If you subscribe to The Winning Report, the monthly gambling newsletter from Streetwise Publications, I'm afraid I have some disappointing news for you. On Friday I received an e-mail from the editor telling me that, due to a falling circulation, The Winning Report would no longer be using freelance contributions.
As Vic Knight, David Keeldar and myself - who between us write 90 per cent of the newsletter - are all freelances, that means the newsletter will shortly cease to exist in its current form. I have heard from another source that all existing TWR subscriptions will be transferred to another gambling newsletter. If that's true, at least you won't be left high and dry.
In some ways I'm not too surprised by this development, as new magazine launches such as Inside Edge have taken away some of TWR's potential readership. I do still think that TWR could have had a successful future, though, perhaps by concentrating more on betting exchange trading strategies, risk-free betting, and similar niches. However, my guess is that Streetwise are clearing space in their publishing schedule for new projects, and TWR was a project that they felt had run its course.
As for me, it's disappointing but not a disaster, as I have plenty of other irons in the fire. But if any other publisher is interested in taking over some of the popular features I used to produce for TWR, such as Betting Surgery and Tipsters Update, I am open to offers! Please contact me at mail-at-nickdaws.co.uk.
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