Thread: PB2X Sold!

Nah, Dale. Sorry. I was at the "baby" MOUT game at McClellan. I love the smaller game. All that conga line stuff at Blanding is not my thing, Baby! Come to Alabama for Labor Day!

Yeah, John said he was A&A....

responder city rox!

Got word from John. (Coming from covering the 4000+ scenario game at Skirmish. Looks like good news for scenario players, especially since Boston NPPL was this weekend and he chose Skirmish over tourney...) Original PB2X sale info was pulled while they are working on a "clearly written press release". Everything is still going as originally announced. More resources!

Thats good news Jester I was a subscriber to APG for years before the speedball craze came to fruition. I have the very first APG...plus the first 10 years of APG...PB2X subscription might be in my future depending on what happens to you....
But truly we need a publication soley dedacated to the Woods and Scenerio genra of paintball..After all Woods and Scenerio players make up more than 80% (Just a guess) of the players....And now there is the Mil-Sim aspect of piantball comming of age with this new league starting in Fl....My Magazine would be called"PAINTBALL"... "Woods & Scenerio". With different department of "Rec", "Woods" "Scenerio's" "Mil-Sim" ect...
SpeedBall gets most of the coverage because of "Love of MONEY"not the Love of our sport...

Here's the official release:

Pacific Paintball is pleased to announce the acquisition of Paintball 2Xtremes Magazine, the preeminent paintball industry magazine. "Pacific Paintball is dedicated to building the finest media based company in paintball. We are a one stop shop for anyone who wants to market to the paintball world,” said Shawn Walker, President of Pacific Paintball. “Now with the industry’s top magazine - Paintball 2Xtremes, the greatest Paintball Tournament Series in the world - the NPPL, the highly successful regional league - the XPSL, the popular live tournament web cast - NPPLLive.com, the upcoming paintball television series airing on Fox Sports Net beginning this October, Pacific Paintball is uniquely positioned to provide industry and non-industry advertisers with a variety of media opportunities that reach paintball’s highly sought after audience and to continue its leadership role as a key supporter of the paintball industry.”

Paintball 2Xtremes Magazine (PB2X) was established in 1996 by John and Mike Henry and later purchased by National Paintball Supply in 2000. John Amodea, who was brought in as the magazine editor in 2000, will continue to serve as editor-in-chief of PB2X. Cheryl Amaya, Publisher of PB2X, said, "We are very excited about joining the Pacific Paintball family and about their desire to continue to grow PB2X. We are also pleased that all of our current management team will be staying with the magazine. This will allow us to continue to provide our readers with the best coverage of all aspects of paintball including; scenario ball, recreational ball, tournament play, professional teams, technical reviews, market news, and local coverage."

Mr. Walker added, “We plan to invest significant time and resources into PB2X to increase all aspects of the magazine’s offerings, which readers will see over time. The transition will be seamless, with the October issue the first under Pacific Paintball’s management.”

Pacific Paintball was formed by Pacific Merchant Capital (“PMC”), a Santa Barbara, California based investment group. The principals at PMC have owned/operated middle market radio stations as well as built several niche media companies, including the largest taxi top advertising company in the United States, which is currently an integral part of Clear Channel Communications’ outdoor division. In addition to Pacific Paintball, PMC is currently building Brite Media Group, a leading alternative media business.

For more information on Paintball 2Xtremes Magazine, please visit Paintball2Xtremes Online - 2007 Relaunch or email Cheryl Amaya at Cheryl@PB2X.com.

Originally Posted by gfgjester

Original PB2X sale info was pulled while they are working on a "clearly written press release". Everything is still going as originally announced. More resources!

Yeah, I saw the original info posted a while back and when I went to view it again, it was gone. I thought I was losing it.

You gotta love the double cover issues. Jes, do you know if that is going to be permanent?

It is supposed to be a three issue "test" of the flip covers. From what John says, the response is good all around and I think they'll be keeping it. I like it, but the one thing it does do is accentuate the volume difference in scenario/rec and tournament coverage. We need more advertisers for rec/woods products and PB2X needs all the new subscribers they can get. With the new parent company, that would definitely be a way to shine! :cool4: