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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by tree68 I can see I'm talking to a brick wall here, but: [quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by Nora But how many subscribers/readers do Newsweek and Rolling Stone have? Undoubtedly many times the number that Trains has. What Newsweek and Rolling Stone lose by having lower prices, they make up for by selling many more copies, and by being able to charge more for advertising. You can't really compare a special interest publication like Trains with a mass media publication like Newsweek. [/quote] In answer to Nora's questions: Newsweek has an average paid circulation of 3,122,407 for the six months ending Dec 31, 2003. It ranked 16th, according to Ad Age. Rolling Stone ranked 66th, with an average paid circulation of 1,288,324 for the same period. The Ad Age survey listed the top 200 consumer magazines. None of the RR oriented or other specialty magazines mentioned so far are in the top 200. Circulation for #200, Sound & Vision, is 401,435. Perhaps the TRAINS folks can update us on current circulation figures. I don't have a copy handy that has the annual notice. National Geographic, #5 with 6.6 million paid circulation, gets nearly $3 per issue for a subscription! That's $216,000,000 gross per year! The top 10, in order: AARP, Readers Digest, TV Guide, Better Homes & Gardens, National Geographic, Good Housekeeping, Family Circle, Woman's Day, Time, Ladies's Home Journal. LHJ had an average paid circulation of 4.1 million issues, AARP had 22 million, RD, 11 million. That would mean that all of our magazines are under 400,000 circulation. Based on what I can see, TRAINS, and all of the other RR magazines we read, appear to be comparably priced with other specialty magazines. And, based on what I've read here, everyone seems to think that the money is well spent. I personally don't use old issues for diapers (I have virtually every issue I've every gotten), but that would certainly qualify as value added...[:(] Don't forget that RMC and Railfan & Railroad, two very similar competitors to MR and TRAINS, are comparably priced. Both are published by Carstens. So - back to the bottom line. If you are paying more than $6.95 CDN plus applicable taxes at the newstand/hobbyshop/etc, then somebody is making some extra money on your purchase. And it's not TRAINS. Your anger is misdirected. If you want to complain about something, try the price of your gas. Now that is outrageous.[:(!] Off [soapbox] [/quote] Ok Larry- Why would i want to complain about Gas prices? Is this the Mobil forum? no.. and beside there not that bad, Well at least up here, The Gov't of Quebec has a maximum Gas prices can rise to- like our Drug perscriptions- It's all regulated, there is not 570% profit margin up here, I don't know what the price is down there, But up here, they can't go any higher. daggome- It Sais Trains (upper left corner) not Exxon. Besides if i REALLY had a probelm with Gas prices, i was born with two legs, and am a firm believer in walking to places, walk to work walk to shop- about 5 miles a day, I usually Jog 6 or 7 miles a day. One foot in front of the other! [:)]
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