>concise and what ive been trying to mutter all day basically Good
Bruce.. how you did it ill never know...lol kidnappers with clipped
papes.. wonderfull ill remember that one..
>
>
>---- Original Message ----
>From: [email protected]
>To: [email protected]
>Subject: Re: [MOPO] DeLuca, Heritage, featured in tomorrow's WSJ
>Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2013 19:53:00 -0600
>
>>I find that almost all of the reporters I have interacted with take
>down
>>whatever I say and then take out pits and pieces to form what they
>want to
>>say, whether or not it is something I said (kind of like how
>kidnappers
>>make ransom notes out of newspapers).
>>
>>Their standard seems to be not "is this accurate" but rather "what
>will
>>sell the most papers" combined with "can we get sued".
>>
>>On Sat, Feb 23, 2013 at 7:44 PM, David Kusumoto
>><[email protected]>wrote:
>>
>>> Hey Peter - you were caught/used in the standard "space
>constraints for
>>> a throwaway article," just as you described it. When you've been
>>> interviewed many times, you learn over the years that you can end
>up on the
>>> cutting room floor despite spending 30-90 minutes with harried
>writers who
>>> have no time nor interest in what their editors have "assigned"
>them to
>>> write only 500-words about. Writers prefer to pitch their story
>ideas to
>>> editors, not the other way around. It's worse for TV. I am so
>accustomed
>>> to warning clients about the press and managing their
>expectations. The
>>> classic routine is being on camera for 15 minutes and then you get
>sliced
>>> to a 10-second blip on TV - or get completely shut out. For ex.,
>watch
>>> your late local news and pay attention to the length of EACH
>story. After
>>> the top 3 stories are "out of the way," about 6-to-15 stories are
>blasted
>>> out which average about 10-15 seconds each. Only the most
>visually or
>>> verbally compelling stuff makes it. Editors do not trust the
>attention
>>> span of readers and TV viewers. For ex., I always tell people
>that in a
>>> 30-minute news broadcast, there's only about 6 min. of actual
>"local"
>>> content. The rest is filled with national, international, sports
>and
>>> weather news - and then about 6 to 8 min. worth of commercials.
>From
>>> beginning to end, it's a sprint. Most news organizations are no
>more than
>>> headline services. And with the advent of social media, it's
>gotten worse,
>>> with "tweets" sent out by newsrooms that are less than 140
>characters each.
>>> - d.
>>>
>>> P.S. - Many news organizations, esp. the NYT (circulation, 1.6
>million),
>>> the WSJ (circulation, 2.3 million) and the Washington Post
>(circulation,
>>> 470,000) - all have "exclusivity" rules - i.e., their editors
>REFUSE to run
>>> material run elsewhere unless it can be updated or has
>significance
>>> impossible to ignore, such as a plane crash. Hence the decision
>to
>>> "bypass" elaborating about "Metropolis." While newspapers are
>dying, their
>>> digital / mobile phone editions are keeping them barely alive,
>esp. the
>>> NYT, which finally posted huge gains after recently charging
>readers for
>>> digital content, (something the WSJ has always done). The NYT,
>despite
>>> bleeding red ink, still has the highest Sunday circulation in the
>U.S. (2.1
>>> million). - d.
>>>
>>> ---- Original Message ----
>>> Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2013 19:03:10 -0500
>>> From: [email protected]
>>> Subject: Re: DeLuca, Heritage, featured in tomorrow's WSJ
>>> To: [email protected]
>>>
>>> Tom,
>>>
>>> I was the other person she contacted for the story. She only had
>500 words
>>> available and she felt the metropolis had already been done(and
>when she
>>> did mention it, she got it wrong). I asked her what she wanted the
>thrust
>>> of the article to be and I think she just needed to get something
>out
>>> before the AA. As you say it was not particularly accurate. I
>explained in
>>> great detail how the hobby was unique in that the material was
>never sold
>>> to the public, the ways material did flow into collector's hands,
>how
>>> poster exchanges worked, etc. I mentioned off-handedly how some
>people
>>> actually used posters for home insulation years ago(this morphed
>into "huge
>>> caches" of material that can be found in home walls!). It was a
>hastily
>>> done throw-away article. Check the box and move onto the next
>thing.
>>>
>>> -Peter
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: MoPo List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of
>Tom
>>> Martin
>>> Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2013 9:57 AM
>>> To: [email protected]
>>> Subject: Re: [MOPO] DeLuca, Heritage, featured in tomorrow's WSJ
>>>
>>> DID I MISS something??? or did the writer leave out the recent
>Deluca buy
>>> of Metropolis???? at 1 million... U see soem old quotes on earlier
>prices..
>>> also she nowhere discusses the fact of Ralph Deluca being a super
>>> collector....
>>> Also The Grey Smith Part was Ok,, but she didnt do her homework
>this woman
>>> From Wall street...she could have given a broader viewpoint and
>offered
>>> some places postes where being collected like Museumsna
>collections.. and
>>> also people like Learn about Postres, and the Poster dealers Like
>the shops
>>> in NYC, andLa, London,,, and auction people like RICH and Bruce...
>>> They should have had You David write the story... perhaps you
>could submit
>>> a story and give it more Gusto.. and more details..
>>>
>>> It was nice that Wall street attempted a story but it was
>disappointing in
>>> not very accurate..
>>>
>>> Steven Sansweet who worked at Lucasfilm as a fand club and PR
>person was a
>>> former writer for Wall street and could also have done a good job
>on a
>>> article..
>>>
>>> this one was disappointing.. what does everyone else think????
>>>
>>> best, Tom
>>>
>>> ---- Original Message ----
>>> Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2013 23:05:36 -0800
>>> From: [email protected]
>>> Subject: DeLuca, Heritage, featured in tomorrow's WSJ
>>> To: [email protected]
>>>
>>> Timed with its weekend pre-Oscar coverage, tomorrow's WSJ has a
>short
>>> article about movie posters with quotes from Ralph DeLuca and Grey
>Smith.
>>> -d.
>>>
>>> [image: wsj-coming-soon-to-an-auction-near-you-02-23-13.jpg]
>>>
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