[lbo-talk] sketching an "anti-economist"

Chuck chuck at mutualaid.org
Wed Aug 22 20:27:15 PDT 2007


Jeffrey Fisher wrote:


> Yes, and that's a relatively small circulation. the atlantic claims a
> ratebase of 375,000; the new yorker just under a million; Cosmo uses a
> ratebase of nearly 3million. Sports Illustrated claims 3.25m. i think when
> the nation says "favored larger publications," they probably mean that. I
> couldn't find circulation or ratebase numbers on the nation web site.

Relative to the biggest circulation magazines, yes, but the Nation is a large circulation magazine. I can understand the Nation going to bat for smaller magazines--they've published quite a bit about the media monopoly--but I hope nobody thinks that the Nation is a small independent magazine.

Most *small* independent magazines have circulations in the tens of thousands.

I would love to run a magazine with a circulation of 180,000.

Although I shouldn't complain too much because Infoshop.org has around 90,000 unique readers every month.

Chuck



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