Which magazines did you subscribe to?

[mikzn]

I used to love magazines, honestly I prefer the curated professional content over the click-bait. The problem is you don't get to choose which topics to read.

Which magazines did you subscribe to/read?

I used to subscribe to quite a few magazines - Macworld / Mac Life / MacAddict, Harvard Business review, Scientific American, Macleans, Omni, Wine Spectator, Rolling Stone among others and over the years at different times

Also used to be member of a number of book clubs (which was kind of fun) - I used to look forward get the “new book list” in the mail and choose which books to order and hope that some Author had a new book ie Stephen King, Frederick Forsyth or Michael Crichton etc.

It’s hard to remember that there was no internet or Amazon at one time - and back then subscriptions and mail ordering were great ways to make sure you kept abreast of things - whether it was for education or entertainment.

Now it’s just so much quicker and easier on the internet - even Publications like Scientific American (which I still buy on occasion mostly at airports) don’t seem as amazing when you can find out much more but simply searching about a topic and directly access the original sources! Or perhaps already found your own "more in depth material" on the internet.

I read Mad and National Lampoon religiously in my early adulthood, but I always bought them from the newsstand, as I recall.

I have not seen or read a Mad magazine for years, I used to enjoy the Spy vs Spy section or when they did a parody of a popular movie.



Now there are web sites like “The Onion” and “ClickHole” for instant humour

I am surprised on a mac website, not many mentioned MacWorld or MacUser or MacAddict. They were well published. I wonder if there is a digital archive somewhere.

One thing that I fondly remember about the MacAddict and Mac Life magazines were the packages with cd’s with special apps and software trials included - although I don’t really remember ever getting anything worth while - LOL

 

[MacBH928]

I used to subscribe to quite a few magazines - Macworld / Mac Life / MacAddict, Harvard Business review, Scientific American, Macleans, Omni, Wine Spectator, Rolling Stone among others and over the years at different times

Also used to be member of a number of book clubs (which was kind of fun) - I used to look forward get the “new book list” in the mail and choose which books to order and hope that some Author had a new book ie Stephen King, Frederick Forsyth or Michael Crichton etc.

It’s hard to remember that there was no internet or Amazon at one time - and back then subscriptions and mail ordering were great ways to make sure you kept abreast of things - whether it was for education or entertainment.

Now it’s just so much quicker and easier on the internet - even Publications like Scientific American (which I still buy on occasion mostly at airports) don’t seem as amazing when you can find out much more but simply searching about a topic and directly access the original sources! Or perhaps already found your own "more in depth material" on the internet.



I have not seen or read a Mad magazine for years, I used to enjoy the Spy vs Spy section or when they did a parody of a popular movie.

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Now there are web sites like “The Onion” and “ClickHole” for instant humour



One thing that I fondly remember about the MacAddict and Mac Life magazines were the packages with cd’s with special apps and software trials included - although I don’t really remember ever getting anything worth while - LOL

It was slower but for some reason had a greater sense of satisfaction and excitement. Maybe I was ignorant, but back then whatever publications wrote I believed because they were the "professionals". Today with the net you have to check tens of resources and often will find contradicting claims. Ex. if MacWorld would tell you the new iMac is great then it is. Now10 YT videos will say its amazing and another 10 will tell you to stay away.

The included CDs/Floppies were an amazing idea for that time, not sure who came up with it first! It was exciting to get a bundle of free demo software to check out. No one downloaded software off the net back then unless if it was like some tiny utility I guess. Videogames magazines included some and those are impossible to download in the first place!

 

[mikzn]

One of the magazines I really enjoyed was Omni and I just found out all the back issues are available on "Kindle Unlimited" so I am going to browse some back issues and see if they were as good as I thought they were back in the day - lol



Another issue with buying printed material is what to do with it after reading it - I had a pile of New "Best Seller" Hard covers that I tried to give to the local library - they did not want them unless all the proper documents were filled out and the books were on thier "approved list" - these were books still on the best seller list - maybe there are copywrite rules that libraries have to follow for current best sellers?

Most of my younger friends and even my son and my brother don't want "Printed Material" they tell me I am killing trees - so I am moving away from any printed material - even thought it is nice to "disconnect/ unplug" sometimes and have a good solid book to read

The included CDs/Floppies were an amazing idea for that time, not sure who came up with it first!

Yeah most of the computer magazines had editions where they sent CD's/Floppies (even Macworld did it) - although MacAddict seemed do more of it? I have a box downstairs with old CD's and software from the past - there are probably a few Easter eggs in there - except most probably only run on "Classic 7.6" or earlier

Now I am having memories of using "confict catcher" to figure out what was wrong after trying some of that stuff

 

[swissbob]

so I am moving away from any printed material - even thought it is nice to "disconnect/ unplug" sometimes and have a good solid book to read

The same here

Also very important:
It depends where you live, but foreign magazines take sometimes very long to arrive.
I am a R&T Subscriber, the paper issue took 1-2weeks to arrive here in switzerland, the digital Edition is available from the release day

 

[redshifted]

PDN - (now reimagined as a bi-monthly with a lot of attention to visual design) is the only magazine I always buy.
Aperture and Lens Work occasionally.
As an occasional magazine content contributor (photographer), it's been sad watching the slow death of print media.

 

[shinji]

Trying to remember... been so long since I subscribed to any magazine. But at various times I had: Macworld, Wired, CPU Magazine (which was excellent), Popular Science, Spin, National Geographic, and a few others that escape me right now.

I also liked Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, though I can't remember if I ever actually subscribed or just bought it often. Sort of remember an Alfred Hitchcock-themed one, too.

 

[yaxomoxay]

I used to love magazines, honestly I prefer the curated professional content over the click-bait. The problem is you don't get to choose which topics to read.

I know some are still in print but many are defunct.

Which magazines did you subscribe to/read?
I want to know the popular movie magazines the only one I know is Empire, and was there ever a TV shows dedicated magazines?

Foreign Affairs.
National Affairs.
Foreign Policy.
Governing Magazine.
American City and County Magazine.
Government Technology Magazine.
CITY Magazine.
Blue Rose Magazine.
The Atlantic.
National Geographic.
Texas Highways.
Texas Parks and Wildlife.

and a couple more that are directly related to my line of work.

Sometimes I subscribe to Asimov's SF, Analog SF and Fact, Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, Hitchcock Mystery Magazine. I also try to look for pulp fiction, from Weird Tales, to Weirdbook, Cemetery Magazine etc.

 

[Arcade]

The last magazine I subscribed to was Food Network.

Now I subscribe to Apple News+ I think it's worth the money for all 200+ magazines.

 

[Scepticalscribe]

Financial Times and The Economist as paid subscriptions.

And also: The Guardian (which has received money from me), BBC, Eurasia Daily Monitor, Afghan Analysts Network, The Irish Times, sometimes The New Yorker, Deutsche Welle, NYRB on occasion.

My father used to subscribe to TIME, - for around half a century - following a visit to the US in the mid 1950s.

As a teenager, I thought MAD was brilliant, but couldn't afford it often (books and music took priority).

And, when I was a student, I used to read Scientific American whenever I could lay hands on it.

 

[JayMysterio]

EGM: Electronic Gaming Monthly

SSB:

One of the more 'tasteful' covers, from when I used to get it.

SuperBike

ImagineFX

 

[ucfgrad93]

Used to subscribe to National Geographic. Great magazine.

 

[0388631]

Used to subscribe to National Geographic. Great magazine.

Popular Mechanics is another good one.

 

[Scepticalscribe]

Used to subscribe to National Geographic. Great magazine.

Actually, it is a brilliant magazine, agreed.

When I had the time to read all of these fantastic magazines, - as a student and postcard - I couldn't afford to subscribe to them.

 

[Apple fanboy]

Look in.

 

[Clockworkz]

I still subscribe to sports illustrated. Been doing that for a long time now.

 

[MacBH928]

Trying to remember... been so long since I subscribed to any magazine. But at various times I had: Macworld, Wired, CPU Magazine (which was excellent), Popular Science, Spin, National Geographic, and a few others that escape me right now.

I also liked Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, though I can't remember if I ever actually subscribed or just bought it often. Sort of remember an Alfred Hitchcock-themed one, too.

Texas Highways.

and a couple more that are directly related to my line of work.

Sometimes I subscribe to Asimov's SF, Analog SF and Fact, Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, Hitchcock Mystery Magazine. I also try to look for pulp fiction, from Weird Tales, to Weirdbook, Cemetery Magazine etc.

There was a magazine specifically for highways?

Queen Mystery Magazine, is this like tabloid magazines with absurd made up stories like area 51 aliens and stuff like that?
I always wondered who bought those knowing the stories were fake

The last magazine I subscribed to was Food Network.

Now I subscribe to Apple News+ I think it's worth the money for all 200+ magazines.

I still subscribe to sports illustrated. Been doing that for a long time now.

Why would you subscribe to a magazine today if all what you want is on the internet in all media forms in multiple sources and for free

 

[0388631]

Queen Mystery, if it's what I'm thinking it is without looking it up, was or is one of those magazines which published mystery short stories. There's a few low volume publications still putting around these days that public some quality short stories. It's definitely a thing of the past given the advent and maturation of the internet.

I used to be subscribed to a magazine that would include 5-6 literary shorts each month or every other month in their issues. I think it was 3-4K words per story in small font.
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Why would you subscribe to a magazine today if all what you want is on the internet in all media forms in multiple sources and for free

I definitely wouldn't. Though sometimes you can get a decent deal on them and it doesn't hurt to have a physical copy you can give someone to read to pass the time. I ended my SI subscription in 2004 and other ones a few years later.

 

[Healer Flame]

Anyone heard of an app called Magzter? You pay $10 a month and you can access unlimited number of Magazines from all around the world, its unbelievable too good to be true but you need tablet/ipad to enjoy the hundreds & hundreds of magz. You can also bookmark and download your favorite parts or the whole.

 

[Healer Flame]

Why would you subscribe to a magazine today if all what you want is on the internet in all media forms in multiple sources and for free

Absolutely wrong, i have 10-15 favourite magazines delivered straight to my iPad every certain period, the information you get from new magazines is way way updated, well documented and easiest to read.

 

[yaxomoxay]

There was a magazine specifically for highways?

It's not a magazine for highways. Texas Highways is a magazine about Texas places, road trips, and so on. Pretty beautiful. Texas Parks and Wildlife is another good one.

Queen Mystery Magazine, is this like tabloid magazines with absurd made up stories like area 51 aliens and stuff like that?
I always wondered who bought those knowing the stories were fake

Not a tabloid. It's a literary publication of short stories, printed in digest format. Other magazines that are similar: Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction, and Analog Science Fiction and Fact. All of them are quite good if you're into short stories.

Why would you subscribe to a magazine today if all what you want is on the internet in all media forms in multiple sources and for free

Because magazines and newspapers - printed or e-edition replicas - are a different product than online sources as they're focus on quality and not quantity and speed. People who want laser-focused knowledge can't rely mainly on online news. The lack of clickbait is also a huge plus.

 

[Huntn]

I used to love magazines, honestly I prefer the curated professional content over the click-bait. The problem is you don't get to choose which topics to read.

I know some are still in print but many are defunct.

Which magazines did you subscribe to/read?
I want to know the popular movie magazines the only one I know is Empire, and was there ever a TV shows dedicated magazines?

Did... the last one was a good source for current and near future movies and television. Now that I’ve more or less cut the cord, I may re-subscribe to EW.

• Time
• Newsweek
• Atlantic Magazine
• Popular Science
• PC Gamer
• Entertainment Weekly

Not a magazine, but wife and I are subscribed to The Washington Post.

 

[LizKat]

Blue Rose Magazine.

Man.. I had to look that one up. I am seriously out of touch.

 

[maflynn]

None, magazines are a thing of the past.

 

[yaxomoxay]

Man.. I had to look that one up. I am seriously out of touch.

Well, I'd say that a subscriber of Blue Rose Magazine is out of touch with the world
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None, magazines are a thing of the past.

The more I see where online news is bringing us, the more I am returning to good old, printed, slow news (even if in digital format).

 

[Scepticalscribe]

The more I see where online news is bringing us, the more I am returning to good old, printed, slow news (even if in digital format).

I agree.

That is why for more than a decade I have subscribed to The Economist, and, in the past two years, The Financial Times.

Moreover, I also like to read material with which I do not necessarily agree; it is good to be challenged and made to think, rather than residing in a cosy, and safe and self-referential echo-chamber.