They're everywhere - within Apple Wizards , MacAddict, Macworld, and elsewhere. I have written reviews for over five years, including reviews of Mac software and hardware in Apple Wizards and MacAddict, for a few websites here and there, for the largest fan-based Nintendo 64 website, and even a golf club review website. I've read reviews in ten times as many places, contacted reviewers about problems, and dealt with companies looking to have their products reviewed. Well, a few things. All three serve to taint, damage, or disillusion.
None are healthy.
Let's get to it. Beware the Politics Reviews are perhaps the most political thing a magazine endures. Suppose we have a magazine called MacPro, which is heavily advertised in by Adobe. Advertising, or lack thereof, can cause smaller companies' products to be ignored by the press. Because they don't advertise.