MR Letters

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but if you figure out why your mag is selling I'd think you'd want to exploit that. I agree about "devoted to spanking". Do you remember "Spanker's Monthly"? Do you remember Jonathon Winters in his Maude Frickert persona joking about it?

I have heard of "Spanker's Monthly" but unfortunately never saw a copy.

They sold some copies to spankers but they didn't cater to spankers - that's the difference. They kept it mainstream enough to appeal to many different tastes.

Which is easier:
a) writing a magazine that's chocked full of letters about spanking, or
b) writing a magazine that's maybe got a copy of spanking letters in it, along with letters about other things?

Here's a hint - if you go with option B the spankos will still buy your magazine because (at that time) there was just so little mainstream spanking material out there while if you go with option A you might run afoul of obscenity laws.

The Weekly World News was a bit similar - they would have the occasional spanking story in their magazine - and if it got a good response they would run the same article again a few years later. They would change some of the details but the story would be the same.

For example, there are several versions of http://books.google.ca/books?id=fewDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA46&lpg=PA46&dq=weekly+world+news+sp ank&source=bl&ots=pU9ovR-tzT&sig=nNH4KelcXyjs7dgIOjaO4-dBblc&hl=en&ei=dml_TtK8BOLZ0QH w1O3sDw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=8&ved=0CDgQ6AEwBw#v=onepage&q=weekly%20w orld%20news%20spank&f=false (judge tells husband to spank his wife) and http://books.google.ca/books?id=D_EDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT32&lpg=PT32&dq=weekly+world+news+sp ank&source=bl&ots=2xVRkz-ks3&sig=VnfpGuMCiN5YK2iS4ERH8gMzjcg&hl=en&ei=dml_TtK8BOLZ0QH w1O3sDw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBoQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=weekly%20w orld%20news%20spank&f=false (child kills a child physiologist who told the child's parents to spank).

Typing "weekly world news spank" into google can bring hours of fun - and show you how they repeated the articles. For example, I said "child" above because the same story has been written about boys and girls (but most times it's a boy) ages 8 to 12. Other than the names, places, dates, and ages it's the same story that pops up again and again - every 18 months or so. As for their advise column, every two or three issues there would a reference to someone getting (or needing to get) spanked. Spanking was only a small part of the Weekly World News, but it got them a few more buyers... Just as those spanking letters got a few more people buying MR.

Goodgulf

Jeepers Rollin. You just made me feel Ancient..........eh......ahh....er...... I mean Venerable! Just like you. Grin!

Us old, I mean seasoned, spankos also remember The Justice Weekly, a Canadian publication, which ran spanking letters among other letters. I never could quite figure out just what readership besides spankophiles they served, but then again I never read any of it but the spanking letters.

Unlike some other people posting on this thread, I was unfortunately born too late too appreciate this periodical (unlike the um... "seasoned spankos" lol). Through the wonder of the internet, I discovered many of the articles not too long ago. I look forward to perusing this post even though I don't normally indulge in F/M much. It's funny that I don't, because often when I write (on the internet) about my real life, that is very often the nature of the subject lol. Thank you for posting this.

Regards,
Christian