[NewMusic] best of

[Michael Zelner]

On 5/5/07, Sarah - 21 Grand wrote:

>Honestly, I do see it as some sort of accomplishment that we've gotten "best
>of" twice and still have never advertised in the Express.  I think about the
>coverage vs. advertiser-status issue every time the Guardian plugs a touring
>act playing at a SF club that advertises and omits said act's 21 Grand gig.
>
>I'm not levying accusations here, though if Mr. Shiurba has inside info, I'd
>be interested in hearing it.


John's in France right now, on tour with The Molecules (yay).
But here's what he posted to the list the last time this subject came up here:

>I can't speak for the express/weekly/new times, but (as a veteran
>employee) I can say that having an ad in the Guardian will not in any
>way increase/decrease your chances of getting a feature or a blurb.
>standard editorial ethics obviously frown on such behavior, not to
>mention the fact that the idiosyncracies at work pretty much guarantee a
>fairly marked separation between what goes on in the ad dept. and what
>goes on in (esp. the music related) editorial dept. in short the editors
>& writers could give a shit about the ads, unless they don't show up and
>the number of column inches gets cut and half their story gets axed.
>besides, that i know for a fact that the music editors and some writers
>at the BG are definitely aware of the 'transbay' scene and from time to
>time they have, and fingers crossed, may very well again toss us a
>biscuit. but putting an ad in the paper will not help those chances.

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MZ

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