I love chesed and sharing whatever I have with others. I want to present a theoretical point: Suppose in your city, only one person buys Mishpacha and manages to share it with all the yidden of your city. And suppose the same takes place everywhere, namely, due to the “high cost” of the Jewish magazine, only one appointed Yid buys one issue of the magazine, and it is shared by the entire kehillah. How do you think that will affect the business of the magazine? Either they will go out of business, or they will need to multiply the charge for the single issue that was bought! Magazines rely heavily on the income from subscribers and purchasers. If everyone is accessing the magazine from a “free edition” that is being generously passed around, the magazine goes bankrupt. The Jewish magazines are yiddishe businesses, run by fellow yidden trying to make a living while providing a wonderful service. They employ many yidden who rely on the magazine for their livelihood. To circumvent the income from the magazine by doing a wonderful chesed of sharing it with others may harm other yidden. If someone wants to share the magazine with others (say, hang up the magazine on the shul bulletin board so all can read it for free), maybe the magazine needs to be compensated for the lost revenue you cause by being a do-gooder.
