{"id":2878,"date":"2014-04-08T10:00:53","date_gmt":"2014-04-08T14:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepulp.net\/yellowedperils\/?p=2878"},"modified":"2014-04-07T23:24:27","modified_gmt":"2014-04-08T03:24:27","slug":"ss-quits-the-pulp-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepulp.net\/yellowedperils\/2014\/04\/08\/ss-quits-the-pulp-business\/","title":{"rendered":"S&S quits the pulp business"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"TheIt was 65 years ago today<\/a> that Street & Smith Publications<\/a> announced that it would shut down its line of pulp magazines.<\/p>\n

Within months, the final issues of Doc Savage<\/em>, The Shadow<\/em>, Detective Story<\/em> and Western Story<\/em> magazines would hit the stands. (Detective Story<\/em> and Western Story<\/em> would return later for short runs under the Popular Publications<\/a> banner.)<\/p>\n

The following short article was sent out by the Associated Press. This particular item appeared in the Spokane Daily Chronicle<\/em> on April 9, 1949:<\/p>\n

Street & Smith to Quit Pulp Field<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

NEW YORK, April 8 (AP) \u2014 Street & Smith Publications Inc. is reported to be quitting the “pulp” magazine field in which it has been doing business for nearly a century.<\/p>\n

The New York Times<\/span> said today the noted old publishing house is discontinuing its four remaining “pulp” magazines \u2014 Detective Story,<\/span> Doc Savage,<\/span> Western Story<\/span> and The Shadow.<\/span><\/p>\n

Also going into the discard are S. and S. comic books.<\/p>\n

Allen L. Grammer<\/strong>, the firm’s board chairman, is quoted as saying that the company felt there is no longer sufficient demand for specialized “pulp fiction” because of a “great change in the material offered at newsstands throughout the country.”<\/p>\n

He said the firm, oldest in the “pulp” field, would henceforth devote all its attention to its “slick” magazines \u2014 Mademoiselle,<\/span> Mademoiselle’s Living<\/span> and Charm.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

While pulps continued appearing on newsstands for a number of years, Street & Smith’s exit from the field signaled that the pulp era was coming to an end.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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