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DECEMBER 2001
DEC 31--And a Happy New Year!
DEC 25--Merry XMAS everyone!
DEC 19--New contest online. Win one of eight snowboogie boards from Wham-O. Check out the contest page!
DEC 15--10 days until Xmas...
DEC 1--Protect Yourself! Of course we're talking about the latest 2002 version of Norton Antivirus. Win one of 8 copies up for grabs in a fabulous contest in the magazine and now online here! Also, a big congrats to last month's winner of the Daisy Rock Electric guitar---Jasmin Frederickson from Alberta! An early Xmas present!
NOVEMBER 2001
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!
OCTOBER 2001
OCT 31--BOO!
Arrgggh, too much Hallowe'en candy!
OCT 30--Met the kind people at Logitech and we'll be reviewing some very cool products when the new product review section debut later in November. One of the Logitech items to be reviewed is a new digital camera that doubles as a webcam and sells for around $80.00. We love how the price of great technology keeps on dropping
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 faze.ca.
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!
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