daemon@decwrl.UUCP (02/07/84)
From: akov68::boyajian Most magazines are dated one cycle (or thereabouts) ahead of the date on the cover (ie. the "February" issue appears in January, the "February 10"th issue appears February 3rd, etc.). The reason for this is that the date tells the retailer when that issue is to be taken *off* sale. Of course, some magazines let this advance dating get out of hand -- comics for instance are dated 4(!) months in advance. --- jayembee (Jerry Boyajian, DEC Maynard) UUCP: (decvax!decwrl!rhea!akov68!boyajian) ARPA: (decwrl!rhea!akov68!boyajian@Shasta)
smith@umn-cs.UUCP (Richard Smith) (02/10/84)
#R:decwrl:-548300:umn-cs:700004:000:189 umn-cs!smith Feb 9 16:44:00 1984 I heard that the standard newsstand policy is to discard any magazine dated BEFORE the day's date. So, all magazines dated January must disappear from display by February 1, etc. Rick.