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BOULDER —Outside Inc., the publisher of Outside magazine and numerous other active lifestyle titles and events, has created a new membership category called Outside+, effective today. The membership will provide participants with access to all of the Outside brands in a single offering.  Following a series of acquisitions, Outside has aggregated its active lifestyle resources into a single platform that includes its content, training plans, adventure sports experiences, videos and events.   “At Outside, we fundamentally believe the world is a better place if more people are active,�...

At the start of his freshman year at St. Lawrence University in upstate New York, Mike Chambers was hanging out with his roommate when their dorm-room door flew open without warning and the five-foot-ten, 265-pound captain of the football team burst inside. Chambers’s roommate was a new recruit, and this stern-faced defensive end was making sure he was behaving. As quickly as he’d barged in, he was gone again.  “Who was that?” asked Chambers, who was sandy haired and lean in contrast. “There’s no way he is a student.” That was the first time Chambers met Jason Antin. 

Already have an account? As a Yoga Journal editor, meditation is a big part of my life. But I prefer moving meditations over sedentary ones, so instead of sitting on a cushion, I hit the trail. Hiking is my time away from the world. Spending hours meandering through a forest or up a mountainside, completely disconnected from the goings-on of civilization, recharges me. When I’m hiking, I’m entirely in the moment. I’m able to focus entirely on the rhythmic movements of my legs and feet, feel the air on my skin, and notice my heart pumping and the depth of my breaths. I register the weigh...

BOULDER — In an environment where many publishers are seeing declines, Robin Thurston expects significant growth, enough to take his company public within a few years. Thurston, of Boulder, is the architect of a series of acquisitions in the magazine and digital publishing business over the past nine months involving active lifestyle titles. His company: Outside Inc., formerly Pocket Outdoor Media. His strategy is to think beyond ink on paper without abandoning it and creating an organization that provides content but also experiences and services that meet needs of outdoor and active enthu...