ST974
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Post by ST974 on Jul 10, 2017 15:48:39 GMT -8
It seems Model Railroader is getting hurt by the internet age. Neil B. is out and some other guy I've never heard of is in as editor. I think eventually the bleeding will stop but only when there is a much smaller circulation.
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Post by Brakie on Jul 11, 2017 3:37:12 GMT -8
It seems Model Railroader is getting hurt by the internet age. Neil B. is out and some other guy I've never heard of is in as editor. I think eventually the bleeding will stop but only when there is a much smaller circulation. Magazines that wish to survive will do so by going digital just like library books have. I haven't bought a paperback Western novel since I bought a Kindle five years ago. I can go to just about any large library and read MR on line through my browser. |
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Post by riogrande on Jul 11, 2017 6:41:15 GMT -8
As noted in the other topic, Neil is out. Apparently he was planning on retiring anyway, but Kalmbach apparently sped up that time table and let him go.
There have been some who are critical about various MO's at MR magazine and it could be that them sticking to the same practices that at one time made them a success, those practices are now hastening their decline. RMC magazine was in the same boat and might have closed down but White River Productions took them over from Carstens and a new staff consisting of some experienced modelrailroaders has taken over and RMC has changed in some positive ways. IMO, MR magazine will need to go a similar metamorphosis if they are going to get re-vitalized. It may or may not save them from dying as a hard copy magazine - in some cases hard copy has made a minor resurgence. Either way, they need to makes some radical changes. Losing Neil might have been the start of it, but if Mr. Miller carries on the same practices, it's not going to make a significant difference.
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