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December 2003
- Yolk, a pop culture magazine for Asian Americans, is ceasing
publication after 10 years. Yolk was unable to make a profit during
that time period. The magazine will not go away entirely. It is
being relaunch as an online only magazine at chopblock.com.
Source: L.A. Times 12-15-03
- America Online has laid off 450 people working
in its California offices.
Source: News.com 12-9-03
- Google's first search result for the keywords
"miserable failure" is a link to the biography of
George W. Bush on the whitehouse.gov website.
A group of website owners caused Google to link
the words to the president's biography by using a
technique called Google bombing.
Source: Newsday, BBC 12-7
- Crain Ends Print Edition of Modern Physician
Crain Communications is
combining its two health publications
Modern Healthcare and Modern Physician. The monthly print
version of Modern Physician will be replaced by several
electronic products, including an expanded
website.
Modern Physician's December 2003 print issue,
will be the last print issue of the publication. 12-5-03
- Music Downloads Could Lead to Demise of Albums
The popularity of legal music downloads is growing and
it is a trend that could lead to the demise of the album.
When people buy music online they tend to purchase and
download one song at a time. This consumer choice could
threaten the album as an art form. Steve Jobs, CEO of
Apple which recently launched iTunes, has already declared
the album dead but many musicians are not yet ready to
give up on albums.
Source: USA Today, WWForums.com 12-4-03
- ExIn LLC, the parent company of the San Francisco Examiner,
has laid off another 13-14 employees and hired a new CEO.
Source: SF Gate 12-3-03
- Europeans now spend more than surfing than
reading magazines, according to a recent study.
Print magazines have been losing readers and subscribers
because of the Internet and the weak economy.
Source:
Media Guardian 12-1-03
- Disney Resigns and Blasts Eisner
Roy E. Disney, the last Disney relative remaining
at the entertainment company, has resigned.
His resignation letter was extremely critical of
CEO Michael Eisner and left no doubt that Roy Disney
feels Eisner is no good for Walt Disney shareholders.
Roy Disney's business partner Stanley Gold also
resigned a day later and was critical of Michael Eisner.
Source: USA Today 12-1-03
- According to Reuters, Grace
Magazine has lost the
backing of its primary investor and will be ceasing publication.
Grace, which launched in May, 2002, offered fashion, beauty and style
information for plus-sized women.
Source: Reuters/Miami Herald 12-1-03
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