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David Levy moving to Astronomy
From the latest (Jan 2nd, 2009) "Astronomy" magazine news letter: "In
January 2009 world-renowned amateur astronomer and comet discoverer David H. Levy joins Astronomy magazine as a Contributing Editor. Levy will write a monthly column.." First Stephen James O'Meara 'jumped ship' from S&T and moved to Astronomy and now Levy. What's happening here? George N |
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David Levy moving to Astronomy
On Jan 3, 9:56*am, "George Normandin"
wrote: From the latest (Jan 2nd, 2009) "Astronomy" magazine news letter: "In January 2009 world-renowned amateur astronomer and comet discoverer David H. Levy joins Astronomy magazine as a Contributing Editor. Levy will write a monthly column.." First Stephen James O'Meara 'jumped ship' from S&T and moved to Astronomy and now Levy. What's happening here? George N People move around all the time. This is nothing new. Also, I understand David will continue to contribute to S&T. |
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David Levy moving to Astronomy
On 3 Ιαν, 17:56, "George Normandin" wrote:
From the latest (Jan 2nd, 2009) "Astronomy" magazine news letter: "In January 2009 world-renowned amateur astronomer and comet discoverer David H. Levy joins Astronomy magazine as a Contributing Editor. Levy will write a monthly column.." First Stephen James O'Meara 'jumped ship' from S&T and moved to Astronomy and now Levy. What's happening here? George N I was told about this development over two weeks ago and which also surprised me given the recent developments at S&T (O'Meara, Fienberg and now Levy). With a new Editor-in-Chief at S&T, perhaps a new team is being assembled. Anthony. |
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David Levy moving to Astronomy
On Sat, 03 Jan 2009 15:56:16 GMT, "George Normandin"
wrote: First Stephen James O'Meara 'jumped ship' from S&T and moved to Astronomy and now Levy. What's happening here? I reckon they got better offers. Bud |
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David Levy moving to Astronomy
On Jan 3, 10:56*am, "George Normandin"
wrote: First Stephen James O'Meara 'jumped ship' from S&T and moved to Astronomy and now Levy. What's happening here? Whatever happened to S&T happened seventeen years ago, not recently. Are either of those magazine even worth looking at any more? I gave up on both a LONG time ago. |
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David Levy moving to Astronomy
On Jan 3, 8:56*am, "George Normandin"
wrote: What's happening here? I know that Sky and Telescope occasionally tries to move itself towards a more popular orientation - to catch up with Astronomy magazine. So maybe by being the more respected and technical publication it is at a disadvantage. Also, Meade used to buy several pages of ads in every issue, and now doesn't do that anymore - so Sky and Telescope shrank recently. Perhaps, what with the tight economy, the magazine is under some pressure. But that doesn't mean it's necessarily in serious trouble. John Savard |
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David Levy moving to Astronomy
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Whatever happened to S&T happened seventeen years ago, not recently. Are either of those magazine even worth looking at any more? I gave up on both a LONG time ago. -------------- I didn't resubscribe this year; I couldn't stand it anymore. It's become too much like Astronomy, which I never respected in the first place with all the "artist conceptions" and articles with vibrating white letters on black. S&T lost its professional look years ago. To me, S&T is now too much money for a lot less "meat" than even a year ago. Sue French's columns are about the only ones I've saved from all the past issues I've thrown out. |
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David Levy moving to Astronomy
Anthony Ayiomamitis wrote in
: On 3 Ιαν, 17:56, "George Normandin" wrote: From the latest (Jan 2nd, 2009) "Astronomy" magazine news letter: "In January 2009 world-renowned amateur astronomer and comet discoverer David H. Levy joins Astronomy magazine as a Contributing Editor. Levy will write a monthly column.." First Stephen James O'Meara 'jumped ship' from S&T and moved to Astronomy and now Levy. What's happening here? George N I was told about this development over two weeks ago and which also surprised me given the recent developments at S&T (O'Meara, Fienberg and now Levy). With a new Editor-in-Chief at S&T, perhaps a new team is being assembled. Anthony. The magazines are doomed. They've failed to make the transition to the net. In 10 years, the only magazines left will be women's fashion an scandal sheets. |
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David Levy moving to Astronomy
The magazines are doomed. They've failed to make the transition to the
net. In 10 years, the only magazines left will be women's fashion an scandal sheets. A home theater magazine that I subscribed to for several years abandoned print to go web-only. I rarely visit the website. Does anybody? From my standpoint, they may as well have simply folded. -- Curtis Croulet Temecula, California 33°27'59"N, 117°05'53"W |
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David Levy moving to Astronomy
With a new Editor-in-Chief at S&T, perhaps a new team is being
assembled. I had a long chat with S&T's new editor, Bob Naeye, at the Pacific Astronomy and Telescope Show in September. I told him that this past summer was the first time in almost 50 years that I considered not renewing my subscription. I felt that S&T had become too much like Astronomy. Whatever the merits of Astronomy or lack thereof, there's no point in my getting two versions of the same magazine. Bob told me to expect some forthcoming changes to S&T. There'll be more on astrophotography in the magazine (techniques & equipment, not pictures), and more of the main articles will be written by scientists rather than editors. However, he denied that the magazine has been "dumbed down" in recent years. His editorial in the Feb '09 issue conforms to this view. The decline of advertising revenue is a serious issue. Meade in their heyday bought, I think, 10 pages or something like that. At one time, there was essentially a complete Meade catalog in the magazine. Not now. So there are fewer pages in the magazine than a couple of years ago, though still many more than the typical issue of the 1960s. I was told, however, that circulation has actually increased a bit. I also complained about the books & pubs offered by S&T. Sky Publishing (their old name) was a one-stop source for a large variety of star atlases and observing guides. Most of that is gone. Bob said New Track Media considered themselves to have bought a magazine, not a book publisher. The staff at S&T is far smaller than it used to be. However, they may restart the book side of the business. Earlier in the show, before I had the chance to talk to Naeye, I was chatting with another S&T staffer, and an astronomy author everybody here would recognize came up and said that he didn't like either magazine and doesn't subscribe to them, even though he writes articles for both. I wasn't sure what his complaint was. I was complaining that things had been, well, "dumbed down," but he was standing beside me and complaining that some articles were too technical, with too many unexplained acronyms. BTW, Naeye is pronounced "noy-uh" (starts like "noise"), not "nye" or some variant of that. He says the name is Flemish. I know nothing about the status of David Levy with S&T -- whether he's moving totally to Astronomy or doing both mags. I see him annually at the Starry Nights Festival in Yucca Valley, and he said nothing about it this last time. But I suppose he would not have been at liberty to say anything at the time. -- Curtis Croulet Temecula, California 33°27'59"N, 117°05'53"W |
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