RE: magazine readership
- Subject: RE: [GWL] magazine readership
- From: Nancy Stedman s*@rcn.com
- Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2003 09:48:44 -0400
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I, personally, have tried to write more home decorating pieces in the last two years, because that seems to be where the market has gone. And I have to agree that many of the gardening magazines seem very repetitive ("best bulbs for spring!" "autumn shrubs for color!") and remind me of bride magazines that run the same stories each year because they presume they have an audience that keeps leaving. I prefer newspaper writing, which seems more newsy, and--I hope I'm not insulting anyone--have become bored with most magazines (with a few exceptions like Fine Gardening and American Gardener and some of the British magazines). I'm still bemoaning the loss of the British magazine New Eden.
Nancy Stedman
If gardening magazines are a model, there is an unfortunate factor of what feels like repetative topics over the past few years. No coverage of anything controversial. Lower circulation means more cutting back on budget means fewer opportunities for jobs for garden writers. So what else is new? Jeff Ball -----Original Message----- From: gardenwriters-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org [g*@lists.ibiblio.org]On Behalf Of Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2003 1:56 PM To: Garden Writers -- GWL -- The Garden Writers Forum Subject: [GWL] magazine readership Print Magazine Readership Dwindling The number of print magazine subscribers has been declining the past few years and print magazines have become even less appealing to readers over the past few months. The circulation drop is widespread among all categories of print magazines. Many publications have seen a 15-30% circulation drop over the past 12 months. Source: Newsday.com: http://www.newsday.com/business/printedition/ny-bzmag193419410aug19,0,346081 8.story jems -- Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp Garden writer, speaker, photographer Director, Region III Garden Writers Association Phone: 317.251.3261 Fax: 317.251.8545 E-mail: hoosiergardener@earthlink.net _______________________________________________ gardenwriters mailing list gardenwriters@lists.ibiblio.org http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/gardenwriters GWL has searchable archives at: http://www.hort.net/lists/gardenwriters Send photos for GWL to gwlphotos@hort.net to be posted at: http://www.hort.net/lists/gwlphotos Post gardening questions/threads to "Organic-Gardening" <organic-gardening@lists.ibiblio.org> For GWL website and Wiki, go to http://www.ibiblio.org/gardenwriters _______________________________________________ gardenwriters mailing list gardenwriters@lists.ibiblio.org http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/gardenwriters GWL has searchable archives at: http://www.hort.net/lists/gardenwriters Send photos for GWL to gwlphotos@hort.net to be posted at: http://www.hort.net/lists/gwlphotos Post gardening questions/threads to "Organic-Gardening" <organic-gardening@lists.ibiblio.org> For GWL website and Wiki, go to http://www.ibiblio.org/gardenwriters
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