An interesting print and web shut down:
“After nearly 100 years in print, Conde Nast will cease publishing House & Garden with the magazine’s December issue, WWD reported. Unlike previous such closures of print where the site lives on, in this case the site, houseandgarden.com will also be closed.”
Posted in journalists, print, web on Nov 1st, 2007
The Naples Daily News has been revamping their reporting operation:
“It happened a year ago at the Naples Daily News. Print reporters and photographers were all told that they no longer worked for the paper, says Phil Lewis, editor and vice president of naplesdailynews.com/Naples Daily News. They were all transferred to dot.com–which the company now sees […]
Posted in print, journalism, goodbye journalism on Oct 31st, 2007
Roy Peter Clark tells readers it is their duty to read a printed newspaper, in order to save journalism. The 89 comments that follow his article take apart the issue from all sides.
The Financial Times speaks with Cathie Black, president of Hearst Magazines:
“When will digital revenues overtake print revenues? It may happen, but we run a huge revenue base with 19 magazines, and at this point digital is probably about 5 per cent of advertising revenue. We are seeing a lot of internet-sold subscriptions. But imagine how […]
Posted in print, user-generated media on Oct 29th, 2007
MarketingSherpa shares a case study of JPG magazine, which leveraged a community of user-generated content to create digital and print editions. Here are the six strategies they used:
Select topics with a passionate audience who can contribute lots of material.
Grow the community with viral tools.
Provide incentives and recognition to encourage activity.
Retain editorial control over the print […]
Posted in print on Oct 28th, 2007
The music industry continues to give clues as to the affects of a traditional media model being displaced by digital.
“The barriers are changing and we as artists are making less and less money, and we have to get creative,” notes Mr. McKagan, whose new band has licensed its music to a Victoria’s Secret commercial and […]
Posted in print on Oct 24th, 2007
While Farhad Manjoo has given up his subscription to the print edition of the New York Times, he reviews all that he misses about print. One example:
The newspaper, first and chiefly, is easy to skim… It’s like a shopping mall of news; you don’t have to enter every store to have any fun. Just peering […]
Posted in print on Oct 23rd, 2007
Mathew Ingram summarizes a pro/con view of the value of print, from the recent edition of MediaPost magazine.
Pro:
“David Zinczenko — editor of Men’s Health magazine — argues that print will always be with us, whether it’s magazines, newspapers or books. Why? Because, Zinczenko says, we like to display our intelligence or wealth or sense […]
Posted in print on Oct 17th, 2007
The NY Times and Wall Street Journal take a look at what is behind BusinessWeek’s redesign, and renewed focus on the web:
Imitating the Web, for the Busy Reader
“The Internet has hurt business magazines in particular, and the new BusinessWeek format — which includes more news summaries and fewer lifestyle articles — is meant to be […]
Posted in print, journalism on Sep 20th, 2007
The New York Times’ deputy managing editor praised staffers for their ability to tell compelling stories online, without the need for the newspaper:
“Times have changed. Our online storytelling skills have evolved to the point where you really can get the whole story without reading a newspaper article. It’s a remarkably rich experience that goes well […]
