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When magazines were king

Started by listohan, March 20, 2016, 10:15:08 AM

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listohan

Like newspapers, magazines are wilting before the onslaught of television, video on demand and the internet generally. Curtis Publishing's stable included the Saturday Evening Post, Ladies Home Journal, Country Gentleman, Holiday and Jack and Jill.


https://youtu.be/hHl5Gbk1ICc is a behind the scenes documentary on how these publications were produced. Ponder the number of jobs which have gone, yet it is still not profitable to convey similar content when all those jobs have been replaced by digital technology.



https://youtu.be/hHl5Gbk1ICc


Keri Szafir

21:47 - keyboards and casters in operation. They went through a lot of ribbon...
"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." --Arthur C. Clarke
"A thing of beauty is a joy for ever." --John Keats

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