Bad news for people who love absurd workout gadgets, hair-growing laser helmets, bizarre shape-altering underwear, gnomes, and generally wasting time on a long flight: SkyMall is dead. Katy Stech, bankruptcy reporter at The Wall Street Journal, tweeted this morning that the company behind the in-flight catalog has officially filed for bankruptcy.
The announcement is sad if not surprising. The Los Angeles Times reported back in April on the company's financial troubles, driven partly by a failure to keep up with the times and partly by losing what was once a captive in-flight audience. Passengers now have iPads, e-readers, and many other forms of entertainment besides browsing SkyMall cover to cover to find the weirdest item.
The company wants to try to save the beloved catalog. Which is good to hear, since the news of SkyMall's demise has some fans feeling not quite themselves.
Originally published by Popular Mechanics.
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