Updated Tuesday, June 30, Dusseldorf, Germany 16:35
TAKEAWAY: Now the weekly magazines worldwide begin to pay tribute to the king of pop. ALSO: Pure Design appears on the blog starting tomorrow.
Michael Jackson: on covers of magazines around the globe
Now it is the turn of the weekly magazines to do commemorative editions devoted to Michael Jackson, his life, his music, his eccentricities and his enourmous talent. Magazines from around the world devote their covers to Michael Jackson. We show you some here from Germany (Spiegel and Focus), France (Paris Match), the US (TIME and Newsweek). I am impressed by the multimedia approach taken by all of these publications—-as well as newspapers—-allowing fans of the fallen star to listen to his music, see videos and sample galleries of photos.
I am fascinated by the choice of cover photos in each of these magazines: Spiegel’s headline reads King Lonely, and TIME chose a perfect photo of a healthy, strong looking Michael Jackson during a rehearsal in the 80s. In each case, the photos remind us of the Michael that was, before he turned into a bizarre looking character.
Obviously, the Michael Jackson story continues to top the list of 10 most read stories on almost every publication and website. Now that the tributes are beginning to end, the more newsy aspects of the story begin to appear. An audience that could never get enough of Michael Jackson when he lived, seems to feel the same way about news of his death and its aftermath.
– UK: The news business is in crisis: ‘There is pressing need for information and innovation’
http://www.journalism.co.uk/5/articles/534954.php
– USA: Sulzberger Says Boston Globe May Need More Cost Cuts
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aL2sO3RYCCuo
– USA: Brill’s Journalism Online and ITZ Publishing Forge Alliance
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003988696
– USA: Hartford Courant reverts to more conventional A1 look
http://www.visualeditors.com/apple/2009/06/hartford-courant-reverts-to-more-conventional-a1-look/
– USA: Why the New York Times Co. Will Be in Business Until at Least 2012
http://adage.com/mediaworks/article?article_id=137628
– USA: Link from Yahoo breaks traffic records at New York Times
http://www.niemanlab.org/2009/06/link-from-yahoo-breaks-traffic-records-at-new-york-times/
– Getting personal: Daily Perfect and ‘customised’ news
http://www.journalism.co.uk/5/articles/534953.php
– Part 2: Building a digital audience for news
http://www.journalism20.com/blog/2009/06/24/part-2-building-a-digital-audience-for-news/
– Smartphones, social networks to boost mobile advertising
http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSTRE55S2FY20090629
– Google unveils new ‘Twitter phone’
http://www.netimperative.com/netimperative/news/2009/may/google-unveils-new-2018twitter-phone2019
– Could strategic bankruptcies be needed to transform newspapers?
http://www.niemanlab.org/2009/06/could-strategic-bankruptcies-be-needed-to-transform-us-newspaper-enterprises/
Michael Jackson: tributes on the front pages worldwide
Germany’s Bild Am Sonntag today starts with Michael Jackson’s image on its cover, then devotes a dozen pages to his life and music. Interesting detail: the package, which is very visual, carries a bar at the top with some of the notes from Jackson’s hit “Billie Jean”.
Page One sent by Sajeevkumar T.K, visual editor, Kerala Kaumudi (India)
Page One sent by Daniel Dulhunty, The Border Mail, Australia
Front pages of newspapers from around the world, paying tribute to Michael Jackson and Farrah Fawcett
The Daily News, Palo Alto, California: honoring Farrah and Michael on Page One
Pure Design comes to the blog
While my 2002 book Pure Design is virtually out of print, we will be bringing you the short “fable-inspired” entries, offering solutions for magazines, books, newspapers and websites.It is all about the basics of visual journalism. Starting here July 1.
As readers of Pure Design know, I was inspired by Aesop’s fables to write short, all inclusive entries on a variety of design-related topics, from color and typography to white space use and page architecture.
My plan is to add new thoughts to each of the “fable entries”, to update the topics whenever possible. Our summer intern, Reed Reibstein, will be assisting me as we prepare the materials for presentation in this new medium.
As I read through the material one more time, I realize that 85% of what is in Pure Design still matters today. I will make an attempt to update that other 15% in which we can add new dimensions almost 7 years later.
Pure Design’s pages will be available as PDFs through the Issuu viewer (http://issuu.com/) embedded in the blog.
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