A High Wind in the Magazine Race
Michael Bird Thomson Information Services Ltd
Some eminent Victorian stated that one of lifes major pleasures must be to stand smugly on a lee shore, watching sailors struggle desperately to save their ship from being driven on the rocks. He must count as one of the most obnoxious people of the age. Nevertheless he had a point. Consumer magazine publishing has always been great sport, but it is better enjoyed as a spectator sport for the moment, until the storm dies down, if it ever does.
This paper will not try to...