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Mad Magazine Is Shutting Down
- dredmorbius 7y agoSee also: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20351524 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20351524
- dang 7y agoMerged.
- pg_bot 7y agoI'll miss Mad, it's what I read as a kid waiting to get my hair cut. If you knew how the magazine was produced you could sense this day was coming. They are legendary for having staff members with 30-50 year careers. For example the guy who does the fold-ins, (every one of them has been made by one guy - Al Jaffee) is 98 and has been with the magazine for 64 years. The young guys in the office are likely in their 60's. Combine that with the decline in print media in general and I don't see a reasonable way to continue production.