Monthly Archives: April 2004

Is so: Okay. I’ve landed and finally have been able to read the I Want Media interview with Simon Dumenco of Benetton’s Colors Magazine. So, now I see why Patrick e-mailed me. Because in it, Simon says the following: We’re … Continue reading →

Travel advisory: Taking advantage of the low airfares in-and-out-of Nashville and in order to grow my gallery of out-the-window photography, the rexblog will be somewhat silent until Monday. I say somewhat as my destination is heavily wi-fied, but is also … Continue reading →

rexblog baiting: I was just about to post an “I’m outta here” travel message when I received an e-mail from Patrick Phillips, creator and soul of one of this weblog’s other most favorite blogs, I Want Media, telling me about … Continue reading →

Stop this dot.cliché before it gets started: Via one of this weblog’s favorite weblogs, Rafat Ali’s PaidContent.org, I notice a new term today, Dot.Comeback. Please, no one else use it. Stamp it out before it becomes short-hand for something that … Continue reading →

Happy(?) magazine day: MediaPost’s Larry Dobrow attended New York Magazine Day yesterday and this is what he heard: in short, magazines need to sell themselves better to advertisers and that magazines need to be more accountable for themselves.

Oh, great: Not that it’s a surprise to anyone who half-way watches paper pricing trends, but SC printing papers, used primarily for catalogs, magazines, and inserts, is going to be getting more expensive, according to a press release from The … Continue reading →

Cover outrage? Get over it: Via Doc Searls, I’ve learned that some bloggers are complaining (and here) about U.S. News & World Report’s current (May 3) cover issue. They are complaining that the cover is presenting John Kerry as a … Continue reading →

Window seat photo gallery: While tracking down some information about magazines that are allowing (encouraging?) reporters to blog (any suggestions, e-mail me), I ran across Wired Magazine Blogs and the Leander Kahney (from wired news.com) weblog, “The Cult of Mac.” … Continue reading →

Music City Bloggercon update: Bill Hobbs has a great idea about where to hold a Bloggercon III in Nashville. If you don’t know what this about, read my earlier post about Robert Cox’s suggestion.

Vaporzine* update: Sure, you can read about the re-launch of magazines like Colors in the NY Times (see item below), but to get news about other really cool magazines being developed, you have to come here to the rexblog. (* … Continue reading →

Custom publishing update: Benetton’s Colors: The NY Times continues its coverage of the dawn of the Kurt Andersen-era at Benetton’s magazine, Colors. The magazine’s official launch date was yesterday. Should be great for Andersen fans like me. Quotes: “It has … Continue reading →

Will TiVo help magazines? CNET reports, “a majority of national advertisers plan to cut spending on TV commercials by 20 percent in the next five years, when they believe that ad-skipping devices like TiVo will take hold in households, according … Continue reading →

RSS feeds as art? I followed a link to the rexblog via Technorati from a place(?) on the web I believe is called /r – echos/ (below the name are the following words: reblog / rebloging / feedonfeeds / permanent … Continue reading →

Making money with weblogs follow-up: Since I’ve been receiving e-mail related to the topic of making money from weblogs ever since I wrote an article on the topic and blogged the Bloggercon II session moderated by Jeff Jarvis on the … Continue reading →