The Duluth News Tribune indeed covered the story of Buscaglia's resume enhancement on the front page of its June 28, 2007, edition. Seven years later it is not an awkward omission to leave that detail out in a brief story about her magazine's demise. 

I wrote three articles for Duluth-Superior Magazine at the time it launched, and I've also contributed to its competitors, Lake Superior Magazine and The Woman Today. In terms of quality, I always felt Duluth-Superior Magazine fell in the middle. I could always find something entertaining enough to read in whatever reception area I was sitting in that had a copy, but I was never compelled to subscribe. 

Lake Superior Magazine succeeds because the content is good and it appeals to people all around the lake -- Duluth, Superior, Marquette, Thunder Bay, etc.

The Area Woman succeeds because it is free, so people pick it up and thumb through it even if they have no interest in reading a single article.

To have a subscription-based magazine that appeals just to people in Duluth/Superior, with a fringe market of people in the Twin Cities or former Duluthians abroad is a huge challenge that I doubt anyone will take on again. It is impossible for a small magazine to be timely in reporting any news, and digging into anything juicy that might offend advertisers would also be ruinous. So, as John puts it, "profiles on happy, enthusiastic, positive, energetic go-getters," is the only other content choice. Getting a large-enough subscriber base out of that is a tough assignment. Considering the landscape, Buscaglia and Duluth-Superior Magazine performed very well in my opinion.

Well, this was interesting.