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NEWS ABOUT: catalog

catalog stories: 4 news summaries




 JC Penney Ditching 
 'Big Book' Catalog 

Oversize book was a relic in Internet age

Nov 18, 09 5:00 PM CST
(Newser) - Retailer JC Penney is discontinuing its Big Book—the 1,000-page catalog as big as a telephone book—as customers increasingly buy from jcp.com. The Penney Big Book has long been a cultural fixture for many, but younger customers aren't following suit. "It was an outdated way of... More »

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retail • JCPenney • website • J.C. Penney • catalog

WEBSITE REVIEW

 Online TV, Movie 
 Guide Impresses 

Clicker takes the drudgery out of finding what you want

Nov 13, 09 11:24 AM CST
(Newser) - The Web is so rich with TV and movie options that organizing the content is a daunting task. “You could browse multiple sites, including crowd-pleasers like Hulu, but that's too slow and tedious,” Jeff Bertolucci writes. Enter Clicker , a new aggregating website its CEO calls “one part... More »

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Internet • Web 2.0 • website • digital video • online movie rentals • online TV • aggregator • catalog

(Newser) - Andy Warhol was a prolific collector, but his accumulations defied categorization until 1973, when a colleague suggested he put his finds in boxes. That didn’t help much, the AP reports. “He really didn’t like organization and there would be several boxes going at a time,” says... More »

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Andy Warhol • archive • Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg • Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis • catalog • Jackie Onassis • curator • time capsule

GLOSSIES

 How Annie Leibovitz 
 Got Underwater 


Aug 17, 09 1:46 PM CDT
(Newser) - Photographer to the stars Annie Leibovitz is in a widely reported financial pickle, but it really comes as no surprise to those close to her, New York reports. Leibovitz is now engaged in baroque legal wrangling over her catalog, but her troubles started earlier. Insiders say a suspected “... More »

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Vanity Fair • bankruptcy • photography • debt • Vogue • photographers • spending • Annie Leibovitz • underwater • economic downturn • Susan Sontag • catalog

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