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It’s interesting that older variants of the quotation sound less like platitudes. “Whatever a patron desires to get published is advertising; whatever he wants
by AdamH12113 4y ago
It’s interesting that older variants of the quotation sound less like platitudes.
“Whatever a patron desires to get published is advertising; whatever he wants to keep out of the paper is news.” -1918
“There are but two classes of people in the world—those who have done something and want their names kept out of the paper, and those who haven’t done anything worth printing and want their names put in.“ -1894
- gpm 4y ago> “Whatever a patron desires to get published is advertising; whatever he wants to keep out of the paper is news.” -1918 I like this version, it's not so much a definition of news as (arguably slightly immoral, arguably not) business advice. If someone wants something published, get them to pay you to publish it, even if you would prefer to publish it for free over it going unpublished.