Editor-in-Chief Hamshahri 24: Republishing the publications is correcting the wrong move of the former directors of the institution

Fars News Agency – Department of Art and Media: Hamshahri Institute, in its recent management period, witnessed the cancellation of the outsourcing contract of the magazine collection and its return to Hamshahri Institute as before. Then a plan was made to convert these magazines into “book of magazines” so that these magazines could be revived again after a relatively long break in the outsourcing period. In the recent period, several brands of Hamshahri magazines such as Hamshahri 24, Tamashagher, Sarzemen Man, Family, Sarnakh, Aye and Khordnameh have been published in the new “book-magazine” format.

On Wednesday, June 10th, coinciding with the birth anniversary of Imam Reza (peace be upon him), the revival ceremony of Hamshahri magazines was held in the presence of Mohammad Reza Zairi, Mohsen Mahdian, Daniyal Memar, Mohammad Quchani and the editors of the magazines in the meeting hall of Hamshahri Institute. In this ceremony, a round table on revitalization of magazines and written publications was also held with the presence of Mohammad Reza Zairi, Director of Khime Magazine, Mohammad Quchani, Director of New Awareness Magazine, and Daniyal Memar, Editor of Hemshahri Newspaper.

Reviving ceremony of Hamshahri magazines

In this meeting, Daniyal Memar, the editor of Hamshahri newspaper, said about the new round of Hamshahri magazines: When the discussion of magazines started, meetings were held with former managers, and the first question was, does anyone still buy magazines? Statistics and figures also showed something like this, and it was confirmed in surveys that people get only one percent of their information from written publications. The process of written publications and the audience is a two-way relationship. It seems that the reason why people rejected the print media is because the different spectrums were not taken into account and this caused the people to reject the print media. Unfortunately, we are centrist and the audiences in the cities have been forgotten and the tastes of the audiences outside of Tehran have been ignored.

*The policy of Hamshahri Institute is approach to book-magazine

In this regard, Saeed Maruti, the editor of Hamshahri 24 movie magazine, in a conversation with the media reporter of Fars news agency, regarding the new edition of Hamshahri magazines after a gap of several years, said: From Mehr 1401, the new edition of Hamshahri 24 was published with a new image and the institution’s policy Hamshahri, for the rebirth of his publications, is an approach to the book-magazine. The choice was made due to the change in the situation of publications and especially their supply. 24 As one of the Hamshahri periodicals, which has appeared regularly on the press kiosk since the beginning of its new period of publication, according to the set path and the general policy of the Hamshahri periodicals group, it has focused on one issue in each issue. The positive and encouraging messages that made us more determined to continue our path after the publication of the first issue of 24. During these few months, 24 reviewed films, children’s cinema, documentary cinema, Fajr Film Festival and 100 selected films in the history of cinema. The new issue 24 is about the Cannes Film Festival, which will be published soon.

The first issue of the new period of Hamshahri 24

* Our approach is different from all the existing film publications

The editor-in-chief of Hamshahri 24 added: What we tried to do during this period was done in 24; Publishing a book was a journal to keep after reading. It is a difficult task to publish a publication that deals with current issues, but the content is not for daily consumption, which we have tried to do as much as possible. We are not competitors of the private sector in 24, and our method and approach is different from all existing film publications, which unfortunately are not many.

Our goal is to publish a luxurious magazine book. A publication that those interested in this field should keep in their library. Several generations of filmmakers have collaborated with 24. From Feridun Jirani, Khosro Dehghan, Rahim Ghasemian, Javad Tousi and Kikavos Ziari to Arash Khoshkho, Alireza Mahmoudi, Shahin Amin and Ali Emadi and a younger generation who have been writing about cinema for many years and we have used their pens in these few issues. I: Khosro Naqibi, Pouyan Asgari, Naser Ahadi, Ali Rostgar and Hafez Rouhani.

* When the editor of the magazine was entrusted to a TV series actor

Marvotti continued: “We in 24 have the legacy of a magazine that was published under the editorship of Hossein Mozhezidi Nia in January 2008, and very soon it became one of the most prestigious cinema magazines, next to film and the world of images. 24 With the change of the editor and the arrival of Hamed Shakiba, Nia did not undergo a major change and the new editor did not properly start the composition of the winning team. The only important change of Shakiba Nia was the addition of documentary cinema as one of the fixed sections of the magazine. In 1396, with the strange decision of Hamshahri’s managers at the time, Hamshahri publications were outsourced and practically disappeared due to unprofessional and irregular publication. This disaster happened on the 24th and the editor of the magazine was entrusted to a TV series actor. In fact, the group of Hamshahri publications, which was published with some of Iran’s best journalists, disappeared. Both publications were burned and valuable human resources stopped working with Hamshahri Institute.

* Correcting the wrong move of the former managers of Hamshahri

The editor of Hamshahri 24 cinema magazine while referring to the current working process of Hamshahri magazines said: Republishing Hamshahri magazines is actually correcting the wrong move of the former directors of the institution. In these years, the issue of paper publications and the issue of distribution has become more complicated, and the current approach of local publications, and the decision to publish a magazine book focusing on one topic, has been taken by considering all aspects.

All of us have unforgettable memories from the newspapers of the same city, but it is impossible to do media work without being up-to-date. The fact is that the publication of local publications in the style of the nineties, not that it is not possible, but that it lacks the necessary influence. We do not work in a vacuum. Contrary to the existing and common notion that people no longer show interest in paper publications, the experience of these few issues of 24 has proved to us that the audience, especially in the cities, still welcomes paper publications.

* The problem of many press is republishing content on the internet

In the end, Saeed Maruti said: The reality is that everything is not limited to the virtual space and people’s mobile phones, and if a media offers suitable content with a stylish package and form that is not available on the Internet, it will get good feedback from the people. The problem of many press today is republishing the content available on the internet and websites and news agencies. A problem which of course has its roots in the economic problems of newspapers. When content production, closure and re-publishing of internet content are on the agenda due to the shrinking of editorial offices and the publication of advertisement reportage, to cover costs, people cannot be expected to show favor to the press.

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