NOV
26--TO ALL OUR SUBSCRIBERS: Everyone should be receiving
the Winter Holidays Issue of Faze Magazine with George Stoumboupoulos
on the cover! Don't forget to enter the contests to win great
stuff ranging from a NINTENDO GAME CUBE to NIKE PRESTO SHOES to
ROOTS WATCHES! Happy Holidays from Faze!!!
NOV
23--Faze has been visiting high schools in the Toronto
area dropping off copies of the Winter Holidays Issues to a
selected schools. We've also been holding meetings with teens,
gathering loads of ideas for the 2002 issues! Thanks for all
your continuing input!
NOV
22--Checked out Canada's own World Champion, Jonathon
Power, at a professional squash tournament in Toronto. Unfortunately
he lost a very tight match to his longtime rival, Peter Nicols
from Scotland who went on to win the tournament. Faze hit the
town with Peter and a few of the other players after the tournament
final (got home really really late!)
NOV
12--Well, we had an interesting experience with big
media last night. On the CTV show "21C" we were pitted
gainst American fluff magazines Seventeen, YM and ElleGirl (who
we blow away in terms of Canadian circulation numbers.) CTV
decided to draw the conclusion that when it comes to magazines,
teens are really only interested in celebrities and prom diet
tips. They conveniently ignored the Faze in-class focus group
they filmed where nearly all the teens loved the idea of a mag
that included a wide variety of topics (including celebs.) Instead
they aired the clip where the dude (Maxim fan) says "Uh,
I Think Britney should be on the front cover...(in her skimpy
croptop)"
Note: Three of the last four issues had music celebrities on
the front cover (the fourth had a collage of normal Canadian
teens.) Faze, more than any other North American magazine is
driven by its teen readers, editors and writers. Perhaps that
formula doesn't work in the United States...but it is sure working
in Canada! Defensive? Who me? It's late...I need some sleep...
NOV
11--Watch CTV at 7:30 p.m. Sunday November 11th, to
see Faze Magazine featured on a show on youth culture called
"21C". It will feature our star reporter Maya and
one of our many teen focus groups critiqueing a recent issue
and making suggestions for the future.
NOV
5--Met Geoff from Students on Ice, a company that takes
Canadian students on marine expeditions to Antartica and the
North Pole. We'll be working to do something together with Geoff
to help promote his very amazing trips. Stay tuned.
NOV
5--A day trip to the Capital! Ottawa...another great
Canadian city...really...I'm not just saying that to suck up to
the Canadian Magazine Fund. Met the very nice head of communications
at the Canadian Dental Association, they have a page in the Winter
Holidays Issue with some tips on how to keep your smile looking
great. (Hint: Lay off the smokes and the coffee...)
NOV
4--The Michelle
Branch contest has hit a hundred entries in record time
considering the issue that promotes the contest is barely even
out yet!
NOV
1--A Faze Road Trip to Montreal for the weekend! Lots
of meetings with great people, checking out new products...and
enjoying the great town of Montreal!
OCT
29--Oh, by the way...for those of you dying to find
out who won the Daisy Rock Peppermint Electric Guitar...we have
a winner!. We'll be contacting the winner and then post all
the details on a special Daisy Rock page...look for that within
the next week.
OCT
26--Faze was out at a Bishop Strachan Girl School in
Toronto, hanging out with at their Halloween Video Dance party.
Some great costumes and hip shakin' on the dancefloor.
OCT
24--Visited the people behind Norton Antivirus 2002,
Faze's pick for the No. 1 antivirus program for home PC users.
The coming Winter Holidays Issue that hits newstands (Chapters/Indigo)
will feature a fantastic contest to win 1 of 8 copies of the
latest version. We'll run the same contest online as well starting
in early November. Also visited the Microsoft and Motorola press
teams to check out the latest products. Windows XP launched
today with a big Toronto event. Also, stay tuned for an upcoming
product review section on Fazeteen.com.
OCT
23--Checked out the new headquarters of WorldVision
Canada. Wonderful new digs for the famine/poverty aid group.
Look into participating in the 30-Hour Famine on April 5-6,
2002 to raise money for malnourished Third World children. For
more info or to sign up visit the 30-Hour Famine website.
OCT
22--New Michelle Branch contest up today on the website.
Win autographed posters, CD samplers, Michelle's guitar picks!
Check it out here!
OCT
22--Faze Magazine is getting ready to label and mail
the Winter Holidays Issue out to all subscribers. They should
arrive in the first 10 days of November!
OCT
21--The first installment of the CTV series, "21©", debuted on Sunday after Degrassi High. Pitched as a hot
new look a teens and teen culture...Faze Magazine will be featured
in an upcoming episode on Teen Marketing and Magazines to air
on Nov 11th!
Check it out.
OCT
19--The Winter Holidays Issue shipped today to our
newsstand distributors. From there they will make their way
around to Chapters, Indigos, International Press newsstands
across the country! Faze is Canada's only paid youth magazine!
OCT
18--A big event up at Quebecor (our printers) as they
opened a new facility. Quebecor is the largest printing company
in the entire world!!! They showcased some amazing state of
the art digital imaging and computer software.
OCT
15--A whole bunch of new stories up on the website!!!
The entire contents of the Summer 2001 Issue is now online.
Stories include exclusive Faze Mag interviews with THE MOFFATTS,
SKY, EVERCLEAR and ED THE SOCK, as well as stories on Vegetarianism,
Dreams and the History of the Guitar. Pictures for all these
articles will start going up next week!
OCT
13--A big party attended by many members of the Faze
team was thrown to celebrate the start of the Canadian SQUASH
season! It's a very cool hardcore sport that helps keep our
butts in shape! And the World Squash Champion, Jonathan Powers
is, we're proud to say...a Canadian!
OCT
5--A massive shipment (150,000 copies) of Faze Magazine's
Holiday Issue shipped off to be packed into various youth packs
which will be sold across Canada at most major retailers. These
packs are great values, stuffed with cool stuff like bottled
water, gum, shampoo, gel and of course Faze Magazine!
OCT
3--The Winter Holidays Issue is rolling off the presses
right now and it looks great! Kudos to our design team, specifically
Kelly! The biggest and best issue yet--a record 72 pages featuring
lead MuchMusic VJ George Stroumboupoulos on the front cover.
Cool stories inside range from Child Soldiers to Hacking to
Freeskiing to 3D Body Art (mutilation?) Also look out for absolutely
amazing contests. Like what? Hmmm, how about Roots Watches,
Nintendo Game Cubes, Nike Prestos, Thrustmaster/Ferrari PC Steering
Wheel, Norton Antivirus 2002 and much more!!! Also look for
a cool 2 for 1 Hawaiin Punch coupons in every magazine!
OCT
1--Alright, everything's proofed and ready to go to
final press for the Winter Issue!
OCT
31--BOO!
