Another mag bites the dust

Personally I used to be a real consumer of magazines, but reality is that was 25 years ago. Cars & Car Conversions being the prime interest, found it had a great balance of technical article and "show/project" cars.

Whenever I picked up anything more recently they often felt a bit "samey" if I'm honest, and as prices crept up(inevitable as production costs increase combined with dwindling circulation and fewer advertisers I felt) my appetite to by waned and thus my apathy will have contributed to the demise of printed media.

Likewise online content(paid member here - but admit to drifting in and out) is all too often mediocre(too reliant on clickbait headlines to underwrite poor articles) but there is some decent stuff out there with something for all tastes.

i did used to buy a few magazines a month myself, I used to buy max power every month up until about 2006 when it changed, Then used to buy fast car until it stopped, I bought every issue of modern classic magazine, Then when that stopped used to buy pratical classics, But the prices just keep going up and up, I bought classic ford a few times, but now thats £7.00 and it just seems a lot to pay out when as you say its done in about half an hour

A lot of the time i used to buy the magazines, I would always read the project section 1st

You make a fair point on that first point.

The second point is an interesting one. Who's fault is it that its not engaging the reader? And is that worse or better than potential reader picking it up on the shelf and putting it back thinking "theres nothing in there for me"

I used to read Practical Classics, I read that every month for years. I bought back copies, the whole thing. Its still a going thing, I occasionally pick it up and look and think "this doesn't speak to me" and I put it back.