This is absolutely 100 percent true. (Magazine editor here. When it’s time to come up with a cover image, the first thing we do is list the obvious choices so we can throw them out. “It’s about computers! How ’bout something with 1s and 0s?”)
I believe he’s in violation of his fiduciary responsibility to his shareholders, if he COULD have spent less but chose not to. Hopefully the board of directors won’t hear about it.
I love the fact that I can read comics online that aren’t available in my local paper, and that the Web has given rise to some wonderful comic writers and artists that never would have been seen a couple of decades ago.
But the downside of “you can see everything, anytime” is that it’s not special anymore. I don’t need to petition the paper to run “Cul de Sac”; I get it here. Scarcity added value in a way, and I miss that.
This is absolutely 100 percent true. (Magazine editor here. When it’s time to come up with a cover image, the first thing we do is list the obvious choices so we can throw them out. “It’s about computers! How ’bout something with 1s and 0s?”)