Magazines forgotten on the dustheap of history
by henrycopelandThursday, October 31st, 2002
“‘The sad thing is,’ says Katherine Rosman, former Brill’s Content senior writer and frequent New York Times Sunday Styles contributor, ‘as proud as I am of the time I put into Brill’s and what Brill’s tried to do, I don’t think anyone gives a [expletive] that they –Talk, Brill’s, Industry Standard — don’t exist today.’” More than anything else I’ve read, this quote demonstrates the difference between blogs and magazines. I bet not many of hiatusing Ken Layne’s 5000 readers feel the same way. What media methadone would slake the craving for Obscure Store, Instapundit, Sullivan or Scripting News? (Via Media News.)
November 7th, 2002 at Nov 07, 02 | 12:55 am
I mourned for the loss of Industry Standard bitterly. My wife was also really sorry to see Talk go. Brill’s Content, on the otherhand, was unreadable, whiny, insidery crap. Sour grapes is what I’d call her quote. Henry, you’re blog crazy. Why should a blog inherently be liable to connect with its audience any better than a magazine. Don’t tell me just personality. The Standard had lots of personality. They’re different media. Niether one is better. I love them both.