POWERLIFTING USA Shuts Down

As newsstand magazines get put under more and more strain, smaller magazines have been hit hard. With the availability of news, contest results, photos etc. on the internet, it's getting increasingly difficult for many small magazines to stay on newsstands. Simply put, if a magazine doesn't sell a certain amount of copies, stores will not carry it anymore!

Those who have read POWERLIFTING USA magazine will be sad to hear that it looks like it's no longer going to be on newsstands. POWERLIFTING USA released this: 

"After exactly 35 years, and about 1/2 billion pages of printed matter distributed, the May 2012 issue will be the last edition of POWERLIFTING USA magazine produced by Mike Lambert. We have been "bleeding out" financially and the future outlook for print magazines is bleak. We consider the marketplace to be a democracy, and we recognize that consumers vote with their dollars. When financial support for a given venture starts to slip away, it's like an election and--like it or not--you have to "leave office," which I accept. We are making arrangements to fulfill our obligation to our subscribers with another publication in our field. We will maintain our website and Facebook presence for the time being. Someone may come out of the woodwork with a great idea on how to continue POWERLIFTING USA in some way, and we will let you know if that happens."