CALL ME SNAKE

I recently got permission to reprint an abridged version of someone else’s article, which was part of a humor piece I was working on. The other publisher insisted on one condition, however: “I had to refer to their publication as a “publication” or a “magazine,” but not a “journal.” That seemed like a weird request but not a deal-breaker, so I acceded. And the rest, as they say, is history. Too bad the Globe’s negotiations with the New York Times couldn’t have gone so easily.