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Daft Punk members Guy Manuel de Homem-Christo and Thomas Bangalter once seemed like robotic (or at least android) supermen. Their debut, “Homework,” was a catchy disc that mainly hewed to dance-techno conventions. “Discovery” was a daring work that convinced many a listener (myself included) that electronic music could be interesting, catchy and danceable—all at the same time...
...Extremely Loud” had a lot to live up to—a curse on any sophomore effort that is made only worse by the fact that Foer, on account of his young age, is expected to outdo himself with every successive outing. When the debut was published, he was heralded in the press as a “certified wunderkind” and an “obvious talent,” while the book itself was uniformly dubbed “impressive”—a dubious honor which implies, like...
...Southampton, N. Y. His father had built a newspaper empire, and after young Mike and his late brother John took over the flagship Des Moines Register, they began to buy radio stations in the 1930s. In 1937 the Cowleses launched a new picture magazine two months after the debut of LIFE, and Look, too, quickly became a financial success. He followed up, however, with a string of magazine failures. In 1971, battered by advertising losses to TV, Look went under. With the family newspaper chain also in long decline, even the Register was sold two weeks...
...seen in the redesign of Family Weekly, the Sunday newspaper supplement that Gannett bought from CBS Inc. in March for $42 million. At the time of the sale, Family Weekly had 362 newspaper clients and a combined circulation of more than 12 million. Renamed USA Weekend and scheduled to debut in September, the revamped magazine is a close cousin of the newspaper, complete with the same logo and flashy graphics. Many of Family Weekly's longtime subscribers, however, have complained that the new look amounts to free promotion for USA Today. So far, about 130 of those clients have switched...
When USA Today made its debut, some newspaper executives believed that its format would attract primarily lower-class readers. But surveys by the Simmons Market Research Bureau show that the paper draws many of the young, upscale readers that Madison Avenue covets. Nonetheless, USA Today faces stiff competition from magazines and television for national advertising dollars. Unlike some magazines, USA Today does not offer regional advertising editions targeted for specific audiences. Although advertiser resistance has not been fully overcome, it is easing. "The color and setup of USA Today fairly well guarantees that if someone goes through the newspaper...