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A new media company headed by former radio executive John Myers has snapped up two rock mags from Future Publishing: Classic Rock and Metal Hammer. The business, called TeamRock, reckons there’s a “large but under-served community” of rock fans it can cater for. Future Publishing downplayed the loss, issuing the following statement: “Classic Rock and Metal Hammer are highly successful and well-managed parts of Future, but they have not been centre stage in our current growth strategy”. Still, if nothing else it proves that, despite the naysayers, there’s still an interest in print music journalism…