Magazines/Publications You Read

[PP34]

With the internet taking over magazines have changed a heap obviously and some no longer exist but there's still some good stuff out there.

I've been a subcriber to SLAM basketball mag for years. Used to be my go to for basketball content prior to the internet, but these days it still provides a lot of interesting content.

Lately I signed up to The Economist and Bloomberg BusinessWeek. Both provided interesting views and information about the world.

What does GD read? I'm always looking for interesting stuff to read. It can even be a website that might provide some decent longform stuff.

 

[wal]

Haven't read any magazines other than inflight magazines for over 10 years. Surely they can't be profitable today?

 

[Plugger35]

Haven't read any magazines other than inflight magazines for over 10 years. Surely they can't be profitable today?

I stopped buying magazines over 10 years ago too, I used to buy music magazines like Uncut and Rolling Stone pretty regularly along with Viz magazines.

With so much content available online these days there's less need to buy magazines, I don't buy newspapers these days either when I used to buy one daily.

 

[The Passenger]

Lately I signed up to The Economist

Economist is an excellent read. Intro offer of 12 pounds for 12 weeks (hard copy magazine and online), but not sure if that applies to Australia. My only wish would be they had one or two longer reads per issue. But I don't find much fault the actual stories they write. Have used the intro offer up 3 times, but the last time I tried to cancel and go back on the intro I think their system has closed that loophole. It's now 17 pounds a month and debating whether I just go back to reading online.

National Geographic and Time Magazine are great value as well. 24 pounds a year for 12 issues of Nat Geo and 45 pounds a year for weekly issues of Time. Subscribed to Nat Geo on and off (mostly on) now for about 7 years. Subscribed to Time in the last 12 months but have read it semi regularly for about 10 years. Even though I don't read every issue, I fiured I might as well subscribe as it's cheaper than buying an issue off the shelf every few weeks which is what I've been doing for about a decade.

Moving outside of the mainstream (without veering into conspiracy theory territory) you have Truthout and International Consortium of Investigative Journalists. Highly recommend both - the latter is quite hard work but worth it. Neither have hard copy or subscription offers.

At the risk of incurring wrath Al Jazeera will give an insight into a lot of issues and events the western media don't want to touch (or simply gloss over). But you always have to remember it is owned by the Qatari royal family so it is very biased when it comes to opinion pieces. They've had some articles written by some pretty questionable characters over the years although I can't give any specific examples of the top of my head right now.

Have previously subscribed to the Times UK. They did a 3 pounds for 3 months online offer. I let it lapse and it was 25 pounds per month (online only) which was too much for me. Too conservative for me to spend that much on. I disagree with a lot of the viewpoints in the Times but at least the quality of writing is generally good unlike their conservative counterparts in Australia - The Daily Telegraph and Herald Sun is like reading a 14 year old's homework.

A few days ago just let a intro subscription to Wall Street Journal lapse. Good content, but no need to pay 30 pounds a month when there is other really good content out there for much cheaper. Will cancel that. Their intro offer was 1 pound for 3 months online access.

Took up 12 weeks for 6 pounds of the New Yorker a couple of years back but it was a bit shit. Wouldn't recommend.

Pretty much just whore myself out to all the introductory online offers but my core hard copy reading has been Time and Nat Geo for while now and the Economist in the last 2 years. I still like the feel of a good paper in your hands.

 

[perthblue]

I was in the newsagents the other week and realised that I hadn't bought a magazine in a decade, I only flicked through them in waiting rooms and airplanes and such. I went for a browse and couldn't believe how expensive they are, some of them are comparable in price to a hardcover book. I'd assume if you subscribe the price is probably more reasonable.

 

[PP34]

Economist is an excellent read. Intro offer of 12 pounds for 12 weeks (hard copy magazine and online), but not sure if that applies to Australia. My only wish would be they had one or two longer reads per issue. But I don't find much fault the actual stories they write. Have used the intro offer up 3 times, but the last time I tried to cancel and go back on the intro I think their system has closed that loophole. It's now 17 pounds a month and debating whether I just go back to reading online.

National Geographic and Time Magazine are great value as well. 24 pounds a year for 12 issues of Nat Geo and 45 pounds a year for weekly issues of Time. Subscribed to Nat Geo on and off (mostly on) now for about 7 years. Subscribed to Time in the last 12 months but have read it semi regularly for about 10 years. Even though I don't read every issue, I fiured I might as well subscribe as it's cheaper than buying an issue off the shelf every few weeks which is what I've been doing for about a decade.

Moving outside of the mainstream (without veering into conspiracy theory territory) you have Truthout and International Consortium of Investigative Journalists. Highly recommend both - the latter is quite hard work but worth it. Neither have hard copy or subscription offers.

At the risk of incurring wrath Al Jazeera will give an insight into a lot of issues and events the western media don't want to touch (or simply gloss over). But you always have to remember it is owned by the Qatari royal family so it is very biased when it comes to opinion pieces. They've had some articles written by some pretty questionable characters over the years although I can't give any specific examples of the top of my head right now.

Have previously subscribed to the Times UK. They did a 3 pounds for 3 months online offer. I let it lapse and it was 25 pounds per month (online only) which was too much for me. Too conservative for me to spend that much on. I disagree with a lot of the viewpoints in the Times but at least the quality of writing is generally good unlike their conservative counterparts in Australia - The Daily Telegraph and Herald Sun is like reading a 14 year old's homework.

A few days ago just let a intro subscription to Wall Street Journal lapse. Good content, but no need to pay 30 pounds a month when there is other really good content out there for much cheaper. Will cancel that. Their intro offer was 1 pound for 3 months online access.

Took up 12 weeks for 6 pounds of the New Yorker a couple of years back but it was a bit shit. Wouldn't recommend.

Pretty much just whore myself out to all the introductory online offers but my core hard copy reading has been Time and Nat Geo for while now and the Economist in the last 2 years. I still like the feel of a good paper in your hands.

Good post. I'm subscribed to a couple of newspapers too. With the internet influencing the way publications run these days you can get some pretty good offers on subscriptions.

Only problem I have is finding the time to read. I've got a desk full of Economist and Businessweek mags that I've only flicked through.

I was in the newsagents the other week and realised that I hadn't bought a magazine in a decade, I only flicked through them in waiting rooms and airplanes and such. I went for a browse and couldn't believe how expensive they are, some of them are comparable in price to a hardcover book. I'd assume if you subscribe the price is probably more reasonable.

Yeah magazines can be pretty outrageous with their pricing. I think it's always been that way though. I remember as a kid paying 14 bucks for a Playstation magazine and a similar price for basketball mags. I guess they do it to get you to subcribe instead.

Magazine subscriptions are fairly cheap these days and you can get some really good introductory offers online. I think without such offers the magazines wouldn't last too long in today's world.

 

[The Passenger]

Only problem I have is finding the time to read. I've got a desk full of Economist and Businessweek mags that I've only flicked through.

The biggest thing for me is I don't watch much TV and I work from home so I have plenty of time to get my reading fix. The Mrs likes to wind down after work by watching crap TV. I'd rather put a doco on but she's not interested so a pretty good compromise is most weeknights if we are in she gets her fill of crap TV and I just read for a couple of hours.

Not a huge fiction reader either though I'm making a commitment this year to move a quarter of my reading time into books. But my first attempt hasn't gone so well because it was intended to be fiction books, but I'm putting that time into reading Robert Fowler's recount of being held hostage by Al Qaeda in the Magreb. Pretty interesting read though so not a loss in any form. Have A Scanner Darkly by Phillip Dick ready to go for bedside reading when I finish.

 

[Roobs321]

Australian Book Review (ABR), packed with excellent writing (reviews, essays, poetry, etc.) one can return to again and again.

In high school I remember being religiously devoted to the likes of;
Hyper (2001-04)
Empire (2004-08)

So glad to see they're still kicking around.

Haven't been a regular newspaper subscriber for some time. Love a decent non-tabloid newspaper, can spend all day reading it, but seldom buy them.

 

[HairyO]

None since internet pr0n became a thing.

 

[the_interloper]

Used to buy Guitar World religiously, that was about it, no need anymore.

 

[Gough]

Got a complete run of ABC Cricket books from 1934 to present day and used to read Rolling Stone religiously. One of my right wing mates gave me a subscription to The Speccy as a joke last year.

 

[Silent Alarm]

I don’t get people who read the Economist and shit. Are you Croweater’s alter ego in a charcoal suit and pink socks.

Read a book. Magazines are all online anyway. Fourfourtwo is rubbish now and lost all the humour, now it’s about telling us how good Neymar is and why his hair isn’t lame.


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[perthblue]

Not a magazine as it's all online, but would recommend The Players Tribune for the sports lovers out there. Really great reads.

https://www.theplayerstribune.com/

 

[GreyCrow]

Take 5 for the Chrisco offers

 

[The Passenger]

I don’t get people who read the Economist and shit.

Somehow this doesn't shock me.

I find it more interesting reading about current affairs than fiction.

But everyone's holds different interests.

Are you Croweater’s alter ego in a charcoal suit and pink socks.

Keeping up to date with what is going on in the world is hardly the domain of wannabe hotshot lawyers.

 

[Silent Alarm]

Yeah because fiction is just so pointless, bloody make believe.


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[Bunk Moreland]

Used to read Time and Rolling Stone, haven’t read either for years now, all online

 

[Bunk Moreland]

Not a magazine as it's all online, but would recommend The Players Tribune for the sports lovers out there. Really great reads.

https://www.theplayerstribune.com/

I actually just read the Harry Kane one yesterday

“I remember the first time we played against Arsenal … and even back then, I had a chip on my shoulder. It might sound ridiculous — I was only eight when they let me go — but every time we played them, I thought, “Alright, we’ll see who’s right and who’s wrong.”

Lol, Arsenal

 

[The Passenger]

Yeah because fiction is just so pointless, bloody make believe.

What are you talking about? I even stated above I've committed myself to spending a quarter of my reading time to fiction as it's something I want to improve on in myself.

 

[dumb]

most of my reading is pretty dry, i tend to use other things like movies for escapism.
a mixture of online/printed papers
daily mail, sunday herald sun, age, guardian (/uk and /au), and local rags, will flip through other papers. art almanac.
will occasionally buy terrorizer magazine. used to get hold of it much more regularly, still have 17-18 year old copies sitting around somewhere that make good reference material.
i also like to cruise places like project gutenberg, and archive.org, for old interesting texts.

 

[PP34]

I don’t get people who read the Economist and shit. Are you Croweater’s alter ego in a charcoal suit and pink socks.

Read a book. Magazines are all online anyway. Fourfourtwo is rubbish now and lost all the humour, now it’s about telling us how good Neymar is and why his hair isn’t lame.


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They write interesting stories about news from allover the world.

It has me reading about events, politicians etc that I would barely ever come across via TV, newspaper etc. Some of it is too long and boring but there’s always multiple stories with reading.

I read plenty of books too but they’re hardly going to keep me updated on interesting developments in the world are they?

 

[Gough]

40th anniversary of the Hilton bombing is coming up, have a read of the tale of Tim Anderson. It's a good yarn, Roger Rogerson even makes an appearance.

 

[El Dubya]

It's 2018...

 

[SwampCreature]

Hustler

 

[La Dispute]

Nice idea for a thread.

I've got most big publications' pages liked on Facebook but rarely read articles unless there's one that particularly catches my attention. I might sign up for something like The Economist and see if it's worth the extra dosh.

Used to love reading alt-rock magazines back in the day, but I find reviews in blogs or other music sites far more interesting than the stock standard stuff you'd get in Rolling Stone, NME or Q magazine, which makes a lot of sense. If I want to read an opinion about an album I'd much rather it came from someone who knows the band back-to-front, rather than a casual fan. Usually there's a degree of bias, but at least there's some decent analysis and a far more comprehensive discussion. Looking back, some of the earlier Pitchfork reviews on bands like Jimmy Eat World and Manchester Orchestra were fairly belligerent and off-hand.

Magazines like GQ and Mens Health and decent for a flick-through, but often pretty pseudo-scientific and dilettantish. I was reading an article the other day about pre-workout meals and the author was spruiking apple and peanut butter. Not sure Arnie would approve of that.