Small shipment of magazines to start off the August summer doldrums. But Billboard thinks big with its 2011 D.I.Y. Manual, as in, “do it yourself”, as in, specifically, “Win big in the music biz—100-plus tips for doing it your damn self.” Among the many ideas aned suggestions pictured in the colorful cover illustration, the one that caught our eye is “Bands Kickstarter is making happen,” Kickstarter being the suddenly popular time-sensitive Internet funding platform for supporting creative projects. Indeed, we’re seeing all kinds of artists using Kickstarter via Facebook to try to raise money for future projects.
Hollywood Reporter’s Philanthropy Issue offers “a photographic tribute to the angels of L.A. who help support the arts, environment, education and children.” Disney president/CEO Robert Iger and his journalist wife Willow Bay take the cover for supporting such causes as pediatric AIDS. Inside stories include the 25 best film school rankings and the winners and losers of this year’s Comic-Con.
The New Yorker’s cover illustration of a woman pushing a buggy into Central Park doesn’t really cut it. The big story inside is “Inside the raid on Bin Laden,” with “Obama in default” highlighted in a corner strip.
Finally, New York pictures Mitt Romney and Jon Huntsman as the “Cain & Abel of American politics,” and suggests that either of the two rich Mormon ex-governors, who can’t stand each other, might beat Obama—if they don’t kill each other first. Inside, Frank Rich describes how Murdoch hacked the USA.
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