Great and very long (50 minutes!) video about mag culture: “Linefeed’s Decadism is a brave attempt to sum up ten years worth of magazine publishing from beefy biannuals to niche-y newcomers.” Via

Is this the future of print media? “In the latest example of finding media innovation where you’d least expect it, CBS is embedding a video player in a print ad in Entertainment Weekly that will serve up a buffet of its fall TV lineup”, reports Wired. The CBS foray into a print-digital alliance plays full-motion video at a crisp resolution. The ad, dubbed by CBS and partner Pepsi Max “the first-ever VIP (video-in-print) promotion”, works like one of those audio greeting cards. Opening the page activates the player, which is a quarter-inch–thick screen seen through a cutaway between two pages concealing the larger circuit board underneath.” Via