Sure, if the magazine is less, it's price should be less. However with many magazines it isn't the publishing that's the most expensive part of the magazine, bu

Sure, if the magazine is less, it's price should be less. However with many magazines it isn't the publishing that's the most expensive part of the magazine, but rather, it's the reporters, editors, designers, etc. As I said previously, of course the savings from publishing should be passed to the consumer, but we tend to forget that there are still significant staff and salaries behind magazines, and that doesn't change just because the distribution has.