What happened to OMNI Magazine?
Martin Sagara
and its almost June! Did they fold or what?
Martin Sagara
msa...@lookout.ecte.uswc.uswest.com
Patterner
(Martin Sagara) asks:
>The April 1995 issue of OMNI is still on the stands
>and its almost June! Did they fold or what?
Here's the news directly from OMNI Editor Keith Ferrell. This document
can be found on America Online at keyword: OMNI > OMNI Central icon >
Coming Attractions > OMNI Change of Format.
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OMNI's Change of Format
A Few Words About The Future
From OMNI's Editor-In-Chief
You've heard the rumors, and some of them are true.
The April issue of OMNI, on-sale now, is our last monthly issue, as least
for now. Beginning immediately we will shift to a quarterly publication
schedule, available only on newsstands, and expand our interactive and
on-line presence dramatically.
Since you've visited -- and are visiting, indeed, as you read this -- OMNI
Online, you know, I think, how seriously we take this medium. We're proud
of our commitment to on-line interactivity, and proud of the way OMNI has
developed and grown on America Online in the year-and-a-half we've been
here.
We're most proud of your response to us. You tell us when we're doing
things right, and you don't hesitate to let us know when we're doing
things... less than right.
It's that interactivity, that live and ongoing partnership between editors
and readers, between publisher and audience, that only an on-line
environment makes possible, and that has led us to this decision.
Someone had to be the first magazine of the 21st Century, and of course we
felt that someone had to be OMNI. After all, we've predicted so much of
the technology that makes AOL and the Internet and all the rest of the
Information Age possible, that we decided to put our money where our mouth
has been. We're taking a stand, and I think it's a bold one. We believe
that the future of much of publishing lies on-line, and we're going to
help blaze the trails to that future.
This doesn't mean we're giving up the print world. Far from it. Our
quarterly newsstand issue will be bigger than OMNI has been of late, with
more science, more science fiction, more art and graphics, more coverage
of the fringe areas of science. In a word: more OMNI.
In whatever format or location, we look forward to having you with us as
we explore the wonders of the future and the mysteries of the universe.
Some of the rumors, as I said, are true. And some aren't: Far from being
the end of OMNI, this is rather the point at which OMNI, ahead of the
pack, makes an evolutionary leap. Thanks for joining us on the road to the
21st Century.
Keith Ferrell
Editor-In-Chief: OMNI
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(posted by permission)
Marilee J. Layman
aka OMNI Muse, the Geek Goddess of OMNI ;) (volunteer online staff)
Mark R. Kelly
Omni's April issue is the last monthly print issue. They will be doing
quarterly issues in some format, but mainly they are trying to move toward
electronic publishing -- they have a presence on America Online, and have
been 'publishing' original novellas there, one per month, since February.
--
Mark R. Kelly
ma...@david.rdyne.rockwell.com 72760...@compuserve.com
Edward Jackson
> The April 1995 issue of OMNI is still on the stands
> and its almost June! Did they fold or what?
> msa...@lookout.ecte.uswc.uswest.com
RIP