“It’s a fundamental policy dispute about the allocation of resources. Nick has decided to spend the money on a direct-mail campaign for the magazine, in hopes of saving subscription revenue. To me, that sounds like something out of the 19th century. He’s taking the one, fresh, smart thing he has and gutting it.”
–Former online CJRDaily.org Web Editor in Chief Steve Lovelady, who resigned after CJS Dean Nicholas Lehmann cut the web site budget to fund a direct mail campaign for the print edition (via NYTimes)
“It’s a fundamental policy dispute about the allocation of resources. Nick has decided to spend the money on a direct-mail campaign for the magazine, in hopes of saving subscription revenue. To me, that sounds like something out of the 19th century. He’s taking the one, fresh, smart thing he has and gutting it.”
–Former online CJRDaily.org Web Editor in Chief Steve Lovelady, who resigned after CJS Dean Nicholas Lehmann cut the web site budget to fund a direct mail campaign for the print edition (via NYTimes)