ramboacdc Posted 17 November 2015 Posted 17 November 2015 FHM and Zoo both suspending publication today. http://www.zootoday.com/lateststuff/zoo-news/zoo-magazine-suspended-publication-statement http://www.fhm.com/news/announcement-fhm-to-suspend-publication nuts already gone.
bovril Posted 17 November 2015 Posted 17 November 2015 Another nail in the coffin of common sense by the latte-sipping PC brigade.
Bayfox Posted 17 November 2015 Posted 17 November 2015 Can't say I ever brought Nuts or Zoo. But as a teenager i used to buy FHM monthly and as well as the fact it had some pretty decent celebs in it, I thought it also had some pretty well written articles on other subjects, sport, gaming, current affairs etc, but it has been going down hill for over a decade, I couldn't tell you the last one I brought, but it was just like every other mag, full of ****ing adverts, and had no content. Surprised it lasted this long, to be honest, but I will have fond memories of Isla Fisher and Denise Van Outen amongst others posing for the mag. I suppose a bit like playboy, the internet as just made publications like these un called for, how long before newspapers etc go the same way.
Captain... Posted 17 November 2015 Posted 17 November 2015 Another nail in the coffin of common sense by the latte-sipping PC brigade. A what? Zoo and FHM are irrelevant, they offer nothing you can't find online, it is another print media victim of the digital age. Specialists magazines will survive but generic stuff for lads is irrelevant. General Chat on here is more informative and interesting and used to have lots of pictures of semi naked women. Facebook, Buzzfeed, internet Forums all provide an interactive resource to the sort of thing FHM and Zoo would sell, and do so for free.
David Guiza Posted 17 November 2015 Posted 17 November 2015 Another nail in the coffin of common sense by the latte-sipping PC brigade. PC gone nuts. If only there were alternative sources to see semi naked women and read mindless dribble about some LADish behaviour
Alf Bentley Posted 17 November 2015 Posted 17 November 2015 Another nail in the coffin of common sense by the latte-sipping PC brigade. Pour yourself a latte, switch on your PC, tune into Pornhub and put another nail in your coffin as the Lord punishes you for your self-abuse.
Samilktray Posted 17 November 2015 Posted 17 November 2015 If you were still buying Zoo magazine at this point, then you really need to get laid.
bovril Posted 17 November 2015 Posted 17 November 2015 A what? Zoo and FHM are irrelevant, they offer nothing you can't find online, it is another print media victim of the digital age. Specialists magazines will survive but generic stuff for lads is irrelevant. General Chat on here is more informative and interesting and used to have lots of pictures of semi naked women. Facebook, Buzzfeed, internet Forums all provide an interactive resource to the sort of thing FHM and Zoo would sell, and do so for free. Yeah I was just being a silly sausage. Honestly I can't stand shit like Zoo.
GaelicFox Posted 17 November 2015 Posted 17 November 2015 FHM and Zoo both suspending publication today. http://www.zootoday.com/lateststuff/zoo-news/zoo-magazine-suspended-publication-statement http://www.fhm.com/news/announcement-fhm-to-suspend-publication nuts already gone. Pornhub Xhamster Have captured that market !
Guest Posted 17 November 2015 Posted 17 November 2015 not much point these days.. pornhub and the like knocking about not surprised nobody buys em
Alf Bentley Posted 17 November 2015 Posted 17 November 2015 Yeah I was just being a silly sausage. Honestly I can't stand shit like Zoo. Silly sausages should be kept folded away in their pack in an environment like this.
Merging Cultures Posted 17 November 2015 Posted 17 November 2015 not much point these days.. pornhub and I like knocking one out surprised nobody buys em This is how I read it.
AKCJ Posted 17 November 2015 Posted 17 November 2015 If only there were alternative sources to see semi naked women and read mindless dribble about some LADish behaviour You did notice the pun, right?
Bellend Sebastian Posted 17 November 2015 Posted 17 November 2015 I know you were mucking about Bov, but personally I'm delighted that all my years of throwing lattes in the face of potential purchasers of these publications in WH Smiths are at last bearing fruit
Footballwipe Posted 17 November 2015 Posted 17 November 2015 How many remember when Nuts/Zoo (whichever it was as they launched at the same time) were allowed by the club to put a load of free copies on the seats in the kop before the Aston Villa game. Didn't the club have the apologise as they didn't realise the content of the magazine? Which probably didn't matter as a load were thrown to the front after we'd gone 4/5-0 down
Nalis Posted 17 November 2015 Posted 17 November 2015 How will we now find out who the world's sexiest women is every year?
Guest Sharpe's Fox Posted 17 November 2015 Posted 17 November 2015 How is it PC gone mad? Nobody is forcing them to shut down publication. There is just no market for these magazines anymore. Something called the internet exists now, and believe it or not you are using it at this very second!
Alf Bentley Posted 17 November 2015 Posted 17 November 2015 FHM and Zoo both suspending publication today. nuts already gone. I'm sorry to hear that. That's a rapid adverse reaction. Shrunk up into your scrotum have they?
Guest MattP Posted 17 November 2015 Posted 17 November 2015 Never saw Nuts or Zoo but I did like FHM at a teenager, was a damn good read as well. No one actually bought these magazines to have a tug did they?
Finnegan Posted 17 November 2015 Posted 17 November 2015 Never saw Nuts or Zoo but I did like FHM at a teenager, was a damn good read as well. No one actually bought these magazines to have a tug did they? Don't think anyone was buying them at all really, that's pretty much the point! I bought a couple of issues of Front when I was younger but pretty much everything in those mags is rubbish and free on the internet. Mobile Internet is rendering most magazines obsolete.
Guest MattP Posted 17 November 2015 Posted 17 November 2015 Don't think anyone was buying them at all really, that's pretty much the point! I bought a couple of issues of Front when I was younger but pretty much everything in those mags is rubbish and free on the internet. Mobile Internet is rendering most magazines obsolete. Paywalls are the way forward, pay a bit extra but good quality journalism, The Times is the only newspaper in Britain that increased in circulation from 2013 to 2014, I read it cover to cover everyday. The only magazines I buy are The Spectator and All Out Cricket, it's never occured to me to read them online, I do still prefer the feel of what I read being in my hands.
Fox92 Posted 17 November 2015 Posted 17 November 2015 What's the point in them. Everybody has access to the Internet - whether it be a tablet, a desktop, a laptop, a mobile - where you can search for whoever you want and/or watch whatever you want. And it's free. Win-win situation.
Footballwipe Posted 17 November 2015 Posted 17 November 2015 Paywalls are the way forward, pay a bit extra but good quality journalism, The Times is the only newspaper in Britain that increased in circulation from 2013 to 2014, I read it cover to cover everyday. The only magazines I buy are The Spectator and All Out Cricket, it's never occured to me to read them online, I do still prefer the feel of what I read being in my hands. Actually going to get my first ever magazine subscription soon for Private Eye. There's an article somewhere saying that mags like PE, Spectator and other insightful curent affairs stuff is increasing in readership while trash is really reducing because it's all online. People appreciate quality stuff, and they'll pay for it, if it's available. The challenge for these mags is to continue providing what they promise.
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