[lbo-talk] Publishing on the Left

[Yoshie Furuhashi]

>Yoshie Furuhashi wrote:
>
>>It would be interesting to hear from you, Doug, John Mage, Dave
>>Finkel, etc. about who reads the publications they edit and what
>>sort of feedback they get from their audiences.
>>--
>
>As far as I can tell, the kinds of people who read LBO have a lot in 
>common with the Nation's audience, though probably more intellectual 
>and more left. There are some exceptions, for sure - I get mail from 
>subscribers who are self-educated workers without high-priced 
>educations who appreciate the translation of the arcana of political 
>economy in to reasonably clear prose. But I think most of my readers 
>are pretty highly educated. I look to the radio show to reach a more 
>popular audience.
>
>The feedback is usually of a very high quality - very thoughtful, 
>well-informed, and engaged. It's very gratifying.
>
>Doug

Have you ever done a Left Business Observer reader survey, to 
evaluate readers' incomes, occupations, educational attainments, 
genders, races, ages, political self-identifications, political 
activities in which they are involved, purposes to which they put the 
Left Business Observer, other publications they buy and/or read, 
websites they regularly visit, etc.?  Maybe you can use the data for 
better marketing.

Yoshie