Woman’s Day will always love… a good idea for a cover
Dr Mumbo is of course impressed with the speed with which Woman’s Day magazine has turned around its special tribute to singer Whitney Houston in order to get an early on-sale day for the weekly publication.
And of course he loves the powerful cover design and striking image choice too.
His suspicions (and indeed those of his anonymous tipster) were raised by the remarkable similarity to Entertainment Weekly’s cover.
However, those close to Woman’s Day tell Dr Mumbo that the magazine had gone to press 15 hours before Entertainment Weekly’s very similar layout went online.
In this case, the plagiarism patrol can stand down…
(Copy reedited to reflect the timings over deadlines.)
So they picked the same stock footage photo?
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To be fair, I think we’ll be seeing a lot of magazines using the same image
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If it was anyone else I’d give them the benefit of the doubt. But ACP have got previous…
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It may be the same image, but Woman’s Day has got the much better headline – nice song reference and true at the same time – got a lump in my throat.
Many people who loved Whitney’s singing (and I am one of them) feel she gave us so much joy and happiness in her music and her unbelievable voice before drugs ruined it.
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Not unusual for two magazines across the globe to use the same image. Editors tend to pick the best shot as has happened here. Given the timeframes for both magazines your insinuation that one copied the other is way off the mark.
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Great minds. And proud to say Woman’s Day was already in my hot little hand before Ent Weekly printed. Glad everyone is loving it! Fiona
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Thanks for the additional info, Fiona – I’ve amended the item above to reflect that.
Cheers,
Tim – Mumbrella
Well done to Fiona and the WD team – a great cover. Having previously worked on the PR for a weekly magazine, i know the lengths her team went through to get the magazine out early.
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What’s the problem with Woman’s Day (an Australian mag) using the same image as Entertainment Weekly (a US mag)? The photo agencies would have been on the blower immediately, hawking all their Whitney images around the world. Does anyone raise an eyebrow when two or more newspapers (even in the same country) use the same shot? I think not.
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