Porn Confluence Moves Mag to Change Name

Spam filters often blocked The Beaver ; it'll be Canada's History
By Will McCahill,  Newser Staff
Posted Jan 12, 2010 8:00 PM CST
Porn Confluence Moves Mag to Change Name
The last edition of "The Beaver" under its old name.   (Canada's History Society)

Canada’s second-oldest magazine is changing its name after finding itself at an unfortunate intersection with Internet pornography. Like many print publications, history publication The Beaver is struggling to add readers, and its name often leads spam filters and other safeguards to block its content. It will relaunch in April as Canada’s History, the National Post reports.
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