{"product_id":"magazine-9781501394959","title":"Magazine","description":"\u003cp\u003eObject Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor a century, magazines were the authors of culture and taste, of intelligence and policy - until they were overthrown by the voices of the public themselves online. Here is a tribute to all that magazines were, from their origins in London and on Ben Franklin's press; through their boom - enabled by new technologies - as creators of a new media aesthetic and a new mass culture; into their opulent days in advertising-supported conglomerates; and finally to their fall at the hands of the internet. This tale is told through the experience of a magazine founder, the creator of \u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e at Time Inc., who was also TV critic at \u003ci\u003eTV Guide\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePeople \u003c\/i\u003eand finally an executive at Condé Nast trying to shepherd its magazines into the digital age. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eObject Lessons is published in partnership with an essay series in \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/02\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781501394959\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.50h x 4.75w x 1.00d","brand":"Jeff Jarvis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43112080801973,"sku":"9781501394959","price":12.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_7bd3895f-9004-4a54-a29f-14b26fa90d30.jpg?v=1693928259","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/magazine-9781501394959","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}