Soap Opera Magazine: "They said soap operas were dead. The numbers just proved everyone wrong."

Interesting read, thoughts?

Edited April 2Apr 2 by Rocket Man
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Way too many obnoxious pop-ups on that site to bother reading.

40 minutes ago, Gray Bunny said:

Way too many obnoxious pop-ups on that site to bother reading.

I get it, it's the ads that makes the article free which am thankful for. Hate having to pay subscriptions nowadays...

35 minutes ago, Liberty City said:

59 minutes ago, Rocket Man said:

Soap Opera Magazine:

47 minutes ago, Gray Bunny said:

Way too many obnoxious pop-ups on that site to bother reading.

This is NOT the original "Soap Opera Magazine" which died in 1999.

History per wikipedia:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soap_Opera_Magazine

The name was acquired in 2023 by Squid McGuffey Media LLC. and relaunched as something new digitally. It is currently run by Amber Sinclair, the (currenr or former) managing editor of soaphub.
In March 2026, they applied for a trademark to the name.

This is her bio on the new site:
https://soapoperamagazine.com/author/amber/

Edit to add:
On the "soapoperamagazine.com" website, at the very bottom, it says:

"distributes content via its website, social media platforms, and syndication partners including MSN and NewsBreak. Copyright © 2026 Squid McGuffey Media LLC d/b/a Soap Opera Magazine TM"
"A Raptive Partner Site"

This is Raptive Partner:
https://raptive.com/about

Edited April 2Apr 2 by janea4old

https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/they-said-soap-operas-were-dead-the-numbers-just-proved-everyone-wrong/ar-AA1ZWxjY?apiversion=v2&domshim=1&noservercache=1&noservertelemetry=1&batchservertelemetry=1&renderwebcomponents=1&wcseo=1

Is this better?

@Gray Bunny @Liberty City

Edited April 2Apr 2 by AbcNbc247

4 minutes ago, AbcNbc247 said:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/they-said-soap-operas-were-dead-the-numbers-just-proved-everyone-wrong/ar-AA1ZWxjY?apiversion=v2&domshim=1&noservercache=1&noservertelemetry=1&batchservertelemetry=1&renderwebcomponents=1&wcseo=1

Is this better?

@Gray Bunny @Liberty City

My response had nothing to do with the link. It had to do with the choice of "Soap Opera Magazine" itself.

Personally, I don't care who or where the link came from. People believe anything on the internet. I'm just happy to see positive content for daytime out there in the universe. Let's hope for more.

On 4/2/2026 at 10:19 AM, Melroser said:

just happy to see positive content for daytime out there in the universe. Let's hope for more.

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Apr 1, 2026

Edited April 3Apr 3 by janea4old

I saw that and it would be amazing if Ryan Gosling did a "guest" stint on DAYS. He should definitely be a patient of Marlena's and even parody SNL at the same time. Tie it all in.

30 minutes ago, Melroser said:

I saw that and it would be amazing if Ryan Gosling did a "guest" stint on DAYS. He should definitely be a patient of Marlena's and even parody SNL at the same time. Tie it all in.

I know I'm gonna kick myself for throwing this out there, but I had suggested that Ryan Gosling appear to an ill Marlena as an adult version of D.J. Craig - Don and Marlena's child, who died from SIDS - with messages from his dad and John, while Marlena is battling a relapse of her Lyme Disease.

Edited April 3Apr 3 by Khan

1 minute ago, Khan said:

I know I'm gonna kick myself for throwing this out there, but I had suggested that Ryan Gosling appear to an ill Marlena as an adult version of D.J. Craig - Don and Marlena's child, who died from SIDS - with messages from his dad and John, while Marlena is battling a relapse of her Lyme Disease.

I still think it's a good idea!

On 4/4/2026 at 11:07 AM, Khan said:

I know I'm gonna kick myself for throwing this out there, but I had suggested that Ryan Gosling appear to an ill Marlena as an adult version of D.J. Craig - Don and Marlena's child, who died from SIDS - with messages from his dad and John, while Marlena is battling a relapse of her Lyme Disease.

Yes please!