Esquire was a niche magazine in its original format because it appealed to men as opposed to people at large, |
Bear in mind that China wants to become, very badly, a member of some international institutions, like the World Trade Organization. |
I think that her name made the magazine stronger. That's why they kept it, |
If you look at the current issue, they have an article by Norman Mailer and Jimmy Breslin. I'm not sure my children, who are in their 20's, would have the faintest idea of who any of those people are. |
It almost looks like a magazine. The pages turn and everything. You can zoom in. It's sort of the wave of the future. |
It changed the landscape of women's publishing. It was a precursor of the women's movement. It said you can be a sexy, sensual human being, that you can be independent, that you can go for it. |
It's going to be very important to have allies and to have supporters in the post-war situation in Iraq. If only to help pay for the entire rebuilding process. |
Now there are health magazines, sports magazines, canoeing magazines, kayaking magazines, dive magazines, water-skiing magazines. |
Publishers who are not known for their creativity and originality all jumped on the bandwagon. |
Relations between Beijing and London are pretty cool. The Chinese are not happy with the way power is being transferred. Britain doesn't really have any military, and not all that much economic, role to play in China in the future. |
The audience was not the issue, ... because they did not want to be associated with (Martha Stewart, the persona). |
The might be handling it in an evolutionary way, without making a lot of noise, |
The worst could be over, ... Advertisers have already discounted everything. I think the damage has already been done. |
These are two rising powers -- each of whom feels some nervousness at the intentions of the other. |
What's missing is an enormously hot category to pull the whole industry ahead. |