Magazines' Fragmentation Problem
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The website coverjunkie has posted a couple of vintage magazine covers in honor of the late, great Larry Hagman. There’s Time magazine’s WHODUNIT? from August 1980, as the nation held its breath wondering who shot J.R. A New York magazine cover shows a young, not-too-far-removed-from-Major-Tony-Nelson Hagman sporting a Santa cap with the line “Merry Christmas—Or Else.”
Who shot J.R.? I don’t remember, but the question reminds us of the hold a few media outlets could have over the zeitgeist in the pre-Internet days.
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