Magazines Are a Dying Medium: Do You Agree?

by Heisenberg Posted 2012/08/14 20:00:00

Related Topics: Magazines, Newsweek, Media

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	Yes	214 votes	66%
	No	110 votes	34%

NYTIMES.COM reports:
Making a weekly newsmagazine has always been tough, but the root of Newsweek’s continued losses lies in a changing marketplace.

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NOT14U2 2012/08/15 01:15:11

No

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some things are better in print

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Sterling 2012/08/14 23:21:03

Yes

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Paper is dying, but also the newspapers themselves are dying since people are realizing how ridiculously biased they are. The internet had an unforeseen consequence: anyone can fact check the B.S. they see in the NYTimes.

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Sybil to Sterling 2012/08/15 02:49:57

Agreed. Eventhough the net has BS too I still double-check everything.

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Sterling to Sybil 2012/08/15 03:33:07

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That's true, the net probably has even more BS (a lot of these newspapers now control the popular websites), but it's a LOT easier to get opposing views.

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Sybil to Sterling 2012/08/15 13:06:42

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Ya, I have to hear it from different angles and opinions and then I can form my own. I don't think too many of us will take much at face value anymore. We are a society that has an opinion and most aren't afraid to express it.

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El Prez 2012/08/14 22:52:39

No

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I thought so for a while but there are so many of them now, I beleive they will just consolidate.

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Joe Blow 2012/08/14 22:32:02

Yes

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Not as much as the record industry, but computers and the Internet has definitely taken its toll on reading material as well.

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Michaelene to Joe Blow 2012/08/19 15:51:47

So true and sad about the recording industry, I feel like I'm in the minority of people who actually buy cd's and dvd's. Woe be upon the fool that touches my vinyl, lol

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Ekankar 2012/08/14 22:03:41

No

nice cover pic

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MsDianna 2012/08/14 21:42:38

No

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I love to read a magazine and look at the pictures. l love to get cataloges.
Everything changes. Some changes we accept willingly and others take
us a little longer to get used to.

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Bibliophilic 2012/08/14 21:23:32

Yes

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How much will you pay to read ads? Probably not much. How much of a magazine is devoted to ads? Quite a bit. I still read Time magazine and the Chronicle of Higher Education, but I avoid many other magazine 'genres'. The majority of magazines encourage spending and materialism- something I'm trying to get away from (fashion, technology lifestyle mags=$$$$).

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nightcrawler2005 2012/08/14 21:19:22

Yes

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Sadly I think both printed magazines and books are an endangered species. In fact there's a lot of people around that don't seem to be able to read more than 144 characters at a time. If you look around you will see a lot of book stores and magazine shops have closed up.

Personally I have a large library. I love books & magazines and will keep buying them as long as possible.

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Christopher Kirchen 2012/08/14 21:18:56

Yes

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Yes and no; print magazines may be but many have web sites now.

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Rita 2012/08/14 21:14:20

Yes

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Most of the magazines are nothing but ads....one or two boring articles and page after page of ads...why pay for ads.....

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intolerantrwj 2012/08/14 21:05:34

No

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..... huh .... what .... I'm going to carry the laptop into the bathroom .... like hell I am < s >

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barby k... to intoler... 2012/08/15 01:22:14

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Lol' I hear ya. ;)

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intoler... to barby k... 2012/08/15 14:32:52

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..... bathroom won't be the same without my readin' material < s >

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barby k... to intoler... 2012/08/15 16:56:51 (edited)

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Paper magazines will never go away, they are the original and will remain in demand; the original reading material.

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intoler... to barby k... 2012/08/15 17:04:43

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..... here's hoping so < s >

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Rita to intoler... 2012/12/04 20:08:35

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have you ever thought to keep a GOOD BOOK in the bathroom? I have one that I'm reading just in the bathroom. It's going to take a long time to read but it keeps me amused. LOL Cause I keep forgetting where I left off....

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intoler... to Rita 2013/01/01 15:31:16

........ with a Memory as Airtight as a Screen-door, I'd have to Start from page 1 each day < s >

Happy New Year Friend !

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Fran-Halen 2012/08/14 13:07:13

Yes

An artifact of this digital age we live under.

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Yoru Azenia 2012/08/14 11:59:07

Yes

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Magazines, Newspapers, and not to far down the road TV these are things the internet has killed lol

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the fuze 2012/08/14 11:56:08

No

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At least for me they are not.

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Beat Magnum True Hero 2012/08/14 10:33:46

No

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I love to read them while I sit on the toilet. Some things should never be rushed.

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jubil8 BN-0 PON 2012/08/14 04:33:48

Yes

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In the late 1400's the printing press revolutionized how to store information. Then in the late 1900's the computer began revolutionizing how to store information. It's hard to conceive of what the next info storage revolution will be. Maybe a pill?

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Ken 2012/08/14 04:27:28

Yes

As are newspapers.

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Stevethinks 2012/08/14 04:13:44

Yes

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They will go he way of the newspapers. When the truth became incidental and unimportant the value of reading newspapers disappeared. It was great surprise when a newspaper disclosed the Parks and Recreational scandal recently. This used to be a common occurrence. Murdoch and his cronies have destroyed the print media.

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Marc m 2012/08/14 03:39:15

Yes

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I can tell them, as I am sure many sodaheads can, how to revive themselves ... Get to the TRUTH. Go after Obamaloney like he was Nixon during Watergate.

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IndyLinda 2012/08/14 02:57:57

Yes

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Agree -- all the print news has become dreck. Out of touch.

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Flamingolady 2012/08/14 02:32:38

No

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I hope not. When at the grocery store today, I saw one of the fish wrappers that said "Guess what celebrity weighs 418 Lbs. now?" I did not buy it, but sure did want to know who it was. When I came home and asked google, nothing came up. Now I will wonder who this celebretard is. Holding a magazine, reading it, flipping through papers and mailing in all the little "buy me" cards that fall out with no info on them, would not be the same to read it all on line. Same with newspapers.

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terrabytes 2012/08/14 02:30:31

Yes

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Nothing of much value in them any way

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Wayne TH G 333 2012/08/14 02:26:58

Yes

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I am surprised that there are still so many of them, I haven't bought one in years!

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Cricket 2012/08/14 02:18:44

Yes

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Chock full of advertisements. I know the publishing companies have bills to pay, but--if you have checked out Vanity Fair...cheeeezus! I enjoy their articles, but now that Christopher Hitchen's voice has been quieted...such a great loss! He was brilliant.

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Heisenberg 2012/08/14 02:14:20

Yes

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Yes and most deserve to die. They are thoroughly biased and lack intellectual depth.

The juvenile left-wing activism has deprived them of credibility.

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IndyLinda to Heisenberg 2012/08/14 02:59:57

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The men who founded these magazines were journalists and capitalists. Their legacies have been trashed by third-raters.

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