All over the news this morning, that Ladies’ Home Journal, currently issued 10 times per year, will cease monthly and convert to a quarterly publication after the July issue. Even better news is that this quarterly issue will be newstand-only. They’re trying to blame changing consumer habits and declining ad revenue…sure, ’cause we all wanna read our magazines on tablets in the tub…dumbasses. wonder how much they pay out in salaries to the big wigs…
And no mention of what’s gonna happen to the current subscribers…my subscription is scheduled to run through July/August 2022…no joke. It’s been published for over 130 years so I thought, what’s the risk? double dog dumbasses
Like we are going to pay $5 an issue at checkout when
we could get a years subscription for $5 or less. It comes to us and no sales tax.
Mistake in the making and I am placing my bet they
will shut down within a year with this business model.
Usually when they cease publication they send a replacement magazine geared to the same interests: when FirstBorn was little, his kid magazine closed — and he started getting Maxim…