There is no doubt that many people benefit financially from magazines. There are many jobs that people don't think about and there are many things needed to make magazines. It's easy to see that the magazine company and its employees make money but many other companies make money aswell. There is a long process that takes the magazine from the writers table to your night stand. This process involves many companies and needs many people to make it possible.
Everything leads into somethings else that essentially leads into another resource needed to make the magazine. First, the articles are drafted by writers. Automatically someone is making money because of the magazine. The writers are making money but if they are hand writing the draft, paper companies make money and if they are typing the draft, computer companies make money. Software companies are also making money when the article is first written on a computer since most writers will use certain software for formatting. These drafts are then edited which means more employees of the magazine company are getting paid. The articles need pictures so the company pays photographers and the photographers buy cameras. The camera company makes money because the magazine is being created. The magazine then needs to be printed. This means that the lumber companies make money fgrom seeling wood to paper factories and paper factories make money from selling paper to the magazine company. Printing companies need to be paid for printing the magazines and a lot of ink is used to create the magazines so the ink companies are making money in the process aswell. So where does the magazine go after it is printed?
Once the magazine is approved by the head editors and the company is satisfied it is sold to stores. This is where the company ultimatly makes its money. However, the magazine doesn't just magically get to the shelves. Transportation companies need to be paid and the buy trucks so truck companies also make money as well as the transportation company. The magazines are then put on the shleves and sold to the public leading to the final transaction and the stores making their money.
As you can see, many organiztions and companies can benefit from one magazine. It can shape many peoples lives and make many different people money. I could go more in depth on how the customer gets to the store or how they get they're money. I can go on forever because one thing leads to another. I have listed the important companies so that you will see that the store is not the only one making money when you buy a magazine and now everytime you buy one you can think of all the people that just benfitted from your purchase.