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    Image of triplethreat triplethreat
    12/08/09

    In reply to The New iTunes for Magazines (Or an Irrelevant Venture) Is Here!
    Really a masterful series of insights here. Maybe I just set my sights too high after that great party post yesterday. Then again, maybe I didn't. Some posts are going to be better, just like some are going to be worse. Having high hopes could have led to me getting smoked. Then again, I thought it was worth the gamble.

    But you never know. How much would I pay to read Gawker right now? I don't have an e-reader. But am I less likely to come back? Changing that dynamic is what Gawker needs to worry about.
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    12/08/09

    In reply to The New iTunes for Magazines (Or an Irrelevant Venture) Is Here!
    I hear there's an InStyle Wii demo. Quick, catch those bracelets! Ah, magazines!!!
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    Image of GlasgowRose GlasgowRose
    12/08/09

    In reply to The New iTunes for Magazines (Or an Irrelevant Venture) Is Here!
    Ha: "Today, four prestigious magazine publishers, and News Corp..." Appreciate Murdoch's not in the mag biz, but still qualifies as a veiled swipe in my book - er, tablet/slate/e-thingy.
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    Image of Magister Magister
    12/08/09

    In reply to The New iTunes for Magazines (Or an Irrelevant Venture) Is Here!
    I only know what's in the post and under the link and yes, my initial instinct was to make a Pathfinder joke.

    But I don't see why this couldn't complement a publication's website and perhaps provide them with some extra income.

    Off the top of my head - A lot of magazine sites don't include the pretty pictures and this appears to let them to publish in the original layout.

    Right now it's just the big boys, but if they open it up to smaller publications, it could be a boon for them.

    I know that I sometimes see something on Hulu that's on a network, I don't get, so I'll sample it. The same could be true with this service, though it may sound a little like Pathfinder, but a one-stop electronic newsstand could introduce someone to a tiny publication from a regional source.

    And though it may not be part of the current thinking, but if they make some of the additional advertising location-aware, they'll have another source of income, they can't access right now. Not to mention that adding location info to their formally static ads could give their sales a needed boost.

    (For example, A Starbucks ad could include a map to the nearest location or a Holiday Inn Express advertisement could list those on the road ahead.)
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    Image of Magister Magister
    12/08/09

    @Magister: PS) Location-aware advertising could also open up untapped ad markets. Right now, there's not a lot of supermarket ads in magazines because supermarkets are regional, but if the magazine knew where you were in the country, they could serve you whatever Kroger division is nearby.

    (Though of course, your e-reader would have to know where you are)
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    Edited by Magister at 12/08/09 1:08 PM Magister was starred Magister was unstarred
    Image of Gabriel Snyder Gabriel Snyder
    12/08/09

    In reply to The New iTunes for Magazines (Or an Irrelevant Venture) Is Here!
    You shouldn't let the horrible buzz words make you too bearish on the e-Reader versions of magazines. What magazine people are good at -- making pretty packages out of words and pictures over the course of days, weeks and months -- has never translated well to the web. The magazine publishers' various stabs at creating ways to sell digital versions of their work to people with shiny new e-Readers represent a much more promising path to survival than anything newspapers have come up with.
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    Image of sweetpickles sweetpickles
    12/08/09

    @Gabriel Snyder: A valiant effort, for sure. But I'm not convinced. In some ways, it seems a lot like they're trying to sell me a glossy .pdf. And that did not work the last time. However, if they start shutting down their sites in favor of e-reader content, that could be a huge shift. But competing against the web is never a safe bet. Someone can turn mediocre content into a huge numbers game just by offering it up for free.
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    12/08/09

    In reply to The New iTunes for Magazines (Or an Irrelevant Venture) Is Here!
    I feel like we're going back to the future with all this stuff. I don't think anyone's going to pay for digital mags unless they sell it in bundled packages with a lot of other titles. The problem, again, is competing with up to the minute content on the web.
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    Image of lukeoneil47 lukeoneil47
    12/08/09

    @sweetpickles: How much is this going to be? Magazines are already basically free. $10 or so for a year.
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    Image of DahlELama DahlELama
    12/08/09

    @lukeoneil47: Exactly; I don't pay enough for magazines to start looking for a cheaper way to get them, and an e-reader doesn't look nearly as intriguing on coffee table. (Or maybe it does, but I'm not letting my guests get their grubby hands on it.)
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    12/08/09

    @DahlELama: Yeah but you might not have much of a choice in the future. Magazines are going to be newsstand or electronic. I don't think you will be able to get cheap print subscriptions any more.
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    12/08/09

    @triplethreat: Interesting; that's definitely a perspective I haven't heard yet. What's the advantage to getting rid of the subscription model as long as the issues are still being created in print?
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    12/08/09

    @DahlELama: Print subs are basically a loss and getting more so--they are super cheap in order to keep the rate base up, but are increasing in cost as printing prices, postal rates, and gas prices rise. Better to print just a few copies to sell at newsstand for those who really want the "object experience" (I made that term up) and put the rest of your energy into developing web audience and revenue models.

    I think music will go same way. I mean, why make a CD? People would rather download. But a fancy vinyl box set? They will buy.
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    Image of Uncle_Billy_Slumming Uncle_Billy_Slumming
    12/08/09

    Please ask the drunken Hungarian codemonkeys to make gawker compatible with google browser. Or, if it is, explain why I'm not getting notifications and why clicking on username results in blank page? (half the time. the other half of the time it was taking me to the ebay page)

    #internalmemos
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    Image of msAnthrope msAnthrope
    11/28/09

    In reply to
    clicking this link to thorne's website made my week. except now i'm pissed because apparently it's also made many others' weeks, as his site has now "exceeded bandwidth limit" and is currently unable to service my requests for more.
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    Edited by msAnthrope at 11/28/09 1:16 PM msAnthrope was starred msAnthrope was unstarred
    Image of Benny Benny
    11/27/09

    In reply to
    From Simon Edhouse's site. Who to believe?

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    NOTE: to all those who might have visited here in relation to a posting by David Thorne on his website, David's story is of course quite untrue, the emails fraudulent, and we may take appropriate action. (haven't decided yet) LET ME SAY THIS... Yes, David is a VERY funny guy, and I know his humour and him more than most as we have been friends for years, and worked together. However, the things he has said about me are fabrications, and he does this type of character assassination often and wantonly. - I could laugh too, if I didn't know that he would go on hurting others again and again until someone says, 'enough is enough' i.e. try and be funny without trying to denigrate and humiliate your friends.

    David is a very angry man, (with H.A.T.E. self-tattooed on his knuckles) and has many problems. His satirical piece on me is quite ironic actually, because we would be very happy to pay David well for his graphic design, (if he would just do that, but the difficulties working with him outweigh the benefits) He is an excellent designer and we certainly have the funds to pay him. However, David would prefer to slander and defame and make up this kind of silly nonsense than conduct himself in a professional way. - I have always liked David, but as I said, he has some serious personal issues. (To all other victims of David's vicious pranks... shall we form a support group?) - Cheers, Simon.
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    Image of OrneryBabe OrneryBabe
    11/27/09

    @Benny: Sounds suspect to me. Wanna bet Simon came up with this story cuz he's embarrassed Thorne made him look like a dumbass?
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    Benny promoted this comment OrneryBabe was starred OrneryBabe was unstarred
    Image of Benny Benny
    11/28/09

    @OrneryBabe: I wish I knew. If the original was made up that is very lame. If it wasn't and this guy is pretending it is, the original is only enriched. I'm sure all will be revealed in time.
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    Image of Trai_Dep Trai_Dep
    11/27/09

    In reply to
    David also had a superlative email exchange with a customer service rep erroneously trying to charge him $233.99.
    He offered then a crude drawing* of a spider.
    The exchanges back and forth were similarly brilliant.

    * To be fair, a wonderfully crude drawing of a (unfortunately maimed) spider.

    [www.27bslash6.com]
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    Image of Benny Benny
    11/27/09

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    This guy is always great. His spider email exchange is an internet standard.

    [www.27bslash6.com]
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    Image of LVP LVP
    11/27/09

    In reply to
    Some of that is all too real in the graphic design world. Check out Clients From Hell.

    [clientsfromhell.tumblr.com]
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    Image of SarahHeartburn SarahHeartburn
    11/27/09

    In reply to
    And it looks like his kid is a chip off the old block.
    [www.27bslash6.com]
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    Image of SarahHeartburn SarahHeartburn
    11/27/09

    In reply to
    This restores my faith in the human race.
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    Image of Seeräuber Jenny Seeräuber Jenny
    11/27/09

    In reply to

    Simon: It took me minutes to create that chart with a free pie chart generator.

    Sucker!
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    Edited by Seeräuber Jenny at 11/27/09 3:06 PM Seeräuber Jenny was starred Seeräuber Jenny was unstarred
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