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Re: All change at ‘Classic Porsche’ Mag?
Posted: Sun Sep 22, 2024 10:30 pm
by 911hillclimber
This last one left me cold as ice.
I found little to be of interest, but at times some other mags loose me too, even Octane.
Recently I thought the Classic mag was actually good, articles worth reading, but even I read mistakes and some phrasing all a bit 'Max Power'.
I've had a reminder about renewal and that is not at the top of my list.
Maybe the Old Porsche subject has been ploughed over just far too many times?
Re: All change at ‘Classic Porsche’ Mag?
Posted: Mon Sep 23, 2024 8:37 am
by KS
There's plenty of good fresh material out there, especially 'new' archive material hidden in the depths of Porsche's filing system. But as far as I know, the current editor has never even been to visit the Porsche archives to meet Jens and his team.
And if you want to know what kind of Porsche magazine I have always wanted to do, grab a copy of Automobil Sport... Now that's a great magazine!
https://www.automobilsport-magazin.de/e ... sport.html
Re: All change at ‘Classic Porsche’ Mag?
Posted: Mon Sep 23, 2024 9:26 am
by matteo68
What about 000?
Re: All change at ‘Classic Porsche’ Mag?
Posted: Mon Sep 23, 2024 10:09 am
by KS
I have my own thoughts on 000 - I always found it a little too up itself with overly long features on relatively minor stuff, but then they have 280 pages to fill... Nicely presented, though. But $100 per issue is somewhat excessive.
Automobil Sport is just under 16 Euros. My target was quarterly 180 pages, £15-£20 per issue.
Sadly I don't have the funds to do it and discussions with Geoff Love and David Lillywhite (Magneto, Octane, Salon Privé, Hothouse Media) came to nothing.
Re: All change at ‘Classic Porsche’ Mag?
Posted: Mon Sep 23, 2024 10:34 am
by Nige
Bet there is enough online info out there for AI to write a decent enough article about anything Porsche related. Boom, drop a few photos in there and you have a mag!
Re: All change at ‘Classic Porsche’ Mag?
Posted: Mon Sep 23, 2024 11:17 am
by jeremyg
matteo68 wrote:What about 000?
I can’t even hardly lift 000. It’s the most unwieldy ‘magazine’ ever, pretentious in a nerdy way, with an occasional brilliant feature. I bought my gen 1 GT3 as a result of reading Richard Meaden’s article re- assessing the first GT3’s.
Re: All change at ‘Classic Porsche’ Mag?
Posted: Mon Sep 23, 2024 1:47 pm
by misteralz
Nige wrote: ↑Mon Sep 23, 2024 10:34 am
Bet there is enough online info out there for AI to write a decent enough article about anything Porsche related. Boom, drop a few photos in there and you have a mag!
My take on AI is that if you couldn't be arsed to write it, I can't be arsed to read it.
Re: All change at ‘Classic Porsche’ Mag?
Posted: Mon Sep 23, 2024 3:31 pm
by KS
Well said that man...
Re: All change at ‘Classic Porsche’ Mag?
Posted: Mon Sep 23, 2024 3:49 pm
by matteo68
jeremyg wrote:matteo68 wrote:What about 000?
I can’t even hardly lift 000. It’s the most unwieldy ‘magazine’ ever, pretentious in a nerdy way, with an occasional brilliant feature. I bought my gen 1 GT3 as a result of reading Richard Meaden’s article re- assessing the first GT3’s.
It’s not that bad! Especially since Magneto’s hardly a lightweight tome…