To be fair to MMC, the probability of a customer buying a new M3W suffering in the way the "early adopters" have is much reduced.
It is hard to work out what MogMag's business plan is and what the magazine is intended to achieve. It reminds me of the magazine that BMW sends out evert 4 months to owners, yet that is free and cannot be bought.
MogMag is paid for, I've seen it in WHS at major airports and stations. So it is clearly not part of the MMC marketing/A&P budget. Even so MMC and MogMag do seem to have a somewhat "comfortable" relationship.
But I'm certain there is no formal link as the quality and sophistication of the MogMag images and marketing "spin" are far better than anything that comes directly out of MMC!