We get word from our friends at Bike EXIF that the popular online motorcycle publication has been acquired by print publication Iron & Air.
Details of the transaction have not been disclosed, other than the deal concluded in September 2020, but we do know that Chris Hunter will continue on as the Editor-in-Chief of Bike EXIF.
UPDATE: Cycle News has indeed closed its business doors.
Rumors are rife that Cycle News has closed it’s doors after nearly 50 years of motorcycle print publishing. Once the pinnacle publication of the industry, Cycle News has slowly seen its readership get eaten up by conglomerate driven publications like Cycle World, Motorcyclist, and Sport Rider…and of course web-based motorcycle news sites like yours truly. As Superbike Planet’s Dean Adams puts it, “if true, this is truly the end of an era for the motorcycle publishing industry,” we couldn’t agree more.