“Many things have changed in our culture here in England as a direct result of the Pistols: the whole street-fashion thing in London, for example, or the coverage of popular culture in the national press, or the fact that the film industry is now about young people making films about young British issues.” PeopleWholeFactsFilmYoungCultureResultsIssuesStreetsFashionExampleChangedIndustryDirectEnglandPressesBritishLondonCoveragePopular CultureFilm IndustryPistolsThings Have Changed Author:Julien Temple
“When women do succeed, the press, even the industry press, spend far too much time talking about how we dress, what shoes we're wearing, who we're meant to be seeing. That's pretty sad for women, especially when it's written by women who really should know better.” KnowsShouldSuccessTalkingToo MuchWrittenSeeingIndustrySucceedDressesPressesShoesMeant To Be Author:Zaha Hadid
“I am surprised at all the people in the high-tech industry focused on "making money"... If that's all they want to do, they should have a $100 printing press in their basements and they will truly "make money." Instead, if we focus all that energy on innovation, we'll change the world for the best.” PeopleIfsWorldWantShouldEnergyFocusIndustryShould HaveInnovationPressesFocusedMaking MoneyChanging The WorldPrintingBasementsPrinting Press Author:Philippe Kahn
“Is there any other industry [than the press] in this country which seeks to presume so completely to give the customer what he does not want?” WantGivingDoeCountryMediaIndustryPressesCustomersWant Me Author:Rupert Murdoch
“I think that the entertainment industry and the entertainment press tends to focus on opening weekend box office as a measure of the success of a film and I think the true success is out there in people's homes and how much they absolutely love these characters.” PeopleThinkingCharacterHomeFilmFocusIndustryOfficePressesBoxesEntertainmentOpeningWeekendEntertainment IndustryBox OfficeTrue Success Author:John Lasseter
“I wanted an agent who would actually sell stuff. After two British agents failed comprehensively, I was reading Locus (the SF field's trade journal) and noticed a press release about an experienced editor leaving her job to join an agent in setting up a new agency. And I went "aha!" - because what you need is an agent who knows the industry but who doesn't have a huge list of famous clients whose needs will inevitably be put ahead of you. So I emailed her, and ... well, 11 years later I am the client listed at the top of her masthead!” KnowsNeedsYearsWellsTwoWantedJobsReadingStuffFieldsHugeIndustryTradeSellsPressesLeavingBritishListsSettingSettingsReleaseAgentsAgencyEditorsClientsJournalNew AgePress Release Author:Charles Stross
“I'm neither shy nor impressed by media and press. It's just another industry to me. My response to the criticism was, "I work with a steel factory. Why can't I work with the media?"” MediaIndustryCriticismPressesResponseShyFactoriesImpressedSteel Author:Aleksandra Mir
“Virtually all the trends that matter are making a mockery of the industry's ritual incantations about the values and virtues of a free press in a free society.” MatterValuesVirtueIndustryPressesRitualTrendsMockeryFree SocietyFree Press Author:Hodding Carter III
“I had a period after touring the first record where I didn't agree with the way things worked in the music industry as far as how you release music, demand, the pace of everything. You don't know who's talking to you. Who's Spotify? Who's iTunes? Who are all those bloggers? Who says I have to do this? Why do you have to do all this press? Why do I have to do so many shows? Why do I have to do a regular album right now? I don't understand it.” KnowsWayFirstsShowsTalkingRecordsIndustryPeriodsRight NowDemandAgreePressesAlbumsReleasePaceTouringMusic IndustryBloggersItunesSpotify Author:Lykke Li
“It wasn't openly talked about very much, in the sense that people said they wanted to beat GB at this or that, but there would however be sidelong comparisons frequently in press commentary. And it was also pretty quickly obvious that no other countries were developing the kind of technological depth of industry as were the US and the UK.” PeopleKindSaidCountryWantedIndustryBeatsPressesDepthObviousDevelopingComparisonOther CountriesTechnologicalCommentary Author:Charles R. Morris