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Length matters when it comes to print format.

but george-harrison-has-an-opinion is a lot easier to type without mistakes than An6X9z16Q.

and really it both sucks, which is why many print magazines collect an edition's links on a special page like magazinename.com/2014/5.

Yeah, they shouldn't be doing it like that. they should have control of their own shortener.