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The Industry Standard: A metaphor

Started by mathewi · 1 year ago

There’s lots of chit-chat this morning about The Industry Standard — one of the leading lights of the tech publishing business during the first bubble — relaunching as a Web-only publication, something that was expected to happen in December, according to a re ... Continue reading »

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  • Daniel Gibbons

    1 year ago

    I agree that it's a metaphor, but maybe for the technology and computing segment of the magazine industry rather than the industry as a whole. Any magazine that's focused on time-sensitive information and analysis of the start-up world is going to struggle desperately in the print world. However, my first-hand experience of owning a high-end lifestyle magazine tells me that a healthy market continues to exist for certain kinds of print media.
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  • mathewi

    1 year ago

    I agree, Daniel -- I definitely think there's still a place for
    magazines, don't get me wrong. My thoughts were just meant to apply
    to the tech magazine segment.
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  • Mark Dykeman

    1 year ago

    My quick glance leads me to believe that there's going to be a lot of potential for collaboration and user involvement with the new Standard, which appeals to me.
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