fatface Posted December 22, 2022 Report Share Posted December 22, 2022 (edited) 29 minutes ago, martinmauger said: I much prefer printed mags. Speaking as I find, my take on online content of any kind; when it works, it can be incredibly useful and bring so much enjoyment & pleasure. When it doesn't; it can be the biggest frustration & waste of space & time possible. Or: on whatever platform / service: I have watched live sports & accessed Sykpe, Tik-Tok, etc from USA, Aussie, Japan, Russia, etc, we've prob all done it, it was just like being there in person. At other times it can be quicker to print out and physically take documents by hand to locations anywhere in this country or even across town. I work with I.T. BTW, while I'm certainly no Elon Musk or Mark Zuckerberg (sp) I am surrounded by knowledgable anoraks / geeks / nerds / tech wizards so expert help is readily available, but when online stuff don't wish to work, it just don't.. So, yeah much prefer printed versions..... And would you invest in a print-only media title? The demise of regular print is a reality every media platform has to confront and those who stick their head in the sand die. Send me a letter and we can continue the debate Edited December 22, 2022 by falcace Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topaz325 Posted December 22, 2022 Report Share Posted December 22, 2022 1 hour ago, bruno said: I must admit it's starting to get a bit stale and dated, I think I only get it now to help keep it going. A few good stories here and there but times they are a changing. In fact they've changed Me too, enjoy the rider interviews but looking back at the one big League item does nothing for me, i find i,m reading less and less of the articles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve roberts Posted December 22, 2022 Report Share Posted December 22, 2022 2 hours ago, falcace said: And would you invest in a print-only media title? The demise of regular print is a reality every media platform has to confront and those who stick their head in the sand die. Send me a letter and we can continue the debate ...crumbs! That's mt bath reading material out of the window! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topaz325 Posted December 22, 2022 Report Share Posted December 22, 2022 I prefer the printed edition. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dog Posted December 22, 2022 Report Share Posted December 22, 2022 I've always loved a printed magazine, always good to look back on if you save them. I'm not a fan of the new pages for the images, always makes them look really poor and soft. A lot of the reports I don't read anymore because we find out via social media on the same day. I do find some of the articles interesting tho the Dan Bewley 2 page interview wasn't particularly in depth or revealing in any way, which was disappointing 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keepturningleft Posted December 22, 2022 Report Share Posted December 22, 2022 5 hours ago, topaz325 said: Me too, enjoy the rider interviews but looking back at the one big League item does nothing for me, i find i,m reading less and less of the articles. Fewer... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topaz325 Posted December 22, 2022 Report Share Posted December 22, 2022 24 minutes ago, keepturningleft said: Fewer... Lesser and lesser Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinmauger Posted December 22, 2022 Report Share Posted December 22, 2022 6 hours ago, falcace said: And would you invest in a print-only media title? The demise of regular print is a reality every media platform has to confront and those who stick their head in the sand die. Send me a letter and we can continue the debate Yes. Yes I do. I subscribe to all my magazines and have them delivered to our door. Should point out, speaking as I find, the stuff I've seen & done on t'net has been via fibre optic broadband, in and outside of Hull, still pretty random speeds.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neila Posted December 22, 2022 Report Share Posted December 22, 2022 Surprisenly got this week's through the post on time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Technik Posted December 23, 2022 Report Share Posted December 23, 2022 I got the Tri-Fecta up yesterday. Not one ...Not two.... but three Speedway Stars were on the mat waiting for me when I got home from work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arnieg Posted December 23, 2022 Report Share Posted December 23, 2022 2 hours ago, Technik said: I got the Tri-Fecta up yesterday. Not one ...Not two.... but three Speedway Stars were on the mat waiting for me when I got home from work I came close 17th and 24th arrived yesterday, but mysteriously 10th is still stuck in the system Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruno Posted December 23, 2022 Report Share Posted December 23, 2022 No star this morning, could be the first time it's not come since news team took over Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredbogge Posted December 23, 2022 Report Share Posted December 23, 2022 No problems with news team Star arrives between 6.30 & 7.00 every thursday keep up the good work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flitters Posted December 23, 2022 Report Share Posted December 23, 2022 On 12/19/2022 at 1:27 PM, Flitters said: My copy is delivered by News team. No delivery on Thursday or Friday so I phoned Dave in the office. He said he would send them an email. I finally had a copy delivered on Saturday.....and a copy delivered on Sunday.....and a copy delivered today. Can't wait to see what happens tomorrow! Yesterday two identical copies were delivered. That makes five copies in two weeks. Must be some kind of record. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatface Posted December 23, 2022 Report Share Posted December 23, 2022 (edited) 16 hours ago, martinmauger said: Yes. Yes I do. I subscribe to all my magazines and have them delivered to our door. Should point out, speaking as I find, the stuff I've seen & done on t'net has been via fibre optic broadband, in and outside of Hull, still pretty random speeds.... I think you misunderstand me. I'm talking about investing in it as a business. not whether you buy it. No worries. 17 hours ago, The Dog said: I've always loved a printed magazine, always good to look back on if you save them. I'm not a fan of the new pages for the images, always makes them look really poor and soft. A lot of the reports I don't read anymore because we find out via social media on the same day. I do find some of the articles interesting tho the Dan Bewley 2 page interview wasn't particularly in depth or revealing in any way, which was disappointing Yes, the paper quality has notably dropped too. You will see other areas of quality rescinding in due course. The market is shrinking and so too is the demand for the product as it is. Hence the cutting of overheads, rather than a rethink of the product. Which is madness really. Quite simply, there is no scenario where Speedway Star's business will pick up in its current model. So, change or die. I have always admired some of the work of the folk behind the Star, particularly the work that goes into the foreign news and Peter Oakes' excellent pages. But that work badly needs redirecting to reflect a modern media platform and the demands of consumers. And that does not mean a Pdf of the pages. Edited December 23, 2022 by falcace Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinmauger Posted December 23, 2022 Report Share Posted December 23, 2022 (edited) 2 hours ago, falcace said: I think you misunderstand me. I'm talking about investing in it as a business. not whether you buy it. No worries. Yes, the paper quality has notably dropped too. You will see other areas of quality rescinding in due course. The market is shrinking and so too is the demand for the product as it is. Hence the cutting of overheads, rather than a rethink of the product. Which is madness really. Quite simply, there is no scenario where Speedway Star's business will pick up in its current model. So, change or die. I have always admired some of the work of the folk behind the Star, particularly the work that goes into the foreign news and Peter Oakes' excellent pages. But that work badly needs redirecting to reflect a modern media platform and the demands of consumers. And that does not mean a Pdf of the pages. Ok, was supposed to be working, even though I'm at home. But yeh agree with the above, no surprise we only have the one regular printed speedway publication, Big Shame the excellent Backtrack & Clasic Speedway ended, costs going up a ridiculous amount all the time. I do what I can to support the Star, feel a bit guilty phoning but replacements for missing mags are sent asap by the very efficient Dave Fairbrother, mostly buy another copy from a shop, but none been in stock of late. Again, really hope the Star continues..... Edited December 23, 2022 by martinmauger spelling Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noaksey Posted December 23, 2022 Report Share Posted December 23, 2022 Last 4 issues not delivered now courtesy of RM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speedtiger Posted December 23, 2022 Report Share Posted December 23, 2022 The SS is still a good read, full of very interesting articles and well produced, however sadly SS is a victim of the decline of speedway in the UK. The SS circulation numbers must have fallen off a cliff as the numbers of speedway spectators have plummeted. Just like the sport it supports SS must be becoming financially unsustainable. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruno Posted December 24, 2022 Report Share Posted December 24, 2022 Got onto Dave yesterday and he sent an online copy and got onto newsteam, my copy was waiting for me when I got up. So first blip off newsteam since they started delivering. Impressive that it was put right so quickly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruno Posted December 27, 2022 Report Share Posted December 27, 2022 Anyone know when the stars due this week Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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