Has the Magazine Industry Stooped to New Lows?
Has the Magazine Industry Stooped to New Lows? Monday June 30, 2008#spacer{clear:left}#abc #sidebar{margin-top:1.5em}zSB(3,3)When you see the Gwyneth Paltrow cover on the July Harper’s Bazaar issue, consider this: Paltrow’s in the magazine because she’s a spokesmodel for Este Lauder. Open the magazine and you’ll find 3 other Lauder spokesmodels, written up as if they were regular featured celebrities, not the faces of a major advertiser. So much for the media version of separation of church and state — advertisers are meant to stay out of the newsroom, or in this case, the editorial offices. Not so for Harper’s Bazaar. You can get the full story in the Sunday New York Times, A Cover, 40 Pages, 4 Faces and One Perfume. Oh, and full disclosure: About.com is owned by the NY Times. I’ll take this moment to assure you all that although I have a
