Daily Archives: Monday, March 11, 2002

The Tennessean borrows heavily from the Washington Post coverage of David Vise’s controversial book purchasing patterns. It took the hometown paper a week to report the news regarding their former cub-reporter. I saw Vise at lunch today in a meeting … Continue reading →

Fresh from announcing the shuttering of New Choices, Readers Digest is reported to be negotiating the acquisition of Reiman Publications, publisher of the farm and country reader-generated content magazines which accept no advertising. Rumored price: $800 million. Notice the New … Continue reading →

Custom magazines are thriving, says the Dow Jones News Wire. Includes a quote from our good friend, Jim Gabal. Hope he’s accurate. Quote: That translates into good times for custom publishing companies, one of the few publishing segments growing in … Continue reading →

The New York Times’ Richard W. Stevenson explores the politics of recession and recovery. (Speaking of the Times, check out their new “news tracker” service. While not exactly revolutionary [I’m very familiar with at least one other site that offers … Continue reading →

No one alive that day will forget September 11, 2001. Yet with each day, the memory grows more selective in the details it recalls. As our lives have returned to routine, they have not returned to normal. Nor will they. … Continue reading →