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Newsosaur: Newspapers Consider Printless Days

Newsosaur: Newspapers Consider Printless Days

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No time to write today, but I picked this none-to-delectible tidbit up from Alan D. Mutter at Newsosaur while surfing during lunch and had to share: In one of the most startling of the potential initiatives, an amazing number of publishers of all sizes are giving serious consideration to eliminating print editions on certain days of the week, according to private conversations with operators who requested anonymity. Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday editions, which typically carry the least amount of advertising, appear…

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PEJ Report – The Changing Newspaper Newsroom

PEJ Report – The Changing Newspaper Newsroom

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The Project for Excellence in Journalism (funded by the PEW Charitable Trust) has an excellent report out on the Changing Newspaper Newsroom – with some very interesting statistics that seem to imply the newspapers still haven’t got the message about their value proposition. It has fewer pages than three years ago, the paper stock is thinner, and the stories are shorter. There is less foreign and national news, less space devoted to science, the arts, features and a range of…

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The New Yorker proclaims newspapers “Out of Print”

The New Yorker proclaims newspapers “Out of Print”

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Okay, I hadn’t seen this when I posted my previous bit.  All in all its a very bad day for the print media.  Quoting from Eric Alterman’s article: …trends in circulation and advertising––the rise of the Internet, which has made the daily newspaper look slow and unresponsive; the advent of Craigslist, which is wiping out classified advertising––have created a palpable sense of doom. Independent, publicly traded American newspapers have lost forty-two per cent of their market value in the past…

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Newspapers Lose Most Ad Revenue in 50 Years

Newspapers Lose Most Ad Revenue in 50 Years

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The NAA (National Association of Newspapers) has revealed that newspaper ad revenues are off 9.4% to $42 Billion in 2007 vs. 2006.  That’s a huge number, even for the sinking fortunes of print media.  And one we’ll surely eclipse when the next round of figures are released next year. I have worked with newspapers for years, and frankly, I don’t often pick them up looking for ad info anymore.  If I want to look at used boats, I go to…

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