Gawker
The Times finally gets around to noting this coming Sunday's launch of Page Six The Magazine. New York Post magazine editor Col Allan notes that the Post isn't just aiming at the New York Daily News; the Times itself is a target. Why? Well, the Times reminds you, "The Times' Sunday magazines—a century-old weekly, and four new, less frequent ones—attract a lot of ads and are important money-makers for the newspaper." Duly noted! And clearly necessary! Another Rupert Murdoch publication, the Wall Street Journal, has announced its launch of a glossy magazine resurrecting the "Pursuits" rubric. Robert Frank, the paper's chronicler of rich people, is expected to play a large role in the monthly mag. It's just so nice to see everyone at every newspaper on the same page (as it were). Maybe later they will start making money on the internets!
New York Post Will Publish Weekly Page Six Magazine [NYT]
Journal Starts Monthly Magazine [WSJ]
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When do they all come to the collective realization that there's no money to be made in this pesky "news" business after all and they would be much better off just running pictures of people's driveways in the Hamptons sandwiched between ads for NetJets?
"Pursuits" - Why is it the rich have no idea what to do in their spare time and poor me can come up with a billion ideas? I will not give up my tip on the best smoked duck's tongue in NYC until after my upcoming visit.
New Murdoch products to boycott.
(Which really isn't some idealism-driven sacrifice; it's quite easy.)
More Murdoch products to boycott. (Not really an idealism-driven sacrifice...it's quite easy.)
More Lefty posts to ignore, too!
@Metcalf:
Jason Binn has a patent on that form of "media"
If however you want to start a publication with pictures of driveways in West Virginia with cars on cinder blocks sandwiched between ads of Miller High Life and Cheez Whiz, you just might be onto something
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