[Ipg-smz] Dvorak is out at PC Mag

Sun Sep 23 23:25:30 UTC 2018

Nothing for writers has changed, Arnie, for hundreds of years. Writers, like most artists, have never had much job security, whether on staff or working as vendors/contractors.

Actually, that’s not true: What has changed is that the barriers to entry are incredibly low for writers to try to make a living through self-publishing. That doesn’t mean that most writers will be successful at it, but at least many can afford to try.

-A

> On Sep 23, 2018, at 8:03 AM, arnieswap at gmail.com wrote:
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> Publishing industry has become the new taxi and hotel industry. There is a race to just churn out 'content'. There is no storytelling, there are no emotions, there is no need for specialization. People do 30 mins research, find two quotes and become subject matter expert. Today's editors sit in their own basement, not out in the field and dictate what stories to be told; isolated and disconnected from the reality.  Everyone wants an easy job so no surprise the industry is dying. Today' and real creators are emerging in new mediums like YouTube where they are more authentic, full of emotions and can connect to their readers and viewers. 
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> We will see more of this.
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> On Sun, Sep 23, 2018 at 10:58 AM Dana Blankenhorn <danablankenhorn at gmail.com <mailto:danablankenhorn at gmail.com>> wrote:
> Publishers and producers have always seen writers and talent as disposable. This must be the lesson. 
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> On Sun, Sep 23, 2018 at 10:01 AM Steve Wexler <stevewexler.wordslingers at gmail.com <mailto:stevewexler.wordslingers at gmail.com>> wrote:
> I find it fascinating that at the same time businesses are scrambling to get on the customer-loyalty bandwagon so many continue to treat employees as readily-disposable assets.
> I believe that is a badly flawed business model and now that customers -- including readers -- have more choices -- one that can have major impacts.
> Remember, most people consider(ed) Jon Stewart and The Daily Show more credible than EVERY other news program!
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> On Sat, 22 Sep 2018 at 22:49, Tom Henderson <thenderson at extremelabs.com <mailto:thenderson at extremelabs.com>> wrote:
> It's my belief that it's about relationships and mutual understanding.
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> I've known JD for a long time. He's not the most ingratiating individual, but is tenable. 
> For a journalist doing tech, he's an astute journalist. He's not a practitioner of the tech arts, and from his observation points, is skilled at separating wheat from chaff.
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> PCMag's termination process isn't much different than how CMP, Ziff, Penton, and a dozen others whacked their staff, even after a long tenure as a freelancer. Most treated their W2 staff the same way.... or much worse. 
> For many commercial endeavors, it's the golden rule: they which hath the gold maketh the rules. 
> Tom
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> On 09/22/2018 09:37 PM, Dana Blankenhorn wrote:
>> I agree. It's terrible. But it should send a lesson to all writers, right down to the lowest j-school.
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>> Don't give your loyalty to a publisher. Be your own boss. We all need to be free agents. 
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>> I didn't do that in my career, and I've paid a price, in lost readers, and lost opportunities. I think all of us have. We need to stop doing it. 
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>> On Sat, Sep 22, 2018 at 5:29 PM Richi Jennings <richi.ipg at richi.uk <mailto:richi.ipg at richi.uk>> wrote:
>> Even I got a phone call from Scot. After just 11 years.
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>> On Sat, 22 Sep 2018, 10:22 pm sjvn, <sjvn at vna1.com <mailto:sjvn at vna1.com>> wrote:
>> On Fri, 2018-09-21 at 21:48 -0700, Mac McCarthy wrote:
>>> Geez!
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>> I haven't seen eye to eye with Dvorak over the years, but seriously. 36 years in and what appears to be a form letter e-mail closing down his column? That's just sad.
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>> I mean, I know there's no loyalty from publishers to writers, but come on! Would it have killed them to send him a personal note?
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>> Steven
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