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...American soldiers, a few blocks away Germany's business leaders were greeting a star-studded U.S. corporate delegation eager to get the new era of peace and prosperity off to a lucrative start. Among the Americans: General Motors ceo John Smith, IBM chairman Louis Gerstner, Goldman Sachs chief Stephen Friedman, Motorola's Robert Galvin, Morgan Stanley's Richard Fisher and Dwayne Andreas of Archer-Daniels-Midland. Said U.S. Ambassador to Germany Richard Holbrooke: "For almost five decades in the postwar period, the relationship ((between the U.S. and Europe)) was basically military. The departure of the troops from Berlin represents...
...zines is to have a voice -- quiet, yes, but more tangible than a computer message -- to create a nonvirtual community of like-minded readers who can, in the case of the more longstanding publications, actually reach the publisher on the phone. "Benjamin Franklin made zines," says R. Seth Friedman, 32, publisher of Factsheet Five, a bimonthly review of these publications. "He published his own thoughts using his own printing presses. It wasn't the magazine business...
With its low cost of entry -- a few thousand dollars and access to a copying machine -- this society of self-publishers is growing fast. This year alone, at least 20,000 titles have been produced in the U.S., and Friedman says the cottage industry is growing at an annual rate of 20%. Doug Biggert, who oversees the supply of some 500 titles at 102 of the Tower record, video and book stores, says the chain sells 4,000 zines a month. The supply always changes, of course. Dozens of new titles pop up and fold each month and focus...
...Friedman traces contemporary zines to two sources. One route passes through the highbrow beat poetry of the 1940s and '50s that, because of its small audience, perfected the art of producing the small-run, beautifully crafted publications called chapbooks. The other follows the science-fiction press back to its pulp roots in the late '30s when fans of this literary genre circulated rough, mimeographed copies of their own voluminous stories, commentary and manifestos...
...with twisted minds. The $34 million movie is so manic, so violent, so seemingly at one with the subject it satirizes, that Warner Bros. was reportedly spooked about a potential fire storm. Now the execs say they are feeling better. "I'm encouraged and excited," says marketing boss Rob Friedman. "The media response has been overwhelmingly positive...