"Dead" or "Discontinued" titles

Let's think about this sensibly. If I was a publisher with a journal that needed a hiatus -- I would suspend publication. In an ideal world, this would also mean that there would be a target date to resume publication. In the strange world of serials, however, publishers must prefer to discontinue a title and then resurrect it rather than suspending it. I work at a Jesuit University and the Nicene Creed states that we believe "that he [Christ] rose again" but I don't remember this applying to serials....?
Although I try to avoid using titles in my blog posts, I will use a couple here to illustrate my point. Emerge was a serial that was published from the early 90s through 2000. In 2000, it changed its name to Savoy. Under this title it was published, but not on a consistent basis, until mid 2003. At that point the title ended completely. About a year later, in 2004, another publisher picked up the title and restarted it -- and started again at volume 1 -- but only published 2 issues. The website still exists and it looks like the magazine is a going concern, but with no new issues since 2005, I consider it a "dead" title.

Another title that believes in resurrection is American Heritage. It ceased and nearly a year later another publisher picked it up and began publishing again. Again, there have been only 2 new issues and no hint that publishing will continue.
I would like to caution publishers not to torment library workers by "discontinuing" and then resuming publication again and again on certain titles....