The incredible shrinking Trains
The April 2008 issue of Trains arrived in the mail today, and I was surprised at just how thin the magazine has gotten: it’s only 68 pages long. Compare:
April 2004 | 116 pages |
April 2005 | 88 pages |
April 2006 | 108 pages |
April 2007 | 84 pages |
April 2008 | 68 pages |
Since a magazine’s length is generally a function of the amount of advertising contained therein, I’m not sure this is good — even by the standards of the beleaguered magazine industry.