Monthly Archives: March 2003

Less Worth: Worth Magazine, which has been more knocked off than any business magazine around, has shut down, sort of. Randy Jones is an extraordinary promoter and salesman…and has some Georgia-Tennessee connections. He knows as much about the magazine business … Continue reading →

Custom publishing defined: The Custom Publishing Council has officially defined custom publishing: “Custom publishing is the delivery of editorial content from a sponsoring company to a targeted audience. Whether in print or electronic form, custom publications provide intrinsically valuable information … Continue reading →

Greatness: LA Times media critic David Shaw thinks Texas Monthly is the best magazine around these days. Even if delivered with some heavy backhanded whalloping, Shaw’s praise is as big as, well… Quote: These stories engage even someone like me, … Continue reading →

Saffo sez: What he said. (rexblog flashback)

Warblog free zone: Again, I am glad this is not a warblog, because I would be ranting again about the desire on the part of those who are running and covering this war, including especially the green reporters and the … Continue reading →

Concern: Buried deep on my resume, so deep, it disappeared long ago, is a stint as an assistant peon at the Louisville Courier-Journal, long before its acquistion by Gannett. The chairman of the then family-owned newspaper was Barry Bingham. I’m … Continue reading →

Fierce? I’m glad I don’t keep a warblog, because if I did I would have to rant on the current (12:32 est) headline on nytimes.com that screams: “Iraqi Forces Offer Fierce Resistance.” The headline links to a story about “small … Continue reading →

Job blog: I try not to blog about the transactions of magazines or the comings and goings of personnel. This story in today’s NY Post is why. With a U.S. employee force of 1,750, each week VNU probably has a … Continue reading →

Budget redesigning: According to mediapost.com’s Dana Blankenhorn, Arthur Frommer’s Budget Travel is being redesigned. Quote: (Publisher Nancy) Telliho describes the word “Budget” in the title as more of a psychographic than a demographic marker. I don’t know about you, but … Continue reading →

Huh? Flipped on the TV to discover Don Hewitt talking with Aaron Brown. Hewitt is saying this is TV news finest hour. If that’s the case, please, turn off the alarm clock.

Finally, war news you can use The insightful folks who put out the WSJ’s “Best of the Web” e-news made this observation yesterday, ” It seems like a good portion of the National Football League has gotten involved in fighting … Continue reading →

Daypopping: I’m a big fan of Daypop, as some of you know. So (like with blogrolling.com), I’ve chipped in a small paypal donation/membership to the cause.

MRRs: Right after finishing one of those meals ready to eat, it appears our troops will have magazines ready to read (temp. link). I wonder if they’ll be dehydrated? (rexblog flashback post)

Why? If I were Conde Nast, I would have waited much longer before naming a new editor for GQ. Why go and spoil the publicity machine this empty position seemed to fuel among reporters hoping to pick up future free-lance … Continue reading →

Operation Overload (or left-over notes from my vacation): Those familiar with my news junkie tendencies may be surprised to learn that I have sworn off TV and Internet coverage of the war. I believe, rather, that the best coverage of … Continue reading →