weatherman
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I wonder
how much a 50-page magazine every month with minimal advertising but good writing, that talked about the type of stuff we do (walk on mountains with or without lots of gear) would cost per year, with a circulation that's likely to be smaller? I bet about $100/yr. Just a guess that it's a vicious cycle: magazines run expensive ads to cut down on price and pay for good articles, and therefore boost readership; people who read magazines with expensive ads tend to be the types who actually buy lots of that stuff; feedback from them tends to be the type of feedback that encourages articles about "extreme anything"; circulation goes up; magazine editors see that; and more of the same ensues. Any ideas about how to disrupt that cycle welcome.
How does Appalachia survive? Subsidies?
Weatherman
how much a 50-page magazine every month with minimal advertising but good writing, that talked about the type of stuff we do (walk on mountains with or without lots of gear) would cost per year, with a circulation that's likely to be smaller? I bet about $100/yr. Just a guess that it's a vicious cycle: magazines run expensive ads to cut down on price and pay for good articles, and therefore boost readership; people who read magazines with expensive ads tend to be the types who actually buy lots of that stuff; feedback from them tends to be the type of feedback that encourages articles about "extreme anything"; circulation goes up; magazine editors see that; and more of the same ensues. Any ideas about how to disrupt that cycle welcome.
How does Appalachia survive? Subsidies?
Weatherman