Outraged Readers Cancelling SI Subscriptions

[jon1856]

Originally Posted by MzDoctaKay

It is.

And it seems to be no where else at all.....

[MzDoctaKay]

Originally Posted by jon1856

And it seems to be no where else at all.....

I've noticed that too.....

[shinerbock]

Originally Posted by MzDoctaKay

I've noticed that too.....

What do yall think this means? That it isn't getting the attention it should deserve or that its not really a legitimate story?

[MzDoctaKay]

Originally Posted by shinerbock

What do yall think this means? That it isn't getting the attention it should deserve or that its not really a legitimate story?

Good question. I'm not sure what Jon meant, but I don't believe it's getting the attention it deserves. I believe you were the respondent in this thread who stated that some times it takes others a while before they jump on a story. I can't imagine why she'd blog about this if it was false......I'm going to try contacting her.....I'm anxious to know the credibility of her sources.

[shinerbock]

My inkling would be that its not as big a story as she made it out to be. I mean, I could see a situation where there were a couple calls, and some contact of hers made a big deal out of it. Who knows.

It just seems to me that if this a legit story, some other outlets would have jumped on it. A lot of news outlets love racial controversy stories.

[jon1856]

Originally Posted by MzDoctaKay

Good question. I'm not sure what Jon meant, but I don't believe it's getting the attention it deserves. I believe you were the respondent in this thread who stated that some times it takes others a while before they jump on a story. I can't imagine why she'd blog about this if it was false......I'm going to try contacting her.....I'm anxious to know the credibility of her sources.

I have, since reading this thread, always believed this to be
B) that its not really a legitimate story. It is, IMHO, nothing more than an attempt to start an UL.

If the media in NYC, and elsewhere, can spend hours on a KFC with Rats in it, they would spend days on this.

After all, IIRC, the swim-suite issue of SI is it's largest seller and get a whole bunch of free air play every year.

[Drolefille]

I've been looking for more sources, and all that I come up with lead to allhiphop.com and one mention of Sandra Rose's blog. All of the articles are cut and paste about Beyonce keeping quiet about being the first non-model cover of the swimsuit issue and then a mention that "some readers think there have been mass cancellations"

It does seem to be percolating its way up the news, albeit very very slowly. At some point it'll be addressed by Sports Illustrated.

[jon1856]

The story/history of the Swim suit issue via Slate:
The Sports Illustrated Swimsuit IssueAn intellectual history.

By Bryan Curtis
Posted Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2007, at 1:22 PM ET

http://www.slate.com/id/2159853?nav=ais

Something of interest to this thread;

"Campbell's 1978 issue proved a watershed moment for cheesecake. In Brazil, Campbell had persuaded model Cheryl Tiegs to pose for a throwaway shot in a white fishnet top, her nipples fully exposed. Somehow the shot made its way into the magazine. According to The Franchise,Michael MacCambridge's excellent history of the magazine, nasty letters poured into Time-Life headquarters—more than 340 subscriptions were cancelled—and the swimsuit issue reached new heights of ignominy. But in some ways, the Tiegs fiasco was also a logical endpoint. Barring nudity, the Sports Illustrated model had nothing left to reveal. Thus for the next few decades the editors had to maintain a careful balance: They had to make the issue seem much racier than it actually was, while still maintaining its wholesome aesthetic."

As for the OP/source of thread, all I can find is this:
http://mauricebroaddus.proboards24.com/index.cgi

http://sandrarosenews.blogspot.com/2...elling-si.html

Those and all the others I have seen have same source.

Makes you kind of wonder.......

[MzDoctaKay]

Originally Posted by jon1856

The story/history of the Swim suit issue via Slate:
The Sports Illustrated Swimsuit IssueAn intellectual history.

By Bryan Curtis
Posted Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2007, at 1:22 PM ET
http://www.slate.com/id/2159853?nav=ais

Something of interest to this thread;

"Campbell's 1978 issue proved a watershed moment for cheesecake. In Brazil, Campbell had persuaded model Cheryl Tiegs to pose for a throwaway shot in a white fishnet top, her nipples fully exposed. Somehow the shot made its way into the magazine. According to The Franchise,Michael MacCambridge's excellent history of the magazine, nasty letters poured into Time-Life headquarters—more than 340 subscriptions were cancelled—and the swimsuit issue reached new heights of ignominy. But in some ways, the Tiegs fiasco was also a logical endpoint. Barring nudity, the Sports Illustrated model had nothing left to reveal. Thus for the next few decades the editors had to maintain a careful balance: They had to make the issue seem much racier than it actually was, while still maintaining its wholesome aesthetic."

As for the OP/source of thread, all I can find is this:
http://mauricebroaddus.proboards24.com/index.cgi

http://sandrarosenews.blogspot.com/2...elling-si.html

Those and all the others I have seen have same source.

Makes you kind of wonder.......

I got excited at first...but then when I got to the end and saw Sandra Rose's name again.......

[7thSonofOsiris]

There are two things that we might be missing family. The grand issue is that throughout the course of history, nothing sells like both, (1.)controversy and (2.) sex. The fact that SI was smart enough to market this issue correctly by placing both into one magazine, is a modicum of intelligence. They placed "B" on the cover because everybody loves her, and she's hot to def. They placed the new Dick Gregory on the inside because they knew that folks would wake up and pay attention, which I bet they thought, could have positively affected magazine sells. Those folks who are cancelling their subscriptions will be replaced by new readers. Me personally, I wouldn't have gone out like a clown and did it like he did it. Kanye needs to learn how to act as a man of distinction, versus wanting to be the walking billboard of all things controversial. I dig his talent, but not his actions in this case.

7thSon

[MzDoctaKay]

Originally Posted by Drolefille

I've been looking for more sources, and all that I come up with lead to allhiphop.com and one mention of Sandra Rose's blog. All of the articles are cut and paste about Beyonce keeping quiet about being the first non-model cover of the swimsuit issue and then a mention that "some readers think there have been mass cancellations"

It does seem to be percolating its way up the news, albeit very very slowly. At some point it'll be addressed by Sports Illustrated.

If it was false, I would think SI would've come forth by now...... no?

[shinerbock]

Originally Posted by MzDoctaKay

If it was false, I would think SI would've come forth by now...... no?

Maybe, but I mean its getting no attention, so whats to deny? If they make a statement it makes it a story. Right now its pretty much just a blogger story, and you can find anything you want on blogs these days.

[Drolefille]

Originally Posted by MzDoctaKay

If it was false, I would think SI would've come forth by now...... no?

Ditto to the other responses, coming out now only makes more people aware of the rumors, it doesn't lay widespread rumors to rest. If it does work its way up and finally a national newssource gets a hold of it and prints it, they'll respond. I'd suspect that one of the reasons it isn't getting printed in a national source is a lack of sources. You can't just copy and past the same paragraph into an AP article.

If this really were true, I could understand people being upset if the issue became a "Music issue" That's not why they buy SI or the Swimsuit Issue. If it were about race I'd agree that it was stupid, but SI is, I would think, pretty racially diverse as a whole. This isn't a crowd that would freak out or that pays particular attention to Kanye and his views on biracial women. They mostly just want to see the women.