Mr. Magazine

Are we facing the doom and gloom of the print industry in general and the magazine industry in particular? Well, if you read the daily media reports, you will think so. So, is there any bloom in the midst of all the doom and gloom? I will be asking some of the movers and shakers in our business the same question about whether they see the glass half-full or half empty and will be bringing their answers to you via my blog. So stay tuned. Here is the first installment.
I had the opportunity to meet with David Carey, Group President at Condé Nast last Wed. during my week-long visit to New York City. I asked him whether he still sees the glass as half-full in the magazine business… Excerpts from his answer:

I would think that every industry in the history of the world has gone through what we are going through right now… I think the population of half-full thinkers shrinks right now, but God forbids, it never goes to zero…Out of these periods of time new ways of doing business emerges…new thinkers, new readers…I would say, yes, very much so half-full. I might have fewer brethren who see (it) that way, but I still very much do.

Listen to Carey’s interview29.