So I guess they’re not going out of business
July 22nd, 2008 by Wayne Garcia in Media WatchThe sight of a shuttered office where local weekly music pub Reax used to be in Ybor City set some tongues wagging, so the freebie’s founder felt compelled to let the faithful know that Reax is not dead, according to this e-mail:
REAX MUSIC MAGAZINE PUBLISHER
DEFUSES SELLOUT RUMORS
Magazine Remains Independent, Readies Feature-Packed
Back To School Issue(TAMPA, FL) - All week, people have been coming up to Joel Cook and asking why he sold REAX, the free monthly music and culture magazine he founded over two years ago. Cook doesn’t know what to tell them, because he doesn’t know what they’re talking about.
“It’s crazy,” he says. “Nobody seems to know where these stories come from, but everybody’s obviously heard it.”
It’s true that REAX recently shuttered its Ybor City offices, in order to take advantage of the greater resources offered by a new location just outside of Tampa. Cook calls the move “temporary” and “extremely beneficial,” and guesses it might have been what started tongues wagging about the magazine being sold off, or going out of business completely. Both rumors are completely unfounded.
REAX has not been sold. The magazine and website remain independent, and staffed largely by the same idealistic music fans who helped put together the very first issue. REAX continues to provide opportunities for young and emerging writers to hone their chops, see their work in print and learn from more experienced peers.
REAX is not going out of business. Cook and company are currently putting the finishing touches on their Back To School issue, on stands August 1. In addition to features on such iconic acts as My Morning Jacket and the Melvins and rising artists like The Stills, Trivium and Matt Pryor, the August installment features informative overviews on Florida’s college towns, including guides to cheap eats, cool bars and venues and interesting businesses.
REAX is not funded by radical secessionist group New American Dawn. REAX pays its bills the same way it always has - through advertising, and the sale of counterfeit Girl Scout cookies.
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July 30th, 2008 at 10:22 pm
Pray tell, what does this have to do with politics?
And, we are a monthly, not a weekly. If we were a weekly . . . well, let’s just say there would be only one “alt” weekly in this town.
July 31st, 2008 at 11:03 am
Come on, Rabi. Have more faith in yourself than that.