I Don’t Know Why Anyone Buys Magazines Any More…

@SW-User If it weren’t govt funded, it would be six feet under.

@SheCallsMeCrushDaddy Just because they lost money doesn't mean they're obsolete. Definition of Obsolete is: No longer produced or used; out of date.
"the disposal of old and obsolete machinery"

@SW-User they will survive because the govt has their back. In spite of losing 69 billion. LOL

@cherokeepatti Many years ago I subscribed to Forbes, Businessweek, and another magazine I don't recall.

I don't subscribe to any of them now and I have not received a magazine for 10 years or more.
I saw one in Barnes and Noble recently and I replaced it in the rack when I saw it was $7.

No one reads them anymore. Even newspapers. I saw a local paper from Dallas recently. It was on a Saturday morning, they had it on dis play at WM. I could not believe how small it was. I was a paperboy when I was a kid ( Richmond , VA ) and even on the slowest day of the year our paper was not as small as the one I recently saw.

People are not reading them, so merchants don't advertise in them. It's slowly dying.

@DallasCowboysFan I am old enough to remember when the Classified ads took up several pages in our local newspaper, everything from, they do good to have 2 columns now. Even on Sundays when there were so many help wanted ads there might 3 or 4, usually at health care facilities that desperately need help. The paper is not published on Monday or Tuesdays, they cut back the page size and there are many fewer pages of news stories. They used to have a page of groups to help people like AA, therapy groups, weight loss etc. and now they no longer do those, also no engagement or baby announcements, it’s rare to see a wedding announcement since they charge so much per line. Obituaries have been scaled way back too due to the price.

@cherokeepatti They used to publish articles of crimes like theft and break-ins. They can’t anymore…might offend somebody. 🤷🏻‍♂️

@akindheart I was getting a National Geographic magazine and stopped that, they kept increasing their prices. I thought the boy would like to read them but he doesn’t even open one up.

@cherokeepatti I get the National Geographic History magazine. i only buy the National Geographic when it is good. I bought the King Tut one and it was 15.00. the subscription is thru amazon but still costs me 12.00 each