1/26/2005 - Daily Print Media Business News:
International Print Media News:
1/26/05 - VNU unit, IDG to merge publishing operations in France:
Haarlem, the Netherlands—VNU announced Tuesday that VNU Business Media Europe and International Data Group intend to merge their publishing operations in France. The new company, with combined annual revenue of approximately €30 million, will operate as an independent joint venture with VNU and IDG each owning a 50% stake.
btob
http://www.btobonline.com/article.cms?articleId=23081
1/26/05 - Finland: Taloussanomat’s circulation increases:
According to the Finnish Audit Bureau of Circulations, business daily Taloussanomat’s weekday circulation in 2004 increased by 13.7% and the circulation of the Saturday edition by 10.2%. The official weekday circulation was 30,651 and that of the Saturday edition was 71,540. Total circulation grew from 2003 by 12.8% and is now 39,229 copies.
publicitas
http://www.publicitas.com/display.asp?id=6.8&chp=6.3&foot=6.9&cpny=*&PARAM1=13422
1/26/05 - India: Educational supplement to the Times of India increases frequency in Mumbai:
Education Times, the educational supplement of the Times of India, will increase its frequency in Mumbai from weekly to bi-weekly on Monday and Thursday. Education Times started out as a monthly publication, circulated with The Times of India and has since grown into a weekly pull out with a total circulation of 1.7 million.
publicitas
http://www.publicitas.com/display.asp?id=6.8&chp=6.3&foot=6.9&cpny=*&PARAM1=13407
1/26/05 - Paper makers face falling demand:
Vancouver — After more than 25 years in the newsprint industry, Norske Skog Canada Ltd. chief executive officer Russ Horner thought he had seen it all. But when he opened the door of his London hotel room one morning to pick up the copy of The Times he had ordered the night before he was startled to find a tabloid instead of the familiar broadsheet paper.
globe & mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20050122.wxcover0122/BNStory/Business/?query=newsprint
1/26/05 - Maariv heading for mass layoffs:
The Hebrew-language daily Maariv plans to fire over 100 employees, including 50 journalists; Haaretz has learned that several well-known reporters and commentators identified with the newspaper have received invitations to pre-layoff hearings.
haaretz
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/531456.html
1/26/05 - Highbury House confirms bid interest:
Magazine giant Highbury House has been forced to issue a statement to the City after the company’s shares jumped a massive 25% today on the back of a potential bid for the business.
mediaweek uk
http://mediaweek.co.uk/articles/folder2005/01/highbury-house-bid-shares
1/26/05 - Ad pages up despite dip for newspapers:
Sales may be in the doldrums but advertising in the national press is on the up.
mediaweek uk
http://mediaweek.co.uk/articles/folder2005/01/25/adpagesup
1/26/05 - Race for London hots up:
Richard Desmond’s much talked about plan to launch a rival to Associated Newspapers’ Evening Standard may not be as simple as just getting the green light from the Office of Fair Trading, as other players are also looking at the London market.
mediaweek uk
http://mediaweek.co.uk/articles/folder2005/01/25/raceforlondon
1/26/05 - Future in £6m motoring group deal:
Future Publishing has splashed out £5.95m on 11 motoring magazines in a deal to purchase A&S Publishing.
mediaweek uk
http://mediaweek.co.uk/articles/folder2005/01/futurepubs-aandsmotors
National Print Media News:
1/26/05 - Gannett profit rises on broadcast TV ad revenue:
NEW YORK, - Media company Gannett Co. Inc. (GCI.N) on Wednesday said quarterly profit increased 6 percent, powered by political advertising gains at its broadcast TV stations that more than offset ad declines at its flagship USA Today newspaper.
reuters
http://yahoo.reuters.com/financeQuoteCompanyNewsArticle.jhtml?duid=mtfh07128_2005-01-26_13-39-33_n26470368_newsml
1/26/05 - Ad growth bolsters Knight Ridder results:
NEW YORK, - Knight Ridder Inc. (KRI.N) , the second-biggest U.S. newspaper publisher by circulation, reported higher quarterly profit on Wednesday, amid a modest advertising rebound throughout the newspaper business.
reuters
http://yahoo.reuters.com/financeQuoteCompanyNewsArticle.jhtml?duid=mtfh05415_2005-01-26_12-37-26_n26430086_newsml
1/26/05 - Reader's Digest profit falls, backs full-yr outlook:
NEW YORK, - Magazine publisher Reader's Digest Association Inc. (RDA.N) on Wednesday reported lower quarterly profit, citing the effect of a previously announced accounting change, but said profit at its international unit rose sharply after a restructuring.
reuters
http://yahoo.reuters.com/financeQuoteCompanyNewsArticle.jhtml?duid=mtfh04947_2005-01-26_12-20-20_n26722521_newsml
1/26/05 - Meredith to Launch Hispanic Women's Lifestyle Magazine:
NEW YORK, -- Meredith Corporation (NYSE: MDP), the publisher of such well recognized titles as Better Homes and Gardens, Ladies' Home Journal and More magazines, announced today that it will launch its first lifestyle and shelter publication for Hispanic women. The magazine will be titled Siempre Mujer! and will premiere in fall 2005 on a bi-monthly basis with an initial rate base of 350,000.
pr newswire
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050126/cgw016_1.html
1/26/05 - Redsnap Magazine to Launch in New York:
Redsnap Magazine the publication whose philosophy says, " living life should come before anything else" will launch this May in the Tri-State area.
printadvertising.com
http://printadvertising.com/pressrelease_central.html
1/26/05 - Newspaper Advertising Still in Doldrums:
The New York Times Co. and E.W. Scripps Co. benefited from gains in political advertising from their broadcast outlets in the fourth quarter, but both companies reported no improvement in a sluggish environment for newspaper advertising.
ap
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/050125/earns_media_3.html
1/26/05 - McClatchy Declares First Quarter 2005 Dividend:
SACRAMENTO, Calif., -- The McClatchy Company (NYSE: MNI) today declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of 13 cents per share. The first quarter dividend is payable April 1, 2005 to stockholders of record at the close of business on March 16, 2005.
pr newswire
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050125/sftu114_1.html
1/26/05 - Meredith 2Q Profit Soars on Advertising:
DES MOINES, Iowa -- Meredith Corp., a publishing and broadcast company, on Tuesday said its second-quarter profit jumped on broadcast advertising, which received a boost from political ads and improved ratings.
ap
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/050125/earns_meredith_1.html
1/26/05 - Out in Jersey Magazine Doubles Circulation, Drops Price 50 Percent:
In the face of an overwhelming demand that continues to grow month by month, Out in Jersey Magazine announces it will double its print run to 12,000 copies with the February / March 2005 issue, and has cut the cost of a second-year subscription by 50% over the first-year price.
pr web
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/prweb/20050126/bs_prweb/prweb201022_1
1/26/05 - New Magazine Promotes Outdoor Chattanooga:
Kayaking, rock climbing, hiking, hang gliding, mountain biking, and the many other outdoor activities available throughout the region, will be featured to the world as a new outdoor magazine for Chattanooga and surrounding areas "xplor magazine" kicks off this spring.
chattanooga.com
http://www.chattanoogan.com/articles/article_61585.asp
1/26/05 - Architectural Digest Distributes Discs Via B&N Stores:
Condé Nast Publications' Architectural Digest struck an exclusive deal with bookseller Barnes & Noble Inc. to distribute 20,000 CD-ROMs polybagged with its February issue. The interactive CD, "The Architectural Digest Guide to Home Design," offers design tips and ideas linked to the latest home furnishings from a select group of Architectural Digest advertisers.
dm news
http://dmnews.com/cgi-bin/artprevbot.cgi?article_id=31639
1/26/05 - Belo localizes interactive division in bid to recapture classifieds:
The newspaper industry's traditional stranglehold on the classified advertising business is slipping, slowly but surely, like an aging, myopic dragon that's losing treasure each day from its hoard. In this case, the nimble knights making off with the booty are upstarts such as Monster, eBay and that rascally do-gooder Craigslist. So what's an old-line media company like Belo Corp. to do? The owner of the Dallas Morning News, Providence Journal, KING-TV in Seattle and various other newspapers and local TV outlets decided it was time to implode Belo Interactive (BI) as a wholly owned subsidiary that ran all its Web properties and just make it an interactive division. The division will retain some central functions (technology platform, national ad sales) at HQ in Dallas, while integrating Net operations at each offline media outlet.
orj
http://www.ojr.org/ojr/stories/050119Glaser/
1/26/05 - Times may charge fee on Web site:
The New York Times yesterday said it doesn't immediately plan to charge a subscription fee for access to its Web site, but an online survey hinted at moves in that direction.
newsday
http://www.newsday.com/business/ny-bzpaper264125527jan26,0,129808.story
1/26/05 - They're Getting in Touch:
THE celebrity magazine wars remain one of the hottest battlegrounds in publishing. And when the Audit Bureau of Circulations releases its latest numbers in February, a seismic shift will have taken place. In Touch, the $1.99 magazine that is only two years old, is expected to report it sold about one million copies a week on the newsstands in the second half of 2004.
ny post
http://nypost.com/business/38822.htm
1/26/05 - Apprise Media Buys Publisher of Price Guides:
Apprise Media, the company formed last year by a former president of Primedia to pursue acquisitions in niche publishing, said yesterday that it had acquired its first property, Beckett Publications in Dallas. Beckett publishes enthusiast magazines and price guides for collectibles and trading cards. The cost of the deal was estimated at more than $20 million.
ny times
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/26/business/media/26apprise.html?oref=login
1/26/05 - A hard look at Metro:
As the wine flowed at Metro International SA's conference in Italy in April 2003, the cadre of newspaper executives who built the company's global chain of free daily tabloids took turns entertaining their colleagues.
boston
http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2005/01/26/a_hard_look_at_metro/
1/26/05 - Telemundo, Rumbo Are Two For Texas:
Telemundo and Rumbo newspapers have entered into an exclusive content sharing and cross-promotional partnership in San Antonio, Texas. The new alliance will provide Hispanics in the San Antonio community with access to news stories developed from the combined resources of Telemundo’s broadcast coverage with Rumbo’s print reporting.
mediaweek
http://www.mediaweek.com/mediaweek/headlines/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000771443
1/26/05 - Greater Media Newspapers purchases Latinos Unidos:
Greater Media Newspapers Inc. has announced the purchase of Latinos Unidos, a 25,000 circulation, monthly Spanish language newspaper serving Ocean, Monmouth and Middlesex counties. Greater Media Newspapers currently publishes 12 weekly newspapers serving Middlesex, Monmouth and Ocean counties, with a combined weekly circulation of 305,000.
news transcript
http://newstranscript.gmnews.com/news/2005/0125/Front_Page/020.html
1/26/05 - Upgrade of L.A. Times Plant is Expected to Boost Ad Revenue:
The Los Angeles Times has nearly finished a $45 million upgrade of its printing presses as part of a plan by the Tribune Co. to raise sliding ad sales at its flagship newspaper. The press upgrade, scheduled to be finished sometime early this year, will give the Times the capacity to print 32 full pages of color out of a 96-page, six-section press configuration – eight more color pages than it previously could print.
la business journal
http://www.labusinessjournal.com/article.asp?aID=82092488.7548031.1092988.7804326.9041668.368&aID2=84067
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