How is the magazine business?

[Desert68]

"Using paper for the purposes of magazines & newspapers is a heinous waste of resources when the internet has permeated our lives so completely."


All the resources that go into making the electronics to connect and view 'paperless' info, all the batteries that are required to be mobile, replacing all the electronics with the fad of the month, replacing the batteries, etc. All the chemicals and process leftovers for circuit boards, various chips and microprocessors, all the nasty crap in batteries, fans, wiring. The resources to generate 120 VAC to power a quatro core, turbo, hot-shot PC to 'read' a magazine. I get a hardcopy in the mail, read it, save it for future reference or place it in my recycle container at my house. I don't see the heinous waste in hardcopy magazines.

[street3285]

good point....

I don't even subscribe to magazines and most likely never will.
All the reading and info I need is right here on Lat-G.

I will say it is nice to have a magazine when on an airplane though, when no internet is available and no movie to watch.

[ANVIL1]

I'm glad you saw this thread and made a post, Steve. Camaro Performers (and your job) is the first thing I thought of when I read it. Glad the mag is having growth in this economy. That says a lot. Anybody on this forum spends a lot of time on the internet I'm sure, but I'll bet a lot spend a quite a bit of time looking through magazines too. They are just more handy and portable. (Great in the bathroom too).

[XcYZ]

Originally Posted by ANVIL1

I'm glad you saw this thread and made a post, Steve. Camaro Performers (and your job) is the first thing I thought of when I read it. Glad the mag is having growth in this economy. That says a lot.

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[Steve1968LS2]

Originally Posted by XcYZ

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Thanks guys..

Magazines still have an up on the internet.. the net is vast and full of many opions. This is both good and bad since it's also hard to tell the reliable info from the "not so much" stuff. Not that mags don't get is wrong but we have a better track record on average. lol

Also, anyone can get their car featured online but there's still something "special" about seeing your car in print.. on paper.. with real ink. I'm sure Scott can attest to that, he could build pages online but having the car in a magazine was just somehow more noteworthy.

I think the internet can work well with mags. Each brings something different to the party.

[novanutcase]

I dunno.....

Whenever I hear of a company "re-organizing" I read that as "We've extended our credit terms beyond what we can concievably pay back through our complete mis-management of funding and still maintain our extravagant lifestyles so let's screw our vendors by offering them .10 on the dollar! Someones gotta pay for it right?"

John

[Dayton]

Originally Posted by mosconiac

Paper magazines & newspapers are a dieing commodity.

I wouldn't put both in the same category. Newspapers are reporting what happened yesterday. The internet tells you what happened in the past 5 minutes. I read my local daily and most of what I read I already read on the internet the day before. Craigslist is killing newspaper want ad revenue. I'm a typical buyer/seller and I now only use Craigslist. I haven't taken out a newspaper ad in many years now.
Magazines on the other hand do in depth reporting of current events and trends. Newspaper articles are very short. Do you think a newspaper would every do performance comparison between the 2010 Camaro and 2010 Dodge Challenger? Now if it's "porn" magazines you are talking about, I would have to agree. With the internet, who in the right mind would PAY for porn?

[Mick Mc]

A thirty day re-organization, that sounds nice and tidy, and convenient too.
Maybe my mortgage holder will give me a quick and easy reduction of debt and I can wait for thirty days for that to happen, no problem.

If magazines want to sell more maybe they should give us more content.
I know they only have so many pages they can print, but they all have a web presence that is way under used (ok it su*ks)
It would be nice if the magazines would become more 'media', maybe that would be more print and online.

What I would like to see is the magazine with a nice write up and the usual couple of pictures. BUT then how about a a bunch of FULL SIZE pictures on the magazine's web site. After all the magazine is a 'media' company, the current web site su*ks and the few pictures are tiny. Drive us to your web site with full size, very cool stuff that wouldn't fit in the print magazine. Then you can try and sell me all of the advertising garbage froth that I see online.
We know that the magazine has hundreds of huge pictures all taken at the photo shoot, how about sharing a few. I imagine there are even a few more pictures for the tech articles.
I don't think magazines are going away any time soon, but they do need to evolve and one way is to expand their web presence.



Mick

[RECOVERY ROOM]

Originally Posted by Steve1968LS2

Thanks guys..

Magazines still have an up on the internet.. the net is vast and full of many opions. This is both good and bad since it's also hard to tell the reliable info from the "not so much" stuff. Not that mags don't get is wrong but we have a better track record on average. lol

Also, anyone can get their car featured online but there's still something "special" about seeing your car in print.. on paper.. with real ink. I'm sure Scott can attest to that, he could build pages online but having the car in a magazine was just somehow more noteworthy.

I think the internet can work well with mags. Each brings something different to the party.

I agree,Seeing your car or work on a news stand is pretty cool.Owners of the cars are the most excited.It will always be easier to carry a magazine around to look at than a laptop.

[RECOVERY ROOM]

Look what's going on with SUPER ROD..Anyone seen there books lately,.....I still get my Hot Rod in the mail