Even with talk of the demise of print journalism, many of us still turn to magazines not just for information, but for pleasure.
After all, you don't see any Kindles being sold at supermarket check-out lines.
And so while they don't have the high-profile status or consumer impact as the Oscars or the Tonys, I thought I'd let you know today of the nominees for the National Magazine Awards.
In the category of General Excellence, the nominees are broken down by circulation, thus avoiding David v. Goliath battles. Here are the nominess:
Circulation under 100,000
The American Scholar; Aperture; Bidoun; Print; The Virginia Quarterly Review
Circulation 100,000 - 250,000
Foreign Policy; Los Angeles Magazine; Mother Jones; Paste; Time Out New York
Circulation 250,000 - 500,000
The Atlantic; Backpacker; New York; Texas Monthly; W
Circulation 500,000 1,000,000
The Economist; Fast Company; GQ; Runner's World; Wired
Circulation 1,000,000 2,000,000
Bon Appétit; Field & Stream; The New Yorker; Popular Science; Vogue
Circulation over 2,000,000
Martha Stewart Living; National Geographic; Reader's Digest, Real Simple, Time
Are any of these on your regular reading list? Do you still read them in print or look to what's available on line?
And are there others that you think deserve to be in their company? (Note: Indy-based Emmis Communciations has two pubs, Los Angeles Magazine and Texas Monthly, in the running.)
Your thoughts?
And so while they don't have the high-profile status or consumer impact as the Oscars or the Tonys, I thought I'd let you know today of the nominees for the National Magazine Awards.
In the category of General Excellence, the nominees are broken down by circulation, thus avoiding David v. Goliath battles. Here are the nominess:
Circulation under 100,000
The American Scholar; Aperture; Bidoun; Print; The Virginia Quarterly Review
Circulation 100,000 - 250,000
Foreign Policy; Los Angeles Magazine; Mother Jones; Paste; Time Out New York
Circulation 250,000 - 500,000
The Atlantic; Backpacker; New York; Texas Monthly; W
Circulation 500,000 1,000,000
The Economist; Fast Company; GQ; Runner's World; Wired
Circulation 1,000,000 2,000,000
Bon Appétit; Field & Stream; The New Yorker; Popular Science; Vogue
Circulation over 2,000,000
Martha Stewart Living; National Geographic; Reader's Digest, Real Simple, Time
Are any of these on your regular reading list? Do you still read them in print or look to what's available on line?
And are there others that you think deserve to be in their company? (Note: Indy-based Emmis Communciations has two pubs, Los Angeles Magazine and Texas Monthly, in the running.)
Your thoughts?
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I subscribe to both Backpacker and Outside because I like to pretend to be an outdoorsman even as I almost never get outdoors anymore. Outside is generally a better publication to read, though, as they have writers like Jon Krakauer (Into the Wild, Into Thin Air, etc.).
Martha Stewart Living has a circulation comparable to National Geographic? I would rather read about Mayan temples and exotic fish than doilies and fondue, but to each their own relaxation.
I'll have to check out The Economist after reading Brian's comments above.
I'll have to say that I've turned to the internet for most of my news, like the IBJ, though I still do get the Sunday NYTimes (I tried to give it up but went through horrible withdrawal).
What I admire most about Paste is their passion for independent thinking and integrity to the readers. When other zines struggle to maintain a strong circulation, Paste let subscribers choose how much they were willing to pay for an annual subscription. They're entire look and voice has a brand of its own, and it's one of the few reads I breeze through from cover to cover with such anticipation.
I've subscribed to Paste Magazine since 2005, and would never go back to Rolling Stone again.
I also regularly read Planning and Harpers (both sent to my house). I think they are great and love the format and I'm from the New Media Generation! Twitter, Facebook, blogs, and online newspapers are great but you just don't read random things. I only target things that immediately interest me. It makes editors and headline generates so much more important. The hard copy allows me to hop on the train and read some news as I go to work or stuck on transfers (now that I am in DC the system works more efficiently than Chicago).
Maybe IBJ should start selling copies on Indygo buses! It would give people something to do.
My wife receives Real Simple. It's a gorgeous magazine but she rarely reads it except for the recipes. The best recipe magazine though has to be Everyday Food. She's been a subscriber to this monthly for a long time. It's mostly recipes with the occasional tips of seasonal foods, storage, wine pairings, etc.
Another gorgeous magazine is Donna Hay - even more elegant than Real Simple with all of the advice of Martha Stewart Living.
I used to get Dwell at one of my old jobs and that's a beauty too, but the articles are lacking in my opinion.
I wish I could make time to read The Economist, easily the best news publication out there.
I am always amazed that Reader's Digest makes these lists--'everyone' claims to read it, but how many really do?
One publication that can be crossed off the list--the Indy Star has totally lost the meaning of journalism! Long live the IBJ.
(Todd Tobias was the Indy Men's magazine guy--and I believe a guy named Lou Harry wrote for them once in awhile!)
In a care-free world where money grew on trees and my free time flourished like peonies in an Indiana summer, I'd subscribe to several of the above, but I present PRES'S SUREFIRE LIST FOR BEING A SKINFLINT:
TIME - I am quite happy with TIME.com
Nat Geo - Get my fill with the cable TV channel version and knockoffs on Discovery.
Reader's Digest - getting nostaglic for my great-aunt's basement, where they used to be stacked higher than the washing machine, but not on my list
Field & Stream - read it at the barbershop
The Economist - free access at work (text-only)
Foreign Policy - skim through it at Borders / Barnes & Noble
Wired - online, as it should be given the content, would consider paying to subscribe, no more than $5 per year. Low subscription should be offset by targeted advertising revenue.
GQ - skim it at CVS while waiting for my prescription
Popular Science - not my forte, but I'd suggest reading it at the library
The New Yorker - www.newyorker.com (no the)
The Atlantic -- www.theatlantic.com (yes the)
Happy skinflinting and all-around penny pinchery,
Pres