I recently learned that a number of small magazines have been relying
on Walmart for up to 1/3 of their sales, but beginning in May Walmart
will be carrying only a few titles compared to the current selection,
and Walmart gave all the removed publishers very short notice so a
number of people lost jobs.
As a result a large number of magazines have to rapidly figure out
alternatives or close up shop.
What I don't know is if the sudden change by Ferrets magazine -- made
so suddenly that they still had subscription cards in the magazines
that went out and had to add a second cover is related to this, but a
friend who is an industry analyst said that a large number of magazines
are completely going out of business because they aren't up to going to
internet alternatives.
I sure hope that the new alternative for Ferrets Magazine eventually
includes archives and videos.
Sukie (not a vet)
Recommended ferret health links:
http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/ferrethealth/http://ferrethealth.org/archive/http://www.afip.org/ferrets/index.htmlhttp://www.miamiferret.org/fhc/http://www.ferretcongress.org/http://www.trifl.org/index.shtmlhttp://homepage.mac.com/sukie/sukiesferretlinks.html
[Posted in FML 5879]
