Daily Archives: Monday, October 6, 2003

The Weak: The AP today moved a feature story on The Week Magazine and it has been picked up by enough newspapers to overload the google hack I use to track magazine industry mentions. Today’s article provides little more than … Continue reading →

A husni moment: I’m quoted in the current issue of the business magazine, the Nashville Post . (The magazine is not available online, but you should purchase a copy of it at the newsstand anyway.) On page 52, a short … Continue reading →

Hard & soft: While it is not without precedent for a newsstand magazine to market “split-run” covers (the same issue with different covers) the current issue of National Geographic marks that magazine’s first such experimentation with a split-run strategy, according … Continue reading →

More toney news: Is this a theme day? First a link to story about a magazine for rich kids and now one to a story about a magazine for rich adults. Are people playing tricks on me? Are you all … Continue reading →

Smash: It doesn’t get much more rexblog-worthy than this: Pete Sampras becomes a magazine owner (sort-of).

Resume builder: “Toney” is one of those adjectives like “venerable” – it shows up exactly where you expect it, as in an article about a senior at a “toney” private school in NYC starting a magazine for students of toney … Continue reading →

Up against the Wal: If you’ve been reading the rexblog, you’ll not be surprised with the package of stories in this week’s Advertising Age regarding the power of Wal-mart in the consumer magazine industry. Face it, you could pick any … Continue reading →