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Frederic Ambroisine
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KUMITE IS DEAD !

From what I heard, the CEO of "Kumite", a French magazine dedicated to Asian cinema where I used to write regularly since 2002, decided recently to kill the magazine, just like that, after eight years of existence.The already finished n°35 issue of “Kumite, which was supposed to be published in March 2008, will never be released, but the journalists who worked on it will be paid and will maybe have one collector issue for themselves (how generous).Among all the magazines I wrote for, "Kumite"was my favourite one. But most of all, I’ll miss to work with Charles Ferragut, the most serious, passionate and coolest chief-editor that I’ve ever met.Frédéric Ambroisine (February 27th, 2008)

over 16 years ago 0 likes  14 comments  0 shares
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doh. at first i thought you were talking about 'Bloodsport'. ;-)
over 16 years ago
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It's more complicated than that Jaine. But I can say that It's not a fair decision.
over 16 years ago
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Bummer. The world of niche print publications is a really tough one these days. Hopefully you find other (paying) work that will take full advantage of your expertise, allow you to share it with the rest of us, and make a living, too.
over 16 years ago
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Oh dear! How sad! But I agree that running a niche magazine is for love rather than money... So, I guess the boss of KUMITE may have other more important things in his life at the moment to care about... Nonetheless, I am sure your love and expertise for Asian cinema will be put to good use in many other ways!
over 16 years ago
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I guess the official reasons should be the last disappointing sales, but I don't think it's only that. I think the bosses of Kumite just didn't care about the magazine at all since they're running more "important" things like Patty guessed (they're releasing DVD too)... I'm quite sure they could let the magazine live if they wanted to. They were maybe in a bad mood this time, who knows ? (I never met the bosses of Kumite, only talked and worked with the chief-editor and the other journalists). The good thing about Kumite was the complete freedom of writing. No compromise concerning the contents of the articles. Everything was very flexible for the interviews as well. The most interesting ones could have more pages, and the less interesting ones could be reduced, famous artist or not. It's because of this freedom that I could published my entire Daniel Wu career interview on 6 pages, or make a big Cantonese Musical article with the interviews of Nancy Sit and Inoue Umetsugu... I don't think I'll have this freedom again...
over 16 years ago

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