Jack Flack of Conde Nast Portfolio writes Sunday that the Sept. 1 cover headline “Who’s Afraid of Google?” on The Economist is exactly the same headline used on a BusinessWeek cover back in April.
A: No. Because nobody at the Economist reads Business Week or any other business magazine.
B: Yes. Because the Economist wants to make it clear that nobody at the Economist reads Business Week or any other business magazine.
C: Yes. Because the Economist wanted to show off that it can execute the same idea with a lot more snap.
D: No. Because when it comes to covers, the only sin would be aping a Private Eye concept.
“Jack assumes the actual answer is a softer version of ‘A,’ because the Economist has never really viewed pure business magazines as direct competitors.”
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