I don’t think Variety depends on hits from web sources, to be quite honest. First and foremost, their infrastructure is built on a rather dedicated print subscriber base that pays upwards of $400 per year to have it show up at their door. Industry people. And old school film folks.
The web geek world shunning the site isn’t going to be a big deal, and as a member of that world, I wish the Weintraubs — who have a very legitimate beef — would try to throw less tantrums and concentrate on the work, as always.
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Apparently. I’m curious if a plummet in site hits will make a dent.
I don’t think Variety depends on hits from web sources, to be quite honest. First and foremost, their infrastructure is built on a rather dedicated print subscriber base that pays upwards of $400 per year to have it show up at their door. Industry people. And old school film folks.
The web geek world shunning the site isn’t going to be a big deal, and as a member of that world, I wish the Weintraubs — who have a very legitimate beef — would try to throw less tantrums and concentrate on the work, as always.
[…] Movie Blog is sourcing Rope of Silicon (should have sourced Variety, but there’s that whole boycott brouhaha), and suddenly a couple of comments have become a “news item” for the […]
[…] all may well be true, mind you It probably is. But this is the kind of thing that web masters don’t understand when high profile institutions like Variety hold off on linking to them until people are actually […]