Newspapers and magazines consist of all the publishers trying to guess what the public wants and is interested in reading, then, when they get it right [ which they must do on a constant basis ], the papers increase in circulation and can therefore charge more per edition and  increase their advertising charges, which go to pay expenses such as salaries, printing and delivery costs. What is left is their profit, which is used to pay bonuses or increase market size ( at additional expense ) that the newspaper or magazine covers. Simple but cumbersome.

You [ the public ] have only an indirect influence over the periodical's content ( surmised by the publishers based on popular trends ) but No direct voice on its pages.

We have a Brightonesque solution for this by creating a magazine for the people, by the people called . . . The Brighton Rag.

The world tends to treat its youth, the younger generation - and other free-thinking members of society rather light-heartedly - never taking their beliefs, convictions and therefore suggestions at all seriously. The older, and perhaps more conservative members of society believe those groups of people to be naive or "not mature enough" to have opinions worth taking note of.

Yet it always seems to be students and free-thinkers that ask the most intriguing and thought provoking questions. It seems that great changes across the globe have often been instigated by students and free-thinkers marching, protesting and sometimes rioting just to be heard, to shock open the eyes of the general public to the truth out there and to inspire great [ and typically overdue ] change to the status quo.

And through these wake-up calls, societies are now more open-minded socially, politically and environmentally. The examples are set in history.

We want a local magazine where the regions' youth and free-thinkers have an opportunity to seriously convey their views, observations and anything else that they think our readers will find amusing, interesting, or necessary. Brighton Rag will also have an interactive forum of sorts where the general public ( who are members ) can leave their comments and suggestions, which can combine to influence the content of the following edition - and so on...

...there are will be regular weekly columns by familar and well-respected authors.

The construct of the magazine will evolve organically over time in response to readers' and writers' [ who are - in effect - partners ] requirements.

The magazine will only be available on the internet so the only cost will be a quarterly or annual  subscription charge which entitles you to view the latest weekly edition on-line or sent directly to your mobile, personal site, or any social networking site ( like Facebook, MySpace, or Twitter - to name a few ] ; plus you will have access to full commentary input. 

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