Crossed Wires13 Jun 2022

Ask Your Newsagent

In this ‘bumper’ edition of the show, I sat down with Andrew and Paul from the Addict magazines, which are wonderful publications focussing on the Amiga and retro culture and technology in general.

As well as talking shop, getting some genuinely interesting behind the scenes views into what making a physical (and digital) magazine in 2022 is all about, we go for a bit of a nostalgia trip on the subject of our memories of magazines and computer and video game shops of the 90s.

I really hope you enjoy this episode, apologies for any audio issues sometimes these can’t be helped when recording remotely. Do you have memories of newsagent experiences, or a favourite tech magazine, we’d love to hear from you, so send a note over to podcast@crossedwires.net, leave a comment on the post, or start a discussion in Goodpods.

If you liked this episode or any of our content, we’d greatly appreciate any little bit of support you can throw our way over at our Ko-Fi page.

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Chapter Times

00:00:05: Introductions
00:13:57: Magazine & Retail Memories
00:36:08: Pixel Addict
00:41:46: Pitching Ideas
00:46:35: The Personal Element
00:50:21: Past, Present, and Future
00:57:21: The Journey To WHSmith
01:11:50: Deadlines & Proofreading
01:19:29: Wrapping Up

Credits

Intro and outro theme: Ace of Clubs by RoccoW

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