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RE: "there is no such thing as independance in trade magazines"

Posted by Rob Doorack on May 22, 2009 at 11:20:41:
>>May I ask what happened of Listener?<<

Sure, it's no secret. Art sold the magazine to a company that specialized in, as I recall, niche lifestyle magazines for the well - heeled. Under the new owners Listener continued to grow in circulation (it was on track to pass TAS in circulation within a few years) and was consistently profitable, as it always had been. Unfortunately the magazine wasn't profitable enough to suit the new owners. They decided that they could get a greater return by investing their money elsewhere, so they killed Listener.

As for accomodation sales, I'm afraid I have to agree with Sordidman's pithy comment "Newbie, Do a search; yo!" That issue has been beaten to death here for over a decade. No one has ever been able to present a logical and convincing explanation of exactly how the opportunity to buy a component at a discount - subject to the rules about resale that all the magazines impose - allegedly affects the content or honesty of reviews.