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  1. 15-04-2012 05:52 PM #1
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    Question Magazines?

    How many of you still buy magazines every month?

    I used to buy a number of magazines a month (subscribed to some) but find myself doing so less and less. These days I get all my news fresh online and am quite disappointed in the shallow articles offered by magazines. When I do buy magazines I page through them once or twice, read maybe one or two articles, and then ditch 'em. Not worth paying for any more.

    Is there still a market for magazines? What do they offer that I cannot find online? With tablets these days magazines can go anywhere anyway. Electronic version like Wired is doing the way to go? What do these electronic versions offer that I cannot get elsewhere for free?

    Do we still care about one journo's opinion? Haven't most of us by now learned to get many more opinions online from all over instead? When we read reviews aren't we going to several sites to compare outcomes?

    Anyone here still keen on Magazines?
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  2. 15-04-2012 06:13 PM #2
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    I also used to subscribe to quite a few magazines. Recently cancelled the last of them, as I found it mostly like reading old news or not enough depth. The internet clearly changed it for us.
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  3. 15-04-2012 06:28 PM #3
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    Wife buys 3
    Son buys 1
    Daughter buys 1
    I buy none.
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    None what so ever...

    I will occasionally glance at a cover in the shop and then go read what I can of the mag online when I get home.
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    I buy Stuff (I don't have a tablet).
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    I use to buy a lot of magazines years ago but I stopped. Waste of money.
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  7. 15-04-2012 06:59 PM #7
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    Quote Originally Posted by MickeyD View Post
    Wife buys playgirl
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    I buy none.
    Just read mens health magazine
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    But then I have a new baby and am seriously deprived at the moment. I would expect to find a pineapple sexy at this point.
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  8. 15-04-2012 07:05 PM #8
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    Quote Originally Posted by Korn1 View Post
    Just read mens health magazine
    The question was "do I buy magazines"....

    I read several magazines at work but I do not buy them

    BTW Men's Health is for you laaities who want smooth complexions, have inferiority complexes and still need to find your way in life
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    None - total waste of money IMHO specialy women's magazines
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    I have subscriptions to Time, Fortune and National Geographic. Only magazines I read.
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    I buy the Model Railroad Magazine and the You Magazine
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    Quote Originally Posted by MickeyD View Post
    The question was "do I buy magazines"....

    I read several magazines at work but I do not buy them

    BTW Men's Health is for you laaities who want smooth complexions, have inferiority complexes and still need to find your way in life
    Hahahaha well I yeah I do buy it but sometimes forget
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    But then I have a new baby and am seriously deprived at the moment. I would expect to find a pineapple sexy at this point.
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    I used to buy several every week for 20 years. None anymore.
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    I'm a fan of long-form journalism, so on my iPad I have the Longform app, along with digital subscriptions to Vanity Fair, The Atlantic and Harper's Magazine (not the same as Harper's Bazaar!). I can't think of a single local publication I would still be interested in.
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    I buy NAG and Carmag.
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