3/28/2005 - Daily Print Media Business News:
International Print Media News:
3/28/05 - Switzerland/International: PubliGroupe with significantly higher operating results for 2004:
Operating profit nearly doubled – Proposal to Annual General Meeting for dividend payment of CHF 9 per share. Improved revenues connected with savings from productivity increases generated a 96% advance in operating result to CHF 67 million (2003: CHF 34 million). After falling for three years in succession, sales grew by 2% in 2004, while operating expenditure on comparable basis decreased by CHF 17 million. All group divisions improved their results.
publicitas
http://www.publicitas.com/default.asp?key=6&search=y&cpny=*&lng=1
3/28/05 - Emap to put print titles on radio:
Emap, the radio and publishing group, is looking to develop further radio brands from its business, and is considering launching FHM radio, the country's first lads' radio station.
ft
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/3e300e60-9ee5-11d9-82f0-00000e2511c8.html
3/28/05 - India may lift foreign newspaper ban:
Further liberalisation of India's print media industry is on the cards following signs of a shift in the government's attitude towards the publication of foreign newspapers, currently forbidden under a 50-year-old cabinet resolution being challenged by the Paris-based International Herald Tribune.
ft
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/43fc68d2-9d6b-11d9-a227-00000e2511c8.html
National Print Media News:
3/28/05 - USA TODAY Sports Weekly Publishes Special Edition NFL Draft Guide '05:
MCLEAN, Va., -- A special edition of USA TODAY Sports Weekly devoted to the 2005 NFL draft guide hits newsstands today. The Sports Weekly NFL Draft Guide '05 will give football fans all they need to know about this year's top prospects.
pr newswire
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050328/dcm013.html?.v=4
3/28/05 - MTV and Seventeen Magazine Announce Exciting Partnership for New Fall '05 Series:
NEW YORK-- MTV: Music Television and Seventeen, the #1 magazine for teens, published by Hearst Magazines, today announced a ten episode pick-up of a new series for the cable network. "Project Seventeen" (Working Title) will start production in April and is scheduled to premiere on MTV in the fall of 2005. "Project Seventeen" will chronicle the magazine's search for a girl who most deserves the title of "America's Sweetheart."
business wire
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/050328/285407.html?.v=1
3/28/05 - New Reality Show Goes in Search of a Nice Girl:
Seventeen magazine and MTV will hook up this spring, collaborating on a reality show that tracks the magazine's search for what it calls "America's Sweetheart."
ny times
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/28/business/media/28seventeen.html
3/28/05 - N.C. Newspaper Uses Blogs to Reach Readers:
GREENSBORO, N.C. -- It's a journalist's job to ask questions, but they're usually aimed at outsiders. At the News & Record, a 93,000-daily circulation newspaper in Greensboro, reporters and editors are asking tough questions about the paper itself. The biggest questions: If the paper needs to change to survive, what changes should be made? What can it do, especially online, to make itself the electronic equivalent of a town square?
ap
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/050328/reinventing_a_newspaper.html?.v=2
3/28/05 - Blog-o-mania Hits Newspapers, With "Attytood" to Spare:
A North Carolina daily has inspired other papers around the country to add blogs and reach out to bloggers in their communities to create an interactive "town square." E&P reported on this last month. Here's a full AP dispatch.
editor & publisher
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000855937
3/28/05 - Magazine spreads its Create-tivity to Boston:
Move over, Adweek New England. A new advertising magazine is coming to town. Make that a McMagazine. It's called Create. Orlando-based publishing entrepreneur Jerry Brown (no relation to the spaceship pol) plans on launching Create in Boston and 17 other cities nationwide on April 15.
boston herald
http://business.bostonherald.com/businessNews/view.bg?articleid=75123
3/28/05 - Pace picking up altitude with new pub, employees:
Pace Communications, the publisher of in-flight magazines such as US Airways' Attaché, has added 50 employees over the last 15 months and added a new magazine to its stable of custom publications. Jaci Ponzoni, vice president of custom publishing and marketing services at the Greensboro company, said advertising sales are on an upswing and that the company is evaluating more proposals for new magazines now than it has in years.
biz journal
http://www.bizjournals.com/triad/stories/2005/03/28/story8.html
3/28/05 - Arvada newspaper gets ready to rebrand:
The Arvada Sentinel community newspaper will undergo a complete makeover in May that will change the name, alter the editorial content and deliver the weekly paper free to every single-family home in the city. The transformation is part of a recent trend in newspapers, and one that owners hope will increase advertising.
biz journal
http://www.bizjournals.com/denver/stories/2005/03/28/story7.html
3/28/05 - Published in the Asbury Park Press:
GARFIELD — The digital age is kept a safe distance from the little publishing office on Harrison Avenue in Garfield, where the grime on the walls is decades old and the words are spit out, clickety-clack, on slugs of lead. This is the home of The Messenger, which boasts the "largest weekly circulation in Garfield." The 1,300 subscribers turn to the paper when they need to know what the Elks and the Golden Agers are up to.
app
http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050328/NEWS03/503280326/1007
3/28/05 - Print Ads Intended for Gays Rose in 2004:
Ad spending in print publications aimed at gay and lesbian readers rose in 2004 after three years of declines, an annual survey said. The Gay Press Report, by Rivendell Media in Mountainside, N.J., and Prime Access in New York, estimated that spending last year was $207 million, up 28.4 percent from $161.2 million in 2003. That was the greatest percentage increase since 2000, the report said, although total spending still ranked below the peak, also in 2000, of $211.6 million. The survey looked at 139 publications.
ny times
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/28/business/media/28addes.html?adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1112022743-l6cVsRYyqWhIL1KWecAS+g
3/28/05 - Washington Hoy To Be Launched:
Publisher Alex Ormaza announced the launch of the Washington DC Metropolitan Area’s premier English-Spanish weekly newspaper Washington Hoy. Ormaza said the birth of the newspaper is a long overdue response to those Hispanic readers who do not feel represented by the English mainstream media’s approach to Latino issues.
hispanic ad
http://hispanicad.com/cgi-bin/news/newsarticle.cgi?article_id=16269
3/28/05 - Advertising Age Celebrates 75th Anniversary:
NEW YORK -- Advertising Age, which has been chronicling the marketing industry since 1930, celebrates its 75th anniversary this week with a special commemorative issue that provides a sweeping look at the history of advertising and its crucial role in shaping modern America
ad age
http://www.adage.com/news.cms?newsId=44645
3/28/05 - Tribune's 'Hoy' Ends Agreement with 'Wall Street Journal':
NEW YORK New York's daily tabloid Hoy, owned by Chicago-based Tribune Co., ended its agreement with Dow Jones & Co. to publish the weekly Spanish-language edition of The Wall Street Journal. The last supplement ran on March 24 in Hoy. Tribune also will cease publishing the section in its other Hoy newspapers in Los Angeles and Chicago. This month had marked the one-year launch of The Wall Street Journal insert in Hoy.
editor & publisher
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000855573
3/28/05 - First Nationwide Audit of Jewish Pubs Completed:
NEW YORK The Circulation Verification Council has completed the first national audit of Jewish community newspapers in the United States. The study, released yesterday, found that 75% of the 12,000 readers surveyed said the community papers were their primary source for Jewish news and event information.
editor & publisher
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/departments/ad_circ/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000855627
3/28/05 - Business 2.0 Introduces Version 2.1: A Magazine Within The Magazine:
In the issue hitting newsstands today, the April edition of Business 2.0 magazine features a new single-sponsored magazine-within-the-magazine dubbed the "Playbook."...
media post
http://publications.mediapost.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Articles.showArticleHomePage&art_aid=28571
3/28/05 - Market Focus: Hispanic Women:
With a combined purchasing power of more than $700 billion and a population growing by an estimated 1.7 million annually, U.S. Hispanics represent a demographic...
media post
http://publications.mediapost.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Articles.showArticleHomePage&art_aid=28518
3/28/05 - 2004's Best-/Worst-Selling Covers (Monthlies/Bimonthlies):
Legacy of the late 19th-century British scientist Charles Darwin, whose "theory of evolution" overcame one major challenge in the 20th century--the 1925 Scopes Trial--apparently will have a tough go in the 21st. Rise in religious fundamentalism (in all faiths) has been accompanied by the growing support of teaching creationism in the schools. That, of course, was not the crux of National Geographic asking Was Darwin Wrong? last November. As it has been in NG since its launch in 1888 (six years after Darwin's death), the arguments over evolution were purely scientific. But the controversy helped make this plain-looking cover (right) NG's best-selling for 2004.
min online
http://www.minonline.com/topstory.htm
3/28/05 - Scent of Sprint Mags:
Makeovers are in at this time of year, so we're pulling back the covers of the ever-growing titles in the hot healthy-living segment to see what's new.
ny post
http://nypost.com/business/41855.htm
3/28/05 - Dow Bets Big on the Internet:
Wall Street Journal publisher Dow Jones is wagering its future on aggressive expansion in newspapers and the Internet, but the company will have a few battles to fight first — including an advertising slump, lackluster stock performance and disgruntled union members.
ny post
http://www.nypost.com/business/41724.htm
3/28/05 - Daily News ad sales hit record high:
The Daily News enjoyed its best-ever January and February on record in advertising as it continues to leave the New York tabloid competition trailing in its wake.
ny daily news
http://www.nydailynews.com/business/story/294184p-251839c.html
3/28/05 - Holistic Mags Enjoy Mainstream Popularity:
As yoga's followers extend far beyond the boomer set and consumers swap their Krispy Kremes for Jamba Juice, wellness magazines have begun to enjoy mainstream popularity.
mediaweek
http://www.mediaweek.com/mw/news/recent_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000855749
3/28/05 - Time Inc. Vet Freyre Named CEO of Latino:
As the list of Hispanic titles continues to grow, and the fight for advertising dollars and readers becomes more intense, one of the category veterans is shoring up its management ranks to better fend off that competition.
mediaweek
http://www.mediaweek.com/mw/news/print/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000855693
3/28/05 - Tribune looking to turn the page on uncertainties:
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- From the stage of a hushed ballroom in the palatial Breakers Hotel, Tribune Co. Chairman, President and Chief Executive Dennis FitzSimons looked out recently at an audience of dark-suited, poker-faced institutional investors. He, and the audience, knew that Tribune's financial motor has been sputtering for more than a year. And though FitzSimons has been working energetically to cut the Chicago media company's cost structure since he moved into the top job 15 months ago, Wall Street remains wary about Tribune's prospects.
chicago tribune
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-0503270283mar27,1,5048265.story
3/28/05 - Catch the Buzz: 3 New Magazines on the Way:
If the prelude is any indication, the war over Washington's beautiful people could get ugly. Three luxury lifestyle bibles are preparing to publish here, seeking readers in high-net-worth households, and already there's a certain frisson in the air. Dana Spain-Smith began feeling it eight months ago. Spain-Smith, the chief operating officer of DLG Media Holdings LLC, publisher of Philadelphia Style magazine, was chatting with her friend Jason Binn, the Niche Media LLC chief executive, when she mentioned she was planning on taking her bimonthly lifestyle magazine to Washington.
washington post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A5722-2005Mar27.html
3/28/05 - Automobile taps first publisher:
Primedia Inc.’s Automobile Magazine named Brad Gerber to the newly created position of publisher. Mr. Gerber will report to Steve Rousseau, publisher of the automotive group.
crain's ny business
http://newyorkbusiness.com/news.cms?newsId=10261
3/28/05 - The Wall Street Journal Sunday Adds the Albuquerque - N.M. - Sunday Journal as a Partner Newspaper; The Newspaper Is Set To Join the Sunday Journal Advertising Network Starting April 3, 2005:
NEW YORK-- Dow Jones & Company, publisher of The Wall Street Journal--the world's leading business publication--today announced that starting April 3, 2005, the Albuquerque (N.M.) Sunday Journal will begin publishing The Wall Street Journal Sunday--a weekly package of original articles and information focused on personal finance and careers.
business wire
http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20050327005002&newsLang=en
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