January/February 2007 Issue

• Salary Survey: Who’s making what? We tell you with a greater degree of accuracy than ever before. Also: we quantify the value of seniority and, another first, sales commissions as a percentage of salary.
• Q&A with Jean Durocher, President of Les Éditions Gesca Ltée., publisher of seven daily newspapers in Quebec—and a growing number of magazines in English Canada. 
• Circulation Matters: Here, for the first time, is a behind-the-scenes look at how The Walrus went from zero to 50,000 paid in just three years. By Scott Bullock. 
• Point Taken: October’s Supreme Court of Canada ruling in favour of freelancer Heather Robertson leaves far too many issues in the lurch. By Osgoode Hall Law School Professor Giuseppina (Pina) D'Agostino. 
• Score Card: Paul Jones likes what he sees in SWAY, a quarterly for Toronto-area blacks. 
• Good Question: D.B. Scott on what makes a “quality” magazine. Also: the art (not science) of great covers. 
• People in Print: a profile of Rue Morgue founder Rod Gudino. His fascination with horror has spawned an indie empire—and a feel-good story for anyone who’s ever been told  “It can’t be done.” 
• Cover Shots: It’s a left-coast dogfight—The Bark (based in California) pits against Vancouver’s Modern Dog. 
• Starts, Stops & Changes: Transcontinental Media invests in Vancouver’s booming real estate market with a magazine for condo dwellers. Plus: glossies for shy people, chronic Canucks and Quebec scooter riders. 
• Peep Show: Biker pics, House & Home’s 20th bash, Team NUVO, Rick Salutin, Lynn Cunningham, the Flare braintrust, Stan Sutter’s golden locks, Gary Stephen Ross, Kim Peacock and Matt O’Grady. 
• Cartoonist Charles Jaffé on how the new Ad/Edit guidelines will be enforced. Hint: shunning and shaming have much to do with it.