Content and programming will make the difference for magazines, say investors

Magazines are still a good investment, according to a report in Folio: about the 8th annual DeSilva and Phillips dealmaker's summit, held in New York. Some of what was said:“We would not invest in newspapers. With magazines, maybe. It depends on the market. Newspapers have a fundamental issue where they don’t deliver as much value as their alternatives. With magazines, that fundamental issue

Mags asked what -- if any -- changes they'd like in competition and investment policy

Should we be commenting and what should we be saying? That's the question that Magazines Canada is putting to its members; to advise it about the potentially far-ranging review that the federal government is conducting about foreign investment and competition policies.A bulletin has gone out to Magazines Canada's 350 consumer magazine member titles asking for comment by November 30 on some of