The closure of the print edition of Ralph magazine was announced late today by ACP Magazines.
While the closure is disappointing for those who will lose their jobs, it will allow newsagents to focus more attention on a challenged category of magazines. Men’s magazines really struggle compared to women’s. I suspect this is the case because part of what guys look for in a lad’s mag can be easily found online for free.
The final issue of Ralph is out June 21. We have an opportunity to promote it as a collectors edition and send Ralph off on a high.
Interesting to see this happening as its always been a big seller. We are getting a great response to some new publications in the Mens Magazines demographic, especially Apollo which we get a lot of enquiries about and seems to be finding a niche in this market.