Monthly Archives: July 2004

An upscale Lucky?

Posted on Friday, July 30, 2004 by Rex Hammock

An upscale Lucky? According to the NYPost’s Keith Kelly, Conde Nast is considering starting a culture magazine and would like to purchase Forbes (but they can’t get anyone at Forbes to say, “hi.”)

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Another blog-lite day:

Posted on Friday, July 30, 2004 by Rex Hammock

Another blog-lite day: I am enjoying a gathering of my colleagues from the world of custom publishing today and then head back to Nashville so I doubt I’ll be blogging much. Or, who knows: perhaps the wi-fi gods will embrace … Continue reading →

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Identity crisis

Posted on Friday, July 30, 2004 by Rex Hammock

Identity crisis: This press release announcing a vaporzine in Canada called “Q” makes for some entertaining reading. It sounds like it was issued after the partaking of mushrooms.

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JFKs

Posted on Thursday, July 29, 2004 by Rex Hammock

JFKs: I try. I try really hard. I try really hard to eschew the political comments on this weblog as there is more than enough weblog server space devoted to that topic. But there was just something about that salute … Continue reading →

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Make mook

Posted on Thursday, July 29, 2004 by Rex Hammock

Make mook: Mark Frauenfelder, one of the BoingBoing gang announced today that Make, a magazine/book (or Mook, as the Japanese — and now, the rexblog — call it), will launch in January. Mark will be editor-in-chief. O’Reilly is the publisher … Continue reading →

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