[Fot] Triumph World

[Robert Lang]

On Tue, 20 Nov 2007, JOSEPH HUGHES wrote:

> I am afraid that I do not share your enthusiasm for the new revised 
> Triumph World, Bill. I am not sure whether you have received any of the 
> new magazine or whether the ones you have read are from the old 
> editorial team.

I'm on the fence. On the other hand, I let my subscription lapse because I 
pretty much stopped reading the mag a while back and I find the new layout 
"hard to read"... too much like hanging around with ADD people.

>  Basically it was a good magazine until quite recently when they got rid 
> of Tony Beadle ( the editor for the past 5 years) and several of the 
> regular contributors. I much preferred the old magazine which had a good 
> mix of articles, history, competition and a few adverts. The new 
> magazine has the emphasis very much on advertising and would appear to 
> be out to try and attract a younger readership.

I can't reply to the why, but I wanted to mention that I believe TOny 
Beadle was the original editor and if not, he's been in the editor chair 
since about '97 or '98. But I could be worng on that.

One way or the other, I have to admit that I likes his style a bit more 
then "the new guy". Interestingly, I liked the new guy's column in the 
past, but I find his copy (the editor of that mag writes a lot of the 
copy, BTW) to be tiring. I can't put my finger on it.

>  I believe its days are numbered and will be surprised if the numbers 
> sold each edition don.t dwindle rapidly!

Time will tell.

On the other hand, I'm sure there's a few hundred Triumphs world-wide that 
haven't been covered yet. :-) I know MINE have never been featured.

>  Mike Hughes

regards,
rml
p.s. I found it very amusing that as soon as my subscription lapsed, tehy 
did an article about one of our club's long-standing events - Day of 
Triumph. Go figure.
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