November 2009
3 posts
Nov 10th
Until someone figures out a way to attach cover...
Cover mounts are the curse of the contemporary magazine publishing business. Everyone hates them. Editors, journalists, advertising teams, publishers, distributors, marketers, packers, shelf-stackers, and readers with even the teeniest modicum of self-respect and intelligence. But everyone loves them too, because HEY LOOK, FREE STUFF! Never mind that the stuff is either mini-samples of...
Nov 9th
The Quality Paradox: why The Weekender really had...
It’s always a pity when a newspaper has to close. Sometimes, it’s a tragedy. It’s a tragedy, for instance, when a newspaper is a voice of truth and reason, a platform for dangerous views and ideas, and a government shuts it down and sends the police to confiscate its computers and presses. It was a tragedy when Jimmy Kruger, then Minister of Justice in the National Party...
Nov 8th