Anyone know how to get ahold of these guys? Both phone numbers aren't working. I've sent a message through their web site but no response. I'v stopped receiving the magazine for a while now but I'm good through Mar 2015.

They went out of business.

Didn't know that. Makes sense now.

The previous owner was Alayne Mernestein and I have been in contact with. Last word was she was close to finalizing with a new buyer and new owner was going to honor current subscribers. Do not think it is going to be paper copy though, just digital from my understanding. I have been subscriber since it first started and am also good until 2015. In my opinion it was best bowling publication available.

Seems like they closed because of poor business practices. She said she could not afford to run tournaments and print magazine. Seems like she was using magazine subscription money for tournament payouts. When I asked her, I did not get an answer on that particular question.

Hopefully we will see its return.

This is what Riggs had on his Blog check out other post about the BTM

Rick Ramsey said he will have a tourney in Reno this year also

The 11th Frame: New BTM owner aiming for February launch of digital edition
JEFF RICHGELS | Posted: Thursday, January 23, 2014 12:00 pm



The new owner of Bowling This Month is aiming for a February launch of the new digital BTM, the company’s ball reviewer told 11thFrame.com.

The owner still isn’t revealing his identity, but wants to get some information out about the new BTM, Eric Martinez said in a message to me.

Martinez owns a pro shop in San Antonio, Texas, has written all the ball reviews for BTM for the last 4 years and was a tester for BTM for 5 years before that.

“Complimentary trial subscriptions will be offered to current BTM readers to fulfill their remaining subscriptions,” is a statement in a PDF Martinez sent me that is attached to this blog.

Martinez said he will continue to do the ball reviews.

“We will be having the same testers and process for reviewing all the bowling balls,” Martinez said. “There might be a few little changes that are for the best.”

“With a ‘new start’ we're going to keep the great information from the past,” Martinez added, “the most successful parts of the reviews, which are the 3d charts comparing all the balls despite them being different brands, and the at-a-glance review, a chart with the last 6-8 months of product comparing the length, torque, backend, and total hook ratings.”

A key change is that balls won’t be tested on conditions they obviously weren’t designed for.

“Let’s say you pick up to read the review on the (Storm) Natural Pearl,” he said. “Everyone in the bowling world picking up that magazine is going to see the '2/2/3' ratings on the heavy oil test pattern and think, 'Well no kidding, why would you even use that ball on that pattern!?' In the restart, we will not use it on that pattern! Same goes the other way: the Sync wouldn't be thrown on the short dry pattern.”

Martinez said companies sometimes complained about balls getting lows ratings when tested on patterns they weren’t meant to be used on and, “it also saves the readers having to go through paragraphs explaining why the super aggressive ball didn't perform well on the dry lane condition, which is pretty much common sense to the more technical bowlers that are in our target market.”

BTM announced at the start of 2014 that it “is officially under new ownership and work has begun to create a new online-only version.” I reported that in this blog, which includes links back to my earlier blogs on the demise of the print version of the magazine.

 

I guess we are looking for March/April for the launch as February is almost gone.

Looks like there is a new site up and they have been reviewing balls since February 14th

http://bowlingthismonth.com/article/welcome-new-bowlingthismonth-com/

http://bowlingthismonth.com/

Wow.. the person who founded the LLC running BTM is the same guy that created BluePrint. Very impressive.

BL.