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Old 02-13-2007, 03:27 PM
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Originally Posted by James35
Seems like there is definitely an opportunity/demand for a RC Racing magazine. A magazine that focused on racing would be a good seller. There are over 41,000 members in this forum alone. If a fraction of that number were racers, that's definitely enough to be profitable making an RC Racing magazine. 10,000 subscribers x $30 per year is $300,000 per year. Who's got the ability to make a magazine? Take advantage of this opportunity. Make it happen.
... minus print costs, computer equipment, overrun costs, photography fees, employee salaries, travel to the events to get the newsworthy stories, and finally shipping - it's not as much $$$ as you think. 10,000 subscribers would give you a small start, however, it's not the readers that make a magazine a money-making success - it's the advertisers. Unless the top-shelf advertisers are willing to step away from the current crop of magazines and invest into an unknown - starting a magazine will not be as lucrative as you may think.

What might work is an active newsletter - however, with the access to information that is on this site, making a newsletter work will be a tough business.
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