Hold the front page, irony connoisseurs. The print edition of the NUJ’s The Journalist magazine has been scrapped from its April edition. All future editions of the magazine will be distributed as PDFs or an equivalent format.
April 30, 2008
April 24, 2008
News from the front
Smiths News H1 pretax up 5.9 percent. Selected quotes: “Revenues were up just 0.6 percent …, with strong price growth in the quality newspaper market offsetting a mixed picture in magazines, where … monthly titles have continued to decline”
“Magazine sales were down 2.6% to £265.2 million “
Deep pockets.
The consumer magazine division of News International made a loss of almost £10m last year. (From Press Gazette) This was on revenue of a little over £12 million. (Those figures bear repeating – for every £1 in revenue NI magazines is spending £1.83p). (more…)
April 22, 2008
Smaller slice of pie
William Reed has merged (i.e. closed) Bake & Take with British Baker
April 21, 2008
Mythical beast challenges reality
Are you sure that’s wise sir?
Unrelated news articles
New political monthly aims to take on Prospect
Newsweeklies Continue Long, Slow Print Goodbye
(And see the earlier post on current affairs magazines: http://privatefraser.wordpress.com/2008/03/26/current-affairs-and-politics/)
April 15, 2008
Last orders
Crier Media Group’s The Drinks Network has officially ceased publication.
Come along now please ladies and gentlemen, haven’t you got homes to go to?
If you think I’m being negative…
Hats off to Paul Conley in Folio: in an article entitled B-to-B Publishing Has Sunk Into Death Spiral there are some heart-warming quotes that make Private Frazer’s views seem almost Pollyannaish. (more…)
