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“Los Angeles is a terrific place to live, you know. Because it's right on the edge of destruction. The ground itself is trembling. The landscape is about to blow apart. The social fabric is about to tear, and many novelists have documented the fragmentation of the psyche. So it's a place right at the edge of things where everything is about to fall apart, and it's a very nourishing place for that reason.”

—Leonard Cohen

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“We’re moving from this attention era to a retention era, where the smarter brands are figuring out how to build a narrative people are invested in. Magazines at the end of the day are about building a community.”

—Tom Bettridge, I-D

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“For twenty-five years, I was contracted to produce three articles a year, long ones, typically ten thousand words. For this, my peak salary was $498,141. That’s not a misprint—$498,141, or more than $166,000 per story.”

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“It’s not the stories of the big celebs who lost their mansions that are so compelling but the curtain the fire has lifted on the unseen strata of the entertainment industry: the makeup artists, set builders, lighting and camera crews, and aspiring writers who have had to flee their wooden bungalows perched in mountain foothills or along twisty trails, people whose everyday challenges with getting and keeping work were always ameliorated by waking up to that warm winter sun and a shower of lemons in the backyard.” —Tina Brown

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“What’s happened at Los Angeles [magazine] seems increasingly common, as owners appear to believe they know something that those who have built careers in publishing do not.”

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In June the magazine launched a premium membership for $85 a year that includes a weekly newsletter, “snobs guides” (insider travel tips) and a digital package released every August about college admissions. “It is driving over 50 percent of our new member acquisition and accounting for 73 percent of new member revenue,” said Alicianne Rand, senior vice president and general manager of the fashion and luxury group at Hearst Magazines.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/03/business/media/town-and-country-hearst-stellene-volandes.html

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Greatness is breaking news, beating others, holding people to account, dominating a beat, truly mastering a topic or space, writing confidently, crisply and clearly.

Jim VandeHei

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“I don’t know if we could’ve created The Shape of Punk to Come if we hadn’t been angry, serious, fed up, and looking to lash out.”

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“Legacy media’s unwillingness to pay for good writing is the single biggest warning sign that its decline is irreversible.”

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“There’s a lot more to life than just rock and roll. But I love to rock. And I’m glad to be here.”

—Neil Young

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“[Music] is one of the last legitimate opportunities we have for a transcendent experience.”

— Nick Cave