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Article: Sports Afield reloads as new publisher takes a shot. (Up Front).(Brief Article)
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- Los Angeles Business Journal
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- September 2, 2002
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Publishing magnate Robert Petersen is counting on an old hunting buddy to keep Sports Afield Magazine alive.
The 115-year-old hunting and fishing title is expected to return to newsstands in December, six months after the North Hollywood-based magazine suspended publication and laid off its staff. The resurrection comes thanks to a licensing deal Petersen worked out with Ludo Wurfbain, a fellow hunting enthusiast and owner of Safari Press Inc., a Huntington Beach publisher of hunting and sports firearms books.
Wurfbain's Field Sports Publications Inc. is licensing only the publishing rights to the magazine. Petersen will retain control of the ...