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• Decades ago, Time and Newsweek almost put the same photo of Bruce Springsteen on their covers the same week.
  • Editors heads may have rolled back then, eh?
    • Time switched in, ah, time to a painting.
      • Here it is.
        • He did look different then.
  • When I saw the mag on our kitchen counter this afternoon,
  • That's what happens when mags get cheap.....
    • Here's my guess as to what might have happened...
      • It's hardly Billy's fault
      • Hey, Jon, ever thought of submitting to Good Old Boat?
    • Bingo. Another notch down.
      • What would happen if CW or SAIL went high end($) and the other became a free publication?
        • Tom, check out Voyages....cruising club of America
        • What makes a "High End" free?
          • Someone pays for advertising because the readers might buy.
            • Cruisers are cheap
          • No. Two routes out of the middle: Higher volume price-less advertising. Free-totally advertiser supported.
            • There's some science to subscription rates -- about which I know very little
              • GOB's reader loyalty is second to none. Wooden boat has a similar loyalty.
                • Listen and respond. I questioned something in one of the issues and got emails from Karen