Kevin Perkins
Well-known member
Two pieces of information have caught my eye in the past couple of days, both from highly respected members of angling journalism:
?The way forward is for those who yearn for the past to create their own on-line periodical. A monthly internet magazine full of informative, inspirational writings, illustrated with great photographs, technical diagrams and fabulous, enthralling, superbly well written stories. Don't try charging for it though or you'll come unstuck...?
?Internet publishing is the future; trouble is, at present, nobody gets paid sod-all in this medium. But bide your time and who knows what may come along? In the next decade I expect to see a well supported/financed subscription-based internet angling weekly, with god knows how many pages of entertaining, from-the-heart copy - plus much less need to play to the corporate trade's 'ads-4-editorial' tune??
So, is this the future? According to these two luminaries, it appears so. The burning question is how much would you be prepared to pay for this subscription? The monthly magazines will set you back around ?40 a year each, one of the weeklies ?70 a year. Given that an internet based periodical wont consist of 75% advertorial content, how about ?20 a year. Anyone on here willing to pay that???
?The way forward is for those who yearn for the past to create their own on-line periodical. A monthly internet magazine full of informative, inspirational writings, illustrated with great photographs, technical diagrams and fabulous, enthralling, superbly well written stories. Don't try charging for it though or you'll come unstuck...?
?Internet publishing is the future; trouble is, at present, nobody gets paid sod-all in this medium. But bide your time and who knows what may come along? In the next decade I expect to see a well supported/financed subscription-based internet angling weekly, with god knows how many pages of entertaining, from-the-heart copy - plus much less need to play to the corporate trade's 'ads-4-editorial' tune??
So, is this the future? According to these two luminaries, it appears so. The burning question is how much would you be prepared to pay for this subscription? The monthly magazines will set you back around ?40 a year each, one of the weeklies ?70 a year. Given that an internet based periodical wont consist of 75% advertorial content, how about ?20 a year. Anyone on here willing to pay that???