Jun 27 2006

RIP Brooklynite

Published by Erin at 8:00 am under Neighborhood

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One of the things we learned at the Brooklyn Blog Festival was that The Brooklynite, a very nice magazine we promo’d a few months ago is shutting down. It makes us sad to see a cool publication fold, and also makes us wonder anew why Brooklyn-only publications don’t do better. The borough’s other magazine, BKLYN, is now subscription based and, according to its website, "cash flow problems have forced BKLYN to suspend publication, at least until Fall 2006." Not exactly rousing enthusiasm for Brooklyn-0nly publications. Why is that? As was discussed at the Blog Fest, Brooklyn if counted by itself would be the fourth largest city in the U.S. According to my lazy internet searching, the top five cities by rank are New York, LA, Chicago, Houston, and Philadelphia. All of those cities seem well covered by traditional media, so why the lack of Brooklyn coverage?

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6 Responses to “RIP Brooklynite”

  1. # Ericon 27 Jun 2006 at 9:31 pm

    Two words:
    “Brooklyn Papers”

  2. # Brenda from Flatbushon 27 Jun 2006 at 10:04 pm

    We may be big, but we’re culturally heterogenous and fragmented. Even within the brownstone/hipster belt, there’s stiff competition from Manhattan media and, now, the web. That plus the cruel economics of the mag biz these days (RIP the wonderful ‘Brooklyn Bridge,’ for example) make the seemingly logical/inevitable grail of a slick Brooklyn magazine an elusive one indeed. Which is too bad, but at least every decade or so, some other brave soul will try again.

  3. # Dope on the Slopeon 28 Jun 2006 at 1:13 am

    We may be big, but we’re culturally heterogenous and fragmented.
    If better media coverage means we have to become culturally homogenous, then I’ll quit complaining about it.
    OTOH, we could use some defragmentation. It would be nice to see the diverse constituencies agree on a basic vision for Brooklyn’s growth and development.

  4. # k.d.on 28 Jun 2006 at 2:58 pm

    Booooo Hoooo, I loved this magazine. Can’t wait for the Fall publication. sniffle.

  5. # jcon 29 Jun 2006 at 5:27 pm

    I could live withouth BKLYN – it seemed like it was trying to focus on high-end Brooklyn, lacked diverse info or Brooklyn charm for that matter. I didn’t get the impression of any Bklyn community from it (other than yuppie).

  6. # Ronald Blomon 02 May 2007 at 12:11 pm

    how many readers rember the brooklyn eagle news paper