Good thing I wasn't looking for Real Sports on a newsstand ....

I was going to pull the trigger on a subscription when I got to this page:

http://www.realsportsmag.com/mag/index.html

REAL SPORTS magazine began publishing in 1998 with the mission to change mainstream media coverage of women's sports, with a particular focus on team sports at the professional, collegiate and national team levels. The magazine quickly grew from a quarterly publication with 50,000 copies circulated to bi-monthly publication printing more than 150,000 copies per issue. REAL SPORTS magazine was soon referred to as The Authority in Women's Sports.
However, since the magazine's launch, seven women's professional leagues have gone out of business (along with four competing women's sports magazines). The lack of advertiser and reader interest in building a market for women's sports created an environment whereby REAL SPORTS had to change in order to stay viable.
Today, the company offers memberships into TEAM REAL SPORTS, providing a platform for growing a base of fans interested in women's sports. REAL SPORTS looks forward to the day when re-launching the print version of the magazine makes economic sense. If you like to purchase a previous issue, please select from the items below.


Man, there's some brutal truth in there.

I am going to get a membership, however. Which comes with "e-zines" and a T-shirt!