From martin burbridge Sent Thu, Oct 22nd 1998, 19:19
From martin burbridge Sent Thu, Oct 22nd 1998, 19:19
jeff salamon wrote: > > Chaircrusher wrote: > > > YOU try putting out an expensive > > color magazine, attract advertisers, and attract enough readers > to justify > > your ad prices, etc. When I read those mags, I'm struck not by their > > shortcomings, but by how much they GET RIGHT, despite being > pulled several > > different directions at once by the forces that would put them out of > > business. > > wooo! at last -- a note of sensible, hard-headed realism amidst the > fantasyland pontifications of all the authenticity-poseurs on this list! > > and i guess the above sentiments have nothing to do w/ hanging around said list of authenticity-poseurs and summarizing what they were rambling about for one of those commercial magazines for a living, now would it? i guess i just woke up cynical today. -martin