PRINT'S NOT DEAD IN THAILAND
The July issue of The Big Chilli magazine, which appeared on the shelves last weekend, contains a feature which looks at non Thai language publishing in Thailand.
I concur with the headline that "print's not dead", but the "research" which yielded lists of publications contains a number of errors. There are at least half a dozen English magazines listed in this feature which have ceased publishing. These include Acclimate, Apartment Living, Director and Tropical Living. A number of well-established titles are also missing.
The feature says there are more than 200 foreign language newspapers, magazines and other periodicals published legally in Thailand, and that the number is on the rise. Understandably, English is a niche language in terms of publishing in Thailand and looking solely at English titles (Big Chilli's "research" discovered 96) the number has declined in the last 12 months. Overall though, and including Thai titles, the number of publications is most certainly continuing to rise and showing no signs of stopping.
3 comments:
What happened to Tropical Living and Director magazines?
Was there are special reason their owner stopped publishing them as they were part of the same company I believe?
Both magazines were published by Kinnaree, and both stopped appearing earlier this year. I don't know of any specific reasons other than, I presume, they were not making money.
Kinnaree closed its offices at the end of last year.
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