"We'll always have Paris..."
Goodbye Premiere.
Yesterday it was announced that April will be the last ever print issue of the popular American movie magazine. Although I haven’t read the mag in a few years, I’m still actually pretty sad about its demise (it will continue in online form). Largely because somewhere in the back of my mind, I’ve always fantasised about writing for a film magazine.
Anyway, Premiere was never as visually engaging or hype-orientated as say the UK’s Empire magazine. Instead, the mag featured some very enjoyable interviews that went beyond the same tired questions, as well as articles crammed with enlightening insider knowledge. And the photo shoots were glorious.
For pfans, Premiere published some of my favourite ever Michelle Pfeiffer pics, including these two.
In fact, back in 1998-99 I was interviewed by a Premiere journalist for a fandom article that never reached print. Perhaps I didn’t come off stalkerish enough to be interesting in an issue entirely focused on Hollywood and websites (This was before the first Internet bubble burst).
Here’s the Advertising Age article on the end of the magazine, and here’s some commentary from the CHUD movie news website. With the demise of FHM, Elle Girl and Official PlayStation magazine (among others) and in the US, clearly the Internet is finally getting its poisonous talons into its print competition, beating it to exclusives and tearing away its financial support from advertising.
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In a totally unrelated note, tomorrow (Thursday, 8 March) the South African groups performing at My Coke Fest 2007 will be announced on 5FM.
Yesterday it was announced that April will be the last ever print issue of the popular American movie magazine. Although I haven’t read the mag in a few years, I’m still actually pretty sad about its demise (it will continue in online form). Largely because somewhere in the back of my mind, I’ve always fantasised about writing for a film magazine.
Anyway, Premiere was never as visually engaging or hype-orientated as say the UK’s Empire magazine. Instead, the mag featured some very enjoyable interviews that went beyond the same tired questions, as well as articles crammed with enlightening insider knowledge. And the photo shoots were glorious.
For pfans, Premiere published some of my favourite ever Michelle Pfeiffer pics, including these two.
In fact, back in 1998-99 I was interviewed by a Premiere journalist for a fandom article that never reached print. Perhaps I didn’t come off stalkerish enough to be interesting in an issue entirely focused on Hollywood and websites (This was before the first Internet bubble burst).
Here’s the Advertising Age article on the end of the magazine, and here’s some commentary from the CHUD movie news website. With the demise of FHM, Elle Girl and Official PlayStation magazine (among others) and in the US, clearly the Internet is finally getting its poisonous talons into its print competition, beating it to exclusives and tearing away its financial support from advertising.
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In a totally unrelated note, tomorrow (Thursday, 8 March) the South African groups performing at My Coke Fest 2007 will be announced on 5FM.
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