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According to R. Jay Magill, executive editor of DoubleTake, Matt Damon has been a fan of Coles since the two collaborated on an independent study during Damon’s days as an undergraduate at Harvard. For those celebrities previously unfamiliar with the magazine, DoubleTake??€™s upstanding reputation proved persuasive, said Magill...
Several bouts with financial troubles that threatened the magazine’s demise have challenged DoubleTake??€™s reputation in the past few years...
Since the magazine’s inception in 1995, DoubleTake??€™s financial problems have garnered substantial media attention—and this is not the first time a celebrity has volunteered to help the magazine stay afloat. In Febuary 2003, Bruce Springsteen played two benefit concerts to raise money for the magazine. The shows, both of which sold out, allowed the magazine to pay off sizeable debts to contributors, some of whom had been waiting years for payment...
...While DoubleTake??€™s creators were previously unwilling to allow any commercialization of the magazine’s content, they now say compromise may be necessary in order to achieve long-term success. After working with publishing consultants over the past year, DoubleTake has crafted a five-year plan in which it hopes to gain more mass appeal, while preserving its integrity...
...DoubleTake??€™s editors are, admirably, prepared to pursue their abstract dream no matter what the costs. But if they continue to depend on the borrowed popularity of another artist—even one whose philosophy intersects so closely with their own—the ultimate expression of Dr. Coles’ worthy mission may cease to make its mark...