[Leica] Re: NYT photo editor

[rhaightjr at yahoo.com (Bob Haight)]

Now those photojournalists shoot for the internet. Bob
H.
--- Ted Grant <tedgrant@shaw.ca> wrote:

> Brian Reid said:
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: NYT photo editor
> 
> 
> > Of course, it's worth noting that 80% of the
> newspapers that used to exist 
> > in the olden days have gone bankrupt and no longer
> exist. Perhaps  they 
> > should have spent a wee bit more time worrying
> about revenue producing ad 
> > space.....
> >
> > Remember when there were afternoon newspapers as
> well as morning 
> > newspapers?<<<<
> 
> Hi Brian,
> How true, and in some big cities there were a couple
> of extra editions 
> during the day much like the "news up date" we
> receive on the tele.
> 
> My own feeling is, TV began the end of many news
> papers and magazines simply 
> because of the "as it's happening programming"
> offered rather than the next 
> day's news of papers.
> 
> Or in the case of some roto sections the layouts
> were done almost 6 weeks 
> before it hit the street with most of the story
> photo layouts general 
> subjects a 6 week deadline really didn't matter. TV
> came along with the 
> instantaneous moment and roto's died quicker than a
> round through the head! 
> :-(
> 
> A very sad case indeed, as many of those early roto
> shooters who became 
> "well known" photojournalists got their start
> shooting for roto mags and 
> weekly magazines.Eventually leading them to shoot
> for Paris Match, LIFE and 
> many other big photo type magazines.
> 
> ted
> 
> 
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