Daily Archives: Friday, November 12, 2004

Wall-to-wall Wal-Mart magazines

Wall-to-wall Wal-Mart magazines: Paul Colford reports that another Wal-Mart-only magazine from Time Inc. is on sale, this one a special issue of People. People Extra, priced at $3.95, is an 80-page issue that features cover girl Faith Ford, Clay Aiken … Continue reading

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Friday frolic

Friday frolic: I guess Eddie Rider remembers me blogging how Karl Lagerfeld had 60,000 CDs he was loading onto iPods, because he just e-mailed me a link to this story about a really, uh, unique individual who has downloaded 900,000 … Continue reading

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Brand (r)extension

Brand (r)extension: The global empire of rex-branded products continues to grow. And to think, it all started out as a humble lard company (see photo at the top of the page). For instance, there’s that commuter airline in Australia and, … Continue reading

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Travel update

Travel update: I’m going to be several places next week (and will miss two other events in Chicago, unfortunately). Here are a couple of places where a random reader of this weblog may also be. If so, please look me … Continue reading

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Update – these magazines are still dead

Update – these magazines are still dead: Pamela Parker Caird has been cleaning our her desk and has discovered some final copies of defunct dot.com magazines. Final? You never know. I’m sure someone, somewhere is planning some more dejazines.

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Free the media

Free the media: Under a generous and enlightened Creative Commons license, Dan Gilmore’s book, We the Media, has been available free and online from the publisher since July. It’s now available at authorama.com and in audiobook form (two options), as … Continue reading

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Georgia on their mind

Georgia on their mind: Have I not mentioned the new magazine Georgia Lifestyles before? Well, it apparently has launched and apparently is in a familiar category.

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Doing the tighten up

Doing the tighten up: According to the NYT, “the leaders of the Audit Bureau of Circulations outlined steps Thursday to bolster confidence in the circulation figures reported by newspapers and magazines, saying that they will hire dozens more auditors to … Continue reading

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Magazine links of the week

blogs, magazines & journalism <b>Magazine links of the week:</b> Now <i>here</i> is a great idea. The <a href=”http://www.magazine.org”>MPA and ASME</a> that, according to <a href=”http://www.mediapost.com/dtls_dsp_news.cfm?newsId=278474 “>MediaPost.com</a>, “instead of talking up readership research, circulation figures, or the medium’s high level of … Continue reading

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