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Originally Posted by illwafer
the $ is in ads not subscriptions. as long as they sell ads there will be magazines. these companies' business models are based around that fact and they will do everything they can to keep printed publications around.
Yep. As in all media, their job is not to deliver content to their audience, it's to deliver an audience to their advertisers. The fact that they have to give the audience some content in the process is a necessary evil.

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