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more about #esquire more comments → raincoaster: Well, at least they didn't obscure RDJ's "charms". #esquire more » TheProfessor69: Well hell you learn something new every day, I have been reading odd stories in this edition for a week or so and did not even notice the "googley-loo... more » A Message To Rudy: What if I don't have a webcam? Can I just use an instamatic camera? Signed, Old Guy Whose Grandchildren Roll Their Eyes Whenever He Asks A Computer-R... more » Daniel Mauser: Not to be an asshole but there are instructions to peel off the address. However, I do agree with Hamilton that it was poorly placed. #esquire more » iplaudius: This has all the interest of a toy in a fucking cereal box. What doddering idiot came up with this? #esquire more » RollsRoyceRevenge: Is RD Jr. beginning to look vaguely hot in a Dustin Hoffman in 1983 kind of way? #esquire more » Bristol Cities: I can't afford magazines anymore and I don't have a "personal computer"... just tell me what the hologram is so I can move on to something else. #esquire more » konstantinbothari: All I'm taking away from this is, "Is Robert Downey, Jr. having work done?" Don't, Robert! Don't. #magazines more » ljnd2: It's a QR code. They're big in Japan. They're like bar codes, and your camera (in a phone, and there are iPhone apps for these as well) scans them. Th... more » Richard Petty Bourgeoisie: I was able to carefully peel off the shipping label. I held it up to my webcam, heart racing with anticipation. The message? "Be sure to drink your... more » blix: The cover is also the top suggested pose for Levi Johnston's photoshoot. Tah-dah! more » Arken: Hamilton, I think you need to look up the definition of 'hologram.' That is not a hologram in any way, shape or form. #magazines more » onebadclam: Business Class to Switzerland? Oh, the humanity! As someone who spent years flying coach in and out of Cincinatti and Indianapolis may I hear them cr... more » Richard Petty Bourgeoisie: I'm traveling to China soon. I can't wait to read Car & Driver & Bicyclist Pinned Under Fender. #media more » Juancho: Also, this RFID/Barcode box thing has been going on for a while now. Golf Digest has had it, and I doubt it's doing wonders for their renewal rates. #... more » -
#magazines
Magazine of the Future Ruined by Magazine Delivery System of the Past
Esquire decided to SAVE MAGAZINES this month by putting another weird little "hold it up to your webcam" hologram augmented-reality gizmo on the cover, but alas: the magical doohickey is obscured by the address label. Curse you, ignoble media irony. More » -
#mediacrack
Give Reporters the Most Luxurious Airline Seats or Give Them Death
In your meritocratic Monday media column: Reporters suffer injustices unseen since Pol Pot's darkest days, The Week guarantees goodness, Esquire has a gizmo thingamajig that will save magazines, and Conde Nast gives up on America, finally. More » -
#magazines
Esquire Betting it All on Flashing Electronic Doo-Dads
When you think "Esquire's Greatest Achievements in Its 70+ Years of Design Innovation," you think "Hidden ads on the cover" and "That other weird flashing electronic cover gadget." Until this new doohickey! More » -
#bloodsucking
Don't Try to Tell Us Vampires Are the New Gays
The theory that teen girls are suddenly all about vampires because they want to have sex with gay men is interesting. Also, total crap. More » -
#goopscoop
Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Goop
Goop, the site that launched a thousand spoofs, has recently spawned two "live-like-Gwyneth" stunts, from two different publications. So, how did a man and a woman, respectively, like living the Goop lifestyle? Well: [Jezebel] -
#doublestandards
Magazine Newsstands: Hos Before Brünos
We knew that newsstands have been treating GQ's July cover, featuring a nude-but-not-all-hanging-out Sacha Baron Cohen is like porn. But a tipster at a Hudson News in Manhattan has noticed the decision has lead to some interesting juxtapositions. More » -
#popcultureaneurysm
Bret Easton Ellis Thinks The Hills Is "A Modern Masterpiece"
So: Bret Easton Ellis is on the cover of expensive Amsterdam-based magazine Fantastic Man, drinking a Diet Coke. In it, he calls the soul-sucking experience that is The Hills "the greatest show that I have ever seen in my life."
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#mediacrack
Esquire Really *****d The *******s
In your overblownTuesday media column: Time is a biter, Michael Wolff is an exaggerator, Portfolio is a fantasist, Newsweek is stank, and Esquire is an [expletive deleted]: More » -
#rumormonger
Esquire Is Getting Nervous
Esquire's ad revenue dropped 22% in the first quarter, which actually put it above average. But we hear that the magazine's staff, and its corporate overlords, are on edge. There was a meeting yesterday [UPDATED]... More » -
#mediacrack
No Need to Buy a Plane Ticket Just For the In-Flight Magazine Any More
In your magaziney Thursday media column: Maxim UK's dead in print, Airline magazines go terrestrial, Michael Wolff's Vanity Fair retribution piece, and Esquire plays with toys: More » -
#ebooks
Esquire Editor Admires the Kindle, or At Least the Hearst Replacement
Esquire editor David Granger loves the Amazon Kindle. Sort of. The e-book reader gives him hope that Internet-shortened attention spans will lengthen enough to spark a renaissance in books and magazines. He's utterly delusional. More » -
#newser
Fox News' Shep Smith on Being Fair and Balanced: 'I Don't Care What Sean Hannity Thinks'
Esquire has a profile of every liberal's favorite Fox News jockey Shep Smith this month. It's cute-ish and funny, but a bit murky. Just who is this guy? Is he friend or foe? More » -
#magazines
Esquire Implants Ad Under Obama's Skin
Ever since Vice plastered an ad on its cover that was only visible in the dark, magazines have been researching better ways to sell out. Now Esquire has made a breakthrough in invisible cover ads! More » -
#potheads
Obama to Decriminalize Marijuana, Claims Really High Person
Obama will make your weed legal because he models himself after FDR, a presumably stoned Esquire writer asserts. More » -
#disasters
Paris Hilton Has a Nightclub In Her House, Doesn't Understand Why You Want One Too
Esquire can now retire their esteemed old "What I've Learned..." feature. Paris Hilton has filled out the questionnaire, and once you find out that someone has a nightclub in their house, there's just no topping it. More »
