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Isn't there any service that allows one to subscribe to baskets of magazines by topics, and handles payment distribution to them with some mutual agreements? I
by lovelearning 7y ago
Isn't there any service that allows one to subscribe to baskets of magazines by topics, and handles payment distribution to them with some mutual agreements? I think many of these online mags suffer because there are too many of them each with its own payment schedule, and people don't really like to set up dozens of subscriptions.
- povertyworld 7y agoI had hoped Apple News+ would be a way to access and compensate all the great small niche magazines like the stuff you see in Casa Magazines in Manhattan. Instead it was the most generic stuff that's in every supermarket check out line. I know they have to appeal to a broad range of people, but you'd think Apple would appreciate all those music, art, and culture magazines. Maybe there was no easy way to include them, but for a company with that many resources they should have found a way.
- Kaslyn 7y agoI agree that Apple's News service is disappointingly pedestrian. The reason for its mediocrity illustrates the problem that original publishing has with the current market. When these mega corporations post their yearly earnings, those earnings are the result of a focus on the lowest common denominator. The Art, Music, Culture stuff doesn't mean much aside from marketing. Any business that gets its primary funding through niche markets withers after they scale to their maximum sustainable size.
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