12/20/04 - Daily Print Media News Report
International Print Media News:12/20/04 - Reuters buys Moneyline Telerate for up to $175 mln:
LONDON, - Global news and information provider Reuters Group Plc (RTR.L) has agreed to buy loss-making market data firm Moneyline Telerate in a deal worth up to $175 million to beef up its presence in fixed income markets.
reuters
http://yahoo.reuters.com/financeQuoteCompanyNewsArticle.jhtml?duid=mtfh60446_2004-12-20_10-24-34_l20164984_newsml
12/20/04 - Investors pull plug on Frank magazine:
Frank, the low-budget biweekly that exposed at least five of the past 12 major Canadian scandals, is defunct — at least in its current form — after failing to build a paying readership for its unevenly accurate scoops and satire.
globe and mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20041220.wxfrank20/BNStory/Business/
12/20/04 - Independent News set to expand into India:
Independent News & Media, the newspaper publisher led by Sir Tony O'Reilly, is on Tuesday expected to announce an important expansion in India by taking a near 30 per cent stake in Jagran, one of the country's leading media groups.
ft
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/a9cdab42-51f0-11d9-961a-00000e2511c8.html
12/20/04 - O'Reilly seeks to buy into Hindi newspaper group:
Independent News & Media, the publishing empire headed by Irish businessman Tony O'Reilly, is trying to buy a stake in one of India's leading newspaper groups.
the guardian
http://media.guardian.co.uk/site/story/0,14173,1377369,00.html
12/20/04 - Lite hits Evening Standard sales, say vendors:
Sales of the London Evening Standard have fallen in central London following the launch of freesheet Standard Lite, vendors have claimed.
the guardian
http://media.guardian.co.uk/presspublishing/story/0,7495,1376305,00.html
12/20/04 - 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
12/20/04 - Independent News & Media in talks for stake in India's Jagran - report:
LONDON - Publishing group Independent News & Media (Dublin: INWS.I) is in advanced talks to acquire a large stake in Jagran, the company that owns Indias highest-circulation newspaper, The Sunday Times reported citing a person close to the talks.
afx via yahoo
http://uk.biz.yahoo.com/041219/323/f8v4k.html
12/20/04 - The National Magazine Company and Australian Consolidated Press sign the deal on their joint venture:
The National Magazine Company and Australian Consolidated Press today signed the agreements to complete on their joint venture, ACP NatMag. The joint venture has been established to publish weekly consumer magazines in the UK.
publicitas
http://www.publicitas.com/display.asp?id=6.8&chp=6.3&foot=6.9&cpny=*&PARAM1=13261
12/20/04 - The Maharashtra Herald gets aggressive in Pune:
The Maharashtra Herald, the oldest English-language newspaper in Pune, which was acquired and subsequently relaunched by the Sakal group in April this year, has kicked off the second phase of its revamp process spanning editorial, sales and marketing.
agency faqs
http://www.agencyfaqs.com/news/stories/2004/12/15/10458.html
12/20/04 - Emap restructures trading and inserts teams:
Emap Advertising has announced it will expand the role of its trading team with the addition of its inserts business and a senior team appointment
mediaweek uk
http://mediaweek.co.uk/articles/2004/12/emap-trading
National Print Media News:
12/20/04 - Martha Stewart Sells $8 Mln of Omnimedia Stock:
Martha Stewart, the jailed founder of media company Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc., sold about $8 million worth of shares this week, according to a regulatory filing.
reuters
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=599&ncid=802&e=5&u=/nm/20041217/media_nm/media_marthastewart_dc
12/20/04 - Anderson to Become Acting Head of Detroit Newspaper Agency:
MCLEAN, Va.-- Gannett Co., Inc. (NYSE:GCI) announced today that Gary L. Anderson will become acting president and CEO of the Detroit Newspaper Agency on Jan. 1, 2005. He will replace Frank J. Vega, who retired to become president and publisher of the Hearst Corporation's San Francisco Chronicle.
business wire
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/041217/175530_1.html
12/20/04 - Detroit Newspapers CEO resigns to become publisher of San Francisco Chronicle:
Frank Vega, president and chief executive officer of Detroit Newspapers, resigned Friday to become publisher of the San Francisco Chronicle.
detnews
http://www.detnews.com/2004/business/0412/20/business-36153.htm
12/20/04 - L.A. Weekly Announces Organizational Changes:
LOS ANGELES, -- L.A. Weekly has announced organizational changes within the company that reflect a growing emphasis on the web and a continued investment in technology.
pr newswire
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/041217/laf050_1.html
12/20/04 - Buyers To Pubs: Raise Your Hopes, Don't Raise Your Rates:
While the magazine business appears to have pulled itself out of a deep advertising hole in 2004, with pages on the rise for the last seven months and counting, planners have a message for publishers: don't raise your hopes about raising your rates.
media post
http://www.mediapost.com/dtls_dsp_news.cfm?newsID=283542
12/20/04 - B2B Gets Back To Business, Posts Strong Page Gain In October:
Signaling some year-end momentum for what has been a volatile 2004 B-to-B ad marketplace, ad pages in the business press increased in October after declining in September, according to estimates released Saturday by American Business Media. The October surge, which drove ad pages up 4.6 percent and ad revenues up 8.1 percent over October 2003, indicates the B-to-B marketplace should end the year in the black.
media post
http://www.mediapost.com/dtls_dsp_news.cfm?cb=085026A&newsID=283639&newsDate=12/20/2004
12/20/04 - Mag Spotlight - New Beauty:
Adam Sandow, founder of New Beauty magazine, believes he has just set the ad pages record for a new launch. The debut issue of the self-proclaimed "Ultimate Cosmetic Enhancement Guide" will carry approximately 650 ad pages.
media post
http://www.mediapost.com/dtls_dsp_news.cfm?cb=085026A&newsID=283544&newsDate=12/20/2004
12/20/04 - Dynamic Logic: Rich Media Increases Brand Awareness:
Online ads that use audio and video are better for branding than ads that use more static formats, according to new research from Dynamic Logic. The research reveals that a single exposure to an audio/video ad increased brand awareness by 10 percentage points over a controlled group of consumers who were not exposed to any ads.
media post
http://www.mediapost.com/dtls_dsp_news.cfm?cb=085026A&newsID=283615&newsDate=12/20/2004
12/20/04 - Case against ad salesman hard to prove, experts say:
The arrest of a Nashville Scene employee on charges of promoting prostitution raises thorny questions about the responsibility of advertising sellers to ensure they are not acting as middlemen for illegal businesses, legal experts said yesterday.
tennessean
http://tennessean.com/local/archives/04/12/63036199.shtml?Element_ID=63036199
12/20/04 - Malone's Liberty Media Declines to Comment on News Corp. Stake:
John Malone's Liberty Media Corp. declined to comment on a newspaper report saying the company boosted its stake in Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. to 17.2 percent of the voting shares.
bloomberg
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000081&sid=aBz_kGUpWseM&refer=australia
12/20/04 - MidWeek to go twice-weekly in March:
MidWeek, Oahu's most widely circulated tabloid newspaper, is launching a second weekly edition in March. The paper is currently distributed free to 268,000 Oahu households beginning on Mondays. It will start appearing twice weekly on March 4.
biz journals
http://www.bizjournals.com/pacific/stories/2004/12/20/story1.html
12/20/04 - OD home publication to debut:
Ocean Drive magazine tries its hand at a home design magazine called InsideOut, to be launched in March. In a first-time departure from its tried and true formula of celebrity fluff and fashion, the chronicler of all things glitz is launching a home design publication in March.
miami herald
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/10449266.htm
12/20/04 - Cravatts named editor in chief of lifestyle magazine:
Richard L. Cravatts has been named the founding editor in chief of Wellesley Weston Magazine, a new lifestyle magazine to serve the readership of the two of Massachusetts' towns.
biz journals
http://www.bizjournals.com/boston/stories/2004/12/13/daily61.html
12/20/04 - ELLE Accessories Magazine to Launch:
The ELLE US network is thrilled to announce the launch of a new magazine, ELLE accessories, which will be available from newsstands only for a period of 90 days starting August 30th 2005.
publicitas
http://www.publicitas.com/display.asp?id=6.8&chp=6.3&foot=6.9&cpny=*&PARAM1=13262
12/20/04 - EMS is returning to its roots as a pioneer of the catazine.
From the outdoors outfitter's founding in 1967 to the early 1980s, EMS regularly dropped a mailer that included in-depth editorial coverage of the products it sold as well as of several outdoors sports -- a type of direct mail piece that has become known as a catazine.
dm news
http://dmnews.com/cgi-bin/artprevbot.cgi?article_id=31310
12/20/04 - Hollinger Int'l. to Pay Out 'Telegraph' Cash as Dividend:
CHICAGO Hollinger International said Thursday it will distribute to shareholders $500 million in proceeds from the sale of The Daily Telegraph of London, with the first payout a $227 million special dividend.
editor & publisher
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/departments/business/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000739168
12/20/04 - Across Ohio, Another Newspaper Strike Settles Quietly:
CHICAGO While the strike of newsroom and circulation employees at The Vindicator in Youngstown, Ohio, goes into its second month, a walkout at another Buckeye State newspaper begun at nearly the same time is now long settled.
editor & publisher
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/departments/ad_circ/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000738877
12/20/04 - In Colorado Springs, a Special Sunday Insert: The Bible:
NEW YORK The Gazette of Colorado Springs, Colo., plans to include customized Bibles with all copies of its home-delivered newspapers this Sunday, a staffer confirmed to E&P Friday afternoon. The International Bible Society is paying the Gazette $36,000 to distribute the New Testament copies to the paper's 91,000 subscribers and run a full-page ad on Sunday, according CSIndy.com., the weekly Colorado Springs Independent's Web site.
editor & publisher
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000739751
12/20/04 - GQ, Details Lead Guy Mags:
Clothes, waistlines, home decorating tips — didn't these used to be men's magazines. The industry's big boys finish the year much the way they started it, on an unrelenting quest to turn every red-blooded American guy into a sensitive, overdressed metrosexual.
ny post
http://nypost.com/business/36801.htm
12/20/04 - Pfizer to Halt Advertising of Celebrex to Consumers:
Pfizer said yesterday that it would immediately stop advertising Celebrex, its best-selling arthritis pain reliever, to consumers after a study showed that high doses were associated with an increased risk of heart attacks. The suspension of advertising, which is indefinite, includes television, radio, newspaper and magazine ads and other promotions to consumers, a Pfizer spokeswoman, Mariann Caprino, said yesterday. Some magazine ads may appear for a few more weeks because of the long lead time of magazine advertising, she said.
ny times
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/20/business/20drug.html
12/20/04 - Two, two, two Oprahs in one!:
A fit and glamorous Oprah Winfrey graces the current issue of her magazine, O. In photos by Matthew Rolston, readers may think they're seeing double. The talk show icon shows off her abs in her belly-baring workout clothes alongside another Oprah decked out in a black velvet evening gown designed by Marc Bouwer.
usa today
http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2004-12-19-oprah_x.htm
12/20/04 - News-rack rules relaxed a little:
In a concession to newspaper publishers, a Los Angeles City Council committee voted Friday to give publishers seven years to replace newspaper racks with uniform green onces and allow racks at historic sites with the owner's permission.
la daily news
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200~20954~2604920,00.html
12/20/04 - Courier names new advertising director:
WATERLOO --- Courier Publisher Nancy L. Green has announced the appointment of Dave Braton, a veteran newspaper publisher, general manager and advertising manager, as the Courier's new advertising director.
wcf courier
http://www.wcfcourier.com/articles/2004/12/19/news/metro/a8c4222b8d9c955986256f6e005a311b.txt
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