Magazine Circulations are Down

11/13
Today I got an email from Essence magazine about Rihanna’s hairstylist’s birthday party. I found this to be just as odd as when I saw the email alert of Lisa Raye McCoy-Missick’s fight with her estranged husband. I think this is a result of Change, Conflict and Negotiation. Magazine sales have gone down so far this year. I believe it has everything to do with communicating in the Internet age. Magazines have to change the way they get their message across. Magazines are getting more expensive everyday. What magazines and the Internet have in common is advertising. The only way Essence, Vogue and Elle can keep their legacy alive is to change with the times. I am afraid the directions they will choose will be gossip and scandal. They clearly don’t believe in the value they’ve added to our lives. What a shame.