• Media Decoder / The New York Times, Monday, October 31, 2011 3:50 PM

If this trend continues, next September’s issue of Vogue could fulfill my entire annual subscription!  The November issue of Every Day With Rachael Ray seemed so successful, according to its publisher -- 322 ideas, 121 recipes and 40-plus bonus pages -- that it was counted as two issues for subscribers. 

The news, contained in a letter enclosed in the issue, didn’t sit too well with many recipients, so financially stressed Reader’s Digest Association agreed to extend the subscriptions of those who complained.  Those subscription -- and any lingering bad feelings -- will now be handed over to Meredith Corp., which today completed its acquisition of Every Day With Rachael Ray.

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