TV GUIDE TO NAME NEW EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

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According to the NY Post, TV Guide’s Editor-in-Chief Ian Birch was canned and will be succeeded by Debra Birnbaum, who recently had been editor of Life & Style.

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ANALYSIS: Post-Oscar Covers — Who Got it Right & Who Got it Wrong?

TV GUIDE: WRONG

How NOT to do a Post-Oscar Cover….

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ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: RIGHT! 

And How to Do a Post-Oscar Cover!
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Last week, I pointed out how I thought that TV Guide’s Post Oscar cover was a total disaster.  

Days later, Entertainment Weekly comes out with a cover that is thought-through and compelling.   It looks like they actually had a real discussion before sending this cover to the printer!

They hit the key theme with the line “The Trouble with the Oscars.”  And they come right out and say “They Were Boring!”

Good for EW for keeping it real.