"Mark J Underwood" wrote:

I have just purchased the April edition of Sky & Telescope and in my
opinion the quality and content has already started to slide following
the recent 'sell out' to another publisher.

Bummer. I'm an electronic archive subscriber, and I'm never disappointed
with the quality of articles -- it is obvious that much research effort and
enthusiasm is put into them. I can't comment on the advertising or paper
quality as I haven't bought a paper-based issue since 1998.