Re: Garden Design magazine closing

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Nancy, you will be doing LiveStream in no time!

On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 1:19 PM, Nancy Szerlag <szerlag@earthlink.net>wrote:

> When it comes to newspapers and magazines advertising pays the bills.
> Unfortunately in the garden industry, with the exception of Scotts Miracle
> Gro, few companies do any national advertising. And as we all know,
>  advertisers in general are looking for the youth market. Do the math. Last
> year I had the opportunity to talk to several magazine editors and to a
> person they were lamenting that their lifestyle magazines, once known for
> their still popular gardening sections, were being cut back. Check out
> Martha Stewart Living and Better Homes and Gardens. CEOs could care less
> about what the public wants - if it doesn't generate income it's gone. That
> does not bode well for those of us who make your living writing for
> newspapers and magazines.  The January edition of Better Homes and Gardens
> was shockingly thin.
>
> I bought a new Mac, new Mac Office, an IPad and upgraded my HughesNet to
> Gen4. I needed to do this to effectively work on the internet. I who swore
> I would never tweet am  jumping in with both feet. I just wish to hell I
> had Jeff Ball here to lead me through this puzzle. Thank god for those cute
> young guys at the genius bar at the Apple store.
>
> Nancy Szerlag
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