Researcher and writer for Poynter Institute on business and journalism issues. Co author, State of the News Media 2006. ExSP Times and Phil Inquirer
Newspapers’ fortunes, admittedly from a rock-bottom base, have been looking up lately — Warren Buffett and others have bought papers, digital pay plans are boosting circulation revenue, and new lines of business like digital marketing services are taking root.
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U.S. newspaper organizations are shedding print ad revenue far faster than they can generate replacement dollars, reported Pew’s Project for Excellence in Journalism a year ago, and those organizations remain stubbornly resistant to innovation — except for a few … Read more
The New York Times has analyzed its digital-only subscriber base and found that nearly two-thirds are “entirely new” customers. Gannett reported essentially the same split in its full-year earnings report earlier this week.
In response to my question, corporate communications … Read more
Gannett’s fourth quarter earnings report this week put to rest the idea that digital paid subscriptions will only work for the biggest newspaper organizations like The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal. They are proving a spectacular success … Read more
After nearly five years’ gestation, the first sectioned compact paper in the United States, using an innovative “three-around” technology, will be published Jan. 28 in Columbus, Ohio.
Columbus Dispatch Editor Benjamin Marrison announced the start date in a column Sunday… Read more
Total revenues are not yet headed in the right direction, but investors still liked what they saw in the newspaper industry last year and bid up share prices accordingly.
Six of eight publicly traded companies showed gains for 2012; four … Read more
Newspapers are on the fringe of this year’s annual UBS investors media conference in New York. Still, the meeting has provided a window on growing momentum in the industry for paid digital subscription plans.
E.W. Scripps is late to the … Read more
The 40th annual UBS media conference will kick off Monday in New York with one of its regulars missing. The New York Times Co. has opted not to present this year.
One might guess that has to do with newly … Read more
Newspaper advertising revenues were down 5.1 percent in the third quarter, compared to the same period in 2011, the Newspaper Association of America reported over the holiday.
The results were marginally … Read more
