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October 2003
- Will Your Newspaper Survive
USA Today founder Al Neuharth asks the question,
"Will your newspaper survive Internet age?" in an
editorial on USAToday.com. He notes that daily newspapers
have fallen 1,878 to 1,457 since 1940 and that the circulation
of the daily newspaper has slid from 62.5 million to
55.1 million since 1982. Neuharth also suggests
that many more daily newspapers could vanish, including
top newspapers, if they can't manage to reach preteens
and teens.
Source: USAToday.com 10-31-03
- Gator Changes Name to Claria
Gator, a controversial software company which
produces pop-up software that installs itself on
people's PCs and can be difficult to remove, has
renamed itself Claria because of the negativity
associated with the name Gator. Gator, which
runs pop-up ads on personal computers once
the software is downloaded, apparently wants to
be considered an adware company instead of a
spyware company. There are numerous lawsuits
pending against the company. Many spyware
removal tools include tips and tools for removing
Gator's software.
Source: News.com,
InternetNews.com 10-29-03
- The Associated Press has
laid off about 40 technical managers.
Source: The Washington Times 10-29-03
- Ad Agencies Blast Print Magazine Publishers
Advertising agencies are demanding more data,
more quickly from print magazine publishers
and the publishers are slow or reluctant to come up with it.
Thomas O. Ryder, chairman and CEO of Reader's
Digest Association and chairman of Magazine
Publishers of America, even said that agency
requests are becoming "silly."
The complaints are yet another sign that print
magazines may be on the way out as they
faced increased competition from cable television
and Internet media.
Source: AdAge.com, MediaPost.com 10-27-03
- Young Male TV Viewers Vanish
20% of male viewers (aged 18-24) have disappeared from
the major television networks since last year. The trend
could force the network to come up with make-good ads.
Source: New York Times 10-22-03
- Book Magazine Folds
Book Magazine
has folded. Book was launched in 1998 and published by
West Egg Communications LLC through a partnership with
Barnes & Noble, Inc. The publication funded by
Barnes & Noble saw its circulation collapse by 80% last year
after it was no longer offered as part of a B&N membership
program.
Source: New York Times, Publishers Weekly, MSNBC/AP, The Write News 10-22-03
- Servant Publications, a
publisher of Protestant and Roman Catholic books in Ann Arbor,
Michigan, will shut down on October 31, 2003. Servant published
about 50 books per year. St. Anthony Messenger Press
recently acquired Charis Books, the Catholic imprint of
Servant Publications.
Source: Publishers Weekly 10-20-03
- Magazine Industry's Perfect Storm:
Are Magazines on the Way Out?
Magazine publishers are facing terrible economic
conditions (declining ad sales) and increased
competition from the Internet for readers. At the
American Magazine Conference Readers Digest
CEO and Chairman Tom Ryder said this was the toughest
period he has seen in his 40 years in the
industry. In the near future the majority of magazines
may not be available in print editions.
Source: Marketwatch.com 10-20-03
- Sony is planning to cut 20,000 jobs worldwide.
Source: Mainichi Interactive, TechWeb 10-20-03
- Universal Music Slashes Jobs
Universal Music will cut 1,350, about 11% of its total
workforce. Universal Music blamed the job cuts on
falling music sales. The falling music sales have
been blamed on illegally downloaded music.
Source: BBC 10-16-03
- The Alaska Geographic Society is ceasing publication of
Alaska Geographic,
which has been published for over 30 years. The number of
subscribers to the magazine has plunged from 15,000 to 3,500
over the past several years.
Source: News-Miner 10-11-03
- 73 Amateur Radio Today Ceases Publication
73 Amateur Radio Today, which has been published since 1960, will
cease publication after the September 2003 issue.
Source: ARRLWeb 10-11-03
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