It's interesting and kind of sad to celebrate a man that achieved more in publishing than most companies and to know it won't ever happen again.
Felix is a bit of a publishing martyr. Back in his hippie phase (not unlike the other cool tycoon, Sir Richard Branson) he went to jail briefly for pornography charges for publishing nudity in his 'Oz' magazine: http://www.oneplusoneequalsthree.com/2007/02/god_save_oz.html
Felix Dennis was in a band with John Lennon. And recorded with him too: "Do The Oz" by the Electric Oz Band, or whatever it was called. These other magazine bigwigs - what have they done to compare with that? Met MJ at the Clinton inaugural events in '93?
Another plus for Dennis is that he still owns The Week, a newsmag which, though it ain't quite The Economist, is a far more informative and intelligent rag than Newsweek and Time - combined - are nowadays. (Or it was when I last looked at a copy, about a year ago.)
The Week has David Frum and Robert Shrum as contributing editors. You just know Dennis hired them because their names rhyme with "bum." They just don't make those kind of editorial decisions anywhere else.
This is the first time I've used the new comments setup and I'm irritated because I've got to write this into Notepad and then cut-and-paste it if I want to write this in minutes instead of hours. Or maybe I should just shell out the $400 for a new laptop.
@bowleserised: "Gentleman's club" with prostitutes coming in and leaving with said gentlemen. Perfectly legit business. Oh and it's employees of the year, not month, that get the trip.
Just think, this one made his fortune by having images of nubile babes pressed in coloured ink upon the skins of dead screaming trees, and having them motored to "news-stands" everywhere, for horny bachelors to peruse. Wankdom can be profitable, and magazines blokes can slip to the bathroom are less conspicuous/prone to embarrasing electrocution death than laptops. Genius.
I actually more enjoy thinking about his assistants who ensure each of his ten houses is fully stocked with his favorite toothpaste, products, clothes etc, should he decide to fly there on a whim. As Diddy said, "I've got so many spots/I don't even have luggage."
I've witnessed Felix's shenanigans and somehow still respect the man. His shrewd business sense really worked and he seemed to be one of the few millionaires I know who did all the things I would want to.
Have an island, smoke crack, have multiple girlfriends, hang with Mick Jagger, write a poetry book and force your minions to listen to the readings, buy a forest, smoke cigs anywhere you please... the list goes on.
That's why he sold my old mag. Can't say I blame him. But it would have helped if he hadn't insisted on ramping up our production and editorial costs massively while sacking our dedicated marketing team of one and all but depriving us of an ad sales team.
07/17/09
07/17/09
It's interesting and kind of sad to celebrate a man that achieved more in publishing than most companies and to know it won't ever happen again.
Felix is a bit of a publishing martyr. Back in his hippie phase (not unlike the other cool tycoon, Sir Richard Branson) he went to jail briefly for pornography charges for publishing nudity in his 'Oz' magazine: http://www.oneplusoneequalsthree.com/2007/02/god_save_oz.html
07/17/09
Another plus for Dennis is that he still owns The Week, a newsmag which, though it ain't quite The Economist, is a far more informative and intelligent rag than Newsweek and Time - combined - are nowadays. (Or it was when I last looked at a copy, about a year ago.)
The Week has David Frum and Robert Shrum as contributing editors. You just know Dennis hired them because their names rhyme with "bum." They just don't make those kind of editorial decisions anywhere else.
This is the first time I've used the new comments setup and I'm irritated because I've got to write this into Notepad and then cut-and-paste it if I want to write this in minutes instead of hours. Or maybe I should just shell out the $400 for a new laptop.
07/17/09
*cough* or so I heard. Just a rumour though.
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07/16/09
Because I'm not saying 1/100th the savoir-faire, Lord Black of Crossharbour is no doubt taking out a contract on my life as I type.
07/16/09
07/16/09
I actually more enjoy thinking about his assistants who ensure each of his ten houses is fully stocked with his favorite toothpaste, products, clothes etc, should he decide to fly there on a whim. As Diddy said, "I've got so many spots/I don't even have luggage."
07/15/09
His meter and rhyme are sound, but his sensibility is nothing that Kipling didn't do already.
07/14/09
Have an island, smoke crack, have multiple girlfriends, hang with Mick Jagger, write a poetry book and force your minions to listen to the readings, buy a forest, smoke cigs anywhere you please... the list goes on.
07/14/09
11/24/08
I knew something was wrong when I saw how thin the last issue of Blender was. I do wish them luck with the restructuring over there.
11/24/08
That's why he sold my old mag. Can't say I blame him. But it would have helped if he hadn't insisted on ramping up our production and editorial costs massively while sacking our dedicated marketing team of one and all but depriving us of an ad sales team.
11/24/08
11/24/08