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| From | "John L. Micek" <jlmicek@verizon.net> |
| Subject | More Wenner |
| Date | Fri, 02 Nov 2007 12:26:43 -0400 |
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JW: It is very, very tough. Tougher than ever. If you were to start a new [successful] magazine today, you'd have to have the backing of major publishing company. Have there been any? Other than little tiny things? The last big successful magazines were People, Us . . . Us Weekly! The last really big success.
BW: Real Simple?
JW: Or Oprah. What my point is, all publications except Playboy, Rolling Stone and Us Weekly were started by big corporations. For an independent to start a major magazine is nearly impossible. It's just too much money.
Holy Full Disclosure, Batman. Us Weekly is owned by Wenner Media. Nice that he overlooked that.
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