Is the Future of Newspapers Glossy?

Meet Andrew Essex, during the nineties he was a hot, young, journalist thing with an impressive career trajectory until he ditched it all for a lucrative job in advertising. Is his path the way of newspapers in general? It certainly looks that way judging by all the newspaper glossies set to hit newsstands this fall. (The Observer calls them “very pretty publications…with heavy paper stock, big perfectly bound spines, and shiny pictures of spinnakers and gourmet chocolate.”)

Behold: The Wall Street Journal is launching WSJ; WaPo is delving into the fashion market with FW; the Los Angeles Times is reintroducing its magazine, and then there’s Manhattan.

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