up shop. I can't believe it. I can't imagine how bad the magazine industry is hurting when a kick ass magazine like Biz 2.0 has to close shop.

                                                              Damn that really bums me out. I'm going to miss it.
                                                              "Magazine?" What's that?

                                                              Ooooh yeah, back in the old days, people used to read magazines and big thin papers called "newspapers." Those are obsolete now.

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                                                                • corvette
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                                                                  • Oct 2001
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                                                                  #17
                                                                  not yet at the airport, give that one a few years
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                                                                    • Black Dog
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                                                                      • Jan 2004
                                                                      • 1108
                                                                      #18
                                                                      Try Inc. It's my new favorite mag.


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                                                                        • crockett
                                                                          in a van by the river
                                                                          • May 2003
                                                                          • 76818
                                                                          #19
                                                                          Personally I'm a big fan of paper in the hand, when it's something Im' reading. I hate reading articles online, I'd much rather have them in actual print.

                                                                          However, with that said I think any printed mag is very foolish if they don't set up a paid subscription site on the web, offering the same content online each month.
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                                                                            • react
                                                                              Confirmed User
                                                                              • Sep 2003
                                                                              • 673
                                                                              #20
                                                                              Time killed it by favoring Fortune when it came to good article opportunities. Curious to see what will come the remainder of my subscription. Long live Wired & Inc.
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                                                                                • MissMina
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                                                                                  • Jan 2004
                                                                                  • 2478
                                                                                  #21
                                                                                  Damn and I get that mag too. Had a lot of good articles in it. Bummer.

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                                                                                    • LiveDose
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                                                                                      • Feb 2002
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                                                                                      #22
                                                                                      That sucks. It's an easy great read... So many others out there though.

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                                                                                        • tony299
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                                                                                          • Aug 2002
                                                                                          • 57021
                                                                                          #23
                                                                                          I still prefer mags over online mags for anything more than a few paragraphs.I prefer printed material.

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                                                                                            • kane
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                                                                                              • Aug 2001
                                                                                              • 20684
                                                                                              #24
                                                                                              Sadly I think this a trend that will continue.

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                                                                                                • mistergardener
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                                                                                                  • Aug 2007
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                                                                                                  #25
                                                                                                  Sad. I'm a mag fan too.

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                                                                                                    • Paul Markham
                                                                                                      Too old to care
                                                                                                      • Jun 2001
                                                                                                      • 52942
                                                                                                      #26
                                                                                                      All print circulations are falling. The adult ones were hit badly. Businesses move on.



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                                                                                                        • onlymovies
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                                                                                                          • Sep 2003
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                                                                                                          #27
                                                                                                          I remember the day The Standard (The Industry Standard) went out of business. What a sad day. Was the best magazine for web business news and the internet economy.

                                                                                                          Funny thing is, i knew this happen. I'm so critical on shit that whenever i find something that i end up enjoying, i know something's going to happen to it... it.. . It's the first magazine i ever subscribed to in my life!

                                                                                                          And i knew better then to subscribe...cause now they're gone. I bet if i kept buying it at the stand, it would still be here.

                                                                                                          story of my life..... :\
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                                                                                                            • Paul Markham
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                                                                                                              • Jun 2001
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                                                                                                              #28
                                                                                                              One of the reasons many of the magazines close is the Advertising Dept. is more powerful than the Editorial Dept.

                                                                                                              Many article are written to please or promote advertisers and the readers soon learn to spot the BS. The n the readers turn off, circulation falls and advertisers are left thinking WTF!!



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