Slog - Comments on This Sounds Good/Bad http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/this_sounds_goodbad Paid Content says that MagHound will launch in September. Maghound is an open subscription service, where you get three, four, or more magazines a month, but you're not locked into a particular magazine subscription: you can change the titles you receive any time you want. This sounds like a smart idea to me, and probably long overdue, but the catch comes in the desciption of the pricing: ...three titles for $3.95 per month; five titles for $7.95; seven titles for $9.95, and $1 per title for eight titles or more. Then titles that have a non-discounted traditional sub rate of... Copyright 2008 Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:36:04 -0800 Mon, 30 Jun 2008 20:23:55 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Matt Fuckin' Hickey This sounds amazing. I love magazines. There's something about a slick printed periodical that the Internet -- though I love her -- cannot match.



Here's the thing, though: If it's remotely successful, someone's going to come up with a clone of this service but with smut magazines, and they will make a zillion dollars.


Also, as far as the pricing goes, I think for a lot of people this would make a great gift. $5 a month for a couple magazines I can switch up? Thanks, Grandma, that's awesome.

]]> Matt Fuckin' Hickey http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/this_sounds_goodbad#c1063112 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/this_sounds_goodbad#c1063112 Books Mon, 30 Jun 2008 16:48:54 -0800 Comment by hawt Faghound? That sounds totally hawt

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