944 has turned into a pretty decent mag. And although it's also in LA, Vegas and who knows where else now, it did get its start in Scottsdale. But when it first came out (come on, someone has to remember this!!) it was awful. You couldn't read one line without finding 5 typos and the articles weren't even worth your time. I think the only reason anyone used to pick up 944 was for the pictures. Remember how it used to have pages and pages of party pics that their photog took of people (and by people, I mean overly tan guys with spikey hair and bleached blonde girls) at the Scottsdale bars?
Now, things are a little different. 944 got a good editor, better writers, interesting content and was able to expand to bigger cities. I actually used to get this mag delivered to my door when I lived in a Scottsdale apartment (don't ask me why but the complex gave them out to every resident) but now since I've moved, I don't see as many issues.
And while it will never be a favorite magazine of mine, it's still pretty cool that it got its start here and it can be entertaining from time to time.