The magazines, the boat builders and suppliers, and most of the general
public know of the symbiotic relationship, I am surprised that no one told
Gould about it.

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"Wayne.B" wrote in message
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On Sat, 16 Oct 2004 10:49:07 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

My problem with boating and fishing mags is that they depend on the
ads for a living

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Its worse than that. They also depend on the builders and dealers for
test boats since they can't afford to buy them at retail. If they
start making unfavorable comments, the supply of test boats will dry
up very quickly.