From: Tosh (email suppressed)
Date: Thu Oct 06 2005 - 07:29:55 PDT
As usual jumping into something without fully researching other
letters on the subject - but I have to agree to a point regarding ads
in specialize magazines.
I not only buy Artforum and Bookforum for the articles and essays -
but also for the ads. In fact when I buy a book review magazine (NY
Review of Books, RAIN TAXI, etc.) I look for the ads first - because
in a lot of cases these titles would not come up to the surface if
there weren't ads placed.
The same also goes for music magazines that I devour each month -
Uncut, Mojo, and to a certain extent NME.
But at the same time I am happy that magazines like Film Comment
doesn't have industry Hollywood film ads. It would affect the
nature of their articles and essays.
So in the nutshell, I guess it really depends on the nature of the
publication. But for sure I am not anti-ad!
-- Tosh Berman TamTam Books http://www.tamtambooks.com __________________________________________________________________ For info on FrameWorks, contact Pip Chodorov at <email suppressed>.