Even though I hadn't read it with any regularity in years, I was saddened to hear earlier this week that Premiere magazine will be shutting its print edition and function solely as a website. As a teenager, the magazine was my first exposure to the business, and art, of Hollywood, and helped push me towards my lifelong love affair with the movies.
Even worse? The stated reason for the move is that the only thing that sells entertainment magazines these days is celebrity gossip, and Premiere's long lead time precluded it from being up to date on such things. So if only they'd put Anna Nicole on the cover a few more times, they could've gone the way of US Weekly (another once-decent magazine that has collapsed under the weight of all-Paris, all the time.)
My favorite parts? The monthly transcript of a classic movie scene, Peter Biskind's reporting, and that annual pre-Oscars piece by William Goldman when he ran through the Best Picture noms and why each of them sucks.
Posted by Stephen Silver at March 7, 2007 11:14 PMI think Premiere is much better written that Entertainment Weekly. The reason I don't buy it is because its a monthly and the industry moves too fast. So I disagree about the anna Nicole thing. If it had become a weekly, it would have given EW a run for its money. I just hope the website is more current.
Posted by: A at March 8, 2007 10:31 AM