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Has anyone ever thought how cool it would be to have a MN magazine?

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fastasleep · 02/02/2006 17:41

Is that a totally impractical idea? I just had a weird thought that it would be so great to have a magazine about parenting issues written by parents, we have an endless supply of guest writers... it could have product tests, toy polls things like that and really hilarious columns by a few people I can think of!... There's too much stuff to list that we could utilise and turn into a magazine! There are quite a few people on MN who are really eloquent in voicing their opinions and I just thought it's a bit of a waste to leave them on the message boards.... it could have views from a broad spectrum of people about the same issue... it could be really great...

Is it totally impractical though? I s'pose you poor MN Owners aren't really very rich....

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jessicaandrebeccasmummy · 02/02/2006 17:42

Fab idea - i would get a yearly subscription as well as offer my crappy views!

sunchowder · 02/02/2006 17:46

Great Idea!

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fastasleep · 02/02/2006 17:48

I wanna know what MN Towers think!

...Impatience...

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zephyrcat · 02/02/2006 17:49

Fantastic idea - I've always wondered why they haven't done it yet!! I'm sure they'd get plenty of sponsors and advertising to get it going

katierocket · 02/02/2006 17:50

It would be a hell of a thing to organise, take loads of time and publishing is very expensive, lots of overheads and big print bills that require advertisers to commit tons of cash.

Angeliz · 02/02/2006 17:50

Excellent idea.
With a whole cookery section jst to annoy Cod!

Meanoldmummy · 02/02/2006 17:53

It is a WONDERFUL idea.

bundy · 02/02/2006 17:57

nah. I think the whole point of MN is that it's online.

uwila · 02/02/2006 17:57

But, if I had to read a magazine, it might take away from my chatting time.... when would I work?

Whizzz · 02/02/2006 18:04

But could you produce an online version ?

Produce it electronically & then attach it to here to downoad - change every month - subscribe to downoad ....?

OOOooo I'm really excited ! I want to do it

crunchie · 02/02/2006 18:08

BUT isn't MN an online magazine??

Whizz why would anyone pay for a donloaded mag when the information is here FREE OF CHARGE??

I work in publishing, and have worked for a baby magazine and TBH there is little/no market for a magazine that would be a 'paper' version of MN. Just look at the variety of views, look at our lives, I would HATE to read a baby mag, I want to read about everything that is relevant (or not) to my life. I read loads of womens mags, I read sunday supps, and I truely don't believe a magazine version of MN would be my cup of tea.

What would we keep in, what would we discard. Come onthe boards, read the product tests, who needs a paper copy??

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fastasleep · 02/02/2006 18:09

I've actually had a go at producing an online magazine for a poetry group I used to run, online magazines are my kind of thing, if it was online it would be a lot easier to create and a lot cheaper... you could download it from the homepage...

we could have article competitions and it would be a surprise to see who got in, ooh it's like school again! Lol

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fastasleep · 02/02/2006 18:11

I would have thought the online mag would be free...

It wouldn't be like a paper version of MN if it was what I was thinking of, it would be more like the family section of The Guardian, only better...

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Whizzz · 02/02/2006 18:13

I was thinking not a huge amount to pay but maybe to cover any costs - charity donation ??

Recipes, Party ideas, Kids crafts..... want to do it.....want to do it

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fastasleep · 02/02/2006 18:14

So do I so do I so do I!

Although I'm well known for my mad schemes that never work heehee

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Whizzz · 02/02/2006 18:27

Looks like its me & you then Fastasleep !

JanH · 02/02/2006 18:43

Well, actually...I was just remembering yesterday how there used to be loads of parenting mags, and they all did really well, but I have a feeling a lot of them went belly-up and I suspect the inernet had a lot to do with it (esp sites like MN, lol!)

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fastasleep · 02/02/2006 19:36

Lol well it was a nice idea....

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