An ad-free shopping magazine is apparently not a contradiction in terms

The first issue of ShopSmart, a new quarterly shopping magazine from the same organization, Consumers Union, that publishes Consumer Reports magazine and the companion online site ConsumerReports.org, is on Canaadian newsstands this week (thanks for the tip, Joyce). ShopSmart retails for C$5.99($4.99 in the U.S.). Subscriptions are apparently not offered. Unfortunately, though understandably,