subscription file

No word on the quality of the subscription files, though the permanent-license downloads are said to be 192kbps WMA files.

Mr. Barr said it would take four to six weeks to analyze the subscription files of Health to determine how much In Health's circulation would increase.

(Kiplinger later bought its subscription file, as it did that of Individual Investor magazine, when that magazine folded in 2001.)

This purchase included YMs subscription file, title and brand name, rights to special publication titles, domain name (http://www.ym.com), and newsstand pockets.

Magazine Company announced yesterday that it had purchased certain assets, including the subscription files, name and trademarks, of Health magazine, one of seven titles that folded when Family Media Inc. closed on Aug. 7.

Jake Winebaum, president and editor in chief of Family Fun, a rival magazine published by Disney Magazine Publishing, said he had considered the possibility of buying Family Life either as a continuing publication or for its subscription file.