Re: Magazines biting the dust

On 2006-02-06, Frank Schwartz <mfsjr@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Well, R/C'rs after many decades, RCM is a goner...and I just heard
from a R/C buddy in England that the venerable RCM&E (Radio Control
Models & Electronics) has also just folded.

Nearly right.....
RCM&E will still be available here in England.
The publishers went into receivership with a whole bunch of magazine
titles that were losing ooodles of $/£. Another company has quickly
moved in and bought some of the hobby magazines, RCM&E being one of
them.

It seems that there is a small number of hobby specific magazines that
were making a tidy profit whereas all the more general (read rubbish)
titles were losing money in a big way.

The company that has bought the successful hobby titles has also made
a large amount of money available for further development and expansion
of the hobby magazines... they did the sums and `cherry picked' a small
number of profit making titles that they see further scope for.

Newspapers and magazines are becoming increasingly threatened by the
internet. What newspaper can update news as fast as an internet site ?
Most magazines are lightweight trash and unless they serve a dedicated
group i.e modelmakers,wood/metal/craft workers or professional
bodies,etc wil fold. How many `celebrity' based mags do you see on the
shelves... all covering exactly the same things as each other ?

Reg
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