Agreed.
I have long been of the opinion that this is the way the print industry survives / evolves. Give me an experience that I want / enjoy. make it a premium experience, something to look forward to. Book bind, heavyweight paper, gorgeous photography, long form stories, etc. and I will consume it.
But too often the bean counters come in and start slashing the quality of the product in order to save costs…stable binding, thinner, cheap paper, etc.
The old LAVA magazine was great for triathletes…heavy stock paper, great articles, etc. but they killed it off.
Hence my initial reaction above that they were killing off Peloton and merging it into VN…so I am glad it was the reverse (even though I have had a decades long connection to VN). Hopefully they add some better content to Peloton and nurture it.