One problem was the mix of magazines they owned. Some soft porn, which is a market that is shrinking due to the Internet, plus a lot of computer and gaming titles, a market that is very well filled with competing titles. Also, they paid well over the odds for some of their aquisitions. At least it appears that ME etc are safe, and as is states they are profitable, hopefully they will thrive when not have to support other publications. Alan --- Charles & Dorothy Brumbelow <cbrumbelow@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Reading between the lines a bit, one might conclude > that the publishing > business was profitable but not enough so to service > the debt ___________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Photos ? NEW, now offering a quality print service from just 8p a photo http://uk.photos.yahoo.com MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email to, modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line.