Suffolkgal Posted August 12, 2022 Share Posted August 12, 2022 So typical of printed titles of all sorts I’m sad to say. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odyssey Posted August 12, 2022 Share Posted August 12, 2022 I was so sorry to hear of the demise of this excellent publication, but it’s a too familiar story where print based media is concerned. I have some recent experience of running a niche magazine that commenced publication nearly 30 years ago. It became increasingly difficult to obtain the regular support of advertisers, particularly with the onset of the pandemic. Those publishers and organisations that did advertise began to make, what we considered to be, unreasonable demands in terms of content to the point that it began to threaten the integrity of the independence of the magazine. Subscription numbers remained steady, but there was no significant growth in new subscribers. Last year we took the difficult decision to cease publication when it became evident that that the long term future of the publication became untenable. When you look at the numerous magazine shelves in WH Smiths you’d be forgiven for thinking that this is a thriving industry, but the vast majority are products from a very small number of publishing houses and these are closely linked to other media or commercial organisations . Dancing Times did well to keep going for so many years against such a difficult backdrop. But the future isn’t a rosy one for independent print based magazines . 11 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FionaM Posted August 13, 2022 Share Posted August 13, 2022 I read DANZA&DANZA via the Pocketmags app. It is Italian and also covers Europe, and, is available in English as well as Italian. The latest issue has articles on RB’s Like Water for Chocolate and Osipova’s new Carmen. i don’t know if it’s available as hard copy as well as online. https://www.danzaedanza.com/en/home.html 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emeralds Posted August 13, 2022 Share Posted August 13, 2022 Oh no! 😢😭😥 I read Dancing Times as student (long time ago) and still read it when I can. Ironically, I had been buying more issues recently than I used to. There are so many valuable and much loved companies and services closing of late around me, first due to Brexit, then due to the pandemic closures, and now due to rising cost of living and raw materials/utilities as a result of the invasion. Will miss them - wish it were not so. Thanks to all the staff, photographers and writers over the years at Dancing Times for a very enjoyable publication. Anyone got some spare millions and feel like resuscitating it? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted August 14, 2022 Share Posted August 14, 2022 I too was very sorry to hear of this. Dancing Times never was something I would read cover to cover, but I appreciated the Pocketmags subscription as it enabled me to keep in touch with the things I wanted to read without having to hunt high and low for a copy. On 12/08/2022 at 19:34, Odyssey said: When you look at the numerous magazine shelves in WH Smiths you’d be forgiven for thinking that this is a thriving industry, but the vast majority are products from a very small number of publishing houses and these are closely linked to other media or commercial organisations . Dancing Times did well to keep going for so many years against such a difficult backdrop. Ah, yes, WH Smiths. As the "nation's newsagent", I've been pretty appalled at its attitude to shelving (i.e. where you put them on the shelves) dance publications. The logical thing, surely, when you have a magazine clearly with a photo of a dance performance on the front cover, would be to stack it along with the music, opera and theatre magazines? But apparently that's far too sensible. I've found it, depending on the branch, in with the women's magazines (because of course we know that men aren't interested in dance, don't we ), in the hobbies section, and I think once next to the military and aircraft mags. Indeed, so convinced was I that my local large town's branch didn't stock any dance magazines that I used to go to the neighbouring town instead to get them. It was only when I spotted them in a much smaller branch that I thought, "Hang on, if they're stocking them why doesn't my local?" After searching row by row along the shelves, I eventually found them - tucked in next to the angling magazines!! (and on a completely different set of shelves from the other performance magazines. Talk about not putting them anywhere where they might be found by likeminded people). So, what I was working my way round to saying was that it seems that the dice are rather stacked against "niche" specialist publications these days. I remember the days when Dance Books, the more serious bookshops, specialist classical music shops and even some of the local newsagents in the Covent Garden area used to stock the dance (and opera) publications. Most of the specialists are no more, and the traditional local newsagents - along with supermarkets - have depleted the range of magazines they stock in favour of drinks, sweets and food, which presumably sell better. The loss of the ROH Shop for several years during the Open Up redevelopment must have been a blow - and other stockists such as Sadler's Wells being closed during the pandemic even more so. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabine0308 Posted August 14, 2022 Share Posted August 14, 2022 I have a subscription for the "Dance for you" magazine. It's in German but contains also articles and interviews in English. It covers not only dance and dancer news, but also highlights interesting topics like better nutrition and health preservation for dancers. https://www.danceforyou-magazine.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan McNulty Posted August 14, 2022 Author Share Posted August 14, 2022 35 minutes ago, Sabine0308 said: I have a subscription for the "Dance for you" magazine. It's in German but contains also articles and interviews in English. It covers not only dance and dancer news, but also highlights interesting topics like better nutrition and health preservation for dancers. https://www.danceforyou-magazine.com We link the English reviews. We can only see a couple of paragraphs of the features before you have to pay. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
li tai po Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 I understand that the final edition has now been published, although I have not yet received my hard copy. I also have a digital subscription, but unfortunately Exact Editions have already removed The Dancing Times from their platform, including the archive of 67 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sebastian Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 20 hours ago, li tai po said:Exact Editions have already removed The Dancing Times from their platform, including the archive of 67 years. This is awful. Who should we write to at Exact Editions, in the hope of getting them to reverse this move? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 Who are Exact Editions? My subscription is with PocketMags. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bridiem Posted August 30, 2022 Share Posted August 30, 2022 On 29/08/2022 at 01:06, li tai po said: I understand that the final edition has now been published, although I have not yet received my hard copy. I also have a digital subscription, but unfortunately Exact Editions have already removed The Dancing Times from their platform, including the archive of 67 years. I very much hope that a full archive, hard copy and digital, is held and will be preserved in various places. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maryrosesatonapin Posted August 30, 2022 Share Posted August 30, 2022 I did think of letting my sub lapse during lockdown but decided they needed support and am glad I continued. Little did I know how much .... poor Dancing Times. It's the end of an era. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SheilaC Posted September 8, 2022 Share Posted September 8, 2022 Have other subscribers received the final copy yet? I'm just back from my London ballet/dance trip and fully expected to have my copy waiting for me but no sign of it. I never got the final copy of Dance and Dancers, either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted September 8, 2022 Share Posted September 8, 2022 I've not had a notification that the digital version is ready, either. Perhaps they're taking their time about it, since it is to be the last one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bridiem Posted September 8, 2022 Share Posted September 8, 2022 46 minutes ago, SheilaC said: Have other subscribers received the final copy yet? I'm just back from my London ballet/dance trip and fully expected to have my copy waiting for me but no sign of it. I never got the final copy of Dance and Dancers, either. Yes, I received mine earlier this week. It has Ivan Putrov on the cover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capybara Posted September 8, 2022 Share Posted September 8, 2022 No copy received by me yet but, then, it is always late arriving. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluebird Posted September 8, 2022 Share Posted September 8, 2022 39 minutes ago, alison said: I've not had a notification that the digital version is ready, either. Perhaps they're taking their time about it, since it is to be the last one? The digital version is available. I downloaded it a few days ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnneMarriott Posted September 8, 2022 Share Posted September 8, 2022 1 hour ago, bridiem said: Yes, I received mine earlier this week. It has Ivan Putrov on the cover. Me too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Macmillan Posted September 8, 2022 Share Posted September 8, 2022 Now you mention it, no sign of one here yet, and it would often arrive before the turn of the month. (And our sub had just renewed before the announcement!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmhopton Posted September 8, 2022 Share Posted September 8, 2022 I've not had a notification about the digital edition either and I always have done before. Will have to try and access it via the website. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluebird Posted September 9, 2022 Share Posted September 9, 2022 8 hours ago, jmhopton said: I've not had a notification about the digital edition either and I always have done before. Will have to try and access it via the website. If you download the app, you'll find the edition automatically appears, ready to download. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmhopton Posted September 9, 2022 Share Posted September 9, 2022 Thanks Bluebird. I'll try this. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bridiem Posted October 23, 2022 Share Posted October 23, 2022 I do hope they find a suitable buyer for their photographs collection (see today's Links). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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