Carolina Huddle Magazine?

[PanthersFanNY]

These guys are not interested in seeing pics like this of local football fan hotties...

Please tell me she is a kitten.

[Kevin Greene]

Seriously, a magazine based on a messege board forum? Ill be STUNNED if you have more than 3 subscribers. Good luck anyway....

Hmm, apparently this magazine is a brilliant idea. Where do I sign up?

[faultlessjoint]

Honest advice:

You would have a hard time finding enough subscribers to keep it afloat.....UNLESS we see nip and vag on the kittens. As vulgar as it is, that is the truth. Nude kittens is sure to increase subscriptions by at least 300-400%, if not more (seriously). Obviously that would mean paying significantly more money to the models and it would sacrifice some unknown amount of "journalistic integrity" (hahahahhahahahaha), but given the fact that 95% of your target audience would be straight, football loving males (leaving room for Jase, GTG, Wino, and a couple other females) who frequent a message board full of vulgarities and scantily clad women I'd say it's a safe bet.

[WolfPack]

Well, I agree with a lot of the suggestions here. I know print is on its way out, but people will still buy if it satisfies a need. Huddle Kittens is a great idea, but I think including inside information and past player interviews and stories is even better (like where they are at now type of thing). Please consider adding the Canes to the list and make this a trifecta of Carolina sports, tons of people in Raleigh care about this most. You might even consider making it an ePublication through something like Zinio (to save the trees). This will cut down on production costs, of course you will still have to spend on advertising. I'm sure I've got some more ideas in here, just have to let the bourbon wear off first.

[WolfPack]

These guys are not interested in seeing pics like this of local football fan hotties...

Nope, definitely not interested........ unless....... maybe you can get some of them in some NC State gear

[Kevin Greene]

A printed version of HBO's once venerable Inside the NFL Panthers version. Highlights, recaps, interviews and human interest. Panther fans around the country how and where they experience gameday. Past players where are they now, current players charitble works etc. Just never hire Wanda Sykes.

[Razzy]

I would subscribe, but the content would have to be pretty good. I used to have a subscription to Roar and was very dissapointed at the lack of content in there.

[Jackofalltrades]

I'd write for it too, that's something I'd been hoping to get back into.

[Peppers90 NC]

Cuz a laptop really heats up the thighs when you're taking a poo?

Print is better just for this reason! :thumbsup:

Yea, and I dont see anyone using a computer to wipe anything up either

[Peppers90 NC]

In all seriousness, it is tough to do a start up magazine. I was a Creative Director for a magazine in Charlotte, and was aware of the recession well before it was mentioned nationally in the media, as advertising dollars were tougher to come by. Subscription money hardly covers the cost of printing, unless you are getting 50 to 100k in production. Depending on the stock of paper and what payouts are expected to contributors, seeing a profit would be down the road unless you get some major sponsors willing to pony some doe in advance. And how officially related to the NFL and Panthers will it be will determine how big of players you get to pay for the advertisers. Anyway, good luck with it, I love a pretty magazine on the coffee table, especially on some quality paper and dynamite photography.

[Munkey]

Objectively speaking, I would go without the recap of huddle conversations... I'd like to read content from a very, very select few when it comes to hearing from huddle experts... I like the interviews with current and former players idea, I hope that can truly get worked out... Stats. Meh... if you're going to fill space with charts of numbers, I think it would be cool to see a new analysis of stats, other than the ordinary- make your own formula for a stat and stay consistent with it.

What he said.

[Johnny Rockets]

If you ned any righters for dis magazize let me knows.

Can I get a "Dear Abby" advice type column each month? "Dear Johnny" has a great ring to it.

[Darth Biscuit]

I would subscribe to this particularly if it had info you couldn't get elsewhere and/or huddle kittens. I volunteer to review the kittens prior to publication and would even do it for free and still pay for the subscription...

[Zod]

Please tell me she is a kitten.

Would ole Zod let you down?