MAD Magazine is a counter culture publication that was founded in the 1960's by William M. Gaines. The magazine satirizes everything from popular television and entertainment, to important political issues and government leaders. Despite the fact that MAD contains no advertisements, it has flourished for more than three decades and is still widely read today.         In today's media advertisement has become a necessary part of the business, Ads fill the pages of newspapers, magazines, even …showed first 75 words of 325 total…

…showed last 75 words of 325 total…most young people who read the magazine have parents who have read or still read it.         The final factor is that MAD often contains lurid subject matter, which attracts a lot of younger readers. This would attribute to it's current success, along with a television show that was created for the FOX Network that was based on MAD.         The success of MAD, I believe, makes it one of the most extraordinary publications of today's media.