Reason magazine is holding a launch party to celebrate the publication of Choice: The Best of Reason on Friday, Nov. 12, in New York City. From 7-9 p.m. at the Greenwich Village Barnes & Noble, Joe Garden -- a staff writer for The Onion -- will moderate a panel discussion.
Panelists include Nick Gillespie, editor-in-chief of Reason; Brian Doherty, senior editor of Reason and author of This Is Burning Man; and Joe Bob Briggs, contributor to Choice and author of Profoundly Disturbing: Shocking Movies That Changed History!
Thursday, November 04, 2004
Feedback Where You Find It
Dead Spaces' Michiban really doesn't like Vice magazine. Personally, I've never found it interesting enough to care about, much less get irritated by. But you've just got to love periodical:pimple comparisons.
Newspaper Chase XII
In his blog Small Initiatives, Jay Small comments on Design magazine's list of influential moments in news design. Granted, given that the mag is the house organ for the Society for News Design, it makes sense that much of the list concentrates on newspapers, but wherefore the news magazines? Or newspaper's Sunday magazines? Small's commentary is solid: The real issue is a limiting definition of news, regardless of whether they include online design.
Conference Floored
Subscribers of Folio magazine, which is undergoing somewhat of a confusing evolution as it incorporates M10 Leadership Review -- which means nothing to me -- recently received a free exhibit hall pass to the upcoming Folio Show in New York City.
The exhibit hall is open for a total of 13 and a half hours over the course of the Nov. 15-17 event.
The exhibit hall is open for a total of 13 and a half hours over the course of the Nov. 15-17 event.
Launch Pad
The New York Post reports that Conde Nast's new shopping mag Domino is tumbling head over heels to an April launch -- rather than a planned fall launch. Aiming for 10 issues a year, Domino will start with a rate base of 400,000 -- and a team of 20-plus editors headed by Deborah Needleman is hard at work on the first issue. By year end, an editorial team of 30 is expected.
At the Masthead
National Geographic has named its new editor-in-chief, and it's... a former photographer for the magazine.
Chris Johns will succeed William Allen after a 10-year run at the magazine's top editorial position. Having worked with the yellow-bordered mainstay for almost 20 years, Johns made the move from photographer to associate editor just three years ago.
"I don't regret a day of the field time," he says. Um, no you didn't. 'Cause then you hung out with lions and won awards, and now you sit at a desk, eh? Congratulations! (Seriously, congratulations; it just seems so much more exciting to be a photographer for the mag.)
Chris Johns will succeed William Allen after a 10-year run at the magazine's top editorial position. Having worked with the yellow-bordered mainstay for almost 20 years, Johns made the move from photographer to associate editor just three years ago.
"I don't regret a day of the field time," he says. Um, no you didn't. 'Cause then you hung out with lions and won awards, and now you sit at a desk, eh? Congratulations! (Seriously, congratulations; it just seems so much more exciting to be a photographer for the mag.)
Wednesday, November 03, 2004
Credit Line Item
How long has U.S. News & World Report been running photograph and illustration credit lines that specify whether something was done "for USN&WR"? The Nov. 8 edition is riddled with credit lines such as "Jeffrey MacMillan for USN&WR," as well as "Ashley Cooper -- PicImpact/Corbis."
Now, it's common practice to credit stock images appropriately, but isn't it assumed that -- unless otherwise indicated -- something was shot expressly for the title in question? Some photos are even credited as "contact for USN&WR." How is that different than a normal photograph? Anyone know?
Now, it's common practice to credit stock images appropriately, but isn't it assumed that -- unless otherwise indicated -- something was shot expressly for the title in question? Some photos are even credited as "contact for USN&WR." How is that different than a normal photograph? Anyone know?
Magalog Role
Last month, Avon launched its first men's-only catalog: M. Debuting two new lines of products aimed at the emerging metrosexual -- including exfoliating cleansers and antiwrinkle eye creams -- the catalog sports an initial press run of 7 million. Now, that's a launch!
Making a Statement of Ownership
It's that time of year again, when magazines are required to publish their statement of ownership.
I love these little indicators of a magazine's health and vitality -- not only can you track top-level staff changes year to year, but you can gauge whether a magazine is on the wax or wane. Unfortunately, I don't consistently collect the statements -- or keep them all in one place -- so the comparative aspect is diminished. Regardless, even as standalones, they're worth looking for... and reading.
Take that of Yankee magazine. Published in the November issue, the statement indicates that an issue's average press run is 564,369. 474,685 people subscribe. 25,388 copies are sold on the newsstand. I don't know why, but I find numbers like that fascinating.
I love these little indicators of a magazine's health and vitality -- not only can you track top-level staff changes year to year, but you can gauge whether a magazine is on the wax or wane. Unfortunately, I don't consistently collect the statements -- or keep them all in one place -- so the comparative aspect is diminished. Regardless, even as standalones, they're worth looking for... and reading.
Take that of Yankee magazine. Published in the November issue, the statement indicates that an issue's average press run is 564,369. 474,685 people subscribe. 25,388 copies are sold on the newsstand. I don't know why, but I find numbers like that fascinating.
Tuesday, November 02, 2004
Among the Literati LVIII
Shades of Dotson Rader's byline, I was surprised to see a poem by Katha Pollitt in the Sept. 27 edition of the New Yorker. Is this the same Katha Pollitt who writes for the Nation? It is! Who knew? Not me.
Cover Story VIII
Time magazine offers an online gallery of its covers dating back to 1923. The week I was born features a post-modern paper sculpture of George Schultz. More than 4,000 covers are available -- and for sale.
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