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Last year, the American Society of magazine editors caused kerfuffle among editorial when it changed how prestigious general excellence award dictates. Since the ASME said, the award will be based on the magazine's content rather than circulation size.
How long is simple, but arbitrarily, resulting in a face-offs between such w title and Backpacker. But there's a new way
So for 2012, ASME renamed category special-interest magazines and special interest magazines to include niche Bloombergmagazine asthe market and Backpacker. Such GQmagazine, Wiredand Popular Mechanics found a home in the public interest.