12/17/04 - Daily Print Media News Report
International Print Media News:12/17/04 - Hollinger Int'l pays out special dividend:
NEW YORK, - Newspaper publisher Hollinger International Inc. (HLR.N) on Thursday said it will pay a special dividend of $2.50 per share of Class A and B common stock financed by the sale of its Telegraph newspaper group and may consider another future dividend payment.
reuters
http://yahoo.reuters.com/financeQuoteCompanyNewsArticle.jhtml?duid=mtfh19916_2004-12-16_22-07-14_n16507008_newsml
12/17/04 - Hollinger Inc. announces governance review:
TORONTO, - Hollinger Inc. (HLGc.TO) said on Thursday it had commissioned a complete review of the governance policies and practices applicable to its board of directors and management.
reuters
http://yahoo.reuters.com/financeQuoteCompanyNewsArticle.jhtml?duid=mtfh19744_2004-12-16_21-55-20_wnb0697_newsml
12/17/04 - First Stage of the Acquisition of The Jerusalem Post Completed:
WINNIPEG, - CanWest Global Communications Corp. today announced that its partner, Mirkaei Tikshoret Group Ltd (MTL) has completed the acquisition of the shares of the Palestine Post Limited, the publisher of The Jerusalem Post, The Jerusalem Report and related properties (The Jerusalem Post Group) from Hollinger International Inc. for US$13.2 million, in cash. The transaction had received approval from the Israeli anti- trust regulatory authorities on December 8th.
pr newswire
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/041216/to142_1.html
12/17/04 - A magazine of her own: Greenland's first magazine is all about women:
The eye-catching covers of Arnanut, Greenland's new magazine for women, lead to a unique reading experience inside - even for someone who can't read Greenlandic or Danish. The cover of Arnanut 5, which came out last September, features a striking shot of a fashionable Greenlandic model of about 40.
nunatsiaq
http://www.nunatsiaq.com/news/features/41217_01.html
12/17/04 -Axel Springer launches Polish version of Forbes magazine:
WARSAW - Axel Springer AG (Xetra: 550135.DE) said it has launched a Polish language version of US economic magazine Forbes. Forbes will replace the economic monthly Profit in Poland, which has been edited by Axel Springer, with a circulation of around 60,000.
afx via yahoo
http://uk.biz.yahoo.com/041217/323/f8rn3.html
12/17/04 - Top Gambian Newspaper Editor Shot Dead:
BANJUL - An attacker shot dead a prominent Gambian newspaper editor, an outspoken advocate of press freedom who had condemned new media restrictions, as he drove home from work in the small West African country.
reuters
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20041217/wl_nm/gambia_shooting_dc_1
12/17/04 - Arab newspaper to quit Baghdad:
Ashar al-Awsat is one of the leading newspapers in the Arab world. Pan-Arab newspaper Asharq al-Awsat says it is temporarily closing its office in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad. The London-based paper said it had received threats from armed men demanding it publish a story about an insurgent leader in Falluja, Iraq.
bbc
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4102823.stm
12/17/04 - NMA to celebrate best in newspaper advertising:
The Newspaper Marketing Agency (NMA) has launched an awards scheme designed to "throw the spotlight on the best newspaper ads". The National Newspaper Advertising Awards will begin in January 2005, with a group of creative directors choosing their favourite ads each month until December, at which point a 'winner-of-winners' will be announced. The team or individual responsible will receive a cash prize of £25,000.
intellagencia
http://www.intellagencia.com/news.asp?siteid=4&id=65590
12/17/04 - Libération staff vote on Rothschild bid for paper:
Staff at France's emblematic leftwing daily Libération will vote on January 6 whether to accept a bid by a member of the Rothschild banking dynasty to take a 37% stake in the paper.
the guardian
http://media.guardian.co.uk/presspublishing/story/0,7495,1374750,00.html
12/17/04 - Independent wins newspaper of the year award:
The Independent was today named newspaper of the year at the What the Papers Say Awards in recognition of its 'constant and brave' editorial stance.
the guardian
http://media.guardian.co.uk/presspublishing/story/0,7495,1376155,00.html
12/17/04 - FT downgrades weekly media section:
The Financial Times is giving up the ghost on pullout weekly media section Creative Business four years after its ambitious launch.
the guardian
http://media.guardian.co.uk/presspublishing/story/0,7495,1375397,00.html
12/17/04 - IPC looks to mass-market for women's launch:
IPC is to launch a new weekly women's magazine in an effort to breathe new life into the struggling sector.
the guardian
http://media.guardian.co.uk/presspublishing/story/0,7495,1375394,00.html
12/17/04 - Telegraph and Sky in cricket supplement deal:
Sky Sports are to sponsor an eight-page cricket pullout in The Daily Telegraph, to mark the start of the England team’s tour of South Africa.
mediaweek uk
http://mediaweek.co.uk/articles/2004/12/telegraph-sky-cricketsupp
12/17/04 - Auto Trader pushes promo with industry gifts:
Used car magazine Auto Trader has sent its key industry contacts early Christmas presents of free mobile phones and £10 phone cards as part of a direct mail campaign to promote its section for new cars.
mediaweek uk
http://mediaweek.co.uk/articles/2004/12/autotrader-promo-gifts
National Print Media News:
12/17/04 - Gemstar-TV Guide Promotes Company Veteran Tonia O'Connor to Executive Vice President, Affiliate Sales & Marketing:
LOS ANGELES-- Gemstar-TV Guide International, Inc. (Nasdaq:GMST) announced today the appointment of Tonia O'Connor as executive vice president, Affiliate Sales and Marketing, effective December 31, 2004. A veteran of the Company, Ms. O'Connor was most recently Gemstar-TV Guide's senior vice president of National Accounts, Affiliate Sales and Marketing. Ray Hopkins, current executive vice president, Affiliate Sales and Marketing has resigned from the Company to join the YES Network as chief operating officer.
business wire
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/041216/165849_1.html
12/17/04 - Martha Stewart stock surge leaves analysts puzzled:
NEW YORK, - Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc. (MSO.N) remains heavily overvalued, even after falling back from a more than four-year high on Thursday, analysts said, noting the company lacks the improved performance to justify its price.
reuters
http://yahoo.reuters.com/financeQuoteCompanyNewsArticle.jhtml?duid=mtfh18800_2004-12-16_21-03-53_n16191922_newsml
12/17/04 - USATODAY.com Traffic Up 56% Over Last Year:
MCLEAN, Va., -- USATODAY.com audience traffic recorded an increase in year-over-year growth of 56 percent with 9.4 million unique visitors in November 2004 according to Nielsen//NetRatings (combined Home/Work Panel). USATODAY.com's coverage of the election and the Scott Peterson trial were the most popular topics during November.
pr newswire
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/041216/dcth026_1.html
12/17/04 - Belo Restructuring Will Streamline its National Interactive Staff:
In another indication of how traditional media companies are seeking to capitalize on the growth of the their online divisions, Belo Corp. has begun consolidating its separate Belo Interactive division into its parent company.
clickz
http://www.clickz.com/news/article.php/3448991
12/17/04 - Publisher Ellis tapped for Knight Ridder job:
Paula Lynn Ellis, the president and publisher of The Sun News, has been named a corporate vice president of operations for Knight Ridder, the second-largest newspaper chain in the country and owner of The Sun News.
myrtle beach online
http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/mld/myrtlebeachonline/news/local/10428366.htm
12/17/04 - Vitality magazine to debut Dec. 30 in The Sun News:
Each Thursday beginning Dec. 30, The Sun News will publish Vitality, a magazine about looking good and feeling great. Vitality will be a place where readers can learn from other readers.
myrtle beach online
http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/mld/myrtlebeachonline/news/local/10437311.htm
12/17/04 - Watching the Newspaper, on the Web:
As broadband Internet access spreads, newspaper Web sites, bored with just words, are adding video clips and even, at a trendsetting Delaware paper, TV-style newscasts. NEW YORK -- Never mind the plain old written words you find in plain old dead-tree newspapers. On newspapers' Web sites, the next big thing will likely be TV-style video news reports.
editor & publisher
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ep/20041217/en_bpiep/watchingthenewspaperontheweb
12/17/04 - Cell Phone Mergers Not Bad News for Papers, Yet:
CHICAGO During the newspaper recession and the last few years of shaky recovery, wireless telephone service providers were aggressive and steady advertisers, all the more important because they pumped up revenues in the anemic national-ad category.
editor & publisher
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000737800
12/17/04 - 'We're Still a Union Shop,' Says 'Vindy' GM as Talks Stop:
As the Newspaper Guild strike in Youngstown, Ohio, continues into its second month -- even after workers rejected management's "best and final offer" last week -- the paper's general manager insists it has no plans to break the union. editor & publisher
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000738658
12/17/04 - AdPay Completes Funding Round:
NEW YORK Privately held AdPay, Inc. -- the provider of Click and Buy Classifieds, a system that gives newspapers’ classified advertisers the ability to enhance their online classifieds with expanded text, photos, and multimedia, as well as providing advertisers the choice of selling items for a fixed price, a negotiated price, or via an auction -- has completed the sale of its Series A Preferred Stock to Appian Ventures, a Denver, Colorado-based investment firm that led the investment round, and FFP Holdings, a closely held, limited partnership based in Houston, Texas.
editor & publisher
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/departments/online/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000737864
12/17/04 - Trendspotting: End of the year magazine lists:
...Time magazine's annual and much-hyped Person of the Year issue will hit newsstands Monday. Entertainment Weekly will announce its annual Entertainer of the Year in Friday's issue. People magazine weighed in with its annual Sexiest Man Alive issue a few weeks back. "It's a great marketing gimmick," says magazine expert Samir Husni, a journalism professor at the University of Mississippi.
chicago tribune
http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/lifestyle/chi-0412150428dec16,1,5700454.story
12/17/04 - Newspaper ad executive accused of promoting prostitution:
NASHVILLE, Tenn. An advertising executive for a weekly alternative newspaper in Nashville was charged today with promoting prostitution in connection with adult ads he accepted and coordinated.
whnt19
http://www.whnt19.com/Global/story.asp?S=2703830
12/17/04 - Woman International Magazine, to be launched in Q1 2005:
Woman International Magazine, to be launched in Q1 2005, is a revolutionary woman's lifestyle magazine aimed at the lucrative and under-served Asian women sector. The magazine's editorial, advice columns (complete with Dipa Patel, M.D. and Monika Sharma, Pys.D. hosting the medical and relationship columns)and How-to are full of not only beauty tips and secrets, but articles on how to start and run your own business. Its not a folio, but truly a magazine experience, showcasing the brains and beauty of Asian women.
prweb
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/12/prwebxml189348.php
12/17/04 - South Florida Magazine Launches Full Service Website:
Haute Living Magazine announces the launch of the first full-service, real estate investor-friendly Web site provided by a South Florida-based publication. Haute Living Magazine’s revitalized Web site is designed to provide maximum value to its advertisers and high-end real estate investors by allowing full and complete Internet access to all magazine advertisements.
prweb
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/12/prwebxml189408.php
12/17/04 - Paw Luxuries Magazine Makes Charity a Pet Priority:
Paw Luxuries Magazine has created the “Paws for a Cause” section, highlighting manufacturers, companies, and products that make waves for different charities involving dogs, cats, and pets in general.
prweb
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/12/prwebxml189228.php
12/17/04 - Southern lifestyle magazine launches its maiden issue:
Two years ago, Karyn Flores toyed with the idea of creating a lifestyle magazine for her hometown, Davao. When the concept was presented to Midtown Printing, publisher of Your Guide Travel and Entourage Bridal magazines, a partnership was born.
the freeman
http://www.thefreeman.com/lifestyle/index.php?fullstory=1&issue=articles_20041217&id=25832
12/17/04 - Nissan Awarded Manufacturer of the Year By Spanish-Language Automotive Magazine in the U.S.:
Sobre Ruedas, the largest Spanish-language automotive magazine in the country recently awarded Nissan North America with the Manufacturer of the Year 2004 Award at the 34th South Florida International Auto Show held last month at the Miami Beach Convention Center.
aiada
http://www.aiada.org/article.asp?id=29862
12/17/04 - Henley, Krenek become managing editors:
Newsday Wednesday promoted two veteran journalists, Debbie Henley and Debby Krenek, to become managing editors as part of a sweeping reorganization of the newspaper's newsroom.
newsday
http://www.newsday.com/business/ny-bznews1216,0,630989.story
12/17/04 - Mag Rack: Yep, A New Pub Antes Up:
Poker and Golf All In founder Bhu Srinivasan believes that in laying out the possibilities for his new magazine, he can draw a clear parallel to another category that has seen robust growth over the last decade: golf.
media post
http://www.mediapost.com/dtls_dsp_news.cfm?newsID=283397
12/17/04 - Meredith Sets Hispanic Publishing Team:
Meredith Corporation announced Wednesday that Ruth Gaviria has been promoted to the position of publisher/executive director of Hispanic ventures. Previously, Gaviria served as the director of marketing and brand development for People En Espanol. --MS
media post
http://www.mediapost.com/dtls_dsp_news.cfm?cb=095754A&subMatter=Traditional&newsID=283349&newsDate=12/17/2004
12/17/04 - Old is not good enough for Art & Antiques magazine.:
The monthly title from Trans World Publishing Inc. is making marketing, circulation and editorial changes designed to appeal to younger readers. The changes come as the magazine strives to maintain its circulation rate base of 127,000, down from 170,000 in 2002.
dm news
http://dmnews.com/cgi-bin/artprevbot.cgi?article_id=31306
12/17/04 - Newsday's Capital Cut:
ONE of the first acts of the new regime at Newsday is to pull their White House correspondent Ken Fireman off the beat. The buzz in Washington is that Newsday is pulling out of full-time daily coverage at the White House. To economize, day-to-day coverage will be supplied by its Tribune Co. cousins, Los Angeles Times and the Chicago Tribune.
ny post
http://nypost.com/business/kelly.htm
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