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From: slf@well.UUCP (Sharon Lynne Fisher)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: R.I.P. BYTE
Message-ID: <7010@well.UUCP>
Date: 2 Sep 88 16:25:38 GMT
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Reply-To: slf@well.UUCP (Sharon Lynne Fisher)
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>>What MBA's never learn is that it is the technical contributors who make any
>>business a success.  BYTE's success was in it's techical content.
>I'm not sure if this scenario is real.  I say this because I've seen no
>circulation numbers that say Byte is losing.

Maybe the circulation isn't losing, but the ad sales are definitely losing
in a big way.  (I can post figures if people are interested.)  And a
magazine cannot survive based on its circulation.  Subscription money is
gravy.  It's the ads that pay the bills.