I believe it's well worth the $100.
It gives you a good feel for what's going on across the West, and where they are promoting hardest, ie where not to put in for.
I'm not big on the application service, it may be good for some guys, but not worth the money in my opinion.
One thing I have noticed lately is a flood of giveaway copies. Kind of decreases the value of it, and makes those who have paid $100 bones a bit po'd (myself included). But, that being said I still think it's money well spent.
With all of the new websites coming online that offer very easy to understand breakdowns of drawing odds and informtional websites such as this, the magazine may lose it's appeal to some degree, but it does have good articles and pics too.