Comments on: It’s not magazines that need saving http://www.RexBlog.com/2009/10/07/20031 Rex Hammock's Weblog Wed, 28 Jul 2010 18:03:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Friends of Dave (friendsofdave) 's status on Friday, 09-Oct-09 22:48:12 UTC - Identi.ca http://www.RexBlog.com/2009/10/07/20031/comment-page-1#comment-347749 Friends of Dave (friendsofdave) 's status on Friday, 09-Oct-09 22:48:12 UTC - Identi.ca Fri, 09 Oct 2009 22:48:18 +0000 http://www.RexBlog.com/2009/10/07/20031#comment-347749 [...] http://www.RexBlog.com/2009/10/07/20031 a few seconds ago from api [...] [...] http://www.RexBlog.com/2009/10/07/20031 a few seconds ago from api [...]

]]> By: Rex Hammock http://www.RexBlog.com/2009/10/07/20031/comment-page-1#comment-353670 Rex Hammock Thu, 08 Oct 2009 00:04:41 +0000 http://www.RexBlog.com/2009/10/07/20031#comment-353670 @dylanstableford - "if it were marketed right" = this is an industry that takes six weeks to get a magazine subscription started after someone pays for it. @dylanstableford – “if it were marketed right” = this is an industry that takes six weeks to get a magazine subscription started after someone pays for it.

]]> By: mturro http://www.RexBlog.com/2009/10/07/20031/comment-page-1#comment-353671 mturro Wed, 07 Oct 2009 20:49:41 +0000 http://www.RexBlog.com/2009/10/07/20031#comment-353671 In the immortal words of the Flight of the Conchords: "What are your overheads?" Rex is totally in the zone with this one... Although I might add that beyond the "Geary-designed dining rooms, cars for all executives, legendary expense accounts" there lies a profound and somewhat unmanageable cultural problem. The people who make mass market magazines have no idea how to respond to a steady wave of technological change that is de-massifying everything in site. In the immortal words of the Flight of the Conchords: “What are your overheads?” Rex is totally in the zone with this one… Although I might add that beyond the “Geary-designed dining rooms, cars for all executives, legendary expense accounts” there lies a profound and somewhat unmanageable cultural problem. The people who make mass market magazines have no idea how to respond to a steady wave of technological change that is de-massifying everything in site.

]]> By: dylanstableford http://www.RexBlog.com/2009/10/07/20031/comment-page-1#comment-353672 dylanstableford Wed, 07 Oct 2009 20:19:48 +0000 http://www.RexBlog.com/2009/10/07/20031#comment-353672 Alright, here's the thing. I agree that gimmicks won't save any industry. That article is part of an ongoing "Five Ways to Save" series. They're meant to be a gimmicky, although I'd argue executing each point would help as I said, "prolong the inevitable."<br><br>(And I totally disagree with you on the "Netflix for Magazines" concept -- it would totally work if it were marketed right.) Alright, here's the thing. I agree that gimmicks won't save any industry. That article is part of an ongoing “Five Ways to Save” series. They're meant to be a gimmicky, although I'd argue executing each point would help as I said, “prolong the inevitable.”

(And I totally disagree with you on the “Netflix for Magazines” concept — it would totally work if it were marketed right.)

]]> By: Rex Hammock http://www.RexBlog.com/2009/10/07/20031/comment-page-1#comment-347626 Rex Hammock Wed, 07 Oct 2009 20:04:41 +0000 http://www.RexBlog.com/2009/10/07/20031#comment-347626 @dylanstableford - "if it were marketed right" = this is an industry that takes six weeks to get a magazine subscription started after someone pays for it. @dylanstableford – “if it were marketed right” = this is an industry that takes six weeks to get a magazine subscription started after someone pays for it.

]]> By: mturro http://www.RexBlog.com/2009/10/07/20031/comment-page-1#comment-347620 mturro Wed, 07 Oct 2009 16:49:41 +0000 http://www.RexBlog.com/2009/10/07/20031#comment-347620 In the immortal words of the Flight of the Conchords: "What are your overheads?" Rex is totally in the zone with this one... Although I might add that beyond the "Geary-designed dining rooms, cars for all executives, legendary expense accounts" there lies a profound and somewhat unmanageable cultural problem. The people who make mass market magazines have no idea how to respond to a steady wave of technological change that is de-massifying everything in site. In the immortal words of the Flight of the Conchords: “What are your overheads?” Rex is totally in the zone with this one… Although I might add that beyond the “Geary-designed dining rooms, cars for all executives, legendary expense accounts” there lies a profound and somewhat unmanageable cultural problem. The people who make mass market magazines have no idea how to respond to a steady wave of technological change that is de-massifying everything in site.

]]> By: dylanstableford http://www.RexBlog.com/2009/10/07/20031/comment-page-1#comment-347619 dylanstableford Wed, 07 Oct 2009 16:19:48 +0000 http://www.RexBlog.com/2009/10/07/20031#comment-347619 Alright, here's the thing. I agree that gimmicks won't save any industry. That article is part of an ongoing "Five Ways to Save" series. They're meant to be a gimmicky, although I'd argue executing each point would help as I said, "prolong the inevitable."<br><br>(And I totally disagree with you on the "Netflix for Magazines" concept -- it would totally work if it were marketed right.) Alright, here's the thing. I agree that gimmicks won't save any industry. That article is part of an ongoing “Five Ways to Save” series. They're meant to be a gimmicky, although I'd argue executing each point would help as I said, “prolong the inevitable.”

(And I totally disagree with you on the “Netflix for Magazines” concept — it would totally work if it were marketed right.)

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