Shock pulled from major retailers' shelves

No word about Canadian retailers doing so, but according to Ad Age, major retailers in the U.S. have pulled the premier issue of Shock magazine after the photographer who took the picture disputed their right to publish it. Tower Records, Rite Aid drugstores and Brooks Eckerd have taken the magazine off their shelves. An earlier post gives details on this dispute.

Meanwhile, over at Media Life, another view of the story. "The copyright fiasco surrounding the launch of new Hachette Filipacchi magazine Shock has descended into a campaign of dueling smears. And it's getting personal."