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14-10-2021 02:14 PM #121
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14-10-2021 03:08 PM #122This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
This is completely the right move by Hibs.
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14-10-2021 03:11 PM #123This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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14-10-2021 03:15 PM #124This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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14-10-2021 03:35 PM #125This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Pre lockdown I’m certain it wasn’t low hundreds then lockdown meant mail order only which is a policy Hibs have kept post lockdown.
KP talks a lot of sense but I’d like this one to be backed up.
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14-10-2021 03:41 PM #126
Would imagine the downloads are so low because hibs didn’t push it ?
I was sure Season ticket holders were meant to get it last season as a download and never once seen the link & I’ve not seen any physical sales since we got back in the stadium .
I would imagine the type of supporter who wants a programme isn’t the one who is going to download it to there phone so if we are taking this decision on downloads without looking at physical sales again then that’s poor
This is something which the club really should have consulted the fans on which doesn’t appear to have happened. Think the pod casts ect are good but I reckon there is still a market for programmes in physical form
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14-10-2021 04:00 PM #127
I'm gluing myself to my seat on Saturday,. Or lying down in front of Big Ron's car. Or something.
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14-10-2021 04:12 PM #128
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14-10-2021 04:17 PM #129
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“Previous match” :).
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14-10-2021 04:20 PM #130This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
If however you have been collecting programmes since you were a youngster then it's a terrible decision.
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14-10-2021 04:28 PM #131
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14-10-2021 04:35 PM #132This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Since then they haven't tried a leg and the numbers now are in their low hundreds due to not being sold at the ground and the digital version being poor.
A decent production would help and am not convinced it wouldn't at least break even.
Everything isn't about making a profit.
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14-10-2021 04:36 PM #133
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I can only assume Hibs have wanted rid of it and they have taken an approach to kill it ..
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14-10-2021 04:37 PM #134
Hibs to stop producing match day programmes
Is a quarterly magazine the right replacement?
I would have thought that it would be better based around the league fixtures, reflecting/ looking forward to each round of matches.
Otherwise I can’t see what content they will hold back from social media to give it some freshness
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14-10-2021 04:42 PM #135
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I’m sure they will be missed by some but that doesn’t mean it is worth the effort or cost anymore.
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14-10-2021 04:43 PM #136
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Profit ..under John Stephen’s ….so not sure where you get that from ….
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14-10-2021 04:54 PM #137
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I feel like nostalgia is fueling a lot of the uproar about this decision. I would be interested to see how many programmes Hibs sold per game during the last full season that wasn't interrupted by Covid. I bet it was tiny. I have a framed programme of my first game and it's a shame folk won't be able to do that in future. However, print media is dying and time has moved on.
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14-10-2021 04:57 PM #138This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Most people won't even notice its gone, away from a few people getting worked up on Social media this isn't something that many feel strongly about.
Of course its sad for collectors, the end of steam was a sad day for rail enthusiasts, things move on - for better or worse.
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14-10-2021 04:59 PM #139
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If they had given it a trial period , really given it a go , and been clear that unless the take up was there it would cease ….then they would have my full support
Nostalgia aside - that’s my main gripe .
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14-10-2021 05:07 PM #140This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
sti quarter mile stock
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14-10-2021 05:11 PM #141This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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14-10-2021 05:17 PM #142This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
The nature of such forums is that those with a gripe, genuine or otherwise, are always going to be the most vocal.
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14-10-2021 05:19 PM #143This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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14-10-2021 05:23 PM #144
I wrote for the programme in the season that was curtailed. Back then it was a proper 64 pager with features and extra bits exclusive to the programme - stuff you couldn’t read anywhere else. It was advertised in advance and you knew there was X or Y feature coming up.
I’m led to believe it sold well, in the thousands, and was worth picking up.
Some of my stuff was later drip fed out on the club website during the off-seasons.
It’s no surprise the open rates for the digital programmes have been poor, the reality is there was very little in them worth clicking for. It’s a catch 22, if the programme isn’t worth reading then it won’t sell. If it doesn’t sell then it’s deemed not worth making an effort to make it worthwhile.
A quarterly magazine sounds fine but at 100 pages it’s not going to be a lot more substantial than a standard match programme was only a couple of years ago. Kilmarnock ditched their match programme but they’re producing a club mag every month, not every three.
New podcast was a great listen, and it’s good to see the club developing the media output, but if Spartans and Leith Athletic can produce a programme every other week I really struggle to see how Hibs can’t.
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14-10-2021 05:29 PM #145
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I'm not a programme collector, but I always buy one because it's part of being at the game. It makes me feel part of the occasion, and is something to read on my transport home.
Serious question - is everyone's eyesight so good that they can read the names on players' shirts from all over the pitch? I for one can usually only make out the numbers, so the team line-up in the programme is invaluable for glancing at during the game.
Online information is all well and good, but nowhere near as convenient as a handy printed programme. And phones often work too slowly at games because of shortage of bandwidth caused by too many folk gawping at their phones instead of watching the match.
And I don't buy the theory that programmes make a loss. As another poster has pointed out, clubs throughout the UK at all levels produce programmes. I believe that many leagues, certainly in England, stipulate that all member clubs most produce a programme of a certain standard, so I am actually mystified as to how Hibs are allowed to get away with this.
Terrible decision by the club. Sorry this was a bit of a rant, I had to get this off my chest.
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14-10-2021 05:31 PM #146
New podcast was a great listen, and it’s good to see the club developing the media output, but if Spartans and Leith Athletic can produce a programme every other week I really struggle to see how Hibs can’t.[/QUOTE]
Its not really a case of cant though is it, they must have looked at the amount selling and the cost and decided it wasnt viable, at the end of the day its a business and they need to make a decision on whats best for the club, there will always be the odd few that dont like decisions like this
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14-10-2021 05:32 PM #147This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
HSL to produce one? (tin hat on) There appear to be people interested in doing something.
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14-10-2021 05:33 PM #148This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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14-10-2021 06:06 PM #149
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looking to be greenest club in scotland - reduce carbon footprint and tree felling for paper
kids are digital they are the future
old men dont like change hence grumpy
how have you all managed without the pink?
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14-10-2021 06:09 PM #150This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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