by Allen Weiner | October 26, 2009 | 3 Comments
Back in the day, the Sunday newspaper was the proverbial hearth around which families spent their morning pulling the paper apart, section by section and enjoying the Sunday newspaper magazine, comics or oversized travel and entertainment sections. As the latest Audit Bureau of Circulations report shows, newspaper circulation is down with Sunday—once a cash cow [...]
Category: Newspapers Publishing economy Tags: Audit Bureau of Circulations, Newspapers, Sunday newspaper, The New York Times
by Allen Weiner | September 22, 2009 | 1 Comment
A recent survey from the Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) of its U.S. and Canadian newspaper, magazine and business membership to learn more about publishers’ current mobile initiatives and strategic plans underscores the hope publishers see in e-distribution. Close to 58% of all newspaper publishers format their content for viewing on a mobile service (smartphone, [...]
Category: Amazon Google Mobile Newspapers Publishing economy Tags: Amazon, Apple, e-readers, e-reading
by Allen Weiner | September 15, 2009 | 2 Comments
First off: Google’s Fast Flip is absolutely nothing special. The service allows readers to rapidly skim through electronic reproductions of news web pages to get a comprehensive view on a topic (or person or place…) of interest and then drill down by clicking to get a full view of an individual story. It will work [...]
Category: Google Newspapers Publishing economy Tags: Fast Flip, Google, Publishing
by Allen Weiner | June 1, 2009 | Comments Off
Google’s announcement that it plans to enter the ebook space is hardly a surprise given the search giant indicated such intentions as part of its class action lawsuit settlement with book publishers earlier this year. How Google manifests its interest in the ebook space and what parts of the value chain it assumes is where [...]
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Category: Newspapers Publishing blogging directories economy Tags: Adobe, Amazon, ebooks, Google, Ingram Digital, Libre Digital
by Allen Weiner | May 4, 2009 | 2 Comments
This is a story whose draft plot has all the makings of a thriller. Add up these story arcs and see what you come up with: *Amazon’s Kindle and Kindle 2 are gaining early signs of traction in the e-reader marketplace selling, by some estimates, around 300,000 units *The Kindle (a single function device) is [...]
Category: Mobile Newspapers Publishing blogging economy Tags: Amazon, e-readers, Kindle, magazines, Newspapers, Publishing
by Allen Weiner | February 27, 2009 | Comments Off
In December 2008, in the document “Predicts 2009: The Media Industry Looks for Equilibrium” we stated: By year-end 2009, at least three iconic daily newspapers located in the U.S. and Europe will cease print publication. It’s the end of February, and the The Rocky Mountain News in Denver has gone dark. (see below). Who will [...]
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Category: Newspapers Publishing advertising economy Tags: Denver, Rocky Mountain News
by Allen Weiner | February 17, 2009 | Comments Off
If you have 25 minutes to spare, check out the first in what could be a thought-provoking series from PBS’ Charlie Rose on The Future of Newspapers.
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Category: Newspapers Publishing advertising economy Tags: Charlie Rose, Newspapers
by Allen Weiner | January 27, 2009 | Comments Off
Even though U.S. broadcasters are ready and 95 percent of consumers are ready, the fabled Digital Transition, scheduled for February 17, the Senate, at the urging of President Obama, voted to delay the full switch from analog to digital TV for four months. Citing data from Nielsen, some 6.5 million households would go dark if [...]
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Category: Television broadcasting economy regulatory Tags: digital transition, FCC, President Obama, Senate
by Allen Weiner | December 16, 2008 | 1 Comment
For those who follow the newspaper industry, the announcement that the Detroit Free Press and Detroit News (it’s a JOA town) is scaling back on home delivery comes as no surprise. The Free Press will be delivered Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays starting in March, while The News will be delivered Thursdays and Fridays. Ownership of [...]
Category: Newspapers Publishing citizen media economy social media Tags: Detroit Free Press, Detroit News, economy, Newspapers, Publishing, unions
