Letters to the Editor
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paying for news
FYI everyone, ANY print magazine or newspaper you subscribe to or buy on the newsstand for that matter is PAID FOR BY THE ADVERTISERS, not subscriptions or anything else. Does this mean it's not journalism? Depends on who you ask. There are a very few magazines that don't take advertising or take only content-specific advertising and generally charge way more than the normal $1.00 per issue most magazines subscriptions cost. Consumer Reports is one, because they review all of the products that could possibly be advertised, they don't take ad money so they can be truly impartial. Same goes for Cook's Illustrated. Those are the only two that come to mind but I'm sure there are others. It's all about the ad money, it's always been all about the ad money and online magazines are no different.