As I mentioned last post, these two fabulous magazines are done. I'm angry and sad. Angry at how it all came to a screeching halt thanks to the new owners and so very sad for Shannon Hunt and David Garrison who started YES Mag on a table in their basement suite 16 years ago and built the company to two excellent, award-winning science magazines for children with a healthy subscriber base in Canada and beyond. I loved my six years working for KNOW, helping launch a new magazine taught me an awful lot. I'm sorry for my colleagues who are now out of work, but they're a talented bunch and will, no doubt, spring back. And then there were the dozens of artists and writers I had the pleasure of working with over the years. Here is a post from one of those talented people, Glen Mullaly, who I worked with on almost every issue of the magazine.
I am also very sorry for our fabulous and loyal readers who so appreciated that science was not dry and dull, but interesting, endlessly engaging, and, a lot of the time, a whole lot of fun.
3 comments:
I think the new owners are rotten thieves - took subscriptions 13.01.12 for a magazine to start arriving March/April 2012 knowing they were going under!
I feel for the staff but I also feel for the grandparents who have been ripped off and the disappointment of small children who thought they were getting a decent present.
no more yes mag! what! NOOOOOOOOOOO!
I can do one better, "Anonymous!" Mad Science Group took my money on January 21. And a google search shows they were closing a subscription groupon deal on January 24. I'm still fighting with Visa to get a refund as I narrowly missed the 89-day limit to file a fraud complaint.
"Tough City Writer," thanks for this post. I'm sorry that so many people lost their means of employment, but I appreciate the information given here.
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