Comments on: Publishers Weekly, bible of book publishing, is for sale—along with dozens of other Reed B2B magazines http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/02/22/publishers-weekly-bible-of-book-publishing-is-for-sale-along-with-dozens-of-other-reed-b2b-magazines/ News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Sat, 19 Jul 2008 15:21:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Septimus Severus http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/02/22/publishers-weekly-bible-of-book-publishing-is-for-sale-along-with-dozens-of-other-reed-b2b-magazines/#comment-721517 Septimus Severus Sat, 23 Feb 2008 20:43:21 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/02/22/publishers-weekly-bible-of-book-publishing-is-for-sale-along-with-dozens-of-other-reed-b2b-magazines/#comment-721517 <blockquote> Reed Business Information says it’s backing off from “advertising-dependent businesses.” </blockquote> Reed’s actions are driven by abject fear. Who is the super-villain who has brought carnage and mayhem to the world of newspapers and magazines? What dastardly fiend has throttled profit margins and depressed subscription figures? Marc Andreessen, the notorious creator of the infernal device called a web browser is responsible. Even now he is malevolently chortling in his blog lair. Witness his demented exultation in the apparent death throes of major publishing conglomerates by reading the title he gives this blog posting - <a HREF="http://blog.pmarca.com/2008/02/the-titanic-rep.html" rel="nofollow">“The Titanic reports on the iceberg”.</A> (Note: The troubles facing newspapers and magazines are serious. This note is a comic-book style parody.)

Reed Business Information says it’s backing off from “advertising-dependent businesses.”

Reed’s actions are driven by abject fear. Who is the super-villain who has brought carnage and mayhem to the world of newspapers and magazines? What dastardly fiend has throttled profit margins and depressed subscription figures? Marc Andreessen, the notorious creator of the infernal device called a web browser is responsible. Even now he is malevolently chortling in his blog lair. Witness his demented exultation in the apparent death throes of major publishing conglomerates by reading the title he gives this blog posting - “The Titanic reports on the iceberg”.

(Note: The troubles facing newspapers and magazines are serious. This note is a comic-book style parody.)

]]> By: Mike Cane http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/02/22/publishers-weekly-bible-of-book-publishing-is-for-sale-along-with-dozens-of-other-reed-b2b-magazines/#comment-721420 Mike Cane Sat, 23 Feb 2008 17:38:14 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/02/22/publishers-weekly-bible-of-book-publishing-is-for-sale-along-with-dozens-of-other-reed-b2b-magazines/#comment-721420 Pray pray pray Murdoch does not buy them. Pray pray pray Murdoch does not buy them.

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