It is a shame.
They're missing the concept of "if you make a magazine, try to interest your readers enough that they will want to buy the next edition". Let's be honest: 99% of us are basically selfish bastards, and if we have the opportunity to give a bit of money to help someone out, there's a much greater chance we'll do it if there's something in it for us too. Like something interesting to read. They don't even have to fill it full of news and reviews to try to emulate the broadsheets: just avoid coming across as the mouthpiece for a bunch of pinko commie students. Every time I read it I imagine the editorial team sitting around smoking Rizlas, playing the guitar and chanting "Fight the system, Comrades!"
( .Yeti., Wed 15 Feb 2012, 11:03, Reply)