Newer PostOlder PostM O N D AY, F E B R U A RY 0 5 , 2 0 0 7Premiere Magazine For SaleAnd it may just shut down after years of losses.</p><p> I can still rememberwhen the first issue of "Premiere" magazine came out -- it wasrevolutionary in covering the film indsutry seriously.</p><p> Very few otherpublications did on-the-set pieces.</p><p> Premiere did them all the time.Premiere launched the Power List, a ranking of everyone in Hollywoodby their amount of power.</p><p> Brilliantly, it made PREMIERE powerfulsince everyone wanted to be on that list and higher than they were theyear before.</p><p> Premiere also perfected the ranking of Summer and Fallmovies -- they used to give actual tough predictions, unafraid to saywhat looked like bombs, etc.</p><p> Now EVERYONE has a Power List andeveryone ranks or previews summer movies.</p><p> Premiere did great, meatyin-depth stories and while they weren't afraid of colorful personal lives,the focus was firmly on great artists making (or trying to make) greatfilms.</p><p> They took movies seriously but still had fun.</p><p> They've been socopied and beaten by the nimbler Entertainment Weekly, thatPremiere has faded in recent years.</p><p> But it was extremely influential andit was the only place I wanted to work at when I first moved to NewYork and it gave me my first internship and job and byline so I willalways be fond of it.POSTED BY MICHAEL IN NEW YORK AT 12:39 PM 0 C O M M E N T S :Post a CommentL I N K S T O T H I S P O S TCreate a LinkHomeSubscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)Next Blog»sal1mineo@hotmail.comSEARCH BLOG FLAG BLOGFOLLOW BLOGP O P S U R F I N G .</p><p> C O MS U R F I N G T H E WAV E S O F P O P U L A R C U LT U R EB Y M I C H A E L G I LT Z & F R I E N D SPOPSURFING.COM: Premiere Magazine For Salehttp://popsurfing.blogspot.com/2007/02/premiere-magazine-for-... 1 of 37/27/09 11:10 PMFAV O R I T E L I N K SAmericablogFive O'Clock Lightning baseball blogDeep Pop -- Lori Lakin's BlogThe Back Page -- Jason Page on ESPNRadioCine-Blog -- George Robinson's BlogDocuments On Art & Cinema - DarylChin's BlogBrucie G's Wondrous Blog OfAdventure and Mystery -- BruceGreenspan's BlogB L O G A R C H I V E▼ 2009 (17)▼ July (3)1939 -- The Greatest Year ForMoviesSwimming Bans Those Hi-TechSuits!Best Movies Of The Year -- TheMaster List► June (3)► May (1)► March (2)► February (1)► January (7)► 2008 (86)► 2007 (781)► 2006 (2412)► 2005 (5)C O N T R I B U TO R SAaronBiboyMichael in New York POPSURFING.COM: Premiere Magazine For Salehttp://popsurfing.blogspot.com/2007/02/premiere-magazine-for-... 2 of 37/27/09 11:10 PMPOPSURFING.COM: Premiere Magazine For Salehttp://popsurfing.blogspot.com/2007/02/premiere-magazine-for-... 3 of 37/27/09 11:10 PM
