Daily Archives: Tuesday, December 9, 2003

Ouch: Tennessee Titan’s QB Steve McNair has sprains, strains, cracks and pulls and can’t practice. I guess this means he’ll play great Sunday.

You mean, it lost?: This Onion’s satirical story about a reality TV show set on an island “where the South won the Civil War” reminds me of the “what if history genre” book by Harry Turtledove, Guns of the South. … Continue reading →

And Microsoft isn’t always the great satan: A regular feature in James Taranto’s Best of the Web, is a running “What would we do without experts?” gag that links to headlines that include an obvious statement along with the clarifying, … Continue reading →

Don’t believe them: The masters of controversy PR are giving up? Don’t count on it. As much as I don’t necessarily condone its content, I would hate to see Abercrombie & Fitch throw in the towel (or, in AF’s case, … Continue reading →

Gift suggestion: Anne Martino suggests you should give your child a magazine subscription for Christmas. Last Christmas, I blogged a Barnes & Noble point-of-purchase promotion related to this idea.

Do magazine brands last forever? I rarely blog the shuttering of a magazine (it’s the circle of life, you know, magazines start and close everyday), however, it is noteworthy that CMP is closing the first magazine it ever published, EBM, … Continue reading →