Re: Major Taylor

On Fri, 30 May 2025 07:46:24 -0700, Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com>
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On Fri, 30 May 2025 09:59:05 -0400, Catrike Ryder
<Soloman@old.bikers.org> wrote:
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On Fri, 30 May 2025 09:47:36 -0400, Catrike Ryder
<Soloman@old.bikers.org> wrote:
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On Fri, 30 May 2025 06:25:00 -0700, Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com>
wrote:
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On Fri, 30 May 2025 06:18:01 -0400, Catrike Ryder
<Soloman@old.bikers.org> wrote:
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On Thu, 29 May 2025 16:36:45 -0400, Frank Krygowski
<frkrygow@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
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Major Taylor made the cover of The New Yorker magazine.
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https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cover-story/cover-story-2025-06-02
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He deserves more recognition than he commonly gets.

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An article in an obscure paywalled leftist magazine isn't going to get
him much recognition.

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Not really "obscure":
<https://deadline.com/2025/02/new-yorker-centenary-defies-magazine-downturn-1236296103/>
"The New Yorker with its 1.23 million subscribers..."

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In the USA, they're rated as 21st, after The American Legion Magazine
and American Rifleman, both of which are also obscure..
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Actually, all magazines are obscure, nowdays.

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Sorry, forgot  the cite;
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_magazines_by_circulation

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The Wikipedia circulation list is only up to date to 2016.  See the
"This article has multiple issues" box near the top of the page.
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This list seems a little better:
"Top 100 U.S. Magazines by Circulation"
<http://www1.psaresearch.com/images/TOPMAGAZINES.pdf>
The New Yorker is 88 out of 100.  Not great, but hardly obscure.

A million and a half subscribers in a USA population of 3.5 million,
and some of them are in other countries.

--
C'est bon
Soloman