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Monday, May 26, 2008

It was a couple of weeks ago that PlanetBears held an interview with the guys who are bringing back BEAR magazine (article here - interview here). They are part of the Bear Omni Media group that have been branching out in different areas. The following should explain it all:

"House Of Leather (cover) is the first title to be released by Back Rooms Films as part of Bear Omni Media group that includes ButchBear.com and BEAR. For several years Butch Bear has been famous for its videos and calendars that feature muscular men with plenty of body hair. The BEAR name was just re-launched by Bear Omni Media with a new line of videos and magazines for the bear market. Back Room Films joins this line up by focusing on men in leather.

Tober Brandt has established himself as one of the hottest performers this decade with appearances in several top videos from TitanMedia and Raging Stallion Studios. Back Room Films choice of Tober in their first release demonstrates his on screen appeal is strong with fans of gay porn around the world".

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Monday, May 12, 2008

There's a new magazine coming out... but it's name is one we all know and love. It's called BEAR magazine and PlanetBears was lucky enough to conduct an interview with the guys who are behind this hot new rag.

Check out the interview here.

Now way back in August 2007, PlanetBears mentioned about the resurgence of 'BEAR Magazine' (article here). At the time of that posting, there was very little known about the mag aside that it was being published by the same guys who give you 'Muscle + Fur = Butch Bear'.

Now for those of you who don't know ~ BEAR Magazine has been considered an important chapter within the history of Bear culture as it was the 1st magazine to truly celebrate the Bearish man. Its roots stem from 1984 as it was initially a flyer created by Richard Bulger in San Francisco who, over time, turned the mag into an internationally known symbol that became one of the staples to recognizing Bear culture, the community and what a Bear man looks like as well as what a Bear man represents. Richard then sold the company 'Brush Creek Media' to Bear-Dog Hoffman who, to make a long story short, ran the business into the ground. Brush Creek went out of business and the last issue of BEAR Mag was sent around the summer of 2001 (more about BEAR Magazine here on Wikipedia).

Ok, so what happened... near the end of BEAR Mag's reign, a lot of people were taken for a ride; models and photographers were not paid; advertisers who bought prepaid spots in their magazine lost their money, and of course; all those who had a subscription... nobody was refunded. Kicker to all this? The Brush Creek website still exists to this day and is still selling stuff. Now I am not going to link it here simply because I don't want someone who is not reading this article and is simply clicking the pretty links to go to that webpage and then decides to buy something since they will be spending their money on things that do not exist.

Once BEAR mag went belly up, there was a lot of online talk about it, especially in the now defunct 'Bear's Mailing List'. However, like all things, the 'BEAR mag buzz' simply buzzed out and nobody cared about the issue any more.

Now fast forward to 2007 and there's a few leaks about BEAR coming back. Since then, the buzz has started all over again - both off and online - however it's mostly been gossip since nobody really knows anything about the new BEAR.

Well I was fortunate enough to get a hold of the guys who are manufacturing the new BEAR mag and they were more than cool to conduct an interview with me. Read the interview here ~ it'll definitely clarify any misconceptions you might have had and it will also enlighten you to this new BEAR mag era which is just upon us.

So... does this new mag interest you? Guess what... they are giving the 1st issue to you free. How? Head on over to bear-magazine.com (you simply pay the postage).

Is the world ready for a new BEAR Mag? I'm more than positive it is. Will it live it up to its name? Time will only tell however the Butch Bear material has always been A level material so I'm also positive that the new BEAR mag experience will simply be better.

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Monday, January 14, 2008

The following was sent in by Teddy Mark, chief creative officer for Butch Bear and Bear Omni Media: "Bear Omnimedia LLC is proud to be nominated for a 2008 GAYVN award for its first DVD Cabin Fever in the 'Best Specialty Release' (Bear) category. The award will be announced at the 10th Annual GAYVN Award Ceremonies in San Francisco on February 16th.  The GAYVN Awards are dedicated to recognizing outstanding movies and talented individuals who have contributed to the advancement of the gay adult entertainment industry. Its broad-based, nation-wide panel of judges, predominantly gay-press-affiliated, has been awarding trophies for 21 years, making the GAYVN Awards the most respected and recognized awards in gay adult entertainment history. Bear Omnimedia previously won the category in 2006 for its Butch Bear release Muscle Bear Motel".

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Thursday, December 20, 2007

Awhile back in August, we mentioned about the new 'BEAR' that was being presented by Bear Omni Media and Butch Bear (articles here and here). Well it looks like Bear has released their very 1st movie. It's entitled Cabin Fever. Here's a description from them: "Our brother brand, BEAR, has just released the new movie Cabin Fever, which features some of the hottest beef and muscle around! Heeding the call of the wild, an earthy crew packs up their flannel and heads to an alpine resort to hunt bear. With the help of Rangers Rick and Steve, what they find are forests of passion and geysers of release that burn like a wildfire, move mountains and ultimately make animals of men. Starring: Marcus Troy, Josh West, Butch Grand, Michael Scott, and introducing Jeff Wells, Marc Angelo and Jack Bridger".

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Monday, August 20, 2007

Get ready for a whole new Bear experience. It is going to be simply called 'BEAR Magazine', a yet to be released international magazine presented by Bear Omni Media.

There is very little mentioned about this new rag on their page but I'm expecting something hot and very professional if they are associated with ButchBear, yet this is only stipulation since I really don't know much about this new rag. What I do is that they are compiling a list of businesses that would be a great match for their new magazine, so if you're interested in advertising your business, then contact them and they will send you a digital copy of their advertising packet.