Tom Tapp Premiere/Us story

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I meant to link to this Tom Tapp/Hollywood Wiretap story yesterday about Premiere subscribers being angry because Jann Wenner has bought their addresses and subscription deals and will be sending them Us magazine instead. I didn't get to it because I was packing and running around, but also because anyone who pays money to receive mailed copies of paper publications is living in the past anyway so what do I care? On top of which it's not that startling to hear that a corporation is trying to invade and re-arrange the reading materials of old-school magazine subscribers.

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Posted by Jeffrey Wells on May 4, 2007 at 1:04 PM

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christian says ...

so where do i get the new yorker online subscription?

Posted by christian at May 4, 2007 1:28 PM

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JD says ...

Why do bloggers always reduce journalism to this pety feud between online and print? Can't both of these mediums have value simultaneously? Look at the latest issue of Rolling Stone, for example. When was the last time you went to a website and found a multitude of new, inter-related interviews with legends of music (Bob Dylan, Paul McCartney, Mick Jagger, etc.), movies (Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg, Jane Fonda, etc.), politics (Jimmy Carter, George McGovern), and literature (Norman Mailer)? Editors and reputations can contribute a lot to a publication and most blogs don't have either.

Posted by JD at May 4, 2007 1:30 PM

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Alan Cerny says ...

Yeah, but they went from PREMIERE to US. Not to overestimate PREMIERE, but that's going from edible to twice-shat turd.

Posted by Alan Cerny at May 4, 2007 1:32 PM

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Craig Kennedy says ...

Yeah this isn't really about Old Media vs. New Media, it's about Resonably Respectable Film Magazine vs. Ass. I'd be pissed too.

Posted by Craig Kennedy at May 4, 2007 1:36 PM

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NYCritic says ...

I was one of the ones to whom this travesty happened. I opened my mailbox and found a copy of US in it -- haven't read that magazine since Bonnie Fuller decimated it years ago. Immediately called and told them I did not want it.

Posted by NYCritic at May 4, 2007 1:40 PM

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Craig Kennedy says ...

for the record, we're now living in The Age of "Reson"

Posted by Craig Kennedy at May 4, 2007 1:53 PM

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Joshua Mooney says ...

Good luck canceling that subscription, boy! They'll be sending you "payment due" notices for the next century, at least. I know that this (at least) is not your fault, but I suggest you take Robert Altman's advice for once: "Just giggle and give in."

Oh, wait, I thought you were NYCBusybody. My mistake. Same advice, though!

[I was one of the ones to whom this travesty happened. I opened my mailbox and found a copy of US in it -- haven't read that magazine since Bonnie Fuller decimated it years ago. Immediately called and told them I did not want it.

Posted by: NYCritic at May 4, 2007 01:40 PM]

Posted by Joshua Mooney at May 4, 2007 2:10 PM

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JD says ...

I agree that US is a pitiful magazine and not a worthy substitute for Premiere. I was responding to this passage:

"...anyone who pays money to receive mailed copies of paper publications is living in the past anyway so what do I care?"

Posted by JD at May 4, 2007 2:11 PM

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Craig Kennedy says ...

JD. Sometimes I think I have a special "Wells Filter" imbedded in my brain. I totally passed over that little nugget.

Posted by Craig Kennedy at May 4, 2007 2:45 PM

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erniesouchak says ...

This practice should be illegal. I remember subscribing to Brill's Content, and after one issue getting stuck with Mother Jones.

Posted by erniesouchak at May 4, 2007 2:46 PM

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jeffmcm says ...

Yeah, that's massively lame re: Wells on magazines. I can't carry a computer with me to the diner when I eat lunch and want something to read at the same time.

What can you say about people who are so aggressively trendy?

Posted by jeffmcm at May 4, 2007 3:13 PM

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movieirv says ...

What's wrong with US Magazine? I don't get it.

Posted by movieirv at May 4, 2007 3:53 PM

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Moviezzz says ...

US WEEKLY is no replacement for PREMIERE. But, it is better than nothing. I had just renewed PREMIERE for several years, so I have US for several more weeks.

When I got US last week, it was the first time I had read it since the 80's, when it was a monthly. It is a very slick magazine, well designed, but you felt your IQ dropping as you turned each page. As I wrote, I think there were only 400 words in the entire issue.

Still, at least now I will know what is going on in the world of celebrity marriages.

Posted by Moviezzz at May 4, 2007 6:45 PM

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hatchling says ...

I've found myself in the same boat. While Premier was far from perfect, at least there was a pretense of being about film.

US is simply execrable celebrity gossip and silliness. Wish it came in a plain paper wrapper. Why couldn't there have been some choices offered to subscribers?

Posted by hatchling at May 5, 2007 8:03 AM

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