Is The Death Knell of the Print Gun Magazine Tolling?

By Matt

And Can It Be Staved Off?

Preface: Let me start by saying this, I don’t know what the heck I am talking about. I’m not a journalist, an editor, an economist or a business major. I’m just a dumb street cop who writes for a gun blog, and has been lucky enough to have a few pieces published in a print magazine that I have long subscribed to.

However, I do have some expertise at being a consumer of gun magazines. I have subscribed to various gun magazines for nearly 30 years. Some subcriptions have come and gone, but a few I have maintained consistently for more than a decade.

So, what got me thinking about this? I’ve had a renewal for one of those long term subscriptions sitting on my desk staring at me for a couple months now, and I just got the second notice in the mail.

Why has it been there so long? Well because over the years, that magazine has gotten shorter, been printed on thinner paper, cheaper binding, and more importantly, continues to have fewer issues per year all the while the price has steadily increased. As much …read more

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