I never "save for web"- I think that shrinks the color gamut to the 256 web-safe colors. I flatten, resize to about 4 inches on the longer side, at 72 dpi. Then save as a JPG, adjusting slider to get it below 85. Some part of the process seems to add a few kb, so if it's any higher than 85 it ends up over 100. Good news is, I believe the sub standards for the new magazine permit files to be just under 500k- way easier to get a quality reduction with that much room.
Hope this is helpful.
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