In Reply to: Why are English Hi-Fi magazines so expensive. posted by Self-Inflicted on March 3, 2017 at 09:21:38:
Let's imagine that the American readers of UK magazines are an insignificant proportion of its sales ( and vice versa). Let's also imagine that the proportion of the population that is interested in audiophile pursuits is similar for each nation ( <1% of the population). Let us also assume that an American audio magazine and a British one cost similar sums to produce.
Stereophile has a population of 319,000,000 to draw upon to either break even or make a profit. A UK magazine has 63,000,000. So to be in the same financial situation a British magazine either has to cost more than an American one or sell more copies. The latter is constrained by population size so the result is...
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- Simple answer - PAR 16:07:26 03/03/17 (4)
- Not so simple - fmak 23:13:52 03/03/17 (2)
- AS far as the printed materials go ... - rickmcinnis@dogwoodfabrics.com 09:34:40 03/22/17 (1)
- RE: AS far as the printed materials go ... - Inmate51 13:24:44 03/22/17 (0)
- I agree. 100% the reason. nt - 3+4=5 16:20:19 03/03/17 (0)