Why do magazines put actors on the cover? Face recognition? Popularity? Because everyone is dying to hear their political views and what kind of toast they eat for breakfast? No, there’s absolutely no correlation between an actors popularity and newsstand sales. It has to do with that elusive trait called charisma. Actors have the unique [...]
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Photo Blogs
UK Editorial Photography DiscussionBetween Andrew Hetherington (Jacko) and Chris Floyd that was started awhile back on Jackanory and has now moved to Blueeyes Online Magazine. Part 1 (here) Part 2 (here). Good read.
Bonnie Fuller Out At AMI and Star MagazineKeith J. Kelly has the story (here). Could this signal the beginning of the end for the high profits and consumer appetite of tabloid journalism?
We can only hope.
Foto8- Blogging From The New York Photo FestivalThey've got Andrew Hetherington, AKA Jacko, on staff as a reporter so that should keep the coverage lively and interesting. Here's a post on his picks for what to do at the festival (here).
Jackanory Party AnimalAndrew Hetherington has coverage of last nights PDN party in NYC (here).
PDN Photography Annual 2008
Good Information on Orphan Worksand law making in general over at Photo Business News and Forum (here).
Webby's Announced- Whale Hunt Photo Story A WinnerBig win for The Whale Hunt photography story (see it here) in the Personal Web Site category. National Geographic picked up two for Best Use Of Photography and Magazine. See the entire list (here).
Copyright Hell- Happy Birthday SongPatry Copyright Blog points us to this 67 1/2 page treatise on The Happy Birthday Song:
"'Happy Birthday to You' is the best-known and most frequently sung song in the world. ...However, it is almost certainly no longer under copyright, due to a lack of evidence about who wrote the words; defective copyright notice; and a failure to file a proper renewal application."
"It also reveals collective action barriers to mounting challenges to copyright validity: the song generates an estimated $2 million per year, and yet no one has ever sought adjudication of the validity of its copyright."
Read all of it (here).
AP On Your PhoneVia, TechCrunch.
The State of the Printing IndustrySteve Frye. In a sidebar in the current issue of Publishing Executive titled The State of the Printing Industry Frye drops this bomb:
I think we need to change our philosophy of what a magazine is. We are no longer a cheap means of dispensing information, and that’s what we were until the Internet came along. Now we are an inefficient and expensive means of distributing information. … We need to reinvent ourselves as a luxury item that people want and are willing to pay for. And until we change our own image of who we are, we’re going to find out that our vendors are gong to change it for us. Because, right now, postage is a premium. Paper is a premium. Soon printing will be a premium. How long can we buy at a premium and sell at a discount? We can’t.
Via, Michael Turro (here).
