I mean, if you were just stealing content from actively-running magazines then yeah. But if you pitched the idea to publishers with a cut-in then it may have s

I mean, if you were just stealing content from actively-running magazines then yeah. But if you pitched the idea to publishers with a cut-in then it may have sold. Archival efforts are a huge lift—especially from print to digital. But current issues have operated that way on several platforms over time. Ultimately Apple bought up the last major effort in that space (Next Issue/Texture) and merged/turned it into Apple News+. There are others, like Pressreader, though: https://www.pressreader.com https://www.pressreader.com (edit: changed to plain url) One of the magazines I work for took it upon themselves to render an archive of their print and digital issues dating back to the early 1900s. I think they plan to charge a fee at some point to access them, but they are currently available for free: https://archive.macleans.ca/issues https://archive.macleans.ca/issues ("Browse All Issues" to see the range of decades available) It was a very large undertaking—so based on the knowledge of that experience [in which I was not involved], there is probably a business in building a collective, or at least brand-specific, archive for magazines. I'm sure some businesses exist in that space already—but something more user-friendly and centralized access would probably have its base.