Pro Football Weekly Goes On Line Only (1 Viewer)

[Mr. Mojo]

I just got a letter from Pro Football Weekly that they will not send out the printed copy anymore and on-line is the only option.

That's not a horrible thing but when I went to download their new program, it hijacked my home page and added a tool bar with a bunch of crap on it that I didn't want. I was able to get rid of the toolbar finally but when I use their site, it has a pop up ad on every page (the same stupid ad).

Looks like I'll be cancelling and getting a credit on the remaining issues.

Anyone else expereince this?

 

[duaneok66]

as long as they keep publishing their annual draft Guide, I am good.

 

[Ministry of Pain]

That is sad, can't say that I have picked up a copy of PFW in some time, where I live now in Miami there really are not a lot of news stands. In Los Angeles and Santa Monica where I use to live, they were everywhere and reading seemed to be encouraged. You can draw your own conclusions to what I am implying.

Print is going bye bye and has for a lot of things over the last 10-15 years, it's only going to get worse or better depending on your perspective. I would likely not subscribe but you make a compelling reason for FBG to not try and push pop up ads with their site which hopefully they never do.

Thanks for the heads up

 

[Mentos]

Was just thinking about PFW yesterday and why I don't but it anymore. That's because I hadn't been seeing it at my local 7-Elevens and Barnes & Nobles in a long while. Stop & Shop was the only store in which I have seen a PFW in the past year.

Ehh, Sports Weekly is better anyway and is more updated.

I hated that PFW would go to print on Mondays before the MNF game. Made such little sense for them to do that.

 

[cstu]

I just got a letter from Pro Football Weekly that they will not send out the printed copy anymore and on-line is the only option.

That's not a horrible thing but when I went to download their new program, it hijacked my home page and added a tool bar with a bunch of crap on it that I didn't want. I was able to get rid of the toolbar finally but when I use their site, it has a pop up ad on every page (the same stupid ad).

Looks like I'll be cancelling and getting a credit on the remaining issues.

Anyone else expereince this?

Stop printing the paper edition and make the online edition a nightmare for subscribers...BRILLIANT!

 

[BigJim®]

They might as well. This used to be my mainstay to pick up at airports when travelling and only rarely have I been able to find it the past couple years.

 

[Maurile Tremblay]

PFW has always been difficult to get in print. When I was in high school (mid-late 1980s), there were only a few places in San Diego that carried it. Before I subscribed, I had to drive about 20 minutes each way to the nearest liquor store that sold it.

When I was in college, there was a place just off campus that sold it. I remember stopping to buy it on my way to class, then sitting down to read it on my way to class, then not making it to class. That happened a bunch of times.

That was in the Joel Buchsbaum days. It hasn't been nearly the same since.

In any case, I really don't see the point in printing it on paper anymore. Printing and mailing is such an inefficient delivery mechanism.