I'm not saying that RD has been an example of keen economic success, but it is a periodical that could be described as time-honored. While I would not put its potential demise on the same level as that of LIFE, I would perhaps as that of LOOK. I couldn't be even remotely described as a conservative, but I do put some stock in elements of culture that represent tradition. RD is one of modern American culture's traditions, and it means something when Americans have withheld support to the point of the magazine's bankruptcy.
TV Guide has lost out probably to the fact that people with cable can just press a button to find out what's coming on later. As for People, I think those types of magazines are the hardest to kill/die, as some people will always be obsessed with the lives of celebrities as a manner of escapism. Michael Jackson's estate, for example, was not the only beneficiary of interest in MJ's death.
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Date: 2009-08-17 07:31 pm (UTC)TV Guide has lost out probably to the fact that people with cable can just press a button to find out what's coming on later. As for People, I think those types of magazines are the hardest to kill/die, as some people will always be obsessed with the lives of celebrities as a manner of escapism. Michael Jackson's estate, for example, was not the only beneficiary of interest in MJ's death.