Colophon 2007 - NEWS

 

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The clock is ticking. There are only 174 days until the opening of the International Magazine Symposium. Our database has risen to 977 registered magazines and counting.

Another exciting announcement, we are very proud to welcome amongst our speakers, Sami “Mr Magazine” Husni.

Samir Husni, aka “Mr Magazine” (TM), is the Chair of the Journalism Department at the University of Mississippi . He is also Professor and Hederman Lecturer of Journalism.

He is the “USA 's leading magazine expert” according to Forbes ASAP magazine, “the nation's leading authority on new magazines”, according to min: media industry newsletter. The Chicago Tribune dubbed Husni “the planet's leading expert on new magazines.”

Samir Husni will spend the three days of the event with us. In that time he will give a lecture as well as participate in one of our panel discussions. The full programme of lectures, panel discussions and presentations in the Portfolio Shows will be announced later, but rest assured it will be no less than +/- 20 hours dispatched over the three day period.

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Journalists, publishers, bloggers: here's our new PRESS RELEASE.
We thank you for informing your readers!

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The second wave of our International Ad Campaign has just started. Together with our partner agency, bizart, we have developed the concept of an ever-changing background (of the ad) and in so doing the campaign itself takes on an iconic collector status. In the first weeks of our restricted call for entries, over 20 international artists have already confirmed their participation. Among them: Neasden Control Center, Laurent Fétis, Christina Koutsospyrou, Jacques Floret, Jean-Christophe Massinon, Yomar Augusto, Jannetje in 't Veld and Toon Koehorst.

 

QUICK REMINDERS – CALL FOR ENTRIES:

MAGAZINES: update your fact sheets in our online directory! This information will be part of the directory in the book “WE LOVE MAGAZINES”. Does anything need to be updated? Contact ariane@colophon2007.com.

CREATIVES: photographers, illustrators, editorial graphic designers – both professionals and students. Read here about our PORTFOLIO SHOWS.

MAGAZINES: distribute or sell your magazine during the symposium. Read here about the ephemeral book store called “Room with a View”

Visit our GOLD SPONSOR Victor Buck's special Colophon 2007 website

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The Colophon 2007 Newsletter is send to our subscribers and to all the registered magazines. From this issue on, the quarterly newsletter turns monthly.

WHO WE ARE

Colophon 2007 is produced by Mike Koedinger Editions SA (Luxembourg) in collaboration with Casino Luxembourg - forum d’art contemporain.

This project is labelled “Luxembourg and Greater Region, European Capital of Culture 2007”, under the High Patronage of their Royal Highnesses the Grand Duke and the Grand Duchess of Luxembourg.

 

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"A unique editiorial point of view and the hard work of an unpaid, all-volunteer editorial staff" Cineaste from New York (USA)
"This adventure has to go on, and I have to learn more about it, on and on…" Lisières from Pont Aven (France)
"We would like to have more adverts. We have had no problems so far, no influence" Turbulences Vidéo from Clermont Ferrand (France)
"The difficulty is to create a good content, and the most difficult thing is TIME" Famous from Paris (France)
"Tv is good and bad, like magazines too." Clam from Paris (France)
"We would like our magazine to be an i-D for Eastern Europe" B EAST from Prague (Czech Republic)
"It's always interesting to be influenced buy something where the content is in a completely different ball park" Luksus from Copenhagen (Denmark)
"The first step is to decide a theme" Stirato from Rome (Italy)
"A strong concept (seven selected, in each issue) and a great balance of design and content" G7 from Buenos Aires (Argentina)
"We collect DIRTY FOUND stuff: pervy Polaroids, sleazy birthday cards, raunchy to-do lists" Dirty Found from Ann Arbor (USA)
"space and freedom, for contributing artists - and for u" Livraison from Strasbourg (France)