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| Thread ID: 128317 | 2012-12-12 03:26:00 | Review the Year PF1 | lordnoddy (3645) | PC World Chat |
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| 1317873 | 2012-12-12 18:52:00 | BEST Movie - The Avengers Concert/Show - None Gadget - Galaxy S3 Game - X-COM Enemy Unknown Catch Phrase - None TV Show - Arrow / The Walking Dead (tie) WORST Movie - Twihard Part Whatever How Many More Oh God Stop Concert/Show - None Gadget - iPad Mini Game - Hitman: Absolution Catch Phrase - "YOLO" TV Show - That Ridges thing |
inphinity (7274) | ||
| 1317874 | 2012-12-12 19:01:00 | It was New Year morning. I yawned, stretched and did some trivial chores, ate and slept. Nek minit it's 10 sleeps to xmas. We wuz robbed. | R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 1317875 | 2012-12-12 19:12:00 | That's actually not possible . We're the only NZ computer mag, aside from Netguide (which I don't count, for reasons) and that's been the case since Tone closed last year . Neither Tone nor we have taken content from Australian Mags in the two years I've been here - the aussie PC World went online only nearly five years ago (my old mag, PC Authority, took the subscribers when they closed) . You get the Aussie mags imported (PC Authority, PC User, APC, Game Informer), but none of them have a Kiwi version . We're it for consumer tech mags . We use US editorial features and how-tos, mostly because we're such a tiny team that we have to . We do all our product testing here and write as many local stories as we're able . We're a team of three people, there's only so much we can do . I'll agree that there tend to be a lot of similar articles, but we go out of our way to try not to copy anyone else . Sometimes, timing means it's needed - articles about Windows 8 around launch, etc . The only reason I wouldn't say what the worst gadget of the year for me was, is that I put my opinions right there in PC World - you can check through our list to find it . Any gadget I reviewed well, but hated personally is nobody's business but mine, and could be used by a manufacturer as evidence of bias should they have a beef with me later . I don't need the hassle . Want my personal opinion? Meet me at Galbraith's on a thursday night, buy me a craft beer, and I'll tell you . I'lkl dig out a couple, and post the articles, there has been some that were in the Aust mags, and a few months later the exact same article came out in PC World NZ . Not only that, but some of the online articles, may have the country's name changed, but the main body of the articles is basically the same . |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1317876 | 2012-12-12 19:14:00 | I'lkl dig out a couple, and post the articles, there has been some that were in the Aust mags, and a few months later the exact same article came out in PC World NZ. Not only that, but some of the online articles, may have the country's name changed, but the main body of the articles is basically the same. Given that Zara has acknowledged some content is sourced from the US, is it perhaps likely that the Aus mags are doing the same - so both the Aus mags and PCW end up running the same US-sourced article? |
inphinity (7274) | ||
| 1317877 | 2012-12-12 19:18:00 | The main thing is that we used to have a really good magazine. Thanks to FF and CK it plummeted in credibility. After a few crew changes it started to improve, and continues to do so. That is pretty notable. | R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 1317878 | 2012-12-12 19:41:00 | Given that Zara has acknowledged some content is sourced from the US, is it perhaps likely that the Aus mags are doing the same - so both the Aus mags and PCW end up running the same US-sourced article? That's not possible either. No consumer tech magazine in Australia licenses IDG content. ARN and CIO/MIS use some, but neither is a consumer mag. Wainuitech, if you could dig those up, that would be great. I'd need to forward that to the Editorial heads of IDG in the US, because for that to happen, someone would have had to have plagiarised the US PC World/IDG content. I can categorically state that we wouldn't ever use an article that had been in an Australian mag, even if we had the rights for anything from ACP or Haymarket (which we don't) - we know those mags are delivered to NZ. It would be suicide. Wainuitech, is it possible you're thinking of stories you saw online appearing in the mag? Because that can happen. We put some reviews up and then in the mag, for example. For smartphones and such we want the reviews up before the US, where we can, and we try to get them out on the launch date so that people looking for information will find it ASAP. |
Zara Baxter (16260) | ||
| 1317879 | 2012-12-12 20:05:00 | Hey guys! Let's not hijack lordnoddy's thread. All of us know better, including those of editorial persuasion. :D |
WalOne (4202) | ||
| 1317880 | 2012-12-12 20:17:00 | Good point WalOne, thanks. LordNoddy - if you want our off-topic chat moved elsethread, let me know :-) | Zara Baxter (16260) | ||
| 1317881 | 2012-12-12 20:32:00 | The day is not complete without a total derail, anyway.... | inphinity (7274) | ||
| 1317882 | 2012-12-12 20:36:00 | I did really enjoy Unstoppable as a movie too with the runaway train. will add that as a close second. | Gobe1 (6290) | ||
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