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quality type/art

    03-Oct-89 23:46:28
Sb: #13254-quality type/art
Fm: Tripp Narup 76340,134
To: Michael Diehl 76004,1001
Your comments reminded me of an old newspaper publisher I used to know. He owned the most successful small daily in Minnesota (their readership surveys came out over 100%; an interesting exercise in survey samplings…). His favorite line was: "They may not know *why* it looks good, but they know it *looks good*." The same guy used to lay the ink on the press himself when they ran color photos. Unfortunately, he sold out to a chain for multiple millions…