Spin SF:
So rumors abound that Spin magazine might move to San Francisco, a weird geographic time reversal from when Spin’s arch rival Rolling Stone, split San Francisco, the city of its birth, and moved to New York in 1976. Spin’s having a hard go of it and may be for sale. Hartle Media, publishers of local rag 7×7 Magazine, have expressed interest.
What’s this mean for people in my line of work? Remember that Simpsons episode when the family is at a giant bookstore and Bart teases the clerks by saying “I hear there’s an adjunct professor job opening.” San Francisco is lousy with underemployed journalists. I’m guessing Spin already has inquiries even though they haven’t advanced a single step towards California.