fseipel@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Frank E Seipel) (05/18/91)
From Delphi msg 40954 in the Atari Forum,
40954 16-MAY 02:26 General Interest START and ANTIC dead
From: ANALOG4 To: ALL
This is a Z*BREAK SPECIAL NEWS BULLETIN:
Z*NET INTERNATIONAL ATARI NEWS SERVICE - Z*BREAK #91-20 - 5/15/91
START MAGAZINE CEASES PUBLICATION
After days of conflicting rumors, it was confirmed by START Magazine
staff members today that the bi-monthly Atari magazine START will
NOT publish another issue until further notice.
"STart has suspended publication pending a sale of the magazine,"
said Editor in Chief Tom Byron. A sale is said to be in the works
with unidentified parties, and no timetable is being discussed publicly.
Byron also said that the next issue, the June/July edition, is complete
and was waiting for printing when he got the news today that the
suspension was in effect.
The resolution of the fates of subscribers and the many writers to
whom STart has owed moneys dating back to mid 1990 is not known or
predictable at this point. If STart is sold, it may be that those
owed will be paid from the revenues, or the new owner may
assume the liabilities of the company. A third possibility is
that there would be a liquidation and sale of assets held by STart
itself, which may be negligible.
Z*Net will continue to follow this story which is of great concern to
the entire Atari community. STart is the last commercial "slick"
magazine for the Atari in the U.S.A. It will leave behind only Atari
Explorer, Atari's owned house magazine, and newspaper-type publications
like AtariUser and ST INFORMER.