This morning
at the Times Center, a trio of top Time Inc. entertainment editors—People’s
Larry Hackett, Entertainment Weekly’s Jess Cagle and People En Español’s
Armando Correa—gathered for a panel discussion about the “evolution of digital
celebrity reporting.”
“The
print product is still the most profitable thing we do, but in 10 to 15 years,
even if everything changes, the cover is still going to be the most important
thing in this industry,” Cagle said. Eventually, he added, the print product
could even become the loss leader that feeds all of the magazine’s other
revenue streams.
