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Time Inc. Sells Itself to Meredith Corp., Backed by Koch Brothers

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Post by aedron »

throwawayjava wrote: post #127
scandox wrote: post #118

Last time I read Time magazine I was shocked at the almost childlike simplicity of the content. It reminded me of a magazine we have here for elderly people of minimal education called Ireland’s Own...it does interviews with sweater wearing singers from country towns and articles on the potential historical reality of Fairies...now that I think about it it is a cut above Time.

I had the same reaction when reading Time recently. Has anyone gone back through the archives to determine if this has always been the case?

I read Time around the turn of the millenium (got it as part of some promotion for college students). It definitely had that geriatric feel. '60 Minutes' on print is pretty much how I felt about it.

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Post by ryanwaggoner »

puranjay wrote: post #104
KeepTalking wrote: post #83

Short on content, long on medication ads is how I view Time. Time has suffered from the lack of a differentiated digital content strategy that is compelling. I default to WaPo, NYT, Economist, FinTimes, Atlantic and the BBC.

NYT, Economist and Atlantic are all good. But good God, WaPo has let itself go with HuffPo-tier headlines and hysteria.

Completely disagree. WaPo is doing incredible journalism and scanning their front page at any given time reveals normal headlines, definitely not what HuffPo does, and definitely not “hysteria”.

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Post by dominotw »

ryanwaggoner wrote: post #132
puranjay wrote: post #104

Earlier quoted context omitted.

NYT, Economist and Atlantic are all good. But good God, WaPo has let itself go with HuffPo-tier headlines and hysteria.

Completely disagree. WaPo is doing incredible journalism and scanning their front page at any given time reveals normal headlines, definitely not what HuffPo does, and definitely not “hysteria”.

> definitely not what HuffPo does

I went to their homepages, both of them had some article on "harry and markle", watchdog suing trump, sexual assault article.

Whats the difference?

PS: just scanning the homepage put me in bad mood, why would ppl voluntarily do this to themselves.

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Post by Turing_Machine »

danenania wrote: post #59
Turing_Machine wrote: post #48

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The Koch brothers are pro-choice, as far as I know. They also support gay marriage and an end to drug prohibition. http://www.cnn.com/2014/12/14/politics/david-koch-gay-rights...

Does that match up with who they fund? My understanding is that they are funding lots of politicians who push xenophobia, homophobia, anti-feminism, and the drug war. Unless I'm mistaken about that, I don't think it particularly matters what their personal beliefs are, since they are working against those supposed beliefs with their money and their actions. If you're willing to sacrifice human rights to get tax cuts…

Perfect politicians don't exist.

Did you vote for Barack Obama in 2008, despite his opposition to gay marriage?

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Post by azernik »

dominotw wrote: post #133
ryanwaggoner wrote: post #132

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Completely disagree. WaPo is doing incredible journalism and scanning their front page at any given time reveals normal headlines, definitely not what HuffPo does, and definitely not “hysteria”.

> definitely not what HuffPo does I went to their homepages, both of them had some article on "harry and markle", watchdog suing trump, sexual assault article. Whats the difference? PS: just scanning the homepage put me in bad mood, why would ppl voluntarily do this to themselves.

"Harry and Markle": A British prince marrying am American is celebrity gossip, but of the kind that makes the front page of quite venerable Western news outlets.

The CFPB official suing Trump is a serious ongoing crisis which is not about personal injury, but rather a dispute about who is legitimate head of a federal agency. It is the literal top story of the Wall Street Journal.

And whatever you might think about the the crisis about changing mores on sexual harassment and assault, it is right now hitting Congress and changing committee chairs, endangering reelections, and may lead to resignations.

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Post by dominotw »

azernik wrote: post #135
dominotw wrote: post #133

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> definitely not what HuffPo does I went to their homepages, both of them had some article on "harry and markle", watchdog suing trump, sexual assault article. Whats the difference? PS: just scanning the homepage put me in bad mood, why would ppl voluntarily do this to themselves.

"Harry and Markle": A British prince marrying am American is celebrity gossip, but of the kind that makes the front page of quite venerable Western news outlets. The CFPB official suing Trump is a serious ongoing crisis which is not about personal injury, but rather a dispute about who is legitimate head of a federal agency. It is the literal top story of the Wall Street Journal. And whatever you might think about th…

I wasn't saying they are not important issues. I was just questioning GP's assertion that they have entirely different content.

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Post by drostie »

nickpp wrote: post #105
flunhat wrote: post #87

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That's how all taxes work??

Yes, and that's what taxes are: money taken by force.

This position is not indefensible but it is hard to defend: it implies that you could not possibly construct a state of comparable complexity to modern governance if the topmost layer were a libertarian paradise. But that position is very implausible. If you can construct a model of a state then you can easily analogize to whatever that is, instead of theft.

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Post by BitterAmethyst »

mc32 wrote: post #49
TylerE wrote: post #44

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's hardly involuntary. No one's holding a gun to your head to own a TV receiver.

So you buy a receiver will never watch the channel, yet you must pay whether or not you even agree with their programming and somehow that is voluntary excise? It's strongarming.

You don't need to pay if it isn't configured. My TV is not set up to watch live broadcasts as I only use it for gaming and I've never had to pay for the TV License.

If you are going to be incensed about something get your facts straight.

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Post by silviogutierrez »

scandox wrote: post #118

Last time I read Time magazine I was shocked at the almost childlike simplicity of the content. It reminded me of a magazine we have here for elderly people of minimal education called Ireland’s Own...it does interviews with sweater wearing singers from country towns and articles on the potential historical reality of Fairies...now that I think about it it is a cut above Time.

I'm reminded of this piece from the Onion:

https://entertainment.theonion.com/time-announces-new-versio...

Sadly, it's video-only. Couldn't find an article.

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Post by sctb »

dredmorbius wrote: post #106
rev_null wrote: post #77

Anyone know why the headline was changed on HN to remove the Koch Brothers?

Almost certainly: an attempt to de-fang a discussion that would almost certainly be highly political, and in the hope that discussion of that element might at least tend to be amongst those who'd read the article rather than responded to the headline. Information delivery rates matter.

A moderator changed it to “Time Inc. Sells Itself to Meredith Corp, owner of Family Circle and AllRecipes” for that reason (after there were plenty of such tangential comments as evidence), but we've changed it back.
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