the skipper
Professional Curmudgeon
I have had a subscription to Stereo Review from 1965 or 66 or so and migrated to the current Sound and Vision.
I've noticed that over the years, the issues slowly dwindled from 12 issues a year to somewhat less. The last issue I received was the June issue, which came around April or May. Nothing since.
Now, it states clearly on the mailing label that my subscription expires April 2020. I got curious and called them to report a problem. It turns out there is no problem but they just dropped the number of issues per year to 7. That's five less than when I started subscribing. I thought this was supposed to be a monthly magazine. It's not.
For what it's worth, this is their "new" publishing calendar.
January
February and March will be what they call a "double issue" We'll see how that works out.
April
May
June
July and August - no issues
September
October - no issue
November
December - no issue.
So, this has me really thinking. I like this magazine but this really has me thinking. If it didn't fill a niche that nobody else even attempts to fill, I'd be gone just on principle. Fortunately, they keep giving me such a low rate that I can't get too mad but, hey, it's the idea.
I've noticed that over the years, the issues slowly dwindled from 12 issues a year to somewhat less. The last issue I received was the June issue, which came around April or May. Nothing since.
Now, it states clearly on the mailing label that my subscription expires April 2020. I got curious and called them to report a problem. It turns out there is no problem but they just dropped the number of issues per year to 7. That's five less than when I started subscribing. I thought this was supposed to be a monthly magazine. It's not.
For what it's worth, this is their "new" publishing calendar.
January
February and March will be what they call a "double issue" We'll see how that works out.
April
May
June
July and August - no issues
September
October - no issue
November
December - no issue.
So, this has me really thinking. I like this magazine but this really has me thinking. If it didn't fill a niche that nobody else even attempts to fill, I'd be gone just on principle. Fortunately, they keep giving me such a low rate that I can't get too mad but, hey, it's the idea.
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