Word on the street is that just this morning it was announced that Source Interlink, the parent company of Grind Media which runs Surfer, Surfing, and Snowboarder Magazines, has purchased Transworld Media from their parent company, Bonnier Corporation. After the recent news that Elan was bankrupt and the more recent news that CAPiTA purchased the Elan factory, the industry sure seems to be in quite the state of renewal.
As someone who grew up loving both Snowboarder and Snowboarding equally for their unique portrayals of snowboarding, this comes as a shock to me. The big concern is what will happen to these magazines. Seeing as Source Interlink now owns Snowboarder, Snowboarding, Skateboarder, and Skateboarding, there’s a good chance that not all those titles will be sticking around. The magic of the printed zine has been decreasing as it is, so eliminating two of them could very well turn more people off to this source of news. It will certainly be interesting to see how this plays out in the near future, but for now I would like to thank Yobeat and Boardistan because that’s where I got all my info on this. Cheers.
