Did Marcus buy Trailer Life?
I've noticed that aside from the enormous amount of Good Sam and Camping World advertising in Trailer Life, the editorial strongly slants their way too. To me, the magazine is starting to look more li...
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Seattle Lion wrote:
I am a fairly new subscriber to Trailer Life. I am not talking about ads here, nor about Good Sam club inserts. The base editorial, more often than not, points readers to Camping World. There is no reason to do this. A neutral editorial policy would point readers to the manufacturer's website and let the reader find a dealer.
If Marcus didn't buy Trailer Life, his advertising dollars are corrupting their editorial policy. This isn't unusual. "Do-it-yourself" magazines frequently write editorial to support advertisers. After all, subscriptions do not pay for a magazine (I used to publish them). Advertising dollars are what keeps a magazine alive.
In any case, I think that Trailer Life has become such a blatant huckster for CW, I am losing interest in the magazine.
Perhaps I'm wrong here but I think you have missed what several replies (not about CU) here have stated. There was ALREADY an affiliation between Good Sam/Camping World's holding company Affinity Group and Trailer Life. Marcus "bought" and/or became CEO of Affinity Group. Basically, Yes, he bought Trailer Life when he originally bought Affinity Group because it was already owned by the company he bought.
Again, I say all that based on the replies I've read here and Google/Wikipedia which are never, ever wrong :) :) :)
