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March 2005
Web Overtakes Magazines
NetImperative reports that a new study from the American Press Institute
found that website now have more reach than magazines.
According to the study website reached 51% of people while
magazines trailed far behind at 42%. In the study, newspapers, television
and radio were still ranked ahead of the Web.
Posted on March 30, 2005
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More End of Newspapers Stories
NYU's Press Think has an article called, "Laying the Newspaper Gently
Down to Die". Cbc.ca reports that Martine Hamel, who works with the Pulp and Paper
Products Council, says the entire newspaper industry is in a long-term decline.
Hamel told stjohns.cba.ca that, "The last peak in consumption was in 1999, and
since then U.S. newspaper market, which is our largest market ...
has lost two million tonnes. This is not coming back."
THe New York Daily News has an article about tens of thousands of
New YOrk Post newspapers that are never read, but are being
reported as part of the Post's circulation.
And finally, a study by the Constant and The Kelsey Group found that
readers are dumping newspapers for local shopping information and
using the Web instead.
Posted on March 29, 2005
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New York Times Ending Weekly Circuits
New York Times is dumping its weekly technology news section called Circuits.
Editor & Publisher reports that the Times will be focusing more on its new Sunday Styles section that will launch April 15th
and cover beauty, fashion, fitness and shopping. The
New York Post said, " The New York Times has finally caught on to the idea that the dot-com bubble has burst. Executive Editor Bill Keller
is said to be planning to end 'Circuits' as a stand-alone section
covering the high-tech world by the end of April."
Posted on March 28, 2005
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Google News Faces News Problems
Lately things have not been good for Google News. It has been criticized by editors who think the algorithmic model
allows less worthy content to float to the top. It has
been threatened by new competitors like Topix.net and Findory.com.
And it has recently seen content pulled out of its database
by Agence France Presse, a French news agency. However,
the HowToWeb Insider reports that Google News still managed
to set record traffic figures in February, 2005 despite
growing problems. The Wall Street Journal and News.com have more about the problmems facing Google News.
Posted on March 27, 2005
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Google Removing Agence France Presse Content
Slashdot reports that Google is now removing content from publisher Agence France Presse (AFP) from its Google News website. AFP had sued Google for displaying their photo's and content without permission. You can find more information about the AFP and Google story by running this search on Google News.
Posted on March 23, 2005
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Miramax Employees Await Outcome
Staff employees at Miramax waiting to see what happens after the
recent breakup between Miramax's Weinstein brothers and Disney.
The lastest rumor is that the Weinstein brothers want to form
their own publishing house headed by Rob Weisbach from Simon
and Schuster. More information can found here on ReadersRead.com's Book Blog and here in the Book Standard.
Posted on March 22, 2005
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Boston Herald Considering Job Cuts
The Boston Globe reports that Boston Herald publisher Patrick J. Purcell plans to make significat cost cuts at the paper. The Globe said, "Herald staffers said a number of options may be on the table. They include shrinking the size of the paper, reducing staff, and narrowing the Herald's coverage area and focus to Boston and nearby communities."
Posted on March 20, 2005
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SoapCity.com Ends Downloads
MediaWeek reports that SoapCity.com will no longer be offering digital downloads of soap opera episodes. However, the site will continue to provide information about soaps and soap episodes. MediaWeek reports that a Sony Pictures spokesperson said the costs of the site's programming inventory, the limited amount of content available, and the lack of large scale viewership made the site's paid download business "not economically viable." Maybe it was just poor timing -- this sounds like kind of idea that will eventually work online.
Posted on March 17, 2005
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Three-for-Two Book Promos Headed to U.S.
The Book Standard reports that HarperCollins CEO Jane Friedman said she thinks the U.K.'s "three-for-two" bookstore promotions are headed for the United States. In these promotions readers can buy three books for the price of two. The Book Standard reports that British publishers find the promotions boost backlist sales. However, it may not be a good sign for the book industry to be forced to discount books in this way. Friedman said the three-for-two promotions lead to the "devaluation of the word."
Posted on March 16, 2005
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The Last Print Newspaper Reader
Steve Outing reports on a Media Center webcast called The Vanishing Newspaper which discussed continued doom for newspaper publishers. Outing writes, "Most striking was Meyer's compilation of research showing the downward trend (a straight line heading down) of newspaper readership. Should the line continue on its current path, the last newspaper reader will abandon the printed medium in April 2040, he quipped." Obviously, newspapers would stop publishing print editions long before there was just one lonely reader left. Newspapers will have to find ways to survive in the digital medium to continuing being read. Surely some of them will make it because the demand for local news will not die like the printed newspaper will.
Posted on March 15, 2005
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Continued Newspaper Circulation Declines Likely
More decreases in circulation numbers are expected in the increasingly depressing newspaper business. Dow Jones reports that a study conducted by Prudential Equity Group found that publishers are relying more and more on subscription numbers from deeply discounted copies to offset losses in paid home subscribers and newsstand sales. Numbers are also increasingly coming from unpaid distribution sources like unpaid hotel newspaper circulation.
Posted on March 11, 2005
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BBC to Cut Nearly 2,000 Jobs
The Times Online reports that BBC staffers were shocked when they were told 950 jobs would be made redundant and 700 jobs would be filled by outsourcing. In total the BBC expects to eradicate 1,700 positions. The Times writes, "Union leaders said workers reacted with 'anger and disbelief' to the announcement, which the Director General, Mark Thompson, delivered not in person, as was originally intended, but via a video message. The Times said more job cuts are expected later this month.
Posted on March 10, 2005
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Suede Magazine Goes on Hiatus
Essence Communications Partners (ECP) has announced that Suede magazine will be going on hiatus after the April issue, its fourth issue. In making the announcement, Ed Lewis, Chairman and CEO of Essence Communications Partners, said, "Suede's unique approach to fashion defined a new category. The magazine is smart, exciting and provocative. However, although some of our most talented people have been working on Suede, it has become clear that more time and resources would be needed to further develop this brand. This decision will give us the opportunity to step back and reevaluate the concept and its place in the market." Suede Magazine launched in September 2004.
Posted on March 8, 2005
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RSS Feed Update
RSS Feed Update: The Editorial Dead Zone has its own RSS Feed now. You can subscribe the feed to your favorite news reader here. You can also subscribe to writenews.com's other feeds on that same page including MediaCynic.com's feed, which recently moved to its own domain.
Posted on March 4, 2005
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Slashdot Impact Dims
A BusinessWeek article reports that Slashdot's impact on websites it links to, known as
the "Slashdot Effect" is diminishing. Competition from blogs,
the expansion of available news sources and more stories being
covered by Slashdot itself have all contributed to the decrease.
This does not mean that appearing in Slashdot does not result in a traffice traffic, however. The site still receives hundreds of thousands of visitors each day and its traffic continues to grow steadily.
Posted on March 3, 2005
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L.A. Times Shrinks National Paper
The New York Times reports that the L.A. Times is shrinking its national paper. Some were unhappy with the new national paper, which is no longer a broadsheet -- in Washington the paper even arrives stapled together. The New York Times said some of the comments Doyle McManus, the newspaper's Washington bureau chief received were, "What the hell is this supposed to be?" The L.A. Times had apparently considered terminating the paper, but opted to continue with this new smaller version.
Posted on March 2, 2005
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Discovery Lays Off 24
Discovery Networks has laid off 24 employees. And Roger Marmet, the general manager of Discovery's TLC network is leaving. Multichannel
News reports that TLC has been in a "viewership nosedive" and that Paige Davis is leaving as host of TLC's Trading Spaces.
Posted on March 1, 2005
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