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Podcast: Read Beat (...and repeat)
Episode: Interview with Samir "Mr. Magazine" Husni
Description: Media folks have been taking questions about the magazine industry to "Mr. Magazine" for decades. Samir Husni, 70, now retired after more than 30 years as a professor at the University of Mississippi, is still the oracle when it comes to magazines with his Mr. Magazine blog (https://mrmagazine.me/)."It's the world of bookazine these days," said Husni, referring to the single-issue publications that turn up at checkout counters across America on subjects from Amazon to Zorro.In 2023 at least 1,000 bookazine titles hit the marketplace, he said. In addition to filling ballparks, Taylor Swift led in the number...