Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/07/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Now those photojournalists shoot for the internet. Bob H. --- Ted Grant <tedgrant@shaw.ca> wrote: > Brian Reid said: > Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: NYT photo editor > > > > Of course, it's worth noting that 80% of the > newspapers that used to exist > > in the olden days have gone bankrupt and no longer > exist. Perhaps they > > should have spent a wee bit more time worrying > about revenue producing ad > > space..... > > > > Remember when there were afternoon newspapers as > well as morning > > newspapers?<<<< > > Hi Brian, > How true, and in some big cities there were a couple > of extra editions > during the day much like the "news up date" we > receive on the tele. > > My own feeling is, TV began the end of many news > papers and magazines simply > because of the "as it's happening programming" > offered rather than the next > day's news of papers. > > Or in the case of some roto sections the layouts > were done almost 6 weeks > before it hit the street with most of the story > photo layouts general > subjects a 6 week deadline really didn't matter. TV > came along with the > instantaneous moment and roto's died quicker than a > round through the head! > :-( > > A very sad case indeed, as many of those early roto > shooters who became > "well known" photojournalists got their start > shooting for roto mags and > weekly magazines.Eventually leading them to shoot > for Paris Match, LIFE and > many other big photo type magazines. > > ted > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for > more information > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com