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B&B kicks off murder mystery storyline
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<blockquote data-quote="Daniel Avery" data-source="post: 266136" data-attributes="member: 27"><p>Years ago, writers for the soap magazines would mention within the interview how/where the interview was being conducted (for example, mention they met X actor in their dressing room at the studio, or maybe at a restaurant) in order to "set the stage" and to provide some dimension to the article. The writer would typically bring along a photographer to take a few candid photos at the time of the interview to give it a bit more authenticity, as well. As the magazines' fortunes fell, they had to dispense with all that as a lot of 'interviews' were eventually not done in person; the material for the story would be gathered via telephone or a list of questions submitted and returned via email. Instead of the mags having photos they took (and copyrighted) to accompany the story, they have to rely on material provided by the network or maybe public-domain stuff like instagram. </p><p></p><p>If a writer just sends in a list of questions to an actor, the press relations department can actually write the answers and send them back, making sure no big storyline spoilers are revealed. These people also are charged with keeping the magazine editors "in line," maintaining that fine line between providing information and not providing<em> too much</em> information. I would not be surprised if entire articles were the product of the network's PR department, written and offered to the magazine for publication in much the same way businesses write "press releases" that newspapers will often publish verbatim.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Daniel Avery, post: 266136, member: 27"] Years ago, writers for the soap magazines would mention within the interview how/where the interview was being conducted (for example, mention they met X actor in their dressing room at the studio, or maybe at a restaurant) in order to "set the stage" and to provide some dimension to the article. The writer would typically bring along a photographer to take a few candid photos at the time of the interview to give it a bit more authenticity, as well. As the magazines' fortunes fell, they had to dispense with all that as a lot of 'interviews' were eventually not done in person; the material for the story would be gathered via telephone or a list of questions submitted and returned via email. Instead of the mags having photos they took (and copyrighted) to accompany the story, they have to rely on material provided by the network or maybe public-domain stuff like instagram. If a writer just sends in a list of questions to an actor, the press relations department can actually write the answers and send them back, making sure no big storyline spoilers are revealed. These people also are charged with keeping the magazine editors "in line," maintaining that fine line between providing information and not providing[I] too much[/I] information. I would not be surprised if entire articles were the product of the network's PR department, written and offered to the magazine for publication in much the same way businesses write "press releases" that newspapers will often publish verbatim. [/QUOTE]
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