In Reply to: John... posted by hifitommy on September 5, 2015 at 12:15:46:
>thank you.You're welcome, hifitommy. Perhaps I am getting too sensitive, but I am
getting weary of Stereophile's name being linked to stories about
"pay-to-play" publishing. Yes, there are print magazines and web
publications that won't publish reviews of products from companies that
don't advertise - 6 Moons' Srajan Ebean has been frank about this policy,
for example - but Stereophile has always selected products for review
based on what we feel their relevance to our readers is, and pays no
attention to whether the manufacturer advertises with us or not.This has not been without friction with the business side of the
magazine - see the first paragraph of the essay linked below - and my
continued employment has on a couple of times been threatened. But as
long as I am Stereophile's editor, this policy will remain in effect.
John Atkinson
Technical Editor, Stereophile
Edits: 09/06/15 09/06/15 09/06/15
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- RE: John... - John Atkinson 07:16:16 09/06/15 (2)
- RE: John...You should not try to change the subject about your review policy - fmak 22:50:24 09/08/15 (1)
- RE: John...You should not try to change the subject about your review policy - John Atkinson 08:14:45 09/09/15 (0)