Whether or not the green aspirations of regular Iranian citizens will be met, to me they have helped resurrect the identity of a nation, or at the very least, repaint it in a different hue.
Last week I wrote about why I believe magazines won't die. And it's still true. But ironically, writing that made me love the Internet even more. Here...
The more I use technology (and I am on this damn computer a lot...too much), the more I want to read a magazine.
We shall see if Larry and Sergey's collective brain can keep up with the spontaneous evolution of the Internet.
Dick Cheney has committed unconstrained, and as yet unprosecuted offenses, that include circumventing the Constitution and lying the nation into war.
Should the Salahis be boiled, flogged, or has the media made it much more than it really was?
Airbrushing our children's imperfections sends the message that our kids are not good enough as they are. And who wants to teach that to their children?
At the rate we're going in the magazine industry, I wonder if the glossies will follow the way of newspapers -- killing off the fluff and sharing content across titles.
So, Sarah's apparently not happy about this week's cover of Newsweek. From her facebook page... "The choice of photo for the cover of this ...
Only yesterday Hachette Filipacchi Media U.S. announced the closure of the magazine fondly known as Met Home to the urban, sophisticated home decor cognoscenti.
The beauty of magazines -- particularly when the theme is food, fashion or lifestyle -- is being able to read articles at my leisure while lounging on the sofa, beach, airplane or in the bathtub.
While the media and teachers complain that kids don't read anymore, I can't get my kids to stop. Even Lucia, who is too young to read, is a voracious reader. So what's the secret?
In case you haven't read the "official stories," The Advocate, is being reduced to a pamphlet, taken off the news stands completely and packaged up with its "sister" publication, Out .
Goldman Sachs, poster child for the double-edge sword of mega-success, now finds that even an act of charity brings rebuke.
The controversy around ex-Ralph Lauren model, Filippa Hamilton's ungainly distorted advertising campaign image this week has caused quite a stir. Sad to say, It's nothing new.
A good magazine is a combination of stories, photos, drawings, opinions, reporting, whimsy, humor. It is an art that is not reproducible nor replaceable by any other medium.
"Vanity Fair Portraits" is the first major exhibition to unite the magazine's historic archive of rare vintage prints with its contemporary photographs.
Calling in those McKinsey folks to review your profit and loss numbers in the middle of the deepest recession since the 1930s is a little like having Dr. Kevorkian over to offer a second opinion.
A horizontal consumer magazine ad network is the wrong model. Don't do it. It will not protect magazines from brand erosion, the source of all value.
In the magazine business, we are used to hearing about magazines launching and shutting down all the time. Still, when you hear of a magazine's demise...
The industry has always been deadline-driven and goal-oriented, but now, there's a heightened focus on the bottom line--which doesn't leave much room for "teaching" meetings or farewell get-togethers.
