In reply to Mick Ryan - UKClimbing.com:
> For a sustainable climbing media you have to embrace all climbers, and embrace both quality and quantity, short attentions and more discerning attention spans, image, style and substance.
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> Above all you have to be respectful of your readers who are also your contributors.
One of the many reasons i buy Alpinist magazine is because in my opinion it does exactly that.
It features numerous contributions from 'normal' people, not just the usual superstars you find in most mags, who may be good at climbing, but should leave the writing for people who does it better. Not only that, but it pays acceptably well to anyone who gets anything published.
The range of articles both in content and 'length' is wide, and there's a good choice of short (in my case) toilet reading, or longer bed time articles.
Also, i found it to be the only mag that apart of having the best photography, it's rich in text, and i don't read it and dump it within the hour after buying it.
I did never notice any lack of respect to it's readers/contributors, more the opposite.