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- Newspapers: Not a Zero-Sum Game - A Minus-Sum Game [view article]
- More on Public Ownership of Newspapers [view article]
- WSJ and FT Buck the Newspaper Trend [view article]
- If 'Real Journalism' Fails As A Business, Should Government Step In? [view article]
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Print Is Toast - Ballmer [view article]
...and if Ballmer didn't own so much stock, he would be too. ReplyPrint Is Toast - Ballmer [view article]
Who is going to pay for news? You might have noted that the AmazonKindle reader is presently testing providing a subscription or single copy sales for newspapers and magazines; as a result, the subscriber pays a cost and the publishers are beginning to publish for Kindle rendering. I think that will time, experience, and Kindle device customer feedback; as a result, the magazine and newspaper publishers will improve their delivery of client presentation content, and if it is done well subscribers will pay. But, here-again Microsoft is out-of-the news and magazine delivery services loop right now. ReplyPrint Is Toast - Ballmer [view article]
bigger concern is who is going to pay to gather all that news? The AP? It's paid for by the newspapers! ReplyPrint Is Toast - Ballmer [view article]
Steve Ballmer should be more concerned than the newspaper publishers; it follows, will Microsoft still be around in ten years because if all newspaper are not printed on paper; as a result, the electronic delivery of newspapers will be delivered to client presentation handheld devices that do not need Microsoft products technologies for these document deliveries. So goes the paper publishing industry, so goes Microsoft computer products, and here comes new client handheld rendering devices that can present news and magazines in a client presentation user-friendly document navigation format. ReplyNewspapers: Not a Zero-Sum Game - A Minus-Sum Game [view article]
I work at a Print publishing plant for Gannett. Don't ask about working for them because I never chose too (Company got bought out in 2000 by GCI). Excluding how I feel about Gannett. I can tell you that even in these troubling/downsizing times. We are printing all kinds of commercial print other than just newspapers. Print is changing and downsizing. But there will always be a segment of population that is not tech savvy. That will never have computers etc... Now my timeframe? Well how about my life time (I am 44). The key is finding a business model that keeps the companies if not thriving at least surviving. Case in point: WPO's Kaplan educational services. Newspapers can diversify there company. GCI offers a nice dividend at it's current price (over 5%). ReplyNewspapers: Not a Zero-Sum Game - A Minus-Sum Game [view article]
I woke up this morning thinking about the bicycle shop I used to frequent in my hometown. The were family owned and in town since forever. When big box stores started coming up, people bought their kid's bicycles there instead of the family shop. Business faltered and then their world changed completely as a walmart and toys r us was built in town. They went bankrupt.The upside is that there is new bike shop in town. They sell and repair high end road-bikes and mountain-bikes. They participate in local events. They sponsor local riders for the amateur circuit with little things like free tire tubes and wheel alignments. They have a loyal and growing customer base that the big box stores cannot touch.
Newspapers take note. Adapt to the market. Reply
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Newspapers: Not a Zero-Sum Game - A Minus-Sum Game [view article]
Looking at the following for Monday, all the big boys will take a break and consolidate (GOOG, AAPL, BIDU, RIMM, V, MA) its only healthy... now we have the MSFT YHOO saga...www.investorslive.com/.../ Reply
Newspapers: Not a Zero-Sum Game - A Minus-Sum Game [view article]
And Sam Zell is having to sell Newsday because he doesn't have the cash to maintain the purchase because his purchases in a recession aren't throwing off that cash. Not pretty. ReplyNewspapers: Not a Zero-Sum Game - A Minus-Sum Game [view article]
It's an interesting article. I dare to throw in a few more points:right now there only is talk of newspaper ad revenue. What is maybe
still to come are considerations or facts for whatever about the
total ad spending.
Consider for instance ad spending for the auto industry 2006:
$ 13,5 billion, not included car dealers.
Chrysler was bought for $ 7,4 Billion last year by Cerberus.
(I just lifted this from the net: a Nielsen report to that:)
www.nielsenmedia.com/n...
Ad spending all in all could be considered huge, irrespective of how
the economy is doing.
And this, also just lifted from the net, total ad for 2007:
adage.com/mediaworks/a...
Ironically formulated, ad spending is some sort of pagan religion
guaranteeing all sort of miracles, ranging from resuscitating someone
from the dead to healing all sorts of other illnesses, and certainly,
on top of that, ad spending works wonders in each and every
case for the advertiser. A company only has to spend sufficiently
and the success is guaranteed. (Just contact any of the big
ad agencies and you're in touch with the super-natural.)
And on not to forget the consumers who sometimes have the
habit of blocking, averting, skipping TV ad for instance, ot
shaking out all the fliers, etc. coming with a paper, before they
start reading it. ...
Somehow it is a matter of "conflict" and interest, of cost -
efficiency, of consumer habits and so forth. An open matter in
my opinion. Reply
Tiedeman
Newspapers: Not a Zero-Sum Game - A Minus-Sum Game [view article]
Look, Sam Zell just bought a bunch of newspapers. News print is not going away any time soon. ReplyMore on Public Ownership of Newspapers [view article]
As someone that has been involved in the media industry for 35 years the last 16 in newspapers, it is clear that just like in other business categories, the constant demands from Wall Street cannot be met by today's industry, and the technological entertainment revolution led by the internet and tools like YouTube has essentally empowered consumers to have information on demand and has completely disipated the value of traditional media as we know it. ReplyWSJ and FT Buck the Newspaper Trend [view article]
Felix...what is it you are saying to us? Competition is good...unless, of course, you get hammered and shot into irrelevance. So what are the investible ideas??? You've presented none.....another useless presentation. ReplyWSJ and FT Buck the Newspaper Trend [view article]
Don't speak too soon... FT ABCs are just out:www.guardian.co.uk/med... Reply
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Is this a buy or a sell? ReplyIf 'Real Journalism' Fails As A Business, Should Government Step In? [view article]
As a publisher of a small community newspaper I disagree with many of your comments about the state of our industry but agree with your conclusion. Newspapers have been supported since their inception by advertising dollars. Craig's list may have an impact on some classified categories but it certainly can't take the credit for any significant change in our profit picture. Largely changes in newspaper advertising have been affected by changes in the retail industry. The number of small to mid-size retailers, traditionally strong advertisers, have been greatly diminished and replaced with fewer mega-stores and on-line businesses. This is a response to consumers who want the lowest prices everday and the largest possible selection - a concept that fit into their busy lifestyle more effectively than comparing sale prices in newspaper ads and driving from store to store. Traditional newspaper companies are reacting to the changes in the marketplace and diversifying their offerings to the information consumer. Whether it be through hyper-local print products, magazines or a variety of on-line offerings, the industry is merely going through the same pains that come with any major societal shift. There will always be a place for a free press unfettered by government control. Reply