Journalism can never be silent: that is its greatest virtue and its greatest fault. It must speak, and speak immediately, while the echoes of wonder, the claims of triumph and the signs of horror are still in the air.
~ Henry Anatole Grunwald
The past three years saw a good many articles published by Pulses. Unfortunately, I never knew about this magazine until ~4 months ago, late- September, reading reviews of it on someone else’s blog. I forget whose. The favourable reviews convinced me to check it out at Kinokuniya but I wasn’t convinced about the quality of the articles and the magazine as a whole. Was it worth its $5.50 price tag? Didn’t wanna waste money unnecessarily you see. So that got me borrowing a stack of 6 from the library, reading it over a month. That was how I spent my October.
~ Henry Anatole Grunwald
The past three years saw a good many articles published by Pulses. Unfortunately, I never knew about this magazine until ~4 months ago, late- September, reading reviews of it on someone else’s blog. I forget whose. The favourable reviews convinced me to check it out at Kinokuniya but I wasn’t convinced about the quality of the articles and the magazine as a whole. Was it worth its $5.50 price tag? Didn’t wanna waste money unnecessarily you see. So that got me borrowing a stack of 6 from the library, reading it over a month. That was how I spent my October.
November was my first issue. The article on the banks caught my attention. Been eyeing OCBC since the crisis so it was only natural to want an update on the banking sector. I remember thinking that unlike the Edge, which writes mostly on the micro issues, by that I mean zooming in directly on the companies itself and the news of the week, Pulses seemed to focus on the broader view, focusing on market trends, sector trends, the latest buzz, etc. I liked that. Both publications complemented each other, I felt. But the best part of Pulses? Very little ads, compact and fitted in an edition that allowed easy fitting into a bag (unlike the Edge heh).
Today as I read the Editor’s letter of the December issue, I was disappointed to learn that the publication will cease come January ’11. And here I was ready to subscribe, flipping the pages to find the subscription form!
Kudos to SGX, SPH & The Business Times for a worthy publication. Kudos too, to the Pulses team. You’ve done great work in business journalism. It was a pleasure reading the articles. I especially like the monthly column from the Commonsense Investor and wonder if he has a blog I could continue to follow. Does anybody know?
But from next month onwards, guess I’ll have to look for another affordable read that’s macro-focused.
Recommendations anybody?
~K
~K
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