---- Yoshie Furuhashi <furuhashi.1 at osu.edu> wrote:
>
> Hustler's circulation is said to be currently about 500,000 (down
> from the peak of 2 million [Barry M. Horstman, "Larry Flynt," <http://
> www.cincypost.com/living/1999/flynt112299.html>]). What's the
> proportion of 500,000 Hustler readers who actually _read_ words on
> its pages, as opposed to just looking at pix and masturbating?
> Probably something like 1%, and only a small proportion of that 1%
> get to a particular article in the whole issue. If Christian wants
> to reach the masses, I say he should try to get on Oprah. Even only
> with regard to attempts to reach GIs, it makes sense to write for The
> Nation, CounterPunch, and the like than Hustler and make sure his
> writings are available widely on the Net -- after all, today's GIs
> have access to the Internet, and most of them probably get their porn
> as well as reading materials there (which probably explains the
> decline in the Hustler circulation.).
Just as an anecdote, at my old job I told someone of my political persuasion, and by happenstance someone who worked there thought I would be interested in all the FARC clippings he had compiled--most of these clippings were from Hustler...