BLACK – AUSTRALIAN DARK CULTURE magazine to move to online format
by admin ~ February 25th, 2009. Filed under: Journalism, News.
Official Announcement from Editor-in-Chief, Angela Challis:
We are immensely proud that Black Magazine has been embraced by the Australian public and generated thousands of eager readers and fans. We are also proud to have published Australian exclusives previously thought out of reach for an independent press: a new short story from Stephen King, interviews with genre stars such as George A. Romero, Alice Cooper, M. Night Shyamalan, Jared Padalecki, and Jensen Ackles, and many Australian authors, and in-depth coverage of issues outside the realm of the mainstream media. We also published some brilliant fiction including Paul Haines’ Australian Shadows Award finalist Her Collection of Intimacy.
However, the magazine industry presents high risks and low returns for a small publisher, and the investment required in money, energy, and time in a period of economic uncertainty has proven too much for a two person management. After much consideration, we have reluctantly decided that issue #3 will mark the final print edition of the magazine.
The plan is to relaunch Black in 2009 as an online portal for Australian dark culture. A key component of this plan is to merge Black with Brimstone Press’ award-winning HorrorScope website, which currently publishes book and movie reviews and acts as the news source for the Australian Horror Writers Association. Black Online will continue to publish many of the feature interviews, articles, and regular columns that appeared in the print edition.
In many ways, the electronic format will allow us greater flexibility and grander scope. For example, the reviews section will be much more comprehensive than those found in the print magazine. We will also be adding a newsletter to alert readers to new articles, new releases, and information of interest to supporters of Australia’s dark alternative culture. Most importantly, access to this darker corner of Australian culture will be completely free to readers!
The staff at Brimstone Press would sincerely like to thank Black’s contributors and readers for their enthusiastic support of the print magazine. We hope that same goodwill will be thrown behind the electronic version of Black.
To stay in touch with new developments over the coming months, please keep an eye on the Black website or Click Here to receive the Brimstone Press newsletter for updates as they happen.
Angela Challis, Editor-in-Chief.
www.blackmag.com.au..
