Internet time, we're often told, are the technological equivalent of dog years: clocks just move faster on the web. If ever proof were needed, this snippet that came out of CES is it. According Folio Magazine, a new internet publication lasted an astonishing 24 hours before the plug was pulled.
On Monday, publisher Jeremy Meyer of the Gaming News Bureau News Group, issued a press release touting the launch of the magazine at last week's buzz-heavy Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, including the launch of an online version as a "free e-zine." By Tuesday afternoon, however, Meyer wasn't touting anything. "As of right now we have no plans on printing issue 2 because of lack of advertising support," Meyer wrote in an e-mail response to a potential subscriber.
Ouch.
Update: Jeremy Meyer, the publisher and editor-in-chief of Game Industry Report, has been in touch to say that the title has not been discontinued, and that the next issue will be available on March 15th.
