With a heavy coronary heart, I need to let you know that, after 23 years, we’re ceasing publication of The Bark. There are oh-so-many causes for this resolution. Within the final decade, many corporate-owned magazines have folded following precipitous declines in each readership and promoting. As an indie journal, we now have discovered this bigger development to be insurmountable.
On a private notice, I’ve been engaged on The Bark in what looks like 24/7 mode since I co-founded it 23 years in the past, with nary a break. Virtually a 3rd of my life has been dedicated to my “child.” I don’t know if, like this journal, I’ll attain the century mark, however I do comprehend it’s time for me to bow out. Belief me, this was an exceedingly tough and poignant resolution to make.
The Bark will quickly turn out to be a part of Kinship’s most up-to-date launch, The Wildest, a like-minded website targeted on educating and fascinating pet mother and father on wellness and way of life subjects — for canines and cats.
After greater than 20 years of publishing ‘the good canine journal ever …’ and establishing thebark.com as an internet vacation spot for considerate, inspiring and typically provocative materials … the time has come for us to step again and switch the reins over to Kinship, a bunch of like-minded canine fanatics who can ship expanded content material and new experiences to our longtime readers and to a brand new era of canine lovers. Readers deserve good content material, and, above all, canines should dwell their finest life doable.
So, that’s it, my associates. To all of you who’re studying this now, we need to lengthen our most honest thanks. It’s due to you that we had been capable of maintain publishing for greater than 20 years—so much longer than business consultants thought doable. We beloved listening to from you, and your enthusiasm for our mission; it touched us deeply.
