If you think 2019 was a good year for magazine publishing, you're ignoring the many iconic publications that died or became "zombies."
And if you think 2019 was a bad year for magazine publishing, you're ignoring the many big-money mutant publishers who have joined the magazine world. Along with the zombie that's coming back from the undead.
These strange doings are covered in my recent article for Publishing Executive: Zombies, Mutants & Resurrection: Magazine Publishing in 2019.
(Editor's Note: If he had written the headline, Mr. Tree would have put a comma after "Mutants". He strongly believes in bringing the Oxford comma back from the dead.)