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SkyNews (Canadian Astronomy magazine) is closing

73 points by herodotus 4y ago

captainkrtek 4y ago
Super sad. Remember reading these magazines as a kid and it playing a role in my astronomy interests. Also always oogling the nice telescopes they had ads for :-)
gardenfelder 4y ago
That's really sad news
bmc7505 4y ago
* Not to be confused with the homonymous Sky News [1]. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sky_News https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sky_News
- dools 4y ago
  Who specialise is asstronomy
  - Y_Y 4y ago
    asstrollogy
- deleted 4y ago
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- OccamsMirror 4y ago
  At first I was excited because I thought these merchants of misinformation were closing. Then I was sad.
_Adam 4y ago
That's sad. My dad had a subscription to these, so I read them quite a bit when I was younger. I think I still have a few lying around. At the same time, there's more exciting stuff than ever happening in the astronomy world these days. Plug for Anton Petrov (https://www.youtube.com/@whatdamath https://www.youtube.com/@whatdamath) for those who like consuming news in video format.
LeoPanthera 4y ago
"Sky at Night" magazine, published by the BBC, is still going. https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com The monthly TV show on which it is based is also still going, having been running since 1957. (!) https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006mk7h https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006mk7h (Disclaimer: I briefly worked, indirectly, with Chris Lintott, presenter of the show.)
petee 4y ago
Article is a 404, and no mention of the topic on FB or Twitter? Did they post too soon and retract? Edit: Archived as of yesterday but missing today: https://web.archive.org/web/20230215235732/https://skynews.ca/skynews-is-closing/ https://web.archive.org/web/20230215235732/https://skynews.c...
- herodotus 4y ago
  Indeed they did post too soon. Member of RASC received this email: "I want to confirm that it is the desire of the RASC's Board of Directors to have SkyNews Inc. cease operations in the coming weeks, but the announcement on the SkyNews website that it is closing at the end of February was put up in error today. Let me explain. The Society’s Finance Committee and Board of Directors have been holding numerous meetings and consulting with the National Council about what action to take concerning the chronic and worsening deficits that SkyNews has been incurring in recent years, and especially in the current financial year. The RASC, as the sole shareholder of SkyNews Inc., has had to fund these deficits. This past weekend the Finance Committee (which includes some Centre treasurers) met, discussed the situation fully, and agreed to recommend to the Society’s Board of Directors that the Board ask the board of directors of SkyNews Inc. to have SkyNews cease operations, including SkyNews magazine. The Society’s Board of Directors met last night, discussed the matter fully again, and passed a resolution in accordance with the Finance Committee’s recommendation. Because SkyNews Inc. has its own board of directors (who are appointed by the RASC Board on behalf of the Society), it is the SkyNews board and not the RASC Board that has the authority to make the final decision about SkyNews. The SkyNews board will be meeting next week to discuss this matter. If the SkyNews board agrees to have the company cease operations, then it will also address the important issues that members have raised today, such as what will happen for subscribers who have recently subscribed or re-subscribed. Again, the announcement today on the SkyNews website was an error and was premature. The Board takes responsibility for this and for the understandable confusion that it has caused. We will keep the membership apprised as matters unfold in the days to come and as final decisions are made. Michael Watson Director and First Vice-President, RASC"
pabs3 4y ago
ArchiveTeam are saving their site and images of their print editions to archive.org, should appear here soon: https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://skynews.ca/ https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://skynews.ca/* https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://skynews.advanced-pub.com/ https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://skynews.advanced-pub.c...*
zitsarethecure 4y ago
This is a real bummer. I've been a subscriber for many years, and one of the last of many paper magazine subscriptions I still enjoyed.

73 points by herodotus 4y ago

Super sad. Remember reading these magazines as a kid and it playing a role in my astronomy interests. Also always oogling the nice telescopes they had ads for :-)

gardenfelder 4y ago

That's really sad news

bmc7505 4y ago

* Not to be confused with the homonymous Sky News [1]. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sky_News https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sky_News

dools 4y ago
Who specialise is asstronomy
- Y_Y 4y ago
  asstrollogy
deleted 4y ago
[deleted]
OccamsMirror 4y ago
At first I was excited because I thought these merchants of misinformation were closing. Then I was sad.

_Adam 4y ago

That's sad. My dad had a subscription to these, so I read them quite a bit when I was younger. I think I still have a few lying around. At the same time, there's more exciting stuff than ever happening in the astronomy world these days. Plug for Anton Petrov (https://www.youtube.com/@whatdamath https://www.youtube.com/@whatdamath) for those who like consuming news in video format.

LeoPanthera 4y ago

"Sky at Night" magazine, published by the BBC, is still going. https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com The monthly TV show on which it is based is also still going, having been running since 1957. (!) https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006mk7h https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006mk7h (Disclaimer: I briefly worked, indirectly, with Chris Lintott, presenter of the show.)

petee 4y ago

Article is a 404, and no mention of the topic on FB or Twitter? Did they post too soon and retract? Edit: Archived as of yesterday but missing today: https://web.archive.org/web/20230215235732/https://skynews.ca/skynews-is-closing/ https://web.archive.org/web/20230215235732/https://skynews.c...

herodotus 4y ago
Indeed they did post too soon. Member of RASC received this email: "I want to confirm that it is the desire of the RASC's Board of Directors to have SkyNews Inc. cease operations in the coming weeks, but the announcement on the SkyNews website that it is closing at the end of February was put up in error today. Let me explain. The Society’s Finance Committee and Board of Directors have been holding numerous meetings and consulting with the National Council about what action to take concerning the chronic and worsening deficits that SkyNews has been incurring in recent years, and especially in the current financial year. The RASC, as the sole shareholder of SkyNews Inc., has had to fund these deficits. This past weekend the Finance Committee (which includes some Centre treasurers) met, discussed the situation fully, and agreed to recommend to the Society’s Board of Directors that the Board ask the board of directors of SkyNews Inc. to have SkyNews cease operations, including SkyNews magazine. The Society’s Board of Directors met last night, discussed the matter fully again, and passed a resolution in accordance with the Finance Committee’s recommendation. Because SkyNews Inc. has its own board of directors (who are appointed by the RASC Board on behalf of the Society), it is the SkyNews board and not the RASC Board that has the authority to make the final decision about SkyNews. The SkyNews board will be meeting next week to discuss this matter. If the SkyNews board agrees to have the company cease operations, then it will also address the important issues that members have raised today, such as what will happen for subscribers who have recently subscribed or re-subscribed. Again, the announcement today on the SkyNews website was an error and was premature. The Board takes responsibility for this and for the understandable confusion that it has caused. We will keep the membership apprised as matters unfold in the days to come and as final decisions are made. Michael Watson Director and First Vice-President, RASC"

pabs3 4y ago

ArchiveTeam are saving their site and images of their print editions to archive.org, should appear here soon: https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://skynews.ca/ https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://skynews.ca/* https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://skynews.advanced-pub.com/ https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://skynews.advanced-pub.c...*

zitsarethecure 4y ago

This is a real bummer. I've been a subscriber for many years, and one of the last of many paper magazine subscriptions I still enjoyed.