Outraged Readers Cancelling SI Subscriptions

[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.......

[jon1856]

Originally Posted by MzDoctaKay

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

Not sure if you read the Slate link.

But I do agree with you about Ms. Rose's "link" to all of this.

[MzDoctaKay]

Originally Posted by jon1856

Not sure if you read the Slate link.

But I do agree with you about Ms. Rose's "link" to all of this.

I did get through that article.....very interesting...I appreciate your posting it.

[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

[jon1856]

Originally Posted by 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 canceling 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

Your statement is very sound. But:
What controversy? I have seen it only here and the "blog".

[7thSonofOsiris]

What's up Jon?

It's been a while buddy boy. What made me say controversy was the fact that people are talking about it. Nothing more - nothing less. We'll see futuristically if any real controversy happens as a result of that picture. I truly think that if people are reacting to that picture, they should examine the true reasons why they may object to that picture. They should ask themselves what is it about the picture that's causing them to have issues with it.

[jon1856]

Originally Posted by 7thSonofOsiris

What's up Jon?

It's been a while buddy boy. What made me say controversy was the fact that people are talking about it. Nothing more - nothing less. We'll see futuristically if any real controversy happens as a result of that picture. I truly think that if people are reacting to that picture, they should examine the true reasons why they may object to that picture. They should ask themselves what is it about the picture that's causing them to have issues with it.

Hummmm-Interesting and kind of true.