- After more than 30 years, the Poker Player Newspaper has ended its print edition.
- Owner Stan Sludikoff will continue to publish news on the website but is also interested in offers for the business.
For over 30 years, the Poker Player Newspaper has been distributed in card rooms around the United States but, as of this month, the print edition has been discontinued.
The end of the newspaper comes as the result of financial pressures which print media have been under as the age of the internet has taken over.
Owner Stan Sludikoff explained that costs to provide this service “have escalated past a point of feasibility in our current business model.”
“Accordingly, effective immediately, we will be publishing Poker Player Newspaper exclusively on the Internet at pokerplayernewspaper.com,” he writes.
Having reached the age of 78, he has outlasted many participants in the industry and shown an outstanding level of commitment to promoting poker. He has now decided that it may be time to exit gracefully.
“At this point in my life, given my desire to pass the mantle as well as to work through the economic pressures as expeditiously as possible, I am looking for a working partner/investor or alternatively for a full buyout of my family-based Poker Player business which has operated since 1982,” said Stan in announcing that the business was open to offers.
