Daily Archives: Monday, October 27, 2003

Shocking! Is this a blow to the journalistic integrity of celebrity magazines, or what? In a scoop that is destined to rock the magazine world, Photo District News is reporting that People Magazine art directors photoshopped last week’s cover to, … Continue reading →

Missing the point: The Authors Guild is crying foul about Amazon’s new book search feature claiming it may violate authors’ contracts. However, as Eugene Volokh points out, even if true, “Amazon would still have a decent fair use claim even … Continue reading →

Magazine buzzword of the day: I can say fairly confidently that in the two-year history of this weblog, this is the first time I’ve used the word “wantedness.” While I’ve blogged the concept of the desire to measure how much … Continue reading →

Custom publishing update: U.S. Ambassador to Helsinki Bonnie McElveen-Hunter is leaving her post at the end of the year to return to Greensboro, N.C., (last item) and the custom publishing company she founded there, Pace Communications.

Brand extension: Mr. Magazine, Samir Husni, was quoted during the weekend in a story about politics. Go figure. I mean, “Way to go!”