Guy LeCharles Gonzalez
From the monthly archives: May 2009
“If what we have isn’t valuable and no one wants to pay for it, maybe we don’t have a business.”
–Jim Malkin, CEO, SourceMedia @ FOLIO: Growth Summit
Let’s be honest for a second, put our egos aside, and admit one thing: a notable percentage of magazines currently being published could fold [...]
I love magazines.
Despite most days feeling like someone pushed the self-destruct button and we’re all scrambling for the escape pods — cue Whitney — I will always love them, especially and above all, the printed format.
I’m no fetishist or luddite, though, and while I tend to favor print, my definition of a magazine [...]
Take a moment today to remember those who died, and those who came back less than whole.
It’s not just a long weekend, and it has nothing to do with politics.
One of the best things about working for a publisher based out in the Midwest is that I sometimes get to play Peter Parker at events in New York City when no one from a particular magazine can attend. A few weeks back, it was the NY Round Table Writers Conference thanks to Writer’s Digest, [...]
In a just world, at the end of a season that featured the most raw talent they’ve ever assembled, Kris Allen would be this season’s American Idol in a landslide and authenticity would be hailed as the new black.
Period. And shut up. (Especially you, Kara DioGuardi!)
Of course, we don’t live in a just [...]
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