Does geography matter. You bet. Iowa? We're outta here...

There have been many examples of big companies buying smaller, funky titles and then promptly tamping them into a corporate mould, thereby losing the very things that made them work. There have been some Canadian examples (does anyone remember Harrowsmith being acquired by Telemedia?)But there has rarely been a case like ReadyMade magazine, a San Franciso independent much beloved of its audience,