Hemmings Muscle Machines ceasing publication

[Steve Shauger]

Originally Posted by Ryan1969Chevelle

If you don’t like HMM stopping paper copies, put your money where your mouth is and subscribe to Bone Stock and Modified Muscle Cars

Great magazine!!! Great editor!!!

They are making the content you want and all you need to do is subscribe.

Ryan W31

Great magazine, and Vintage Certification was featured thanks to Diego who wrote the article!

[RPOLS3]

Originally Posted by 1967 4K

In 1984 I moved to Danville, Ky. for employment opportunity. I helped build a R.R. Donnelley and Sons Co. magazine printing facility. One year later I started working for them as an Electrical Contractor installing Priniting and Binding machinery for a 30 year run until I retired.
At one time they employed 1,500 people, the largest employer in the county. Tomorrow they will close the doors, probably for good. On Line available Subscriptions have killed paper printing world wide. Some of the most advanced printing equipment in the world is setting idle in that plant and no market to sell it. Some of it has already been sold for scrap iron.
A lot of good people I know have lost their jobs. I guess time changes most everything and we have to roll with the punches and move on!

1967 4K

23-ish years ago we built a very complicated building addition for the local newspaper to house a state of the art German printing press. Whole project was tens of millions of dollars with the equipment. 10 years ago the newspaper shut down that operation and scrapped the press. A solar company recently purchased the building.....sign of the times for sure.

[GrumpyJeff]

[QUOTE=1967 4K;1661006]In 1984 I moved to Danville, Ky. for employment opportunity. I helped build a R.R. Donnelley and Sons Co. magazine printing facility. One year later I started working for them as an Electrical Contractor installing Priniting and Binding machinery for a 30 year run until I retired.
At one time they employed 1,500 people, the largest employer in the county. Tomorrow they will close the doors, probably for good. On Line available Subscriptions have killed paper printing world wide. Some of the most advanced printing equipment in the world is setting idle in that plant and no market to sell it. Some of it has already been sold for scrap iron.
A lot of good people I know have lost their jobs. I guess time changes most everything and we have to roll with the punches and move on!

1967 4K[/Q At one point R.R. Donnelley and Sons was the #1 employer here in the county of Lancaster PA with 3 plant locations. Once they lost the TV Guide contract years ago its been a downward spiral for them .

[68camaroz28]

Oh my, not good news and like most of you I will miss looking at each months auction news, tech questions, and car/tech articles. Glad our 68 was in on issue and they had photographed our 69 L78 Nova for an article but don't have to wonder when that might be. Darn, we have lost a ton of magazines....

[Rfish]

This is unfortunate… Had hoped this publication would be then one that lasted. I have every issue and review them often. Would have paid more to keep a subscription up. Just not the same reading this stuff on a laptop or iPad…..

[1967 4K]

Jake, funny you should tell a solar company had bought the Lancaster plant. Just two weeks ago a Chinese solar panel manufacturer looked at the Danville plant.
Hmmm, same guy owns both facilities. Maybe the Chinese chose PA over Ky..

[njsteve]

Originally Posted by Bill Pritchard

I have been a subscriber to Hemmings Motor News since the late 1970s, so they will just extend my subscription to that (until they pull the plug on that too) in lieu of a refund. I also subscribe to Hemmings Classic Car....wonder if that's next on the chopping block?

They cancelled both magazines. Muscle Machines and Classic Car.

[Hawkeye]

MCACN monthly?? What do you say Bob? There’s a void that has created an opportunity.