RIP Parade Magazine (in print)

[Moderator1]

The sports section. The comics. Parade. And my dad was off to the throne for a long visit every Sunday morning.

 

[doctorquant]

How am I supposed to advertise my collectible plates?

Where am I gonna get my Harbor Freight 20% super coupons?

 

[HanSenSE]

Need more Zoysia. Where am I to turn now?

 

[BYH 2: Electric Boogaloo]

Did a little digging. Apparently Parade was bought earlier this year by The Arena Group, formerly Maven. Although I can't imagine the Parade IP is even worth stripping for parts.

Well that really sucks. You'd rather see something fade away with some dignity rather than be butchered by the Maven morons.

 

[I Should Coco]

Sunday magazines used to be supported largely by department store ads. When they disappeared so did the Sunday magazines. And much of the best feature writing in American newspapers went with it.

I would be surprised if there are even 10 locally produced Sunday mags left. I know the New York Times still ahs one. Who else still produces one?

The Seattle Times, for one. And I'm pretty sure the Chicago Tribune still does.

 

[Slacker]

Remember when Parade was where we first found out about Ayds?

 

[Azrael]

Where am I gonna get my Harbor Freight 20% super coupons?

https://go.harborfreight.com/20-percent-off-coupons/

 

[BTExpress]

A 24-pack of batteries for $1.99? I should have been looking at these ads more closely all these years.

 

[playthrough]

Breezy, easy reading. I remember the "What They Earn" issue when the cover would be all headshots and salaries. Some ballplayer would be there with $1 million, which was CRAZY.

 

[Hermes]

I have, like, 200 Harbor Freight batteries in my house because of how cheap they are. I just buy more every time I'm there even though I don't need them. I joked to the engineer on my ashembly line that we should switch over to those for our hand controls in our table versus the Rayovacs we include as a cost-cutting measure.

Some hospital pays $9,000 for a medical chair and gets Rayovac batteries. Can't possibly splurge on the Duracells. Then it'd cost $9,001!

What an amazing industry healthcare is.

 

[Twirling Time]

You get what you pay for at Harbor Freight. I speak from experience.

 

[Jake from State Farm]

One of my all time favorite quotes was in Walter Scott's Personality Parade
Willie Nelson was asked about his marijuana habit and said: "I've been smoking marijuana every day for 20 years and never found it habit forming."