1/31/2005 - Daily Print Media Business News:
International Print Media News:
1/31/05 - Black firm to get $47.3 mln of Telegraph proceeds:
TORONTO, - Conrad Black's Canadian holding company will get another $47.3 million in proceeds from the sale of Britain's Telegraph group of newspapers, but will put the money beyond the reach of the fallen press baron, it said on Friday.
reuters
http://yahoo.reuters.com/financeQuoteCompanyNewsArticle.jhtml?duid=mtfh60911_2005-01-28_19-04-44_n28277074_newsml
1/31/05 - Time Out magazine publisher hopes to break even in two years:
About six months ago, Mumbai saw the launch of a fortnightly magazine called Time Out that aimed at providing information about the city, mapping the arts, culture and entertainment scene apart from providing listings, reviews, dope on eating joints, shopping havens and so on. The objective was to be a one-point source of information, which is otherwise dispersed across the city pages of newspapers, magazines or guides. The target audience was the reader keen on having fun, and above all, “willing to spend”.
agency faqs
http://www.agencyfaqs.com/news/stories/2005/01/31/10729.html
1/31/05 - NST's circulation rising after 10 yrs:
The New Straits Times Press (Malaysia) Bhd (NSTP) has seen a jump in the circulation of New Straits Times (NST) newspaper after a decade, boosted by the sales of its compact version, which was launched last September. Its group editor-in-chief and executive director Datuk Kalimullah Masheerul Hassan said NST’s circulation increased by over 10% to an estimated 144,000 copies daily in 2004 from 131,000 copies the previous year.
the edge daily
http://www.theedgedaily.com/cms/content.jsp?id=com.tms.cms.article.Article_c6fcac38-cb73c03a-33c65800-6af13d14
1/31/05 - Emap launches SMS gig alert service:
Magazine publisher Emap has announced that its ticketing service, Aloud.com, is launching an SMS gig alert service, giving customers the dates and sales times of live music performances via their mobiles.
netimperative
http://www.netimperative.com/2005/01/31/Emap_gig
1/31/05 - Belgium: business magazine Uw Vermogen and L'Echo share their supplements:
The Belgian personal finance publication, UW Vermogen, published by Magnet and the business financial daily L'Echo, published in French, will publish together 6 supplements in 2005
publicitas
http://www.publicitas.com/display.asp?id=6.8&chp=6.3&foot=6.9&cpny=*&PARAM1=13451
1/31/05 - Germany: Domicil - a new magazine for Mediterranean lifestyle:
The first issue of the magazine Domicil will hit the newsstands on March 2, 2005. This new magazine, launched by the German publisher Burda Medien Park in cooperation with the Domicil group, a well established German company specialised in interior design and furniture, will be issued 2 times a year in spring and autumn.
publicitas
http://www.publicitas.com/display.asp?id=6.8&chp=6.3&foot=6.9&cpny=*&PARAM1=13437
1/31/05 - Netherlands: New size for Nieuwsblad Transport:
The major change in this retooling is that “Nieuwsblad Transport” has changed its size from newspaper to tabloid. This size is similar to other titles of RBI like “Distrifood”, “Logistiek Krant” or “Pakblad”. A second important change is that the ad-sizes are no longer in the newspaper system ( mm x nr. of columns ) but are now fixed display sizes.
publicitas
http://www.publicitas.com/display.asp?id=6.8&chp=6.3&foot=6.9&cpny=*&PARAM1=13439
1/31/05 - Ideal Home pays for its designs:
We are all used to newspapers and magazines that follow a broadly similar design pattern. OK! is not a million miles removed from Hello! while the Sun, Mirror and Star all use the same design devices to achieve their news-stand impact. But when IPC, Britain's largest magazine publisher, launched a legal action against rival firm Highbury last year, it tried to show that such similarities amounted to an infringement of copyright.
media guardian
http://media.guardian.co.uk/mediaguardian/story/0,7558,1402008,00.html
1/31/05 - Digital editions take to The Stage:
The Stage newspaper will celebrate its 125th birthday this week by making every issue ever published available in a digital format.
mediaweek uk
http://mediaweek.co.uk/articles/folder2005/01/thestage-digieditions-125
1/31/05 - Observer Travel Monthly gets first outing of 2005:
The Observer will launch the latest edition of its Travel Monthly supplement next weekend to coincide with the traditional increase in holiday marketing activity during February.
mediaweek uk
http://mediaweek.co.uk/articles/folder2005/01/observertravelmonthly-jan05
National Print Media News:
1/31/05 - Pulitzer sells newspapers to Lee; creates 4th-largest US newspaper publisher:
ST. LOUIS - Lee Enterprises Inc. has bought Pulitzer Inc.'s newspaper holdings, including the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, in a $1.46 billion U.S. deal that creates the nation's fourth-largest newspaper publisher, both companies announced Sunday.
ap
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=2148&ncid=2148&e=7&u=/cpress/20050131/ca_pr_on_bu/pulitzer_sale
1/31/05 - St. Louis Post-Dispatch Employees Look to Buy Company:
ST. LOUIS -- Hoping to fend off outside suitors for newspaper publisher Pulitzer Inc., a group of St. Louis Post-Dispatch workers has launched a longshot quest to buy the storied company through an employee-ownership effort "to control our own destiny."
ap
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/050128/pulitzer_possible_sale_3.html
1/31/05 - Bauer Publishing Increases Life & Style Weekly Rate Base to 350,000:
ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, N.J.-- Bauer Publishing today announced a rate base increase for Life & Style Weekly, the weekly style authority, which launched just three months ago. Effective February 1, 2005, Life & Style Weekly's rate base will be 350,000, an increase from 200,000.
business wire
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/050128/285249_1.html
1/31/05 - People en Espanol to Re-launch peopleenespanol.com on Monday, January 31:
NEW YORK-- People en Espanol editor Richard Perez-Feria announced today that the magazine's Web site, peopleenespanol.com, will re-launch on Monday, January 31. The enhanced website will provide newsstand buyers, subscribers and AOL users with daily Hispanic entertainment news features and information including breaking news, exclusive behind-the-scenes photo shoots and an added fashion and beauty channel. The new site will serve as a daily entertainment "must read" for the Hispanic market.
business wire
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/050128/285400_1.html
1/31/05 - Tribune, NAB plan appeals for Media Ownership Rules:
SAN FRANCISCO - Tribune Co., Fox, CBS and NBC are planning to appeal to the Supreme Court to overturn a lower court ruling that blocked an easing of media ownership rules, according to a published report Friday.
marketwire
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/yhoo/story.asp?source=blq/yhoo&siteid=yhoo&dist=yhoo&guid={6703E6F3-7B65-4B45-A5BA-7BBE8C4BBFEB}
1/31/05 - Not Bluffing: Poker mag makes serious start:
A poker fanatic and a friend with publishing experience have combined forces to create a new poker magazine that already is selling swiftly off bookstore shelves.
biz journals
http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/stories/2005/01/31/newscolumn4.html
1/31/05 - A Texas Paper Bets on Español, Not Assimilation:
SAN ANTONIO - The headquarters of Rumbo, a new chain of Spanish-language newspapers, are in an old office building here, a short stroll away from the Alamo, where Mexican troops in 1836 sought to quell the secessionist ambitions of English-speaking colonists in Texas.
ny times
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/31/business/media/31rumbo.html
1/31/05 - An Online Rescue for Newpapers?:
Not so long ago -- three or four years -- online operations were a business afterthought at newspapers. Revenues from the sites were tiny, one percent or less of the total. Plus almost none were profitable. So online was a kind of placeholder, learning-curve venture for the uncertain digital future. Since then circulation and readership have continued to decline, and the industry has experienced an ad crash, followed by a disappointing recovery. Online has been the bright spot in this otherwise dreary picture, recording successive years of 30 to 40 percent growth and going into the black at most mid-sized and large papers.
poynter
http://www.poynter.org/content/content_view.asp?id=77603
1/31/05 - Anschutz Group Pulls Ad for 'Examiner' After Protest:
NEW YORK Denver billionaire Philip Anschutz's Clarity Media Group, which owns the San Francisco Examiner and plans to launch the Washington Examiner on Tuesday, has pulled an advertisement promoting the two papers following criticism that the ad demonized Palestinian children, The Denver Post reported Saturday.
editor & publisher
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000780135
1/31/05 - Newspaper Ads Help Keep Killer Behind Bars:
LINCOLN, Neb. The state's parole board granted a mother's wish, as expressed in newspaper advertisements, voting Wednesday to keep her son's killer behind bars. Denise Wilson placed ads earlier this month in local newspapers, asking people to urge the Nebraska Board of Parole not to release Antonio A. Laravie.
ap via editor & publisher
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/departments/ad_circ/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000779584
1/31/05 - Gov't FCC Move No Big Surprise to NAA:
NEW YORK Thursday's announcement that the Justice Department and Federal Communications Commission will not appeal a federal court ruliing throwing out the FCC's relaxed media-ownership rules wasn't exactly a bombshell, at least to those in the newspaper industry. "We were not surprised," John Sturm, CEO of the Newspaper Association of America, told E&P. The announcement that the government won't appeal means the FCC needs to rewrite new guidelines--except that media companies now plan to appeal to the Supreme Court, hoping the justices will affirm the less restrictive regulations.
editor & publisher
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/departments/online/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000780138
1/31/05 - U.S. Hispanic Media to Grow 11% in 2005:
NEW YORK -- In 2005, Hispanic media is forecast to match last year's 11% growth rate, reaching $3.5 billion and far outpacing mainstream media's projected 4% revenue increase. TV is leading the surge of Hispanic media. Radio and print are growing at 11% and 12%, respectively, with TV up 9% and the online medium up and incredible 50%.
ad age
http://www.adage.com/news.cms?newsId=42425
1/31/05 - Mag Spotlight: Living 101:
Sunset Publishing, publishers of the West coast lifestyle magazine Sunset, is launching a newsstand-only test magazine that could be described as a junior version of the 100-year-old title. Living 101, set to debut this summer, will be a lifestyle and home magazine aimed at twentysomethings who are making their first foray into home improvement and domesticity.
media post
http://mediapost.com/dtls_dsp_news.cfm?newsID=289163
1/31/05 - Study: Local Web Spending Will Rev Up In 05:
Businesses will increase their online ad spending designed to reach local consumers faster than they increase national Internet ad spending, according to a study released last week by media consultancy and research group Borrell Associates Inc.
media post
http://mediapost.com/dtls_dsp_news.cfm?newsID=289731
1/31/05 - Dumb Jones and Co.:
LET'S say you were the head of a multibillion- dollar public company with 7,000 employees and one of the best-known media brand names on earth. But let's also say that your stock price has been sagging for years, in part because your company has a history of stumbling into hugely expensive investments in high technology that never seem to pay off. So would you try to jazz things up by betting on yet another high-tech corporate gamble that might not pay off? You would if you were running Dow Jones & Co.
ny post
http://nypost.com/business/39142.htm
1/31/05 - Money Mag Drops Seven From Staff:
There's more upheaval at Money magazine as new Managing Editor Eric Schurenberg continues to shed people who joined when Bob Safian was running the show. "The magazine is going back to its roots — sort of like a Real Simple for money," said one source.
ny post
http://nypost.com/business/39154.htm
1/31/05 - Fairchild's New Spring Collection:
Last August, Fairchild Publications rolled out Vitals, a men’s luxury lifestyle magazine teeming with service and shopping tips. But instead of waiting for reader response, the publisher quickly expanded the concept and announced the addition of a women’s version that would become part of a newly minted advertising proposition called the Vitals Network. Media buyers could buy into two gender-specific publications that share the same name and editorial concept.
mediaweek
http://www.mediaweek.com/mediaweek/headlines/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000779869
1/31/05 - Tribune: Not selling anytime soon:
Tribune Co., owner of Newsday and WPIX-TV, doesn't anticipate being forced to sell any of its properties to comply with federal media-ownership laws anytime soon, executives said Friday in the wake of a setback from the Bush administration.
newsday
http://www.newsday.com/business/ny-bztrib294129137jan29,0,740297.story
1/31/05 - Look out S.F., here comes the Onion:
News-spoof Web site will appear in the form of weekly tabloid
sf gate
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2005/01/29/BUG3RB2CPV1.DTL&type=business
1/31/05 - U.S. students say press freedoms go too far:
One in three U.S. high school students say the press ought to be more restricted, and even more say the government should approve newspaper stories before readers see them, according to a survey being released today.
usa today
http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2005-01-30-students-press_x.htm
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