Members Marco Dane Posted April 24, 2020 Members Share Posted April 24, 2020 I guess Soap Opera Digest is the last man standing... https://daytimeconfidential.com/2020/04/23/soaps-in-depth-magazine-to-end-print-publication Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members soapfan770 Posted April 24, 2020 Members Share Posted April 24, 2020 Wow it is the end of era. Even though I never cared for the SID mags in the same way I once did for SOD, SOW, SOU, and the old SON(Soap Opera News) I'm sorry to see it go, I assumed the disruption of new content and print media being the dinosaur it is being good excuse to dip out. Not sure how they did on other networks but I remember the CBS SID use to get heavily advertised during Y&R in the late '00's through at least 2013 or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members j swift Posted April 24, 2020 Members Share Posted April 24, 2020 (edited) With SID ending, TV Guide going large, and the dissolution of comics, is SOD the last of the digest-sized magazines at the checkout stand? Edited April 24, 2020 by j swift Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members soapfan770 Posted April 24, 2020 Members Share Posted April 24, 2020 TVGuide has been tabloid sized(or is it considered broadsheet lol?) for fifteen years now. I still see on the occasion depending on the store Reader's Digest being sold as well as couple other random digest mags being sold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kalbir Posted April 24, 2020 Members Share Posted April 24, 2020 Can't say I'm surprised. Hard to believe SOD is the last soap magazine left. I wonder how much longer SOD is going to last. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members j swift Posted April 24, 2020 Members Share Posted April 24, 2020 Oy, has it been that long? Like many, I've been strictly Instacart and Prime Now shopping during lockdown which reduces the chances for impulse purchasing at checkout that were the marketing staple of digest magazines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members soapfan770 Posted April 24, 2020 Members Share Posted April 24, 2020 (edited) Lol remeber when SOD did away with their website for like two years 2000-2002 because they didn't find online presence suitable? Haha indeed, around the same time they completely stopped local editions and went to a straight National Edition. I remember the following summer my grandma cancelling TV Guide while I was there for her birthday due to the lack of local listings lol. Edited April 24, 2020 by soapfan770 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kalbir Posted April 24, 2020 Members Share Posted April 24, 2020 I don't remember that at all. Soaps in Depth had one of the longest runs of the soap magazines. These are the magazines I recall over the years; I'm probably missing a few. Soap Opera Digest - November 1975 to present Soap Opera Update - January 1988 to September 2002 Soap Opera Weekly - November 1989 to April 2012 Soap Opera Magazine - October 1991 to February 1999 Soaps in Depth - March 1997 to May 2020 Soap Opera News - March 1997 to February 1999 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members soapfan770 Posted April 24, 2020 Members Share Posted April 24, 2020 I'll have to look that story up but there was a time when SOD just didn't have a web presence at all there in 2001 after all the work they put in their old website, 1978-1979 synopsis's for the soaps and all. The other two I'd add to your list would be Soapdish from 1996-1999 and Soap-News from 1997-2003. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members All My Shadows Posted April 24, 2020 Members Share Posted April 24, 2020 ABC SID promos were very frequent during AMC in the 2000s for sure. They were so cheaply made, too, just a shot of the front cover on a blue background with yellow text "headlines" next to it. I can hear the women's voice in my head right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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