Monthly Archives: March 2004

Not easy as ABC: “There’s no Plan B at the moment,” says the publisher of Tall Magazine in an article in the Oakland Tribune. That’s not true. I suggested a Plan B last August when I first blogged this start-up.

The consumer magazine about giving update: Perhaps fearful of the term vaporzine, a start-up magazine I blogged in Janurary has issued a press release that is similar to their first release. The first one, however, says they will launch in … Continue reading →

Southern exposure: I’m attempting to e-mail this post to the rexblog as the news of a recall of Southern Living due to a defective recipe is too hot (sorry) to wait until finding wi-fi. I think SL should have issued … Continue reading →

New, old friend: At dinner last night, I told Jeff Jarvis a story from a decade or so ago about how bizarre (in some ways) it was when I met for the first time “in person” some people I had … Continue reading →

Blog connection: When I realized a presentation I was making at a seminar at Northwestern University was at the the same time blog-star Jeff Jarvis was here for a project with the Medill School of Journalism, we agreed that dinner … Continue reading →

How could they leave? The Nashville City Paper reports that after 30 years, Amusement Business Magazine is “pulling out of” Nashville, the magazine center of the universe, and moving its headquarters to, get this, LA. According to the the paper, … Continue reading →

Wal-You Magazine: Adage.com is reporting “the long-expected announcement of Time Inc. giving the green light to its Wal-Mart project came this morning, as Time Inc. Chairman-CEO Ann Moore and Editor in Chief Norm Pearlstine sent out an internal memo laying … Continue reading →

Entrepreneur envy: Really, there’s no reason to hate a guy who comes up with a way to make yet another fortune by doing something (registration required, etc.) that is brilliant in its simplistic obviousness. However, the real news in this … Continue reading →

Obvious: A study conducted by the Online Publishers Association (OPA) reveals that 18-34 year olds have embraced the Web in a big way. (Source: MediaPost)

Giant vaporzine publicity warning: Whenever an “independently financed” vaporzine gets previewed by David Carr in the NY Times, I cringe at the thought of the folks behind it confusing that publicity with success. Of course, this is something I’ve said … Continue reading →

Dick Clarke’s American Grandstanding & Profiteering update: My rant the other day about Richard Clarke’s nationally televised apologetic marketing ploy challenged him to add substance to his self-serving symbolism by contributing his entire proceeds from sales of his book to … Continue reading →

Name brands: Knowledge@Wharton has an interesting (yet by-line less) piece on the issues related to companies that are branded with the names of their founders. (Personal disclosure obvious.) While interesting, after reading it, I’ve decided it merely makes the obvious … Continue reading →

Marthette vultures update: In one of my first Marthette vultures updates linking to cliched “who will be the next Martha?” stories, I predicted someone would develop a Marthette vulture reality-show. Sure enough, someone has, reports Variety. CBS has ordered up … Continue reading →

Amazing: About seven years ago, I got a letter in the mail (the postal service delivered kind), from a person who read an irrate letter I had sent to the editor of Folio: Magazine. My letter, as I recall, was … Continue reading →