Mr. Magazine says you re holding a piece of it in your hands. T he Internet did not end up being the Information Superhighway but a country road with a lot of potholes, stop signs, detours, and you name it, says Ole Miss journalism professor Samir Husni.
Magazines are the true information superhighway.
A nice, pithy, contrarian thought, and about what you would expect from someone whose trademark is Mr. Magazine and whose office is so jammed with magazines that he can t conduct an interview in it. As Memphis marks its 25th year, I have come to see Husni, one of the country s most widely quoted magazine experts, to get some perspective. You have to like a pro fessor whose research includes prowling around newsstands and who enlivens his lectures by showing slides of some of the more lurid new covers. Only one out of ten magazines stays in business for 10 years, Husni says. But once you reach the mature age of 10 you are sort of out of harm s way.