As big magazines lose readers, home-made “zines” are springing up
Countercultural titles, assembled on kitchen tables with staplers and glue, are enjoying a boomlet
NOVEMBER’S issue of Glamour, a popular women’s glossy, will be the last monthly edition to be printed. After losing half its readers in a decade, the title is retreating to the web, promising only biannual “collectible” print issues. Its predicament is not unique: British paid-for magazines lost 6% of their readers last year. But as the big names struggle, tiny titles put together with staplers on kitchen tables are enjoying a boomlet.
This article appeared in the Britain section of the print edition under the headline “Page-turners”
Britain October 14th 2017
- Theresa May’s weakness at home is slowing down the Brexit talks
- Scottish independence becomes a more distant dream
- The Home Office: a crisis in waiting
- Poor productivity leaves Britain’s public finances looking shaky
- BAE Systems sheds 2,000 jobs in Britain
- As big magazines lose readers, home-made “zines” are springing up
- The Conservative Party is debating the merits of capitalism
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