When death means profit to some

Here’s how they make money out of Jacko’s death:

  • TIME has rushed on the market a lame “Special Commemorative Edition”, dated July 7th. I really don’t like the way they did it, but it will nevertheless sell volumes. And you can “buy a print of this cover starting at $15.95″. Jeez.
  • Newsweek has also just issued a special edition, dated July 13th and priced $6.95 (instead of the regular $5.95). Less than stellar in contents, but overall OK.
  • USA Today was a greedy one. They have found 3 ways of making money:
    1. They reissued the June 26 edition that announced the death. Not only that 90% of the newspaper is of no interest today, but instead of the regular price of $1.00, the reissued one costs $4.95!
    2. They made a glossy commemorative edition on sale for $6.99.
    3. They made a second special edition (“an essential collector’s item on the King of Pop’s life and legacy”), for $4.95.

Death is profitable for some.


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2 Responses to “When death means profit to some”

  1. Gravatar of Caraibes 1. Caraibes
    Jul 1, 2009 at 13:36

    Well, that's one thing about our American friends: they certainly know how to make a buck !!! To such an extent as the whole system revolve around consumerism, which is pretty empty…

  2. Gravatar of Séance de Dédicaces 2. Séance de Dédicaces
    Jul 1, 2009 at 20:40

    Grâce aux progrès de la chimie, de la médecine et de l'automatisme, j'aurais pensé à organiser des ventes d'oeuvres dédicacées par l'artiste en personne et à les vendre bien plus cher…. (et c'aurait été innovant).