Coupla related stories from the local birdcage liner:
Daily newspapers see sharp 4.6 percent drop in circulation
By Anick Jesdanun, AP business writer
Thursday, October 30, 2008
NEW YORK — Circulation at the nation's daily newspapers is falling faster than anticipated this year as readers continue their migration to the Internet and papers narrow their distribution to cut costs.
And:
Star reduces workforce
Updated 04:30 p.m., November 6, 2008
We streamlined the organization to counteract the effects of the current economic downturn and its impact on our advertising revenue," Cogswell said.
Analysis:
Gee, I'll have to bring my immense cognitive skills to this one. Falling circulation and falling advertising revenue. Shame that there was that firewall between the reportage and advertising otherwise the paper could have realized that auto and real estate ads are not a sustainable business model. Truth be told we get both The Star and the LA Times. Mrs. Dawg is a wicked coupon clipper and I love the weekly Fry's ad.
6 comments:
I read the paper first thing each day. No, that's a lie - I check the net out first. I expect I read more newspapers than Sarah, though.
I don't know about coupons but for Fry's ads, hit up http://latimes.p2ionline.com/shoppingchannel/rop/index.aspx?. Open up Retail Goods in the left navbar; stupid of the LA Times to not make the latest ad linkable.
Nocal can use http://newspaperads.mercurynews.com/ROP/Subcat.aspx?cat=3339&subcat=3525
There are thousands of thriving newspapers in Iran. What does that tell you?
Toilet paper is in short supply?
that the internet sucks in Iran?
That the NYT is missing an opportunity to tap into the "people who hate america" market?
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