- Ante Up and Southwest Poker News have announced a merger of the two magazines.
- The magazines will now be distributed in over 280 casinos and poker rooms across the USA.
- Ante Up will increase its print run to 40,000 monthly copies and hopes to increase its coverage in the South Western states.
Ante Up Magazine and Southwest Poker News have announced a merger of the two print publications. The magazines will now be distributed in over 280 casinos and poker rooms across the USA.
Ante Up will increase its print run to 40,000 monthly copies and hopes to increase its coverage in the Southwestern states. Ante Up publisher Scott Long said: “Our combined forces will further cement Ante Up as the nation’s leading poker publication, and the potential for future growth is endless.”
Founder of Arizona Poker News LLC and Southwest Poker News, Christopher Cronin, will become Director of Sales for Ante Up. “I really feel that the hard work and dedication from myself and my staff has been recognized, and we look forward to bringing our readers the same great coverage on a much larger scale,” Cronin said.
Scott Long added: “For the past three years, Southwest Poker News has been the dominant poker news source in Arizona, New Mexico and other Southwestern states. With Chris Cronin now on our team, Ante Up looks forward to continuing that great work and giving the players and casinos in that region the national exposure that they so richly deserve.”
The secular shift to internet news consumption has affected specialty publications like poker magazines as much as it has affected mainstream news media. While the merger may be a response to that environment, there is also no doubt that the emergence of regulated poker in the USA will benefit poker publications with a wider readership.
