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| Thread ID: 78962 | 2007-05-03 21:39:00 | PC World editor resigns over apparent ad pressure | paulw (1826) | PC World Chat |
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| 546759 | 2007-05-03 21:39:00 | news.com.com Award-winning Editor-in-Chief Harry McCracken of US PC World resigned Tuesday over disagreements with the magazine's publisher regarding stories critical of advertisers, according to sources. Now that sort of preasure wouldn't happen here would it?? |
paulw (1826) | ||
| 546760 | 2007-05-03 21:51:00 | No, it would not. | Biggles (121) | ||
| 546761 | 2007-05-03 22:02:00 | No, it would not. Such a definitive answer, and such a relief... oh wait- that was a build-up of methane :D |
Shortcircuit (1666) | ||
| 546762 | 2007-05-03 23:47:00 | Is that a definite "No, he wouldn't resign, just shrug" or a "No, we would never be critical of advertisers", a "No, not unless the publisher told him to" or (probably) "No, it is not a good idea to put tea in the coffee machine". Today of all days, Use the Force. |
R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 546763 | 2007-05-04 01:35:00 | Maybe its No, We are all on the same page. After all, Vista+PCworld = Love. Gah.:xmouth: |
Metla (12) | ||
| 546764 | 2007-05-04 02:42:00 | news.com.com Award-winning Editor-in-Chief Harry McCracken of US PC World resigned Tuesday over disagreements with the magazine's publisher regarding stories critical of advertisers, according to sources. Now that sort of preasure wouldn't happen here would it?? ...and a little different spin: PC World CEO seriously injured after falling into credibility gap: If you've ever harbored any vague suspicions about the relationship between big, glossy PC magazines and the companies that buy big, glossy advertisements, this will do nothing to increase your confidence. According to multiple sources who talked to Wired, CNet and anyone else who would listen, PC World's award-winning Editor-in-Chief Harry McCracken has quit the IDG publication because new CEO Colin Crawford was pressuring him to avoid stories critical of major advertisers. Specifically, according to Wired, Crawford wanted McCracken to kill what was described as light-hearted list of gibes titled "Ten Things We Hate About Apple." Crawford has been CEO at PC World for about a month, coming over after a stint at sister publication MacWorld, where he reportedly had a cozy relationship with Apple CEO Steve Jobs. Coming on top of Crawford's general dictum to play nice with ad clients, sources said, this was just too much for McCracken, who apparently retains some old-fashioned notions about journalistic credibility. McCracken wouldn't go into detail about the dust-up beyond ascribing his departure to "some fundamental disagreements with Colin," and left his bridges unburned. "I've worked at IDG for 16 years. It's been unbelievably good to me, and I have 10,000 great memories, so I'm not leaving an unhappy person," he told Wired's Kim Zetter. But sources inside the mag were not so generous. "Everybody is so proud of Harry but we're devastated that he's gone," one told Zetter. "This is no way to run a magazine. But unfortunately, this looks like an indication of what we've got in store (from the new boss)." Another told CNet, "It saddens us all that Harry, a PC World institution, decided to leave. But dammit, we're proud of him for doing it." and another: I've run into this before, beginning over 20 years ago when a major computer magazine asked me to add negatives to a software review because the publisher had cancelled some of its advertising. (For details, see my posts on this subject at http://mikebanks.blogspot.com .) If advertising "partners" are protected against negative reviews, or non-advertisers are slammed, it begins to look like payola. As in, "Pay us [advertise] and we'll sing your product's praises; don't pay and we'll bury it." |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 546765 | 2007-05-04 02:42:00 | Or, "no the bastards would have to sack me". | Murray P (44) | ||
| 546766 | 2007-05-06 01:49:00 | Good on him for sticking to his principles. | dolby digital (5073) | ||
| 546767 | 2007-05-06 01:51:00 | After all, Vista+PCworld = Love. Microsoft sponsored the front cover :D |
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