Apparently Not Only Pop Stars Are Dying
So My Mean Friend Karen, The Moggiest, should be writing this post because she found the below article that Vibe is dying (or when you fold, does that make you dead already?) She sends me sad texts from time to time to remind me the current state of the print industry. "Paste's new look is smaller than t.v. guide :(" And my own negligence to renew my New Yorker subscription has them pan handling me with crazy low rates.
Warren Buffet put some nails in the coffin stating that print journalism is something not worth would investing in, and there is some morbid blog that updates the day by day slaughter of newspaper jobs. I like holding a magazine and flipping through the pages. I like looking at the pictures and finding a smart writer to keep my eye out for. So I won't pretend that it doesn't depress me, a little bit.
Only a little, because I have you fine people to look forward to reading. The people who want to write will find a way to do it. So I added the following link that gives a pretty dead on reaction to the ongoing print massacre. And with that said, I'm going to write a check to the New Yorker. Frere-Jones is worth 25 dollars.
http://gawker.com/5304647/vibe-folds-updated
http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/06/29/journalism/index.html
Locating MOG account...
Comments (16)
Now it will be getting harder to read print journalism about deforestation.
Yes, good point. And with writers we don't even have to look at them to judge how they'll spend their $$$. Those poor bastards will never get paid! You sir, are silly.
You mean I'm
moronicironic, right?Yes. You are an ironic moron ;)
Good News! Paste is alternating with a "TV Guide" size, every "other" month. I was just being paranoid. That's actually not so bad... when I first started subscribing they only had bimonthly issues. Ahhhh there's sunny side. :D
Everyone in my fam (except my sister) still subscribes to at least one magazine of personal interest. Me, I take the lead with 5...The New Yorker, Yoga Journal, Paste, InStyle (that I didn't order), and Success Magazine (compliments of ACN) Canceled my former orders, Real Simple and National Geographic, which became too expensive (but if I ever have a fam I'll start ordering again) luckily I have all of my previous issues still in storage. :)
In agreement with you, " I like holding a magazine and flipping through the pages." What sexier than a room filled with books/mags? A room filled with music? No, I think a room filled with both. Perhaps means limiting due to the recession will drive people back to the simple pleasure of print journalism... which can (soon to only) be found in the aisles of your local public library. ;) lol
Oh, it'll be back... In the meanwhile it'll just make what remains that much better, right? Hey, aren't you glad you didn't agreed to the "original" Bred Winner biz idea? Way back on page 198 of Karen's next career plan. ;) ha ha
My dad still get's me a subscription to National Geographic which is pretty cool of him. Was the Orginal Biz plan a children's book? Can't remember. I like drinking coffee and flipping through Dwells gift guide to see what I can't afford. Makes me feel poor and bohemian.
The children's book is the now biz plan. The original biz plan was a spin off of The New Yorker in Lex, to be call,The Bred Winners. It works better for a children's book.:)
I heart Dwells, but have to think while reading it... those people must be miserable. To never truly be able to enjoy the simple pleasures of life... ;) lol Not to worry, once one of my big ideas takes hold, I'll buy you a couch (out of Dwells) or something. ;)
As an escapee after a couple decades of toil in the Manhattan magazine world (yes, you would know several of the titles and may even have bought one or two issues), it is sad to see what is happening. Of all my friends in the business, only two are both a) still employed and b) not utterly miserable. The reasons for mags' demise are, to my mind, varied and complicated, but it seems in the end to boil down to advertising. As the friend who was until recently the editor of an iconic but struggling monthly summed it up, "If you're a 25-year-old media buyer at Gray who wants to carve out a reputation for yourself, you don't do it buying space in magazines. That stuff's for the dinosaurs."
At this point you are probably saying to yourself that advertisers can't be that retrograde and stupid. Yes, they can. Not that many of the industry's wounds aren't self-inflicted, but others are not of their own making. It's sad to see Vibe folding, but the unfortunate truth is that it doesn't have a great natural ad base. Same goes for Blender. And why do you think Rolling Stone shrank?
Moggiest? You mean the magazine startup I was looking to invest in? That was never called the Bred Winner . . . maybe you called it that in your head, but I wanted it to be named something else.
Anyway, I'm getting to a point where it's hard for to fight for music mags. For me, music is better served on a mixed media site such as this where you can listen to tracks, watch videos, and choose to view photography. You also have the interactive aspect, along with the instant access to other bands you might like.
Soon we'll have to pay for this pleasure. So like JJ, we should get it while we can.
obviosly a big factor is the online accessability of information, when one can read about anything and everything a newspaper or magazine could report on...and way more -> and for the majority of people, it's easier and affordable with a common price tag of whatever your internet costs you...and for me, since I schmooze and peruse on the internet at work...well, I guess you could say that I get paid to MOG and jam on last.fm and read goofy blog posts about stuff I'm interested ->
Anyhoo, I can't say it depresses me considering the only time I read a magazine is at the doctor's office ->
Nect up on CNN -> "Obama announces a countrywide bailout program for editors and publishers who were once successful but are now struggling." -> yeah right, but I must agree with you "The people who want to write will find a way to do it" -> & "music is better served on a mixed media site such as this where you can listen to tracks, watch videos, and choose to view photography. You also have the interactive aspect, along with the instant access to other bands you might like" -> well put
But Mr. Durden, the (multi) billion dollar question is: if or when we will have to pay for literature online. On that point, this is interesting, http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=106347439, as well as informative considering how gross Jell-O is.
the link you pasted...well, the only access to the internet I have is at work, and my firewall is blocking me from wherever it is you wanted me to go -> as for paying for shit I read online, can't see it happening soon, but I think they'll tax or charge for anything they can ->
always hated Jell-O, and I find Bill Cosby's voice obnoxious -> but I will say I love Puddin Pops -> although, the funnest drunkeness in my life was Jell-O shooters between me and 2 of my bi-sexual girlfriends at the time -> but that was another me, long in the past, before I saw the advantage of being clean and sober...though I don't get freaky with 2 girls at once anymore -> bummer ->
Wow Mr. Durden, what a colorful past you have chosen to share with us.
coming back a week later, I can't believe I actually shared that, I'm sorry for the lack of taste in my previous comment ->
I don't usually degrade my own character, but that makes me sound like a real douch -> well, I was back then, but still -> sorry
my sarcasm usually gets lost on most, I don't want anything to do with 2 girls at once -> I'm happily married ->
No need to apologize. No judgement here.