# Any current companies you see circling the bowl? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 7, 2013, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-current-companies-you-see-circling-the-bowl/673351 "2013-11-07T19:04:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2013, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-current-companies-you-see-circling-the-bowl/673351/141 "2013-11-19T18:07:45Z")
> [@bump](#): > > I thought his daughter has actually run the show for quite a while now, and he’s sort of a semi-retired brand ambassador / founder emeritus sort. Christie Hefner stepped down in 2008. Right after announcing a lot downsizing and closings. She knew where the company was going and didn’t want to be part of further cutbacks. This got me thinking of computer magazines: _Byte_, _PC Mag_, _ComputerWorld_, etc. All the general PC ones are gone or “online” (which is usually a joke). The most amazing decline was _Computer Shopper_ which peaked at 800+ large format pages just as the Internet hit. The only computer-ish magazine in the top 100 is _Wired_ and I don’t see how that one keeps going. OTOH, certain specialized tech magazines are still going, but most have moved online. What gets me is that once a week I see a story that talks about something in a print magazine that I had never heard of before, usually because it is quite new. Who is starting new print mags in this day and age? ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2013, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-current-companies-you-see-circling-the-bowl/673351/142 "2013-11-19T18:14:09Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > The most amazing decline was _Computer Shopper_ which peaked at 800+ large format pages just as the Internet hit. The last great catalog. I would sometimes get one and just flip through the pages, wanting it all. ---
**Author:** ![Vicullum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/6de8d8/32.png) [@Vicullum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vicullum)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2013, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-current-companies-you-see-circling-the-bowl/673351/143 "2013-11-19T18:22:36Z")
It also doesn’t help that funding Hefner’s lifestyle has always been a financial drain on the company, now more than ever. [Just look at the depressing state of the Playboy Mansion.](http://www.vice.com/read/i-went-to-the-playboy-mansion-and-it-was-kinda-depressing) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-current-companies-you-see-circling-the-bowl/673351.md?page=7)