Comments on: Team Rock goes into Administration

By: David Meadows

David Meadows — Fri, 06 Jan 2017 16:45:53 +0000

Subscribers are saying they haven’t seen their copy, though. If that’s the case, it seems that the administrators trying to recoup every last penny they can — subscribers have already paid (and will cost us in postage), so screw ‘em and let’s sell their copies a second time in Smiths.

I hope that’s not the case, but I’ve gone through “administration” before and I know how they work (and how much they award themselves to pay for their “services”).

I stress that it will be the administrators thinking like this, not the people who actually produced the magazine, who now won’t be making any decisions at all.

By: Tim Hall

Tim Hall — Wed, 04 Jan 2017 21:49:40 +0000

Assume that one had already gone to print by the time the axe fell, so it makes financial sense to distribute.

By: PaulE

PaulE — Wed, 04 Jan 2017 14:49:25 +0000

A Feb. 2017 issue of Classic Rock is new in the local supermarket. I hope it isn’t the last one.

By: Tim Hall

Tim Hall — Tue, 03 Jan 2017 11:32:26 +0000

To be fair, even people who only bought 3-4 issues a year still made a contribution towards the bottom line. And as you say, the magazine business was viable anyway.

By: nich

nich — Mon, 02 Jan 2017 16:11:01 +0000

As well meaning as some of these comments are – “Iâ€™ve only ever bought Classic Rock Magazine a few times, when they have published articles on Queen or T.Rex” and I only buy 3 or 4 for issues a year but it will definitely be missed – they sum up the problem these magazines faced.

While it’s great that people donated to the Just Giving fund, it would have been better if they had spent less and simply bought the magazines regularly. The actual magazines were still in profit, but couldn’t possibly sustain a mickey mouse radio station which chose not to sell advertising and websites piled high with free content plundered from the print titles and terrible, desperate click-bait articles.

The fact that Classic Rock hosted an awards ceremony in Japan and paid for Johnny Depp to attend via private jet – just weeks before they screwed-over their staff and went into administration, tells you everything you need to know about the degree of criminal mismanagement at senior level.

Billy Anderson and his TR management cronies should run and hide. These people have destroyed lives, livelihoods, reputations and successful magazine brands out of sheer egomania. They are absolute scum.

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By: John Hunt

John Hunt — Fri, 23 Dec 2016 23:23:01 +0000

I’ve only ever bought Classic Rock Magazine a few times, when they have published articles on Queen or T.Rex, but I’ve donated a bit to the Just Giving page. Must be hard, losing your job just before Christmas.

By: PaulE

PaulE — Fri, 23 Dec 2016 12:15:07 +0000

Over 75k on that JustGiving page. That is over 1000 each – not a months pay, but it will help.

By: Tom B

Tom B — Tue, 20 Dec 2016 13:45:45 +0000

Disgusted with the way they have been treated. Hope they find new jobs soon. Ben Ward is one of life’s good guys.

By: Tim Hall

Tim Hall — Tue, 20 Dec 2016 12:55:04 +0000

It sounds as though the staff have been royally screwed-over. Being reported today that they won’t be paid for December. They have also shut down all the magazine’s official Twitter accounts.

This blog post by The Anonymous Sound Guy suggests bad management was the cause:
https://secretsoundguy.wordpress.com/2016/12/19/business-and-passion/

Meanwhile the metal band Orange Goblin have set up a JustGiving page for the staff:
https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/ukrockcommunity?utm_id=108&utm_term=WPVKkYrKA

By: Chris Hall

Chris Hall — Tue, 20 Dec 2016 09:55:09 +0000

That’s a real shame. I only buy 3 or 4 for issues a year but it will definitely be missed.