Phoenix Magazine goes bang

[Yermon]

The IT supplement was far better.

Nah. If I recall correctly the one in the Cork (it was still CE at that time) Examiner one actually won a competition between the various supplements in Irish papers once the others cottoned on to the CE's big jump in the Saturday market with its extra offering, and followed suit.

 

[Yermon]

Current Issue

Read latest news headlines and current affairs of the nation by Ireland’s leading investigative and satirical publication The Phoenix.

www.thephoenix.ie

Click the "NEW – Read the Digital Edition of the Magazine" link. Or here.

Thanks CTT. Still giving the message but I suspect I just need to clear my cache.

 

[CmonTheTown]

Thanks CTT. Still giving the message but I suspect I just need to clear my cache.

That was catching me too. If you go into https://www.thephoenix.ie/, then click the link that seems to force the issue. I didn't need to clear cache.

 

[Yermon]

That was catching me too. If you go into https://www.thephoenix.ie/, then click the link that seems to force the issue. I didn't need to clear cache.

Result!

You're a star! Ta

 

[Lee Bushwacker]

Nah. If I recall correctly the one in the Cork (it was still CE at that time) Examiner one actually won a competition between the various supplements in Irish papers once the others cottoned on to the CE's big jump in the Saturday market with its extra offering, and followed suit.

Who were the judges? The Crosbies?
The IT supplement was superb back then.

 

[Yermon]

Who were the judges? The Crosbies?
The IT supplement was superb back then.

Think there were reps from the various publishers tbh. The CE's version did subsequently deteriorate and the others may have caught up, but in its prime the CE's version was top.

 

[Lee Bushwacker]

Think there were reps from the various publishers tbh. The CE's version did subsequently deteriorate and the others may have caught up, but in its prime the CE's version was top.

I honestly don't remember the CE supplement ever being great so I'll take your word for it Yer.

 

[Crisp Sandwich]

I haven't read The Phoenix in about 15 years. Not since my uncle died. He used to buy The Phoenix, Private Eye, Boxing Illustrated, World Soccer and Four Four Two religiously so they were always in the house. He had some standing-order thing with Eason's and I used to collect them the odd time - they'd be wrapped in that blue/green stripy paper.

Imagine explaining this to a teenager now?

"When you're in town on your half-day next Wednesday - pop into Eason's and pick up my magazines just give them my name. Yes, you will have to talk to them. No, you can't text them.

What don't you understand? Eason's is a shop in town that now mainly sells plastic shit and bad greetings cards.

Yeah, no - a magazine is a thing where they print stuff that happened last month on a dead tree and then I pay €7 for it so that may be read mainly in the jacks at home or in the jacks on a train."

 

[Crisp Sandwich]

Had a flick through the online edition of the current and last issue of The Phoenix.

The full page adverts are a clear indication what sort of people were their remaining audience;

• High-end property sales in Dublin City Centre,
• Safety deposit boxes
• Investments in gold bullion
• OTC erectile dysfunction tablets
• Yachts
• and eh... Nova FM.

It's almost like something from Viz - but not self-aware.

 

[Colonel Lee Fields]

I haven't read The Phoenix in about 15 years. Not since my uncle died. He used to buy The Phoenix, Private Eye, Boxing Illustrated, World Soccer and Four Four Two religiously so they were always in the house. He had some standing-order thing with Eason's and I used to collect them the odd time - they'd be wrapped in that blue/green stripy paper.

Imagine explaining this to a teenager now?

"When you're in town on your half-day next Wednesday - pop into Eason's and pick up my magazines just give them my name. Yes, you will have to talk to them. No, you can't text them.

What don't you understand? Eason's is a shop in town that now mainly sells plastic shit and bad greetings cards.

Yeah, no - a magazine is a thing where they print stuff that happened last month on a dead tree and then I pay €7 for it so that may be read mainly in the jacks at home or in the jacks on a train."

There was a lot to be said for the ritual of reading a magazine when you went for a dump.

The world has changed. Not necessarily for the better.