{{Short description|American cycling magazine}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2019}} {{Infobox magazine | title = VeloNews | logo = VeloNews logo.svg | logo_size = <!-- default is 180px --> | image_file = VeloNews cover.jpg | image_size = | image_caption = The 25th anniversary issue of ''VeloNews'', March 17, 1997 | company = Outside | founder = Barbara and Robert George | founded = {{start date|1972|df=y}} | based = Boulder, Colorado<ref>{{cite news|title=FAQ|url=https://www.velonews.com/faq|access-date=18 January 2019|work=VeloNews|publisher=Pocket Outdoor Media}}</ref> | circulation = 70,000<ref>{{cite news|title=2018 VeloNews Media Kit|url=https://3cv17g24bm2c1nem9g2xlfw7-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/VeloNews-2019MediaKit_lores.pdf|access-date=18 January 2019|work=VeloNews|publisher=Pocket Outdoor Media|year=2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190118203658/https://3cv17g24bm2c1nem9g2xlfw7-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/VeloNews-2019MediaKit_lores.pdf|archive-date=18 January 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> | circulation_year = | language = English | category = Sport magazine | frequency = Weekly | editor = Fred Dreier | editor_title = Editor-in-chief | previous_editor = John Wilcockson | firstdate = {{start date|1972|3|df=y}} | country = United States | website = {{URL|https://www.velonews.com/|velonews.com}} | issn = 0161-1798 }} '''''VeloNews''''' was an American cycling magazine headquartered in Boulder, Colorado dedicated to the sport of cycling.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.velonews.com/2017/10/news/velonews-acquired-pocket-outdoor-media_450251|title=VeloNews acquired by Pocket Outdoor Media|date=13 October 2017 }}</ref> After 50 years of leading cycling journalism in the United States, VeloNews was purchased by Outside Inc. in early 2021. Months later, another major U.S. road cycling publication, Cycling Tips, was acquired in July 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210714005577/en/Outside-Acquires-Pinkbike-CyclingTips-and-Trailforks-Cementing-Global-Content-and-Mapping-Leadership|title=Outside Acquires Pinkbike, CyclingTips, and Trailforks, Cementing Global Content and Mapping Leadership|date=14 July 2021 }}</ref> Soon after acquisition, however, CEO Robin Thurston refocused Outside Inc's business model, stating in April 2022 that "Outside's future is in NFTs."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/denver/news/2022/04/25/robin-thurston-outside-interactive-plans-nft.html|title=Outside's future is in NFTs|date=25 April 2022 }}</ref> The NFT marketplace crashed within six months.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.themanual.com/culture/are-nfts-dead/|title=Are NFTs dead? The answer probably won't shock you|date=21 October 2022 }}</ref> In a letter to staff on November 15, announcing layoffs, Thurston stated that "The fundamentals of our business are sound," but "economic headwinds that every media and technology business is facing have only intensified."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/outside-lays-off-least-two-160800267.html|title='Outside' lays off at least two senior editors in Santa Fe|date=19 November 2022 }}</ref> On June 1, 2023, VeloNews.com quietly closed as the URL stopped directing to the dedicated VeloNews homepage.
==History== The magazine was first published as ''Northeast Cycling News'' in March 1972 by Barbara and Robert George.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{cite book|last=Nye|first=Peter|title=The Cyclist's Sourcebook|url=https://archive.org/details/cyclistssourcebo00nyep|url-access=registration|year=1991|publisher=Perigee Books|isbn=978-0-399-51705-1}}</ref>
==See also== * Cyclingnews.com * ''Cycle Sport (magazine)'' * ''Cycling Weekly'' * ''International Cycle Sport'' * ''Winning Bicycle Racing Illustrated''
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==External links== *{{official website}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:VeloNews}} Category:1972 establishments in Colorado Category:Monthly magazines published in the United States Category:Sports magazines published in the United States Category:Cycling magazines Category:Cycling websites Category:English-language magazines Category:Magazines established in 1972 Category:Magazines published in Colorado Category:Mass media in Boulder, Colorado