tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8086537183354417004.post5597868347703980063..comments2023-09-16T13:22:55.052-04:00Comments on freefromeditors: Where have all the magazines gone?Jim of L-Townhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03941398804273985677noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8086537183354417004.post-23165176870292983182009-06-04T17:09:34.966-04:002009-06-04T17:09:34.966-04:00Those "Your" magazines were terrible, pa...Those "Your" magazines were terrible, page upon page of "people at parties standing next to each other" photos. <br /><br />The True North mag had some nice photos in it but it was over priced. <br /> <br />If the Flint Journal is making money off these weekly freebie crap papers they are having us deliver now rather than the people that weren't really delivering them, why don't some of you writers get together and start a weekly paper and website of your own?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8086537183354417004.post-52962151629197299942009-06-04T09:57:51.777-04:002009-06-04T09:57:51.777-04:00Booth, like many newspaper companies, a few years ...Booth, like many newspaper companies, a few years ago saw magazines and other niche publications as new sources of ad revenue to replace what they were losing in newspapers. But the magazine business turned out to be as crappy a business as newspapers when the economy went south.<br /><br />The Detroit papers JOA, for instance, created Third Street Publications, a custom publishing outfit, with great fanfare about five years ago. But it has killed off most of the magazines it started.<br /><br />It's all about online now, baby!former newsienoreply@blogger.com