Sebastion, I wasn't forgetting that Dazed also produce Another and Another man, I wouldn't exactly call that 'a shed load of other magazines'.
I also feel that just because they have two other publications, that is no reason to stop caring about the state of Dazed - which over the past ten years has laid the foundations for the Another publications.
In my opinion it seems to get shitter every issue. There was a time when it was interesting and actually cool.
Today it's full of fucking advertorials, shit music and mediocre fashion. The art direction is predictable and the cover stars are boring - Franz Fucking Ferdinand in 2005?????
At the end of the day, it comes down to ££££ and sales, and Dazed have chosen to sell out.
If they got rid of some of the bigger names (Cathy Edwards, Nicki Bidder, Callum McGeoch, Peter Stitson etc) and replaced them with a bunch of kids who are still have some excitement, they might bring Dazed back to life.
I really hope something happens before it does exactly what The Face did.
I hope this post is not offensive to anyone in the wider Dazed family, but I remember when I was aged 25 and Dazed was fucking rocking. I find it quite sad that I now don't even bother to flick through it, am I really the only one?