I guesse the 70s to 90s was the peak time for glossy magazines, it must of been a viable writing career for many folk who I guess now could be bloggers ?
Even before the huge magazine boom I used to love a weekly paper called the Exchange and Mart, where you could find virtually anything for sale.
Regarding freebees ....yes there were many on offer to encourage you to pick up and buy the literature, many a plastic gimmick was given away or a subsidiary magazine in a plastic bage stuck to the back!
Yep I liked the magazine age....