@microtony: Use of "the writing had been on the wall" is questionable, too, because it's a hackneyed phrase.
I read the whole letter and identified with it. But there is a slight amateur quality to the complaints of over-editing and the leader not listening to the bright, young recruits. (Typical complaints.)
The point about using top names who reserve the good stuff for other mags is a good one.
The mag was doomed for failure simply because it relied on Journal hot-shots to run a consumer magazine. That and all the other reasons why so many mags are shutting down. It will not be missed because the world lost nothing by its demise.
04/27/09
04/27/09
I read the whole letter and identified with it. But there is a slight amateur quality to the complaints of over-editing and the leader not listening to the bright, young recruits. (Typical complaints.)
The point about using top names who reserve the good stuff for other mags is a good one.
The mag was doomed for failure simply because it relied on Journal hot-shots to run a consumer magazine. That and all the other reasons why so many mags are shutting down. It will not be missed because the world lost nothing by its demise.
04/27/09
04/27/09
04/27/09