 On 19 December 2016, TeamRock called in the administrators with the loss of 73 jobs, after experiencing financial difficulties, and suspended publication of all three titles.On 8 January 2017, "Classic Rock", along with sister magazines "Metal Hammer" and "Prog", were bought by previous owners Future Publishing for £800,000, and resumed publishing.On 27 March 2018, the family of Future's UK consumer music magazines including "Classic Rock" re-branded and became covered under the umbrella title of Louder (also known as Louder Sound), with loudersound.com serving as the main online portal for the publications.