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« Time Proves Rochelle Wrong on Sales Tax Increase | Main | Closing Credits for Franklin Cinema? » June 8, 2006AB Shuts DownThe Tennessean reports that Amusement Business, a 112-year-old publication that covered the business of outdoor entertainment for theme parks, festivals and carnivals (and for which I freelanced many articles back in the 1990s) has published its last issue, the company said on its Web site. The trade magazine, a sibling of the more famous Billboard magazine, is considered a valuable resource in the live-entertainment industry. It shifted from weekly to monthly publication a few years ago. Perhaps that was the wrong direction - perhaps the industry needs a daily publication. One wonders if the parent company explored continuing the business as a daily web-only subscription publication, perhaps in blog format, to reduce publishing and distribution costs... Posted in Journalism & Media
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