The Print Advertising Blog: January 2005

Monday, January 31, 2005

1/31/2005 - Who's Buying Print Advertising?

1/31/05 - Moen Selects MARC USA to Lead North American Advertising:
CLEVELAND, -- Moen, one of the world's largest manufacturers of plumbing products, has named MARC USA as Agency of Record with responsibilities for all North American advertising. ... "We plan to launch our new campaign early this spring, and MARC USA brought us great ideas and a real understanding of our many customers from our wholesalers and retailers to the people who proudly choose Moen products for their homes," Posey added. ... Maureen Wenmoth, Moen VP/Marketing Services and Brand Development, explained the new campaign's media plan. "Our multi-media strategy will deliver Moen advertising on network television and cable as well as in consumer and trade print, plus a strong Internet component.
pr newswire
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050131/larstr2_1.html

1/31/05 - Toyota Emphasizes Environmental Innovation in Latest Corporate Ad:
NEW YORK, -- Toyota Motor North America, Inc. today announced that Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A (TMS) will be featured in the fifth print execution of its corporate advertising campaign. Launched in July 2004, the campaign focuses on the theme of "Good Business," highlighting Toyota's ongoing U.S. investment in manufacturing, sales, job creation and the environment. ... The "green" building campaign will run in over 40 national publications, including USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Time and others.
pr newswire
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050131/nym059_1.html

1/31/05 - Funkmaster Flex Hip-Hops To Castrol Team:
NEW YORK -- In an effort to reach "new audiences of young people" nationwide, Castrol Consumer North America said Friday it has signed a deal with rap entertainer, entrepreneur and car enthusiast Funkmaster Flex to represent its Syntec brand in marketing and promotions. Financial terms were not released. Castrol Syntec now becomes the exclusive motor oil for all properties operated by Funkmaster Flex's business entity, Team Baurtwell. Through the partnership, Castrol Syntec will receive TV, radio, print, Internet and photographic rights for a variety of advertising and promotional initiatives, and presence on Flex's Web sites.
brandweek
http://www.brandweek.com/brandweek/headlines/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000779442

1/31/05 - Pizza Hut Beats Sunday Rush Hours:
DALLAS In preparing for its biggest Sunday of the year, Pizza Hut developed a new product, hired the Muppets and bought nine TV spots leading up to the Super Bowl, the company said. Instead of fighting for time during the game, Pizza Hut had its media planner, Mediaedge:cia, target the pre-game hours of 1 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., said Pizza Hut representative Patty Sullivan. ... Pizza Hut is backing Dippin' Strips with a $20 million marketing program that includes national network and cable television, print, radio and online ads. An Hispanic TV spot, bilingual print and in-restaurant point of purchase materials are also part of the mix, the company said.
adweek
http://www.adweek.com/aw/regional/southwest/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000779907

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

Friday, January 28, 2005

1/28/2005 - Who's Buying Print Advertising?

1/28/05 - Carnival to Launch New Multimillion-Dollar Ad Campaign:
MIAMI, -- Carnival Cruise Lines, the world's largest cruise operator, will launch a new multimillion-dollar broadcast and print advertising campaign designed to communicate the significant elevation in product quality aboard the "Fun Ships" in recent years. ... Four different television commercials, as well as the company's first extensive consumer magazine placements, will appear in a wide variety of media outlets beginning Jan. 3, 2005. Tagged "There Are A Million Ways to Have Fun," the wide-ranging advertising initiative was created by Carnival's ad agency, Coral Gables, Fla.-based Cooper DDB. ... The new print ads feature a large image of a Carnival "Fun Ship" set against a sunset background, done in a mosaic style made up of thousands of tiny images of different aspects of a "Fun Ship" cruise. The end result is a series of dramatic, colorful ads that resemble Impressionist-style paintings. Each ad also has an inset photo that is tied to a particular theme - cuisine, service, family cruising, etc. -- which can be used to market to a specific publication or audience. The print ads will appear in high-end, high-circulation consumer magazines such as Oprah, Real Simple, More, Food & Wine, Travel & Leisure, Cooking Light, Conde Nast Traveler, Vanity Fair, and People. The new print campaign design will be incorporated into Carnival's various collateral materials which will feature the mosaic style.
cruise addicts
http://www.cruise-addicts.com/article.php?sid=547&mode=thread("der=0&thold=0

1/28/2005 - Daily Print Media Business News:

International Print Media News:

1/28/05 - Hollinger sets payout, makes CEO permanent:
NEW YORK, - Newspaper publisher Hollinger International Inc.(HLR.N) on Thursday said it would pay another $273 million in special dividends, under a previously disclosed plan, using the proceeds of its sale of the Telegraph Group of newspapers in Britain last year.
reuters
http://yahoo.reuters.com/financeQuoteCompanyNewsArticle.jhtml?duid=mtfh39921_2005-01-27_20-24-19_n27498405_newsml

1/28/05 - CanWest CEO Asper says Ten Network not for sale:
TORONTO, - Canada's CanWest Global Communications Corp. (CGSnv.TO) is not trying to sell Australian broadcaster Ten Network despite recent reports to the contrary, chief executive Leonard Asper said on Thursday. "We have no assets for sale, as we've said repeatedly. So that hasn't changed," Asper told reporters after the company's annual meeting in Toronto.
reuters
http://yahoo.reuters.com/financeQuoteCompanyNewsArticle.jhtml?duid=mtfh41475_2005-01-27_21-42-08_n27348336_newsml

1/28/05 - 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

1/28/05 - VUMmedia Launches Espresso, Newspaper for Internet Generation:
VUMmedia Monday released a "newspaper for the internet generation" across Belgium. "De Standaard Espresso" is a 24-page version of De Standaard and aimed at 18- to 30-year-olds.
inma (subscription)
http://www.inma.org/members/espresso.cfm

1/28/05 - Do free newspapers spell the end for traditional dailies?:
NEW YORK : When Internet publications first came on the scene, many people predicted the death of newspapers. The thinking was that consumers would no longer pay for newspapers when they could get their news and information for free on the Web. They were wrong. Fast forward to the present, when a new kind of war is being waged against established large-circulation newspapers by upstart free dailies in Europe, the United States and, with TODAY, in Singapore.
channel news asia
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/lifestylenews/view/129370/1/.html

1/28/05 - Associated boasts plan for online scrutiny:
Associated New Media has revealed it will be the first online media owner to audit its ad server capability to recently agreed industry standards.
mediaweek uk
http://mediaweek.co.uk/articles/folder2005/01/ANM-ads-ABCE

1/28/05 - 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:

1/28/05 - Court Throws Out Case Against VNU's ACNielsen Unit:
A U.S. district court has dismissed a long running anti-trust case against VNU's market research company ACNielsen, brought by its rival Information Resources Inc., the Dutch publisher said on Friday.
reuters
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=599&ncid=802&e=1&u=/nm/20050128/media_nm/media_vnu_iri_dc

1/28/05 - FCC Won't Appeal Media Ownership Decision:
The Bush administration has decided against appealing to the Supreme Court a ruling that prevents media conglomerates from expanding their reach in U.S. media markets, U.S. officials said on Thursday.
reuters
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=599&ncid=802&e=3&u=/nm/20050128/media_nm/media_fcc_ownership_dc

1/28/05 - McClatchy Profit Rises on Ad Sales Improvement:
Newspaper publisher McClatchy Co., on Thursday said quarterly profit increased on advertising sales gains, but ad trends throughout its chain of newspapers remained uneven.
reuters
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=599&ncid=802&e=9&u=/nm/20050127/media_nm/media_mcclatchy_earns_dc

1/28/05 - In Touch Weekly Circulation Tops 1,000,000:
ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, N.J.-- Bauer Publishing USA's In Touch Weekly today announced its second half numbers for 2004. The magazine is now selling an average of nearly 1,020,000 copies on a weekly basis, up from 569,000 during the same period in 2003, an increase of 79 percent.
business wire
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/050127/275727_1.html

1/28/05 - Media General's Bryan to step down as CEO:
NEW YORK, - Media General Inc. (MEG.N) , a newspaper publisher and owner of television stations, said on Thursday that J. Stewart Bryan III would step down as chief executive officer in July.
reuters
http://yahoo.reuters.com/financeQuoteCompanyNewsArticle.jhtml?duid=mtfh34943_2005-01-27_16-15-18_wen3671_newsml

1/28/05 - Media General Discloses Succession Plan:
Media General Inc., the publisher of the Tampa Tribune and the Richmond Times-Dispatch, said Thursday that Chief Executive J. Stewart Bryan III will step down in July and be succeeded by Marshall N. Morton, the company's chief financial officer.
forbes
http://www.forbes.com/business/businesstech/feeds/ap/2005/01/27/ap1787030.html

1/28/05 - US newspapers posted more help-wanted ads in Dec:
NEW YORK, - The number of help-wanted ads in U.S. newspapers increased in December, a private research group said on Thursday, possible evidence that the labor market is improving.
reuters
http://yahoo.reuters.com/financeQuoteCompanyNewsArticle.jhtml?duid=mtfh33313_2005-01-27_15-01-53_n27358075_newsml

1/28/05 - Columbia gets Spanish newspaper:
Hispanic residents grabbing free newspapers from racks around Columbia found a new choice this month: La Conexion Hispana. The Spanish-language paper’s fourth issue will hit the streets this morning. Although the weekly publication is among at least 10 circulating in the state, it is the only one based in Columbia. Hispanic Connections, a consulting company that also produces a business directory, is behind the newspaper.
the state
http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/business/10754597.htm

1/28/05 - Herald to buy Lancaster, Clinton newspaper:
Herald Media Inc. has reached a definitive agreement to acquire The Lancaster Times & Clinton Courier and MotherTown magazine from publisher Paul Della Valle. Headquartered in Needham, Herald Media did not disclose a purchase price.
biz journals
http://www.bizjournals.com/boston/stories/2005/01/17/daily51.html

1/28/05 - Mainstream newspapers still lag behind ethnic press in attracting Black and Latino readers:
Mainstream newspapers are still struggling to reach the majority of readers of African American and Hispanic newspapers, according to the finding revealed by two new studies conducted by the Circulation Verification Council. The studies, which polled 15,000 readers of 110 Black newspapers and 77 Hispanic newspapers nationwide, showed that only 12 percent of Blacks polled subscribe to a daily newspaper while 66 percent cite African American newspapers as a primary news source. Similarly, 14 percent of Hispanics polled say that they subscribe to a daily newspaper and 66 percent say they use Hispanic newspapers in the same manner.
amsterdam news
http://www.amsterdamnews.com/News/article/article.asp?NewsID=53042&sID=4

1/28/05 - New Alaska Town Has What Many Cities Lack: Competing Newspapers:
JUNEAU (AP) Nine months after it was incorporated as a second-class city, Gustavus can boast of a media offering not found in larger communities: a pair of newspapers. The first issue of The Fairweather Reporter, published by retired state employee Carolyn Edelman, showed up in kiosks this month. The February issue is about to go to print.
editor & publisher
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000771252

1/28/05 - Chicago Tribune Launches Program To Keep Subscribers:
In a bid to keep its subscribers on board, the Chicago Tribune this month launched Subscriber Advantage, a program that will provide benefits to any subscriber of the paper who signs up and activates an account. The program, which is similar to those offered by other newspapers, including The Sacramento Bee, is part of a more pervasive effort by the newspaper industry to retain existing readers and develop new ones.
media post
http://mediapost.com/dtls_dsp_news.cfm?newsID=289420

1/28/05 - Newsday Free for All:
Nearly a year after its huge circulation scandal came to light, Newsday admitted it paid other companies to give copies of the paper away for free.
ny post
http://nypost.com/business/38934.htm

1/28/05 - U.S.A. OK for Brit celeb weekly:
Paul Colford's Hot Copy: Get ready for a U.S. edition of OK! - Britain's very glossy, oversized and popular celebrity weekly. Billionaire British publisher Richard Desmond, who had dodged calls seeking comment on word he'll launch OK! this year, announced yesterday the former editor of British OK! will head a U.S. edition.
nydaily news
http://www.nydailynews.com/business/story/275492p-235910c.html

1/28/05 - Liberty Grp. Publishing refinances:
Liberty Group Publishing Inc. may not be sold after all. The Northbrook-based operator of more than 300 mostly small-market newspapers in 15 states put itself on the block in August, in part because of more than $350 million in long-term debt that begins coming due in large chunks this year.
chicago business
http://chicagobusiness.com/cgi-bin/news.pl?id=15297

1/28/05 - More Bad News From Dow Jones:
It has been a busy week for media watchers -- make that watchers of media stocks, not the media itself. The New York Times (NYSE: NYT) and E.W. Scripps (NYSE: SSP) got the proverbial ball rolling on Tuesday, starting the earnings parade with fairly lackluster fourth-quarter results.
motley fool
http://www.fool.com/News/mft/2005/mft05012725.htm

1/28/05 - Tribune Reports 2004 Fourth Quarter and Full Year Results:
CHICAGO, -- Tribune Company (NYSE: TRB) today reported fourth quarter 2004 diluted earnings per share of $.67 compared with $1.00 in the fourth quarter of 2003. For the full year 2004, Tribune reported diluted earnings per share of $1.67 compared with $2.61 in 2003.
tribune press release
http://www.tribune.com/pressroom/releases/2005/01282005.html

Thursday, January 27, 2005

1/27/2005 - Who's Buying Print Advertising?

1/27/05 - New York Life to Launch New Advertising Campaign:
NEW YORK-- New York Life Insurance Company today announced the launch of a new $30 million national television, radio and print advertising campaign titled "Unchanging Values," developed by Berlin Cameron/Red Cell. The campaign, which will run throughout 2005, will debut January 31, 2005, on a variety of national cable networks and network morning news programs, including Today, Good Morning America and The Early Show. ... The print ads are slated to run in business and personal finance publications such as Fortune, Forbes, BusinessWeek, Black Enterprise, Business 2.0, Inc. and SmartMoney, newsweeklies including Time, Newsweek, and U.S. News & World Report, general interest magazine Reader's Digest, sports publication Sports Illustrated, and magazines targeting parents including Parents, Parenting, FamilyFun and Working Mother.
business wire
http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view`"wsId=20050127005466`"wsLang=en

1/27/2005 - Daily Print Media Business News:

International Print Media News:

1/27/05 - Espotting Signs Exclusive Distribution Deal with the Sun:
LONDON-- Espotting Media, a leading European paid-listings provider, today announces the signing of an exclusive distribution deal with the News International Newspaper, The Sun. Under the terms of the deal, Espotting will provide its paid listings throughout the website of the UK's most popular newspaper, www.thesun.co.uk. Deal highlights include:
business wire
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/050127/275363_1.html

1/27/05 - NZ Media Buyer Says 2005 Spend Likely To Slow:
WELLINGTON --New Zealand media companies are likely to see a slowdown in the rate of growth in advertising spending this year, as the market returns to more sustainable levels after a bumper 2004, the chief executive of one of the country's largest media buying companies said.
dow jones via asia yahoo
http://asia.news.yahoo.com/050126/5/1v93m.html

1/27/05 - Fairfax NZ buys stake in print firm:
Newspaper and magazine publisher Fairfax New Zealand is making major changes to its printing operation in the central South Island. Fairfax NZ announced it had bought, for an undisclosed sum, a shareholding in Guardian Print, a subsidiary company of the privately owned Ashburton Guardian Company.
fairfax digital
http://www.smh.com.au/news/Business/Fairfax-NZ-buys-stake-in-print-firms/2005/01/27/1106415726046.html

1/27/05 - Small is the new beautiful in newspapers:
TABLOID newspapers and magazines tailored to readers' personal tastes are inevitable future developments and editors, publishers and printers will have to ensure they are ahead of the process, speakers at the 8th World Print and Communication Congress said yesterday.
business day
http://www.businessday.co.za/bday/content/direct/1,3523,1797511-6079-0,00.html

1/27/05 - Newspaper war enters period of cooling down:
The seven-year-old newspaper war has entered a cooler, calmer phase, but questions about the long-time sustainability of four daily newspapers — along with two free newspapers — remain, editors-in-chief agree.
toronto star
http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1106693414221&call_pageid=970599119419

1/27/05 - Dutch Magazine Includes Marijuana Seeds:
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands - A Dutch magazine was including an unusual freebie with its latest issue — two marijuana seeds in a small plastic bag. Nieuwe Revu Editor-in-Chief Mark Koster said the move was a publicity stunt accompanying the Jan. 26 issue, which advocates legalizing marijuana and other banned substances.
ap
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050126/ap_on_fe_st/netherlands_marijuana_1

1/27/05 - France: TV Grandes Chaînes exceeds one million copies:
The TV-listing magazine TV Grandes Chaînes has reached over one million copies with its December 27, 2004 issue. TV Grandes Chaines is published every two weeks and was launched on April 5, 2004.
publicitas
http://www.publicitas.com/display.asp?id=6.8&chp=6.3&foot=6.9&cpny=*&PARAM1=13431

1/27/05 - American OK! moves one step closer:
Richard Desmond's long-mooted plan to take OK! to America could finally be reaching fruition after he appointed the celebrity title's former UK editor to head up the project.
media guardian
http://media.guardian.co.uk/presspublishing/story/0,7495,1400005,00.html

1/27/05 - Emap told to offload building group:
Media group Emap has been told to sell a specialist building information company after the watchdog investigating the £14m acquisition ruled that it was anti-competitive.
media guardian
http://media.guardian.co.uk/presspublishing/story/0,7495,1398942,00.html

1/27/05 - Ideal Home to grow for one-off special edition:
IPC’s Ideal Home, the UK’s best selling interiors magazine, is to produce an outsized spring supplement.
mediaweek uk
http://mediaweek.co.uk/articles/folder2005/01/idealhome-supersizesupp

1/27/05 - Flora goes local to promote family run:
Amra, the regional sales arm of Trinity Mirror, is out to show that its Capital Package is a strong advertising vehicle for reaching consumers throughout London with a deal that uses its raft of local titles to push the Flora Family Marathon.
mediaweek uk
http://mediaweek.co.uk/articles/folder2005/01/25/floragoeslocal

1/27/ - CPI against increasing foreign investment in print media:
New Delhi, The Communist Party of India (CPI) Saturday categorically opposed any move to increase foreign direct investment (FDI) in print media from the existing 26 percent.
web india 123
http://www.webindia123.com/news/showdetails.asp?id=62916&cat=India

1/27/05 - Travel magazine faces closure:
Afrikaans travel magazine Wegbreek is facing the end of its publishing road after a major media company proved that the publication was a rip-off of its Getaway title. Cape High Court Judge Abe Motala yesterday said aspects of Wegbreek's content were "almost plagiaristic" of Getaway features.
daily news
http://www.dailynews.co.za/index.php?fSectionId=500&fArticleId=2388448

National Print Media News:

1/27/05 - Knight Ridder Eyes Launching Tabloid Papers - CEO:
NEW YORK - Newspaper publisher Knight Ridder Inc. is considering launching free dailies and smaller, tabloid-size editions of its papers to boost readership, Chief Executive Tony Ridder said on Wednesday.
reuters
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=599&ncid=802&e=4&u=/nm/20050126/media_nm/media_knightridder_tabloids_dc

1/27/05 - Dow Jones profit down after year-earlier gain:
NEW YORK, - Dow Jones & Co Inc. (DJ.N) said on Thursday that quarterly profit fell from a year earlier, when it posted a special gain, and said revenue rose modestly despite a tough advertising climate for its flagship Wall Street Journal newspaper.
reuters
http://yahoo.reuters.com/financeQuoteCompanyNewsArticle.jhtml?duid=mtfh29819_2005-01-27_13-08-47_wen3627_newsml

1/27/05 - Dow Jones & Company 2004 Advertising Linage Percentage Increases -Decreases- from 2003:
NEW YORK-- Dow Jones & Company 2004 Advertising Linage Percentage Increases (Decreases) from 2003:
business wire
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/050127/275388_1.html

1/27/05 - Media General profit rises on broadcast TV gains:
NEW YORK, - Media General Inc. (MEG.N) , a media company focused on markets in the U.S. Southeast, said on Thursday that quarterly profit rose on political advertising gains at its broadcast TV stations during an election year.
reuters
http://yahoo.reuters.com/financeQuoteCompanyNewsArticle.jhtml?duid=mtfh29487_2005-01-27_13-03-08_n27176685_newsml

1/27/05 - Dow Jones cutting 97 jobs:
SAN FRANCISCO - Financial publisher Dow Jones & Co. said Wednesday it will eliminate 97 positions as part of the integration of newly acquired online financial news provider MarketWatch Inc.
marketwatch
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/yhoo/story.asp?source=blq/yhoo&siteid=yhoo&dist=yhoo&guid={DCBB92F4-641E-40A8-8949-8361FFDBC51E}

1/27/05 - Reader's Digest Revenue Up, Profit Down:
Reader's Digest Association Inc., Pleasantville, NY, reported revenue yesterday of $798 million for its second quarter of fiscal 2005, which ended Dec. 31, up from $796 million in the year-ago period.
dm news
http://dmnews.com/cgi-bin/artprevbot.cgi?article_id=31649

1/27/05 - Emmis Publishing to Launch Tu Ciudad Los Angeles, Lifestyle Magazine Reaching Affluent Latinos:
LOS ANGELES, -- Embracing the growing strength of the affluent U.S.-born Latino market, Ciudad, LLC, a subsidiary of Emmis Communications Corporation (Nasdaq: EMMS), today announced its plan to launch Tu Ciudad Los Angeles, an English-language magazine catering to upwardly-mobile Latinos in Los Angeles, the city with the nation's largest Hispanic population.
pr newswire
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050126/dew045_1.html

1/27/05 - Publisher Liberty opts for recap:
Newspaper chain Liberty Group Publishing Inc. will forego a sale and instead pursue a recapitalization, according to a source close to the company's auction.
the deal
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1498&ncid=1498&e=7&u=/thedeal/20050127/bs_deal_thedeal/publisherlibertyoptsforrecap

1/27/05 - Publishers Add Cautions to Profit Reports:
Two big newspaper publishing chains reported higher fourth-quarter earnings yesterday. But the larger one, Gannett, said that the gain had been driven by campaign advertising at its broadcast properties, and the other, Knight Ridder, cautioned that this quarter would be "challenging."
ap via ny times
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/27/business/media/27paper.html

1/27/05 - Times Co. Plan for Boston Paper Faces Inquiry:
The Justice Department said yesterday that it had begun an antitrust investigation into the planned investment by The New York Times Company in Boston Metro, a free daily newspaper owned by a unit of Metro International. "We are investigating," said Gina Talamona, a spokeswoman for the Justice Department.
ny times
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/27/business/media/27times.html

1/27/05 - Newsday faked bulk sales of papers:
Former Newsday officials last year secretly reimbursed outside contractors for tens of thousands of newspapers the contractors bought to distribute free as samples - in violation of the industry's auditing rules, the newspaper's management has confirmed.
newsday
http://www.newsday.com/business/ny-bzcirc274126606jan27,0,2326942.story?coll=ny-business-headlines

1/27/05 - Freeman launching Spanish newspaper:
KINGSTON - A new Spanish-language newspaper will debut in the region next week. Las Noticias will offer local, national and international news, sports and features specially packaged for the area's growing Spanish-speaking population.
zwire
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=13832708&BRD=1769&PAG=461&dept_id=74969&rfi=6

1/27/05 - Newspaper ads and the internet will be tools to attract skilled workers:
Newspaper advertising and the Internet will become the engines for recruiting skilled workers to Casper in an initiative announced Wednesday.
star tribune
http://www.casperstartribune.net/news/casper/6b7bd3d5e4d0ebbf87256f95006d3469.txt

1/27/05 - Man begs wife to return in $17,000 newspaper ad:
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- When five dozen roses didn't work, an estranged husband took out a full-page newspaper ad to ask his wife for forgiveness.
chicago sun times
http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-ad27.html

1/27/05 - Mold & Moisture Management Magazine Debuts in 2005:
STAFFORD, Va., -- Mold & Moisture Management magazine, the first publication for the mold prevention and remediation industry, debuted to excellent reviews.
pr newswire
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050127/dcthfns1_1.html

1/27/05 - Tech magazine ad pages down 5.9% in 2004:
Manhasset, N.Y.—Ad pages in technology magazines decreased 5.9% in 2004 compared with 2003, according to data released Tuesday by United Business Media’s CMP Media and compiled by IMS: The Auditor.
btob
http://www.btobonline.com/article.cms?articleId=23089

1/27/05 - Pats' Brady sues GM over advertising snafu:
LOS ANGELES — General Motors Corp. is attempting to settle a lawsuit filed by New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, who claims the automobile giant used his likeness in a print advertisement after his contract with the company expired.
clarion-ledger
http://www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050127/SPORTS/501270348/1025

1/27/05 - 'USA Today' Circ Up in Q4:
NEW YORK Gannett is experiencing a "good yield" on the USA Today price increase to $.75, instituted Sept. 7. Douglas McCorkindale, chairman, president, and CEO of the publishing company, told investors and analysts this morning that losses from the price increase were "not as high as anticipated" and that the reduction in single-copy sales was less than executives expected.
editor & publisher
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/departments/ad_circ/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000777584

1/27/05 - Magna Enters 'Brand New World,' Develops Branded Content For Digital Platforms:
One year after stepping down as creative director of Universal McCann, Alan Schulman is working for one of its sister operations, Magna Global Entertainment, albeit as a supplier. Schulman, now chief creative officer of digital media content developer Brand New World, has gone into business with Magna to develop and produce short- and long-form branded entertainment content for new and emerging digital media platforms, including video-on-demand, broadband, wireless and in-store retail networks. ...
media post
http://mediapost.com/dtls_dsp_news.cfm?newsID=289191

1/27/05 - VNU Gets Out Of Debt, Takes A Loss:
VNU, the Netherlands-based parent of Nielsen and trade publications such as Adweek, Billboard and The Hollywood Reporter, said it has successfully completed a major debt buy-back program, which it said would cause a one-time loss of $124 million.
media post
http://mediapost.com/dtls_dsp_news.cfm?SubMatter=Traditional&newsID=289188

1/27/05 - American Media's Pecker Plans Spring Celebrity Mag Rollout:
American Media CEO David Pecker is working on a secret launch of a new celebrity lifestyle weekly, The Post has learned. Meanwhile, rumors are swirling that a European suitor is sizing up the company for a buyout.
ny post
http://nypost.com/business/21537.htm

1/27/05 - Martha's Mother - Daughter Shares:
Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc.'s founder made her daughter, Alexis Stewart, custodian of her shares in the media and housewares company.
ny post
http://nypost.com/business/21534.htm

1/27/05 - Newspaper Sites Report Strong Q4 Ad Growth:
NEW YORK The New York Times Co. and Knight Ridder said they saw strong advertiser demand for their online properties in the fourth quarter. The Times reported fourth-quarter online ad sales up nearly 35 percent from the same period in 2003. Knight Ridder said its online unit posted fourth-quarter sales of $31.2 million, up 43 percent from a year ago.
adweek
http://www.adweek.com/aw/iq_interactive/index.jsp

1/27/05 - Relax all the media ownershop rules!
LAS VEGAS -- Firing the latest salvo in the great media ownership debate, NBC Universal, News Corp. and Viacom will join the Tribune Co. in asking the Supreme Court to uphold the relaxation of media ownership rules.
variety
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117916982?categoryid=14&cs=1&s=h&p=0

Wednesday, January 26, 2005

1/26/2005 - Who's Buying Print Advertising?

1/26/05 - 'Bloodsaves' Public Education Campaign Targets Young Adults to Raise Awareness for Importance of Regular Blood Donation:
NEW YORK, -- To begin fostering a new generation of lifelong blood donors, The Advertising Council, in an unprecedented collaboration with AABB, America's Blood Centers and the American Red Cross, today rolled out a grassroots public education program designed to reach college students and increase their awareness of the importance of regular blood donation. The program is an extension of the "Bloodsaves" campaign, a multi-media public service advertising campaign which launched in September 2004 and presents young adults with a simple yet strong call to action: Save a life. Donate blood. The grassroots program is kicking off today in conjunction with National Volunteer Blood Donor Month. The Bloodsaves campaign is reaching young adults through traditional print and broadcast media outlets as well as through the online community.
pr newswire
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050126/dew001a_1.html

1/26/05 - Best Software Launches New Advertising Campaign With "Your Business in Mind":
IRVINE, CA.-- Business owners throughout North America typically face the new day just like anyone else -- with a solid breakfast, a chance to spend some quality time with the kids, and the challenges of business always on their mind. But, when your breakfast cereal starts talking business with you, it's time to take serious action and reach out, not for more coffee, but for one of the world's largest business software companies -- Best Software. So says the company's new multi-million dollar advertising campaign, which speaks to the needs, challenges, and dreams of small and mid-sized business (SMB) owners. The campaign will run in 60 business and trade publications in the U.S. and Canada during 2005 and represents the largest media buy to date for Best Software.
marketwire
http://biz.yahoo.com/iw/050125/079635.html

1/26/05 - Julie Roberts Helps Launch Ad Campaign:
NASHVILLE, TN netmusiccountdown.com/ -- ABC's "Good Morning America" is launching a new advertising campaign Thursday (January 27) entitled "Good To Go," featuring the voice of Julie Roberts. ... Look for the promos on ABC, as well as various cable networks, print and movie theaters in New York and Los Angeles throughout February.
net music countdown
http://www.netmusiccountdown.com/inc/news_article.php?id=7345

1/26/05 - CareerBuilder Precedes TV Campaign with Web Preview:
Online job-listing provider CareerBuilder.com has unveiled a Web site to support its upcoming multichannel ad campaign, which will launch with its first-ever Super Bowl TV ads. ... CareerBuilder will support its Super Bowl ads and other broadcast advertising with online elements, including keyword buys, banner ads, and placements within different sites. The company is planning over $200 million in media exposure for 2005, much of which is in-kind placements on the newspaper sites of CareerBuilder's owners, Gannett Co., Tribune Co., and Knight Ridder.
click z
http://www.clickz.com/news/article.php/3464091

1/26/05 - Reebok Breathes Life Into Hockey:
NEW YORK -- Hockey lives! At retail, at least. Despite the lack of NHL games, Reebok International has launched Rbk Hockey, a line performance hockey products developed and tested by The Hockey Company, a Reebok subsidiary. To support the launch, Reebok will unveil in March a multi-faceted Rbk Hockey marketing campaign, "The Switch is On." The effort, via The Hive Strategic Marketing, Toronto, will include TV, print, Internet and outdoor. Spend was not given. The line will be available at retail on March 1.
brandweek
http://www.brandweek.com/brandweek/headlines/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000777236

1/26/05 - Blue Sky Keeps Pitching Atlanta Braves:
ATLANTA After a review that began with a dozen shops, Blue Sky has retained the creative portion of the Atlanta Braves advertising account, the team said. ... Work on the account will begin immediately, Schiller said. The National League club begins selling 2005 season tickets next week. Media placement is handled through RET Media, a division of Turner Broadcasting System, which owned the team until Time Warner bought the company in 1996 in a $7.5 billion deal that included the Braves. The Braves media buy includes regional television, radio, billboards, newspapers and magazines.
adweek
http://www.adweek.com/aw/regional/southeast/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000771494

1/26/05 - Bacardi lightens up rum offerings:
Bacardi hopes to appeal to health-conscious consumers with its new light spirit. Island Breeze offers half the calories of traditional spirits, wine or beer. ... Billed as the ''original lite spirit,'' Island Breeze comes in key lime, wild berry and coconut flavors. ...Bacardi plans to promote the product heavily in national television and print advertising, as well as sampling programs in stores and bars.
miami herald
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/10733304.htm

1/26/05 - Candie's, Inc. to Launch Bongo Men's and Boy's Collections:
NEW YORK, -- Candie's, Inc., (Nasdaq: CAND) announced today it will launch BONGO® Men's and Boy's jeanswear, tops, footwear and eyewear collections for Fall 2005. The concept for and development of BONGO Men's and Boy's was based upon the enormous success of the BONGO junior and girl's collections, coupled with what the Company believes to be a void in the young male marketplace at mid-tier department stores for this price point and design sensibility. ... The new collections will debut at the February 2005 MAGIC tradeshow in Las Vegas. In honor of the launch, new BONGO juniors' spokesperson, Nicole Richie will make a special guest appearance at the BONGO MAGIC booth on February 15th, while her famous DJ boyfriend, DJ AM will be spinning tunes all day. ... The Company will support the new collections with a national multi-media campaign to be announced in August 2005 for the back-to-school season.
pr newswire
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050126/nyw039_1.html

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

Tuesday, January 25, 2005

1/25/2005 - Who's Buying Print Advertising?

1/25/05 - Bull Riding and Cancer Treatment:
It is not difficult to guess which types of marketers would want to sponsor the sport of professional bull riding. The list would no doubt include companies that sell products like jeans, boots, cowboy hats, belt buckles, trucks, truck-bed liners, cancer treatments... Cancer treatments? Yes, in a new wrinkle in sports marketing, the Theragenics Corporation, which makes TheraSeed, a device that can be used in the treatment of prostate cancer, is expanding a sponsorship agreement with Professional Bull Riders, which is based in Colorado Springs, Colo. The agreement, which was tested last fall in San Antonio, Tex., is being rolled out in 2005 to six to nine major markets. The sponsorship, which is costing Theragenics about $2.5 million, includes television, radio and print advertising; ... The six markets that will start to see the campaign this year, Ms. Jacobs says, are: Anaheim, Calif.; Dallas; Las Vegas; Oklahoma City; Phoenix; and Seattle/Tacoma. It may also be expanded into three other markets, she adds, which are Colorado Springs, Memphis and St. Louis.ny times 'in advertising' by stuart elliot (subscription)
http://www.nytimes.com/mem/email.html

1/25/05 - Bishops' Office Launches Ads to Dispel Myths of Legal Abortion:
WASHINGTON, -- The Secretariat for Pro-Life Activities of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has launched a major advertising campaign in the Washington Metropolitan area and in national news media outlets. The campaign, called the "Second Look Project," presents basic facts about legal abortion that much of the public does not understand and encourages people to take a "second look" at their views on abortion. ...Advertisements have also begun appearing in the following news outlets: The Washington Post, the Washington Times, the National Catholic Register, America, Commonweal, the New Republic, and the National Review.
pr newswire
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050124/dcm038_1.html

1/25/05 - Venture Net Capital Group, Inc. Announces Acquisition of $3 Million Worth of Advertising:
TEMECULA, Calif., -- Venture Net Capital Group, Inc. (Other OTC:VNTN.PK) (http://www.vntrnet.com) today announced the acquisition of $3,000,000 of print advertising in inflight magazines. The ads are available for the following airlines: Continental; U.S. Air; Delta; and Northwest.
primezone
http://biz.yahoo.com/pz/050125/71387.html

1/25/05 - Viacom and Kaiser Launch Year Three of KNOW HIV/AIDS Campaign:
NEW YORK, -- Viacom Inc. and the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation today announced the year-three launch of the Emmy and Peabody Award-winning public education initiative KNOW HIV/AIDS, which includes targeted public service announcements (PSAs), HIV-themed programming, and free print and online information resources.
pr newswire
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050124/nym171_1.html

1/25/05 - Infinity Broadcasting breaks multimedia b-to-b campaign:
New York—Infinity Broadcasting announced on Monday that has launched a multimedia b-to-b marketing campaign designed to emphasize the power of Infinity radio. A series of ads broke Monday in national advertising and media trade publications. The campaign, titled "How Far Will You Go?" targets the creative community, media planners and buyers. It features Iggy Pop and the late Bob Marley, who are said to stand for "innovation and creativity." VIA Group helped develop the campaign, which included a three-page ad buy in many national trade magazines including Advertising Age, Brandweek, Adweek and Mediaweek. "How Far Will You Go?" will be rolled out throughout the next several months through a variety of media. btob
http://www.btobonline.com/article.cms?articleId=23061

1/25/2005 - Daily Print Media Business News

International Print Media News:

1/25/05 - CanWest fights partner over Jerusalem Post deal:
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, - CanWest Global Communications Corp (CGSnv.TO) said on Monday it has gone to court against its partner in a deal to purchase the Jerusalem Post newspaper.
reuters
http://yahoo.reuters.com/financeQuoteCompanyNewsArticle.jhtml?duid=mtfh73650_2005-01-25_00-53-48_n24683122_newsml

1/25/05 - Ottawa warns Sears Canada over tire sale ads:
OTTAWA, - Canadian retailers will have to be more careful about claiming to offer discounts following a ruling on Monday that said that Sears Canada Inc. (SCC.TO) had exaggerated savings when it advertised tires as being on sale.
reuters
http://yahoo.reuters.com/financeQuoteCompanyNewsArticle.jhtml?duid=mtfh72460_2005-01-24_22-35-57_n24187445_newsml

1/25/05 - Daily Mail buys ad exhibit business for $19.4 mln:
LONDON, - Daily Mail & General Trust (DMGOa.L) has bought the assets of a U.S. interactive marketing exhibitor for about $19.4 million, in a deal expected to add to earnings this year, the UK newspaper publisher said on Tuesday.
reuters
http://yahoo.reuters.com/financeQuoteCompanyNewsArticle.jhtml?duid=mtfh81040_2005-01-25_11-58-43_l25296018_newsml

1/25/05 - Trader Classified Sees 17% Jump In 4Q Rev To EUR112.7M:
PARIS --Trader Classified Media NV (5729.FR), one of the world's leading publishers of classified advertising, Tuesday posted a 17% jump in its fourth-quarter revenue Tuesday to EUR112.7 million, up from EUR96.5 million in the same period of 2003. Revenue for the Paris-listed group in 2004 came to EUR413.3 million, up 12.4% from EUR367.8 million.
dow jones via iwon
http://money.iwon.com/jsp/nw/nwdt_rt.jsp?cat=USMARKET&src=704&feed=dji§ion=news&news_id=dji-00031920050125&date=20050125&alias=/alias/money/cm/nw

1/25/05 - Circulation dips at Toronto Sun, audit bureau says:
Struggling to keep pace with Canada's other large English daily newspapers, the Toronto Sun posted lower circulation numbers across the board for the year ended September 2004,according to figures released yesterday by the Audit Bureau of Circulations.
toronto star
http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1106607011461&call_pageid=970599119419

1/25/05 - Agency research aims to tackle ethnic neglect:
OMD UK and Manning Gottlieb OMD are to launch the largest survey of British ethnic minorities’ attitudes to the media and advertising, to counter the fact that these groups are “woefully under-represented in most major research programmes for broadcast and print media”, according to the agencies.
mediaweek uk
http://www.mediaweek.co.uk/articles/folder2005/01/25/omd-ethnicresearch

1/25/05 - Lloyds TSB signs up for Telegraph online ticket deal:
Telegraph Newspapers has secured the first sponsorship package for its online ticket service with Lloyds TSB.
mediaweek uk
http://www.mediaweek.co.uk/articles/folder2005/01/lloydstsb-telegraph-tickets

1/25/05 - Hachette set to launch new women’s mag:
Hachette Filipacchi is planning a launch in the women’s magazine sector this year. The publisher of Elle, Red and B has not confirmed whether the new title will be a weekly or monthly. In an advertisement for staff, Hachette described the new title as “a unique new launch offering something genuinely different and inspiring” and indicated it is to offer coverage of fashion, beauty, health, food and interiors.
mediaweek uk
http://www.mediaweek.co.uk/articles/folder2005/01/25/hachettesetto

1/25/05 - Few satisfied with media reform bill:
With less than six months left before two laws affecting newspapers are supposed to go into effect, the issue of press reform is evolving into a fierce ideological struggle that has moved beyond the National Assembly and spilled over into the public.
joong ang daily
http://joongangdaily.joins.com/200501/23/200501232215124879900092309231.html

1/25/05 - Same old tune: why you can bank on the giveaway effect:
Good stories are all very well, but they can't match the impact of a free CD on the front of a paper
the independent
http://news.independent.co.uk/media/story.jsp?story=603623

1/25/05 - The man who decluttered Emap:
Emap is an odd creature. In an industry where most medium-sized companies focus on one discipline, the UK group is a small media conglomerate. Unlike rivals such as United Business Media in trade publishing or Capital Radio in broadcasting, Emap sees a virtue in diversification. Its interests are spread across radio, consumer magazines, business journals, exhibitions and an important TV-guide operation in France.
ft
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/880aeb7c-6e75-11d9-a60a-00000e2511c8.html

1/25/05 - Future expands motor interests with £5.95m A&S deal:
LONDON - Future Publishing is expanding its motor publishing interests with the £5.95m acquisition of A&S Publishing Company, owner of titles including Classic Ford, Mini Magazine and Retro Cars. Future currently publishes magazines on cycling, as well as gaming, computing and technology, but has only one motoring title, Redline, a monthly title about modifying cars.
media bulletin
http://www.brandrepublic.com/mediabulletin/news_story.cfm?articleID=233291&Origin=MB25012005

National Print Media News:

1/25/05 - New York Times profit slips on modest ad sales:
NEW YORK, - The New York Times Co. (NYT.N) on Tuesday reported a decline in quarterly earnings on higher costs and only modest increases in ad sales at its flagship newspaper.
reuters
http://yahoo.reuters.com/financeQuoteCompanyNewsArticle.jhtml?duid=mtfh84212_2005-01-25_13-55-53_n25424327_newsml

1/25/05 - Scripps profit tops views as revenue rises:
NEW YORK, - Media company EW Scripps Co. (SSP.N) on Tuesday reported higher-than-expected quarterly profit as revenue rose on growth at its lifestyle-oriented cable channels. The company, which also owns newspapers and broadcast TV stations, said fourth-quarter net profit fell to $91.3 million, or 55 cents a share, from $102 million, or 62 cents a share, a year earlier.
reuters
http://yahoo.reuters.com/financeQuoteCompanyNewsArticle.jhtml?duid=mtfh81611_2005-01-25_12-21-09_n25382063_newsml

1/25/05 - US charges former Penthouse publishers with fraud:
WASHINGTON, - Penthouse International Inc. (PHSL.PK) defrauded investors in a 2003 quarterly financial report by improperly booking $1 million in revenues, U.S. regulators charged on Monday.
reuters
http://yahoo.reuters.com/financeQuoteCompanyNewsArticle.jhtml?duid=mtfh73524_2005-01-25_00-30-57_n24178521_newsml

1/25/05 - Expert to Discuss U.S. Hispanic Demographics for Marketers at Innovations Conference:
MIAMI-- A leading authority on U.S. Latinos, Roberto Suro, will discuss changes in Hispanic demographics at the Innovations in Hispanic Marketing conference, April 6-7 in Miami. Suro is director of the Pew Hispanic Center.
business wire
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/050124/245783_1.html

1/25/05 - Branded-Content Debate Heats Up:
Marketers and studios are as fascinated by branded entertainment as ever, but they still can't agree on how to price such deals—or even if there should be a standard pricing measurement at all.
adweek
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=628&ncid=628&e=1&u=/adweek/20050125/ad_bpiaw/brandedcontentdebateheatsup

1/25/05 - TV advertising growth lifts Meredith earnings:
NEW YORK, - Media company Meredith Corp. (MDP.N) on Tuesday reported higher quarterly profit, helped by increased advertising revenue at its broadcast TV stations.
reuters
http://yahoo.reuters.com/financeQuoteCompanyNewsArticle.jhtml?duid=mtfh83193_2005-01-25_13-11-50_wen3267_newsml

1/25/05 - United Business Media: US High Tech Publishing Statistics: December 2004:
LONDON, Month of December 2004 -- The business information market serving the technology industry, measured in terms of advertising page volumes, decreased by 6.0% in the month of December compared to December 2003. CMP Media's continuing technology publications recorded a 3.3% decrease against December 2003. CMP Media's market share, compared to 2003, increased - its continuing titles held a share of 24.6% in December 2004 up from 23.9% in December 2003.
pr newswire
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050125/uktu003_1.html

1/25/05 - 'Rolling Stone' reverses, will accept Bible ad:
The bible of rock 'n' roll, Rolling Stone magazine, will run an ad for the Holy Bible next month — the same ad it rejected two weeks ago for its "spiritual message." "We have addressed the internal miscommunications that led to the previous misstatement of company policy and apologize for any confusion it may have caused," Lisa Dallos, spokeswoman for Wenner Media, Rolling Stone's parent company, said Monday. She declined to elaborate.
usa today
http://www.usatoday.com/news/religion/2005-01-24-rolling-stone-bible_x.htm?csp=34

1/25/05 - Gannett-HomeTown deal faces antitrust scrutiny:
The purchase of community newspaper publisher HomeTown Communications Network by media giant Gannett Co. is running into a groundswell of dissent. The Wall Street Journal reported Monday that federal antitrust enforcers are closely scrutinizing the proposed deal.
oakland press
http://www.theoaklandpress.com/stories/012505/loc_20050125016.shtml

1/25/05 - Business Ethics mag gets new owner in NYC:
Business Ethics magazine, known for its yearly ranking of the "100 Best Corporate Citizens," has been purchased by New Mountain Media Llc in Manhattan for an undisclosed amount.
newsday
http://www.newsday.com/business/ny-bzeth254124833jan25,0,1818714.story?coll=ny-business-headlines

1/25/05 - Hispanic Magazine Names Qwest Top Places to Work for the Fifth Consecutive Year:
DENVER-- Qwest Communications International Inc. (NYSE: Q) today announced that it has been included in Hispanic Magazine's "Corporate 100: The Top 100 Companies Providing the Most Opportunities to Hispanics" for the fifth consecutive year.
business wire
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/050125/255201_1.html

1/25/05 - Venture Net Capital Group, Inc. Announces Acquisition of $3 Million Worth of Advertising:
TEMECULA, Calif., -- Venture Net Capital Group, Inc. (Other OTC:VNTN.PK) (http://www.vntrnet.com) today announced the acquisition of $3,000,000 of print advertising in inflight magazines. The ads are available for the following airlines: Continental; U.S. Air; Delta; and Northwest. ... Inflight magazine advertising is the best way to reach business and leisure travelers. VentureNet Capital Group, Inc. can provide creative ads and media space at competitive rates to reach this influential target audience. Industry leadership studies rate inflight magazines among the top 20 media for readers' dollars spent.
primezone
http://biz.yahoo.com/pz/050125/71387.html

1/25/05 - New Magazine Will Focus on Corporate Events:
Exhibitor Publications launches Corporate EVENT magazine for business-to-business event marketers in March. The Rochester, MN, company is publisher of EXHIBITOR magazine and manager of the EXHIBITOR Show, the national conference for corporate event marketers, to be held in March.
dm news
http://dmnews.com/cgi-bin/artprevbot.cgi?article_id=31613

1/25/05 - BTB Ad Pages Climb:
Advertising pages in business-to-business magazines increased 3.7 percent in November versus the same period in 2003, the trade association American Business Media reported Friday. BTB ad revenue rose 7 percent for the month. Year-to-date spending was up 3.7 percent, and ad pages climbed 1.2 percent. The only category posting a decline in ad pages for the month was services, direct response & classified, down 4.1 percent.
dm news
http://dmnews.com/cgi-bin/artprevbot.cgi?article_id=31614

1/25/05 - A Hungarian Rhapsody It's Not:
IT is a tale of rivalries, money, politics and plagiarism, one that stars a cutthroat Brooklyn businessman, a musician/hairdresser couple from the Rockaways and a gray-bearded suburbanite from New Jersey. More precisely, it is the story of New York's three Hungarian-language newspapers, an industry characterized by a considerable amount of intrigue, given the fact that these papers acquire much of their content by downloading material from the Internet, some of them without permission, and have a total of one full-time employee.
ny times
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/23/nyregion/thecity/23hung.html?oref=login

1/25/05 - Lee, Gannett Are Favorites to Win Pulitzer Bidding:
Media companies Gannett Co. and Lee Enterprises Inc. are early favorites to win an auction for Pulitzer Inc., with final bids due Monday, according to people familiar with the matter. Stephens Group Inc., a Little Rock, Ark., investment firm, also is expected to make a bid for the storied newspaper publisher. Private-equity group Blackstone Group is also considering bidding, said people familiar with the matter, though it may drop out if the price is as high as many expect.
wsj
http://online.wsj.com/article_email/0,,SB110626917283632149-IhjfoNhlaJ4nZ2sZXyIcKaCm4,00.html

1/25/05 - Study: Web Affects Purchases Less Than Other Media:
NEW YORK Web-based media have a varying but generally smaller influence on the purchase of products than traditional media like newspaper ads and TV, according to a new study by BIGresearch. The company interviewed 14,000 consumers about what kinds of advertising influences their purchasing decisions.
editor & publisher
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/departments/online/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000769602

1/25/05 - Boom time for your NY Daily News
The Daily News today announces its circulation figures for the fourth quarter of 2004. The News had an extremely strong quarterly performance, showing gains in circulation for all days over the same period last year. The average sales of The News for the period covering October-December 2004 was 763,974 Monday to Friday, 592,683 on Saturday and 874,521 Sundays.
ny daily news
http://www.nydailynews.com/business/story/274540p-235081c.html

1/25/05 - Forbes Inks Radio Deal with TRN Enterprises:
Forbes magazine announced Monday it is extending its brand to radio through a deal with Oregon-based TRN Enterprises, syndicators of several radio Talk shows such as The Michael Savage Show and The Laura Ingraham Show. Forbes Radio, a three-hour weekly radio program, will launch Saturday, March 5 from 1 to 4 p.m. ET.
mediaweek
http://www.mediaweek.com/mediaweek/headlines/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000770483

1/25/05 - PCS to G+J: Your complaint is unfounded:
Publishers Communications Systems, a subscription agent based in Margate, Florida, released a statement four days after G+J USA Publishing filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida contending the agent breached its contract to provide indivually paid subs to G+J titles, which include Family Circle, Parents and Fast Company. PCS chief executive Walter Stevens, who is also being sued, said, “G+J’s circulation and rate base problems are no secret in the industry. The allegations in the complaint are unfounded and without merit,” he added.
mediaweek
http://www.mediaweek.com/mediaweek/headlines/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000770476

1/25/05 - Meredith Shuffles Exec Ranks at Better Homes and Gardens:
Meredith Corp. today restructured its flagship 7.6 million-circ Better Homes and Gardens, installing Tom Harty, formerly Meredith general manager of corporate sales, as senior vp, gm of the Meredith Magazine Group and publishing director of BH&G as well as its 150 special-interest publications.
mediaweek
http://www.mediaweek.com/mediaweek/headlines/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000770833

1/25/05 - Media mergers and acquisitions up 51% in 2004:
New York—The number of media mergers and acquisitions deals increased 51% to 124 in 2004 from 82 in 2003, according to "The DeSilva & Phillips Report 2005" released Monday by the media investment bank.
btob
http://www.btobonline.com/article.cms?articleId=23060

Monday, January 24, 2005

1/24/2005 - Who's Buying Print Advertising?

1/24/05 - New ad campaign launched to bring tourists to La.:
Eight new print ads and five television ads are part of a new national media campaign touting Louisiana as a major tourist attraction, Lt. Gov. Mitch Landrieu said Friday. Billboards and the Internet are also part of the campaign, Landrieu said in a news release coinciding with the final day of the state's annual travel and tourism summit in northwestern Louisiana.
2 the advocate
http://www.2theadvocate.com/stories/012105/new_tourismads001.shtml

1/24/2005 - Daily Print Media Business News:

International Print Media News:

1/24/05 - Pulitzer net profit falls but ad sales up:
NEW YORK, - Newspaper company Pulitzer Inc. (PTZ.N) on Monday said quarterly profit fell as a result of costs associated with its plan to explore a sale of the company, but revenue rose on improved advertising.
reuters
http://yahoo.reuters.com/financeQuoteCompanyNewsArticle.jhtml?duid=mtfh62496_2005-01-24_13-40-40_n2484538_newsml

1/24/05 - VNU and SMG Come to a Strategic Cooperation Contract:
SHANGHAI, China, -- VNU Business Media Europe and Shanghai Media Group signed a strategic cooperation agreement on January 23, 2005 in Shanghai. By sharing resources and their respective advantage, the two parties established strategic cooperation in the business information field. Mr. Ruud Bakker, chairman & CEO of VNU Business Media Europe and Mr. Li Ruigang, the president of Shanghai Media Group attended the signing ceremony.
pr newswire
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050124/cnm003_1.html

1/24/05 - Mexico resumes talks on new media legislation:
MEXICO CITY, - Mexican legislators are debating changes to media law ahead of 2006 presidential elections, but issues like market share, technological innovation and political advertising could stall the agenda.
reuters
http://yahoo.reuters.com/financeQuoteCompanyNewsArticle.jhtml?duid=mtfh52467_2005-01-23_23-02-21_n23359691_newsml

1/24/05 - Emap sees FY in line with forecasts on steady UK magazine revenues:
LONDON - Emap PLC (LSE: EMA.L) , the UK publishing group, said fiscal full-year results will be in line with expectations following an encouraging performance from its domestic magazine business. The current consensus forecast calls for pretax profits for the 12 months to the end of March of 201-202 mln stg. Emap said circulation and advertising revenues at its UK Consumer Magazines unit had been 'good' in January, a trend likely to continue into February. Circulation at its US magazine unit had been 'stable', with US advertising 'reasonable' over the period.
afx
http://uk.biz.yahoo.com/050124/323/fawsc.html

1/24/05 - Emap says should meet expectations:
LONDON - Emap has said circulation and advertising revenue of its UK consumer magazines business were good at the start of 2005, as the media group told investors it should meet its expectations for the year to the end of March.
reuters
http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=businessNews&storyID=659622§ion=finance&src=rss/uk/businessNews

1/24/05 - Berlusconi Empire Buys Radio, Launches Digital TV:
ROME - Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's family bought into its first major radio group on Saturday to bolster an empire embracing television, book publishing, movies and magazines.
reuters
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20050122/media_nm/media_mondadori_dc_3

1/24/05 - Caxton to launch UK magazine:
Johannesburg - Caxton and CTP Publishers and Printers' (Caxton's) unit Caxton Magazines announced on Monday that it is set to launch the highly successful UK title Woman & Home locally.
finance 24
http://www.finance24.com/Finance/Companies/0,,1518-24_1651587,00.html

1/24/05 - 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.
publicitas
http://www.publicitas.com/display.asp?id=6.8&chp=6.3&foot=6.9&cpny=*&PARAM1=13407

1/24/05 - Italy: RCS to launch Dove Eventi:
Continually travelling in search of interesting itineraries to propose, Dove starts off 2005 with Dove Eventi, a new quarterly magazine that provides readers with lots of not-to-be-missed-information, ideas and suggestions to put on their agenda including some of the most important cultural dates of the year.
publicitas
http://www.publicitas.com/display.asp?id=6.8&chp=6.3&foot=6.9&cpny=*&PARAM1=13402

1/24/05 - Canada: The Globe and Mail maintains its circulation lead:
The Globe and Mail has maintained its circulation lead over the National Post, distributing 27 per cent more papers across the country than its rival on an average weekday in the year ended Sept. 30.
publicitas
http://www.publicitas.com/display.asp?id=6.8&chp=6.3&foot=6.9&cpny=*&PARAM1=13398

1/24/05 - Thailand: Traffic Corner Holdings and SPH Magazines Announce Strategic Partnership to Publish Magazines:
Traffic Corner Holdings Public Company Limited (“Traffic Corner”) and SPH Magazines Pte Ltd (“SPH Magazines”), a wholly-owned company of Singapore Press Holdings Limited, today (January 20, 2005) announced that they have entered into agreements for SPH Magazines to invest in Traffic Corner and its subsidiary, Traffic Corner Publishing Company Limited (“Traffic Corner Publishing”)
publicitas
http://www.publicitas.com/display.asp?id=6.8&chp=6.3&foot=6.9&cpny=*&PARAM1=13390

1/24/05 - What's On TV opens up price war:
IPC Media has made an aggressive move in the TV listings market by slashing the cover price of market leader What’s on TV to 35p.
mediaweek uk
http://mediaweek.co.uk/articles/folder2005/01/18/ipc-whatsontv-pricecut

1/24/05 - CanWest launching a free commuter paper:
CanWest Global Communications Corp. will launch a free commuter daily paper in March, aimed at hip, urban, younger readers. The paper will be distributed in five Canadian markets, and have an initial circulation of more than 300,000, but it will also be linked to a website and eventually send information to readers over cellular phones.
globe & mail

National Print Media News:

1/24/05 - U.S. newspapers face antitrust scrutiny:
NEW YORK, - Federal U.S. antitrust enforcers are investigating plans by Gannett Co. Inc. (GCI.N) and New York Times Co. (NYT.N) to acquire or invest in local rivals, signalling continued concern about consolidation in the newspaper business, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday.
reuters
http://yahoo.reuters.com/financeQuoteCompanyNewsArticle.jhtml?duid=mtfh54994_2005-01-24_06-13-23_n24615030_newsml

1/24/05 - U.S. Said to Probe Two Newspaper Deals:
NEW YORK -- Federal antitrust enforcers are reportedly investigating plans by Gannett Co., the nation's largest newspaper publisher, and the New York Times Co. to acquire or invest in local rivals.
ap
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/050124/newspapers_antitrust_probes_2.html

1/24/05 - New York Times offers paid wedding announcements:
NEW YORK, - The New York Times is recruiting new advertising dollars from a happy, and lucrative, source: Couples seeking the distinction of a wedding announcement in the newspaper's coveted style section.
reuters
http://yahoo.reuters.com/financeQuoteCompanyNewsArticle.jhtml?duid=mtfh34583_2005-01-21_22-34-31_n21624247_newsml

1/24/05 - PCS: Gruner + Jahr USA's Complaint Distracts Attention From Internal Circulation Shortcomings:
MARGATE, Fla., - Publishers Communication Systems, Inc. (PCS), a magazine subscription clearing agent for over 30 years based in Margate, Florida, today called the allegations filed against them by Gruner + Jahr USA (G+J) unfounded, without merit and a result of G+J's circulation shortcomings.
pr newswire
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050124/nym062_1.html

1/24/05 - Dow Jones & Company Closes $528 Million MarketWatch Acquisition:
NEW YORK-- Dow Jones & Company (NYSE: DJ) has closed its acquisition of MarketWatch, a leading provider of business news, financial information and analytical tools, for approximately $528 million-or $18 per fully diluted common share-or approximately $453 million net of cash at MarketWatch.
business wire
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/050124/245275_1.html

1/24/05 - These Papers Could Really Deliver:
The latest headlines from newspaper companies might make investors cringe. Not just reports of weak gains in ad sales but also of higher newsprint costs and, worse yet, frauds in circulation. Even as 7 of 10 companies in the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index rose in the past year, all five of the list's press stocks sank. To me, that spells opportunity. It's not that the industry's challenges, including online rivals, are suddenly going to evaporate. But after checking their current positions and prospects, such stalwarts as Gannett (NYSE:GCI) (a negative 7.2% return in 2004), Knight-Ridder (NYSE:KRI) (off 11.8%), and Tribune (NYSE:TRB) (off 17.5%) strike me as poised to deliver better days to investors.
business week
http://biz.yahoo.com/bizwk/050121/b3918162mz026_1.html

1/24/05 Reader's Digest doubles quarterly dividend:
NEW YORK, - Magazine publisher Reader's Digest Association Inc. (RDA.N) on Friday doubled the quarterly dividend on its common stock to 10 cents a share from the rate of 5 cents a share that had been in effect since 1998.
reuters
http://yahoo.reuters.com/financeQuoteCompanyNewsArticle.jhtml?duid=mtfh29909_2005-01-21_17-01-18_wen3079_newsml

1/24/05 - 'A Little Armadillo' Propels Condé Nast Abroad:
Condé Nast Abroad Condé Nast International's British version of Glamour magazine became the best-selling monthly magazine in Britain, with a circulation of over 600,000. International markets have historically not been as lucrative as the United States for magazine publishers.
ny times
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/24/business/media/24newhouse.html

1/24/05 - Internet News Sites Are Back in Vogue:
When L. Gordon Crovitz, the president of Dow Jones & Company's electronic publishing division, sat down last spring to assemble a three-year strategic plan, one of the things he foresaw was a potentially costly gap about to open. If the demand for online advertising continued to grow, Dow Jones's Web sites, including The Wall Street Journal Online, would not provide enough page views for all the online ads the company could sell.
ny times
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/24/technology/24marketwatch.html?oref=login

1/24/05 - CQ Weekly Gets A Makeover:
CQ Weekly is taking to the streets of the nation's capital to trumpet a new design and content focus that debuts with today's issue of the magazine. The 60-year-old publication, known for its comprehensive coverage of Congress and legislative developments, will tout its makeover today via street teams distributing the magazine at Washington, D.C. Metro stations.
media post
http://www.mediapost.com/dtls_dsp_news.cfm?newsID=288323

1/24/05 - Mag Spotlight: Country Weekly:
You might say that Country Weekly was a red state medium before the red states were cool (at least, cool to Madison Avenue). The magazine's staffers proudly state that they are strong in C&D, or rural counties, and point out facts like the magazine ranks No. 1 in delivering shoppers who go to Wal-Mart at least five times a month, based on syndicated research.
media post
http://www.mediapost.com/dtls_dsp_news.cfm?cb=093710A&newsID=288280&newsDate=01/24/2005

1/24/05 - Ad Network To Reward Publishers For Bringing In Advertisers:
Contextual ad network adMarketplace this morning launches a new initiative designed to give publishers an incentive to solicit advertisers for the network--even if those advertisers ultimately abandon the publishers who brought them in and instead advertise with competitors. The plan involves paying publishers residual fees on all ad revenue generated by advertisers they refer.
media post
http://www.mediapost.com/dtls_dsp_news.cfm?cb=093710A&newsID=288353&newsDate=01/24/2005

1/24/05 - Latino roundtable at newspaper offices:
The North County Times will conduct meetings of its inland and coastal Latino Roundtables in the newspaper's Escondido and Oceanside offices Tuesday and Wednesday. The monthly roundtables give community members an opportunity to learn more about the newspaper's operations and to raise issues of concern about local coverage. It also serves as a way for people to bring stories of interest to the attention of the editors and reporters.
nc times
http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2005/01/24/news/community/80513.txt

1/24/05 - Marketing y Medios Named Finalist For Best Start-Up:
Marketing y Medios has been selected as a finalist in the 51st annual Jesse H. Neal National Business Journalism Awards Competition in the category of best start-up publication. The other start-up finalists include BusinessWeek Small Biz, published by The McGraw-Hill Cos., and PMT, published by the Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute. The winner will be announced during the Neal Awards luncheon on March 16 at the Waldorf=Astoria in New York.
hispanic ad
http://hispanicad.com/cgi-bin/news/newsarticle.cgi?article_id=15831

1/24/05 - Newspaper Sampling, Promotion Packs Front-Page Punch:
Though pricier than typical package insert programs, ride-alongs or freestanding inserts, newspaper bag sampling and promotional programs also yield more targeted and visible direct marketing opportunities for advertisers, according to a firm specializing in this type of marketing.
dm news
http://dmnews.com/cgi-bin/artprevbot.cgi?article_id=31542

1/24/05 - Trader Monthly Aims for Big Spenders:
Doubledown Media LLC's Trader Monthly has produced its second issue targeting a young and wealthy demographic that needs help with how to live life after the end of trading hours. The six-times-per-year controlled circulation publication reaches 100,000 independent and bank traders, with another 10,000 copies for newsstands at a $10 cover price. Magnus Greaves, a 30-something trader and former co-owner of the MacFutures trading firm, founded the magazine to cater to people like him.
dm news
http://dmnews.com/cgi-bin/artprevbot.cgi?article_id=31592

1/24/05 - Speculation on possible sale lifts Pulitzer stock:
Pulitzer Inc.'s stock rose to an all-time high Friday amid speculation that the company is close to selling all or part of itself. Pulitzer's shares closed at $65.62, up $2.61, on the New York Stock Exchange.
stl today
http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/business/stories.nsf/0/D1F1BB955EE3349B86256F910014ED81?OpenDocument&Headline=Speculation+on+possible+sale+lifts+Pulitzer+stock+

1/24/05 - Churches spar with media over advertising:
It doesn't mention God, or Jesus. But it does speak of finding "real truth" in a world of media noise and political spin. That was enough to keep the advertisement for a Bible out of Rolling Stone magazine. As religion moves more overtly into public life, its reception in the major media has not always been warm.
christian science monitor
http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0124/p11s01-lire.html

Friday, January 21, 2005

1/21/05 - Who's Buying Print Advertising?

1/21/05 - Tractenberg Puts Ouidad in Control:
NEW YORK Tractenberg Advertising is poised to launch a $6 million print campaign for Ouidad hair care products, the agency's first work since acquiring the account last month. Three print ads will show Ouidad product bottles as tools against sometimes-intractable curls. ... The series is breaking in February issues of Glamour, Vogue, Allure and other publications. Copy at the bottom of the ads drives traffic to Ouidad's Web site, Ouidad.com, where 85 percent of its sales are made. The product is also distributed through salons.
adweek
http://www.adweek.com/aw/regional/east/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000768686

1/21/05 - RV Maker Hits the Road With Draft:
CHICAGO Recreational vehicle manufacturer Fleetwood Enterprises has tapped Interpublic Group's Draft to help launch an RV shared-ownership program called Fleetwood Vacation Club. The agency's Chicago office will handle the launch, expected in spring 2005, which will include direct response television, print, online, direct mail and other promotional materials. The effort will target people between 25 and 55 who are likely to take driving vacations. ... ID Media will handle planning and buying for the FVC launch. Spending was not disclosed.
adweek
http://www.adweek.com/aw/regional/midwest/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000768626

1/21/05 - Dove(R) Styling Sets Women Free:
CHICAGO, -- Since the Stone Age, real women like Wilma Flintstone have been troubled by hair that feels stiff and sticky. But now, a new styling line from Dove makes it possible to set styles free. Even cartoon characters with hair that is famously stuck in place have discovered the beauty of hair that moves. ... Print advertising will break in February in several of the top magazines and will feature FOX Network's Marge Simpson as well as the other characters. In addition, these ladies will be seen throughout the entire integrated marketing campaign, including public relations, in-store, out-of-home media and other promotional activities. Advertising was created by Ogilvy & Mather Chicago.
pr newswire
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050120/cgth018_1.html

1/21/05 - Daily Print Media Business News:

International Print Media News:

1/21/05 - Times signs equity-for-ad deals:
Bennett, Coleman & Co's rivals, beware! The publishing house that owns India's most-read English daily The Times of India and financial daily The Economic Times, is quietly sewing up exclusive long-term advertising deals with clients, locking the competition out of their media plans in the process. And it is taking the "equity participation" route to do so.
rediff
http://www.rediff.com/money/2005/jan/21times.htm

1/21/05 - Rothschild to finance left-wing French newspaper:
PARIS - Staff at the French newspaper Liberation -- a beacon for left-wingers and intellectuals -- voted in favour of a bid from a member of the Rothschild banking dynasty to become its main shareholder.
afp
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20050120/bs_afp/francemedialiberation_050120215932

1/21/05 - Thailand: Traffic Corner Holdings and SPH Magazines Announce Strategic Partnership to Publish Magazines:
Traffic Corner Holdings Public Company Limited (“Traffic Corner”) and SPH Magazines Pte Ltd (“SPH Magazines”), a wholly-owned company of Singapore Press Holdings Limited, today (January 20, 2005) announced that they have entered into agreements for SPH Magazines to invest in Traffic Corner and its subsidiary, Traffic Corner Publishing Company Limited (“Traffic Corner Publishing”) Under the agreements, SPH Magazines will acquire about 49% of Traffic Corner Publishing and about 9% of Traffic Corner.
publicitas
http://www.publicitas.com/display.asp?id=6.8&chp=6.3&foot=6.9&cpny=*&PARAM1=13390

1/21/05 - Finland: Helsingin Sanomat’s supplement NYT renews:
Helsingin Sanomat’s weekly supplement NYT will be renewed to a more comprehensive TV and event guide. In addition, NYT will also continue to write up to date articles. The first rewamped NYT will be published on Friday 28 January. The new NYT will include program guide for 36 TV channels, new article series, theme pages and columnists, among others.
publicitas
http://www.publicitas.com/display.asp?id=6.8&chp=6.3&foot=6.9&cpny=*&PARAM1=13386

1/21/05 - Newspapers Picture Looking More and More Rosy:
Doom-mongers, spurred on by evidence of circulation declines, have been predicting newspapers' demise ever since the term 'world wide web' entered the lexicon. A report published last week by accountants PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), however, turns this pessimistic analysis on its head. Recent developments within the press and wider media, it argues, present newspapers with the rosiest of futures, manifested in projected strong revenue and profit growth.
brand republic
http://www.brandrepublic.com/mediabulletin/news_story.cfm?articleID=232873&Origin=MB20012005

1/21/05 - Finnish Media Holding Buys Independent Media for $186M:
MOSCOW - Finnish media giant Sanoma has agreed to pay 142 million euros ($186 million) for all of Dutch-owned Independent Media, the largest publisher of consumer magazines in Russia, both companies said Wednesday.
st petersburg times
http://www.sptimes.ru/archive/times/1037/top/t_14653.htm

1/21/05 - Pink Paper in compact move:
Pink Paper, one of the UK’s leading gay press titles, will be re-launched as a compact in February after a change in ownership which ended a period of uncertainty at the newspaper.
mediaweek uk
http://www.mediaweek.co.uk/articles/folder2005/01/18/pinkpaper-compact-relaunch

1/21/05 - Absolute magazine for Brighton:
Absolute Brighton, a new lifestyle title for the South Coast, will launch on 28 January in a bid to target the city’s young professional and trendy population.
mediaweek uk
http://www.mediaweek.co.uk/articles/folder2005/01/18/absolutebrighton-launch

1/21/05 - Youey Wiggy aims high as sales soar:
Publishers of a magazine launched in the West Sussex town of Chichester last year for 7 to 11 year olds have seen sales soar and are looking for backers to help develop the project.
mediaweek uk
http://www.mediaweek.co.uk/articles/folder2005/01/18/UWiWGi-backersneeded

1/21/05 - Is a Time Bomb Buried In Hollinger's Late Filing?:
CHICAGO Back in 2001 when Conrad Black announced he would renounce his Canadian citizenship to accept appointment as a British lord, Hollinger International was quick to scoff at any suggestion that suddenly having a foreigner as its chairman and controlling stakeholder would hurt business at its Canadian newspapers.
editor & publisher
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000768314

1/21/05 - Guardian judged to be most trustworthy newspaper:
The Guardian is the newspaper the public trusts the most, according to a survey published today.
media guardian
http://media.guardian.co.uk/presspublishing/story/0,7495,1394611,00.html

1/21/05 - Best-selling listings title slashes price:
IPC Media is cutting 10p off the cover price of the country's biggest selling magazine, What's on TV, in a move that could spark a price war in the ultra-competitive TV listings sector
media guardian
http://media.guardian.co.uk/presspublishing/story/0,7495,1395121,00.html

National Print Media News:

1/21/05 - Gemstar-TV Guide Statement on Settlement Discussions with Scientific-Atlanta:
LOS ANGELES, Calif.-- Gemstar-TV Guide International (NASDAQ:GMST) confirmed today that it is in settlement discussions with Scientific-Atlanta, Inc. (NYSE:SFA) to resolve outstanding litigation between the two companies. The company offered the following comment:
business wire
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/050120/205766_1.html

1/21/05 - Advo 1Q Profit Falls on Expansion:
WINDSOR, Conn. -- Direct mail advertising company Advo Inc. on Thursday said its first-quarter profit dropped on expansion costs, but beats Wall Street estimates.
ap
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/050120/earns_advo_inc_1.html

1/21/05 - Washington Post raises dividend payout:
NEW YORK, - Washington Post Co. (WPO.N) on Thursday raised the annual dividend payout on its common stock to $7.40 a share from $7.00.
reuters
http://yahoo.reuters.com/financeQuoteCompanyNewsArticle.jhtml?duid=mtfh08648_2005-01-20_16-01-08_wen2983_newsml

1/21/05 - PRIMEDIA Launches Hard Drive -the Ultimate Automotive Experience:
NEW YORK-- PRIMEDIA Inc. (NYSE:PRM), the leading targeted media company, today announced the launch of a new automotive lifestyle event series, Hard Drive. Poised to be the premier car culture event in 2005, Hard Drive (www.harddrivelive.com) combines the most popular motor sport trends from around the world with key car culture/lifestyle elements in a fast-pace, engaging environment.
business wire
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/050120/205454_1.html

1/21/05 - Fitch Ratings Publishes Latin America Quarterly Newsletter in Spanish:
NEW YORK-- Fitch Ratings has just published the first installment of the Latin America Quarterly newsletter in Spanish called "Informativo Trimestral Latinoamericano."
business wire
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/050121/215241_1.html

1/21/05 - Newspaper stocks lead media slate:
SAN FRANCISCO -- Newspaper stocks will be the main item on the agenda of media investors next week, with eight companies reporting fourth-quarter results.
cbs mw
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/yhoo/story.asp?source=blq/yhoo&siteid=yhoo&dist=yhoo&guid={6B0575D8-FAEA-40A2-88DC-3C32ECC69681}

1/21/05 - Magazine Whose Backers Are Mainly Hackers:
Targeting Hackers For the publishers of the new magazine Make, the term "hack," when applied to technology, is not a bad word. Make comes from O'Reilly Publishing, which publishes the popular series of "Hacks" books, including "Google Hacks," "Gaming Hacks," and "Mind Hacks," as well as a spate of other books on technology innovation.
media post
http://www.mediapost.com/dtls_dsp_news.cfm?newsID=288077

1/21/05 - B-to-B Ad Market Turns Corner, Nudges Up Near Year-End:
Business-to-business ad pages increased 3.7 percent in November 2004 versus the same month in 2003, while revenue increased 7 percent, according to American Business Media.
media post
http://www.mediapost.com/dtls_dsp_news.cfm?cb=093353A&newsID=288079&newsDate=01/21/2005

1/21/05 - Wall Street: Ad Share Shift 'Faster Than We Realized,' Print, TV Budgets Move To Cable, Online:
A majority of national advertisers have accelerated the shift of ad budgets from print media and broadcast TV to cable TV and the Internet, according to findings of a survey of national marketers released Friday by the equities research team at Merrill Lynch.
media post
http://www.mediapost.com/dtls_dsp_news.cfm?cb=093353A&newsID=288152&newsDate=01/21/2005

1/21/05 - Newsday seeks suit dismissal:
Nearly a year after four small advertisers filed suit against Newsday and the Spanish-language paper Hoy over inflated circulation numbers, both sides are methodically sparring in federal court in Central Islip with no resolution in sight. The newspapers filed a 42-page motion yesterday asking a judge to dismiss the case based on what they said was scant evidence that federal laws prohibiting unfair competition and racketeering were violated.
newsday
http://www.newsday.com/business/ny-bzcirc214121282jan21,0,1872774.story?coll=ny-business-headlines

1/21/05 - Valley's newest magazine about philanthropy:
The newest magazine to debut in Aspen is all about the people who contribute to charitable organizations throughout the Roaring Fork Valley and the nonprofits that make this area unique. Aspen Philanthropist will launch in June. The magazine is being produced by Colorado Resort Publishing - a division of Colorado Mountain News Media, the company that owns The Aspen Times.
the aspen times
http://www.aspentimes.com/article/20050121/NEWS/101210012

1/21/05 - Chris Madden plans design magazine:
Madden is the face behind a multimillion-dollar home furnishings and design empire that spans publishing, television, licensing and merchandising. The distribution of 400,000 newsstand copies of the magazine will coincide with the release of Madden's spring collection at J.C. Penney.
omaha
http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_np=0&u_pg=57&u_sid=1314228

1/21/05 - New magazine tackles tough problems:
Talking about social issues isn't easy. But a new Calgary magazine is going to try and teach people about the issues facing the city and also urge them to get involved. Andy Shewchuk is behind the new magazine, called "City Probe".
cfcn

1/21/05 - Herald Media growing again:
Herald Media Inc. announced yesterday that it is purchasing the Lancaster Times & Clinton Courier - an award-winning newspaper that will become Herald Media's 90th weekly community newspaper. The transaction also includes the monthly MotherTown magazine.
boston herald
http://business.bostonherald.com/businessNews/view.bg?articleid=64365

1/21/05 - Tribune-Review Papers to Consolidate Jobs in Pittsburgh Office:
Richard Mellon Scaife's Tribune-Review Co. is shaking up management of its six Pennsylvania papers by moving most oversight to a central office in Pittsburgh. Job cuts are likely on the way.
editor & publisher
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000768512

1/21/05 - Jack Ryan, Former Ill. Senate Candidate, to Start His Own Paper:
CHICAGO Former U.S. Senate candidate Jack Ryan has confirmed that he is getting into the newspaper business -- seven months after his political ambitions were derailed by a scandal that came to light because of a newspaper.
editor & publisher
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000768582

1/21/05 - Magazine Bonaza Over Aniston / Pitt Breakup:
THE four celebrity mag azines that breathlessly covered the Jennifer Aniston/Brad Pitt bustup all hit the jackpot. Their gambles paid off. Usually when only two magazines share a similar image or theme, it is death to one — if not both. This week, People, Us Weekly, Star and In Touch all reaped near record sales on the newsstand, defying conventional wisdom.
ny post
http://nypost.com/business/38541.htm

1/21/05 - G+J Case Reveals Circulation Secrets:
Gruner + Jahr's circulation scandal casts a spotlight on a magazine industry secret: many subscriptions are being mailed to readers who don't ask for them and who pay little or nothing to get them.
wwd (subscription)
http://www.wwd.com/notavailable/dotcom?target=/issue/article/95803

1/21/05 - S&P Cuts Dow Jones Credit Rating:
The publishing company's financial profile will weaken as it takes on debt to acquire MarketWatch
businessweek
http://www.businessweek.com/investor/content/jan2005/pi20050121_6980_pi036.htm

Thursday, January 20, 2005

1/20/05 - Who's Buying Print Advertising?

1/20/05 - Nextel Expands Hispanic Initiative - Seven New Markets Targeted in Campaign:
RESTON, Va.--Nextel Communications Inc. (NASDAQ:NXTL) today announced the further targeted expansion of the "Nextel. Ya." advertising campaign to the Hispanic communities in Orlando, Tampa, Boston, Philadelphia, Fresno, Sacramento and the Washington, D.C. area. The expansion includes a new Spanish-language television advertisement, which will air in these markets as well as Los Angeles, Miami, Chicago, San Diego, New York, Dallas and Houston. The campaign also includes new print, outdoor and radio executions. Nextel will continue to build upon this initiative throughout 2005 and plans to provide wireless services to approximately 75 percent of the Hispanic population in the United States during the course of the year.
business wire
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/050119/195786_1.html

1/20/05 - Raymond James launches national ad campaign:
Raymond James Financial Inc. (NYSE: RJF) announced Wednesday it will launch a national advertising campaign this month, starting with network cable television and expanding into the St. Petersburg-based firm's first foray into national print advertising. The new series of ads, which introduces the slogan "Individual solutions from independent advisors," is aimed at promoting Raymond James' culture of independence and focus on individuals. Atlanta advertising agency Fitzgerald+CO created the campaign. Billings were not announced. ... Raymond James' TV spots will run on CNBC, CNN and Fox News, while print ads will appear in Forbes, BusinessWeek and Architectural Digest magazines.
biz journals
http://www.bizjournals.com/tampabay/stories/2005/01/17/daily24.html

1/20/05 - PGA is selected to join the Sprint 'Business is Beautiful' ad campaign:
PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. -- The PGA of America has been selected to participate in the Sprint "Business is Beautiful" advertising campaign, which focuses on ongoing technological innovations that provide benefits to business customers through customized solutions. The PGA of America was selected to join FTD, Hewlett-Packard, Electronic Arts, Cerner, Best Buy and other valued Sprint customers in the campaign. The print and TV ads began running Jan. 14. ... The campaign includes TV spots in national and cable television and print ads in national newspapers and magazines.
pga.com
http://www.pga.com/news/pganews/pgamedianewsletter/sprint011905.cfm

1/20/05 - KSV Preps Spring Push for Concept2:
BOSTON Kelliher Samets Volk said it has been hired for marketing chores by Concept2, a maker of oars used by competitive rowers worldwide. The client in Morrisville, Vt., had previously worked with local design companies. The KSV team, helmed by brand manager Tom Holmes, will craft online and offline communications programs for the client. Print ads, interactive executions and public relations efforts are all in the mix. KSV’s first work for the client is slated to break in the spring. ... The ad budget was not disclosed but is likely in the six-figures.
adweek
http://www.adweek.com/aw/regional/new_england/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000768284

1/20/05 - Daily Print Media Business News

International Print Media News:

1/20/05 - Pearson sees 2004 profits at low end of forecasts:
LONDON, - UK publisher Pearson (PSON.L) expects 2004 earnings at the lower end of expectations after a tough holiday season for its Penguin unit, even as its Financial Times newspaper broke even for the first time in 10 quarters.
reuters
http://yahoo.reuters.com/financeQuoteCompanyNewsArticle.jhtml?duid=mtfh86242_2005-01-19_15-20-11_l19690148_newsml

1/20/05 - Better Homes and Gardens Heads to China:
DES MOINES, Iowa -- In another sign of Asia's growing wealth and influence, a Chinese-language edition of Better Homes and Gardens is being planned for China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Singapore.
ap
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/050120/chinese_better_homes_5.html

1/20/05 - Financial Times Publisher's Earnings Drop:
LONDON -- Pearson PLC, the publisher of the Financial Times newspaper, said Wednesday that its 2004 earnings fell because of weakness in the U.S. dollar and problems at its Penguin book publishing unit.
ap
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/050119/britain_pearson_3.html

1/20/05 - United Kingdom: IPC redesigns Horse & Hound:
IPC Country & Leisure Media's market-leading Horse & Hound is set to unveil a new design in January 2005, to capitalise on three consecutive years of excellent circulation growth. The issue, which goes on sale January 20, sees a new look for the title's all important news, reports and features pages. The design changes make it even easier for busy readers to dip in and out of their favourite magazine.
publicitas
http://www.publicitas.com/display.asp?id=6.8&chp=6.3&foot=6.9&cpny=*&PARAM1=13383

1/20/05 - Russia: Finnish SanomaWSOY acquires the leading Russian magazine publisher Independent Media:
Sanoma Magazines, a division of the SanomaWSOY Group, has entered into an agreement to acquire Independent Media Holding B.V., its subsidiaries and its associated companies (IMH Group). Independent Media consists of six main operating companies in Russia and Ukraine. The enterprise value amounts to some EUR 142 million. The acquisition is subject to the approval of both the Russian and Ukrainian competition authorities as well as satisfactory agreements with certain licensors regarding the continuation of the respective license agreements.
publicitas
http://www.publicitas.com/display.asp?id=6.8&chp=6.3&foot=6.9&cpny=*&PARAM1=13379

1/20/05 - PPA to Study Average ROI for Mag. Advertising:
The Periodical Publishers Association’s marketing department has commissioned research to try to determine the average return on investment for consumer magazine advertising.
mediaweek uk
http://www.mediaweek.co.uk/articles/folder2005/01/18/newresearchforppa

1/20/05 - Emap hires top team for 'sassy' women's weekly:
Emap's new £16m weekly glossy magazine Grazia will hit the newsstands on February 15, boasting a formidable line-up of staff including six former magazine editors.
media guardian
http://media.guardian.co.uk/presspublishing/story/0,7495,1394086,00.html

1/20/05 - Grant row surrounds launch of Irish daily:
A new daily newspaper for Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland will be launched next month with its owners vowing to continue a controversial campaign for public investment in the title.
media guardian
http://media.guardian.co.uk/presspublishing/story/0,7495,1394354,00.html

National Print Media News:

1/20/05 - Newspaper and Radio Station Audiences Have New Online Way to Find Neighborhood Goods and Services With LocalBizAds Local Search Tool From Offers Network:
SEATTLE-- Offers Network, Inc., releases a new Local Search Engine, LocalBizAds Server, for community newspapers and radio stations to bring online their 22,000,000 small business advertisers using a new type of system that mixes a locally hosted community yellow pages-style directory system with online classifieds. LocalBizAds Server provides an elegantly simple Web creation system that gives providers of local goods and services a better way to reach area readers and listeners than current online yellow pages systems offer.
business wire
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/050120/205034_1.html

1/20/05 - The New York Times Announces Next Installment of ``Super Job Market'':
NEW YORK-- On Sunday, January 23, The New York Times will feature Super Job Market - the biggest print and online recruitment section offered by The Times to employers in the tri-state area. Featuring thousands of job listings, this semi-annual career super section is an expanded version of The New York Times Job Market.
business wire
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/050119/195926_1.html

1/20/05 - Journal Register Company Wins the Most Awards in SNA 2004 Editorial Contest:
TRENTON, N.J.-- Journal Register Company (NYSE:JRC) today announced that its newspapers won 85 awards in the Suburban Newspapers of America 2004 Editorial Contest.
business wire
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/050119/195667_1.html

1/20/05 - As Martha Stewart Does Time, Flush Times for Her Company:
Since entering federal prison in October, Martha Stewart has tried her hand at ceramics, learned to crochet and become an expert on vending-machine snacks. She has also become a lot wealthier. And when Ms. Stewart completes her sentence six weeks from now, colleagues at her company, Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, anticipate an even bigger payoff.
ny times
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/20/business/20martha.html?oref=login

1/20/05 - Magazines plumb reader data for edge over rivals:
NEW YORK, - Many people thumb through magazines like the celebrity chronicler Us Weekly or fashion bible Vogue for a bit of escapism, but tracking what consumers read is anything but a diversion for U.S. publishers. Magazines have been stepping up efforts to gather data about their readers -- from basics like age, gender and annual income to more unusual tidbits such as how many look at a magazine starting from the back, rather than the front.
reuters
http://yahoo.reuters.com/financeQuoteCompanyNewsArticle.jhtml?duid=mtfh88156_2005-01-19_16-55-06_n19440107_newsml

1/20/05 - Herald Media to buy Lancaster-Clinton weekly paper:
Herald Media Inc. owner Patrick J. Purcell and Lancaster Times Inc. publisher Paul Della Valle have reached an agreement for Herald Media to purchase The Lancaster Times & Clinton Courier, a weekly newspaper, and MotherTown, a monthly magazine.
metro west daily news
http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/businessNews/view.bg?articleid=88036

1/20/05 - Magazines Gussy Up Web Sites to Court Ad Dollars:
Sports Illustrated's SI.com was redesigned to create a more effective environment for advertisers and generating additional page views. Meanwhile, BusinessWeek Online's Tech & Science channel was revamped to make it more interactive. Both sites hope to highlight more frequently updated original content. The new editorial features are intended to keep users coming back more frequently, creating more inventory for advertisers.
click z
http://www.clickz.com/news/article.php/3461701

1/20/05 - Liberty Media split-up likely:
John Malone, chairman and controlling shareholder of Liberty Media, has raised the prospect of splitting the US cable and media investment group in two in a "simplification" plan.
ft
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/6b5ea0de-6a8a-11d9-858c-00000e2511c8.html

Wednesday, January 19, 2005

1/19/2005 - Who's Buying Print Advertising?

1/19/05 - Revlon Breaks Print Work Amidst Review:
NEW YORK Revlon is breaking a print campaign in February that adds actresses Kate Bosworth and Susan Sarandon to its celebrity roster, the company said. Photographer Peter Lindbergh shot the print work, and Robert Altman directed the TV spots. WPP Group's Berlin Cameron/Red Cell and Publicis Groupe's The Kaplan Thaler Group, both in New York, are also in the hunt, according to sources.
adweek (subscription)

1/19/05 - Alzheimer’s Association Launches First-Ever Spanish-language PSA:
Chicago, IL-- The Alzheimer s Association today announced the launch of its first-ever Spanish-language radio and print PSAs as a call to action for Latinos particularly the almost 8 million Hispanic baby boomers to take steps now to reduce their risks of developing Alzheimer s disease.
hispanic business
http://www.hispanicbusiness.com/news/newsbyid.asp?id=20236

1/19/05 - A&G Debuts 'All Seeing' Ads for Azek:
BOSTON Allen & Gerritsen has unveiled its first campaign for Azek Trimboards since winning the business in a review last year. ... The goal of the print-based campaign, according to A&G president Andrew Graff, is to underscore the importance of exterior trim to the architecture and building trade and help overcome their reluctance to replace a known entity, wood, with Azek's products, which approximate the look and feel of premium lumber without the hassles associated with traditional wood. ... The effort will run in both trade and consumer magazines, including Coastal Living and House Beautiful The client in Moosic, Pa., is expected to spend about $5 million on ads this year.
adweek
http://www.adweek.com/aw/regional/new_england/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000767028

1/19/05 - Arnold Plays Up Bermuda's Golf, Spas:
NEW YORK The Bermuda Department of Tourism bows two campaigns this week in an effort to redefine the slow January-to-March period as the golf and spa season, and also attract affluent African American travelers. Combined marketing spend was put at $10 million. ...The spot will air in New York, Boston, Washington, D.C., Atlanta, Baltimore, Philadelphia and Toronto. Print will run in newspapers, and golf and spa publications. Support includes outdoor and an interactive golf game that touts promotions from discount airline USA 3000, available at Bermudatourism.com.
adweek
http://www.adweek.com/aw/regional/east/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000760784

1/19/05 - Hyundai to Bow Corporate Image Print, TV:
DALLAS Hyundai Motor America is breaking its first corporate image campaign with a print ad in this week's Economist magazine, to be followed by TV spots beginning Feb. 28. Created by the independent Richards Group in Dallas, the ads focus on the South Korean automaker's investment in the U.S., including a $1 billion assembly plant in Montgomery, Ala., a $117 million technical center in Superior Township, Mich., and a $50 million proving ground in California City, Calif., that opened last year. The tech center and assembly plant are scheduled to open this year. ... Print ads will also appear in Time and Business Week magazines, the rep said.
adweek
http://www.adweek.com/aw/regional/southwest/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000761118

1/19/05 - Hormel Chili Broadens Its Appeal:
The maker of the best-selling brand in a once-sleepy section of the supermarket has been cooking up big plans to keep its position as the marketplace leader in the face of new competition from two other major advertisers. Hormel Foods, which has been making Hormel Chili since 1935, is running a television, radio, print and online campaign for the brand that is the biggest in several years. The multimillion-dollar campaign, by the Minneapolis office of BBDO Worldwide, part of the Omnicom Group, presents Hormel Chili not as a main dish but as an accompaniment to other dishes like eggs, hamburgers, nachos, potatoes and salads, as well as a dip. To underline the concept, the ads portray Hormel Chili in unconventional fashion as a condiment like ketchup, mustard, pepper or salt, which is reinforced by the campaign's theme, "Goes on everything." ... the print ads are appearing in national magazines read by men and women, which include People, Soap Opera Digest, The Sporting News, Sports Illustrated, Star, TV Guide and Us Weekly. In some magazines, the full-page ads are complemented by smaller, vertical ads on facing pages that suggest Hormel Chili as a topping for baked potatoes, nachos and omelets.
ny times 'in advertising' by stuart elliot (subscription)
http://www.nytimes.com/mem/email.html

1/19/05 - DLBA kicks off second phase of campaign:
LONG BEACH — Downtown Long Beach Associates is introducing a new advertising campaign designed to expose the area to an estimated 1 million Southland readers. The print advertising campaign is the second of a multiphase campaign kicked off last year by the DLBA and is designed to bring customers and business owners to the 120-block downtown area and call attention to the area's ongoing $1 billion in revitalization. A series of five weekly advertisements will begin running this month in several Southern California newspapers touting the various living, working and entertainment and shopping opportunities downtown. ... The second phase of the campaign cost the DLBA roughly $45,000, including ad development and design.
press telegram
http://www.presstelegram.com/Stories/0,1413,204~21478~2660623,00.html

1/19/2005 - Daily Print Media Business News

International Print Media News

1/19/05 - Hollinger Int'l says battle with Black has cost over $56 million US so far:
TORONTO - Hollinger International said Tuesday it has spent more than $56 million US so far in legal and other costs related to its investigation of Conrad Black, the company's former chief executive and chairman.
cp
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=2148&ncid=2148&e=14&u=/cpress/20050119/ca_pr_on_bu/craft_hollinger

1/19/05 - Hollinger Int'l files delayed '03 annual report:
NEW YORK, - Newspaper publisher Hollinger International Inc._(HLR.N) , embroiled in a legal dispute with ousted Chairman Conrad Black, on Tuesday filed its long-delayed 2003 annual report and restated results for the previous four years.
reuters
http://yahoo.reuters.com/financeQuoteCompanyNewsArticle.jhtml?duid=mtfh71732_2005-01-18_22-23-49_n18250834_newsml

1/19/05 - Spain's Recoletos Starts Free Newspaper:
MADRID, Spain -- Spanish media company Recoletos Grupo de Comunicacion SA on Tuesday launched a free newspaper called Que! with a daily circulation of one million.
ap
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/050118/spain_newspaper_2.html

1/19/05 - Press ad pages up despite sales decline:
Display advertising has led a growth in the number of ad pages in national newspapers, despite the ongoing slump in circulation across much of the market.
mediaweek uk
http://www.mediaweek.co.uk/articles/folder2005/01/18/displayads-natpress

1/19/05 - Londoners 'stiffed' by Associated:
London mayor Ken Livingstone has launched a blistering attack on Associated Newspapers by claiming the company has “stiffed” the authorities with its £1m a year deal to distribute the Metro.
mediaweek uk
http://www.mediaweek.co.uk/articles/folder2005/01/18/livingstone-londonpresswarII

1/19/05 - FT out of the doldrums:
The Financial Times has moved into the black for the first time in two years after a strong end to 2004.
mediaweek uk
http://www.mediaweek.co.uk/articles/folder2005/01/18/ft-intheblack-jan05

1/19/05 - Publisher moves to e-vouchering:
Trinity Mirror’s regional division is to replace its vouchering system for placing adverts with a new online advertisement verification system.
mediaweek uk
http://www.mediaweek.co.uk/articles/folder2005/01/18/publishermoves

1/19/05 - Highbury set for home launch and redsign:
Highbury House Communications has revealed to Media Week that it is planning at least one new launch in the home interest sector this year – while relaunching Real Homes , Inspirations and Home.
mediaweek uk
http://www.mediaweek.co.uk/articles/folder2005/01/18/highburysetforhome

1/19/05 - Finland: Single copy sales up by 2.7% in 2004:
Lehtipiste, part of SanomaWSOY’s division Rautakirja, announced today (January 18, 2005) that single copy sales of magazines and newspapers in Finland increased by 2.7% in 2004. This was significantly more than the estimated growth of retail trade. Especially tabloids were successful: their 2.8% growth means additional sales of EUR 3.9 million.
publicitas
http://www.publicitas.com/display.asp?id=6.8&chp=6.3&foot=6.9&cpny=*&PARAM1=13372

1/19/05 - Mayor vows to earn more from Metro deal:
Ken Livingstone today said the London Underground has been "absolutely stiffed" in the deal with Associated Newspapers to distribute its freesheet Metro.
media guardian
http://media.guardian.co.uk/presspublishing/story/0,7495,1393872,00.html

1/19/05 - Print ad rates on the rise in Gujarat:
A hike in advertisement rates announcement by leading Gujarati print media players Gujarat Samachar and Divya Bhaskar in the last two days has surprised the advertising fraternity in the state. The Lok Prakashan-owned Gujarat Samachar and Divya Bhaskar have announced a hike in advertising tariff in the range of 5-75 per cent, depending on the package, with effect from January 16 and 17.
indian television
http://www.indiantelevision.com/mnd/y2k5/jan/19jangm3.htm

National Print Media News:

1/19/05 - NYTimes.com Relaunches Autos Section with Enlarged Dealer Inventory Database and Revved up Search Functionality:
NEW YORK-- NYTimes.com announced today the relaunch of its Autos section (www.nytimes.com/autos), which provides readers with easier access to car reviews, auto industry articles and features from The Times, as well as the ability to quickly search among more than 25,000 cars. The section also offers improved search capabilities and lead generation tools powered by CareerCast, allowing readers to quickly research new and used cars by price, make, model and/or year, to find the best prices and deals.
business wire
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/050118/186195_1.html

1/19/05 - BusinessWeek Online Launches Redesigned Tech & Science Channel:
NEW YORK--BusinessWeek Online, the award-winning Web site of BusinessWeek Magazine, has unveiled a redesigned Tech & Science channel (http://www.businessweek.com/technology/index.html), including two tech-focused blogs, user-posted product reviews, in addition to an easier-to-navigate design, and several new content features.
business wire
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/050119/195071_1.html

1/19/05 - Publisher of America's #1 Cooking Magazine Announces Launch of New Title Catering to the Pared-Down American Household:
GREENDALE, Wis., -- Today Reiman Publications, publisher of Taste of Home -- the world's #1 cooking magazine -- and best-selling books and mail-order catalogs, announced the launch of their newest magazine, Taste of Home's Cooking for 2. The Premiere Winter 2005 issue is now available on newsstands.
pr newswire
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050118/nytu203_1.html

1/19/05 - New Release, “Media 101,” Teaches Advertising Media Planning & Buying Basics at Low Cost, Says Publisher:
With its GRPS and TRPS and ERPS, Advertising Media seems to be a mysterious and confusing world. “Media 101” is a new training presentation which explains and simplifies this world—from media jargon to media planning and buying principles. Media 101 is a flexible training tool which agency media people can use to educate the media staff, the account group, and the client.
pr web
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/1/prwebxml197885.php

1/19/05 - Deloitte Identifies Top Trends in the Media Industry for 2005:
NEW YORK, -- Deloitte's Technology, Media and Telecommunications (TMT) industry group today announced its predictions for the media industry in 2005, forecasting that the year ahead will be driven by the public's desire for more content, more media and more choices -- leading to a market that is both larger and more diverse.
pr newswire
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050118/nytu026_1.html

1/19/05 - MPG to buy newspaper company; Call Group publications called a ‘perfect fit':
PLYMOUTH - Memorial Press Group unveiled plans yesterday to expand westward with a pending deal to buy Taunton-based Call Group Inc. newspapers. The Call Group acquisition would bring Plymouth-based MPG into three new communities: Lakeville, Taunton and Raynham. The Call Group publishes a monthly Call paper in Taunton and two twice-monthly papers in Raynham and Lakeville, with a combined circulation of about 31,000.
the patriot ledger
http://ledger.southofboston.com/articles/2005/01/19/news/news10.txt

1/19/05 - Mainstream Papers Not Reaching Ethnic Readers:
A pair of studies on the readers of ethnically targeted newspapers affirms what many in the field have long claimed --mainstream newspapers are failing to reach this audience.
media post
http://www.mediapost.com/dtls_dsp_news.cfm?newsID=287637

1/19/05 - As Media Shifts From 'Mass' To 'Micro,' Marketers, Agencies Move To Embed:
The media marketplace in 2005 will transformed by a "steady disappearance of the 'mass' market, replaced by an ever-growing number of 'micro' markets that cater to the needs of specific groups or individuals," predicts Tony Kern, deputy managing partner of Deloitte's Technology, Media and Telecommunications practice in a media industry report released by the group late Tuesday. "New devices and media will flourish, along with new forms of advertising, including embedded advertisements in video games, software, and even mobile phones."
media post
http://www.mediapost.com/dtls_dsp_news.cfm?cb=101058A&newsID=287698&newsDate=01/19/2005

1/19/05 - Shake-up leaves Tribune-Review staff wondering:
A management shake-up at the Tribune-Review of Greensburg, flagship newspaper in a chain of dailies overseen by conservative philanthropist Richard Mellon Scaife, has staff members both in Westmoreland County and at the company's Pittsburgh edition uncertain about their futures.
post gazette
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05019/444506.stm

1/19/05 - Reiman launches new magazine:
Reiman Publications L.L.C. officially announced the launch Tuesday of Taste of Home's Cooking for 2, a quarterly magazine targeting small households that is expanding the market for the Greendale publisher of Taste of Home. The magazine follows Reiman's typical recipe of using content provided by readers. Cooking for 2 focuses on offering recipes specifically created for two people, catering to empty-nesters, newlyweds, retirees, singles and others in small households.
biz journals
http://www.bizjournals.com/milwaukee/stories/2005/01/17/daily15.html

1/19/05 - Yahoo Sees Big Q4 Ad Gains:
Yahoo reported a 67 percent increase in marketing services sales in the fourth quarter, thanks to strong demand for search and display advertising.
dm news
http://dmnews.com/cgi-bin/artprevbot.cgi?article_id=31564

1/19/05 - N&R looks to break tradition with Web changes:
He and other editors plan to overhaul the paper's Web site to allow far more interaction between readers and the newsroom. Some observers say the plans break new ground in journalism and the daily newspaper business, taking the Triad's largest paper into virgin territory in an attempt to transform its relationship with the community.
biz journals
http://triad.bizjournals.com/triad/stories/2005/01/17/story2.html

1/19/05 - $9 an Hour and All The News You Can Read:
In a gritty warehouse in midtown Manhattan, a dozen performers listened carefully as a director told them how to play a scene on a busy Manhattan sidewalk. One woman's role was to be bubbly and try to get harried pedestrians to take a free newspaper out of her hands; her co-stars, the pedestrians, bulldozed right past her.
the wall street journal
http://online.wsj.com/article_email/0,,SB110599891716928136-IVjfYNhlah4nJyvbHSHaa2Hm4,00.html

1/19/05 - Study: Latino Newspaper Readership 50% Higher Than Mainstream Papers':
CHICAGO Spanish-language newspapers have 50% more readers per copy than mainstream English-language papers, according to study results released today by the National Association of Hispanic Publications (NAHP) Foundation.
editor & publisher
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/departments/ad_circ/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000761025

1/19/05 - Clickability Adds Ad-Serving Component:
NEW YORK Clickability Inc., a single-source provider of Web publishing solutions, has announced the integration of ad-serving capabilities into cmPublish, its fully hosted content-management platform. cmPublish Ad Server enables centralized ad campaign management and reporting, greatly simplifying the process of serving and tracking standard and rich media ads for publishers.
editor & publisher
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/departments/online/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000760955

1/19/05 - Martha Stewart to end Web, catalogue operations:
At a time when Internet shopping is booming, Martha Stewart's company plans to shut down its online store and catalog next month. Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc. is holding a "final tag sale" on its Web site, marthastewart.com. Only magazine subscriptions and flowers will continue to be sold online after February.
newsday
http://www.newsday.com/business/ny-bzmart0119,0,4371134.story?coll=ny-business-leadheadlines

1/19/05 - Radar Magazine Makes More Progerss Toward Reality:
Radar magazine took another big step toward the actual this week, moving into new, permanent offices. "Everything is in boxes now," editor Maer Roshan said on the phone Tuesday, as he awaited the moving truck. Three months ago, Mortimer Zuckerman and Jeffrey Epstein had finally flicked the switch for Mr. Roshan’s on-again, off-again start-up to "on," reportedlyputtingupas much as $25 million for the near-dormant operation.
ny observer
http://observer.com/pages/offtherec.asp

1/19/05 - What, Metro worry? Times shrugs off porno partner:
The New York Times Co. is shrugging off the link between a freebie newspaper it's buying into and a Swedish porn purveyor that telecasts skin flicks across northern Europe.
boston herald
http://news.bostonherald.com/localRegional/view.bg?articleid=64196

1/19/05 - Last year the best since 2000 for business magazines:
Led by Time Inc.’s Business 2.0, business publications in 2004 turned in their best year since the high-water mark of 2000, according to Publishers Information Bureau figures released by the Magazine Publishers of America. With the exception of Fast Company, every major business publication posted gains in ad pages in 2004 over 2003, according to PIB. Business 2.0 posted the highest percentage gain in ad pages, a jump of 23.8%. Other so-called "new economy" or technology-oriented publications turned in strong performances, with Wired up 15.5% in ad pages and PC Magazine growing 1.4%. Fast Company, however, saw its ad pages dwindle by 12.3%
btob
http://www.btobonline.com/article.cms?articleId=23035

Tuesday, January 18, 2005

1/18/2005 - Who's Buying Print Advertising

1/18/05 - Rush unvelis 2005 advertising campaign:
Legendary coach and new Chicago Rush owner Mike Ditka is the centerpiece of the team’s 2005 advertising campaign which is asking fans to join “Da Owner” and throw their support behind Chicago’s Arena Football team. ... The six-figure advertising buy, originally launched in mid-December after the press conference to announce Ditka as a new owner, features print, radio, television, outdoor, Web and cinema executions.
our sports central
http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3118043

11/18/05 - Luxury Marketers Learn Value of Targeted Ads:
NEW YORK - Luxury goods makers are taking advertising cues from some humbler products these days, as a robust market for sumptuous living also creates greater competition. ... Print ads appear this month in specialty magazines such as Architectural Digest, Gourmet and Conde Nast Traveler. In each ad, a collection of snapshots offer colorful glimpses of the good life, from a lush golf course to seaside meditation.
reuters
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20050118/media_nm/media_advertising_luxury_dc_1

1/18/2005 - Daily Print Media Business News

International Print Media News:

1/18/05 - Luxury magazine pioneers intelligent ad system:
Publishing house PRD International has developed a new, data-driven advertising system for the sister site of its new print magazine launch, Lusso.
netimperative
http://www.netimperative.com/2005/01/17/Lusso_intelligent_advertising

1/18/05 - Publishers agree to set up an industry body:
A steering committee was set up during the Middle East Publishing Conference in Dubai today, comprising leading newspaper and magazine groups from across the region.
ame
http://www.ameinfo.com/news/Detailed/52420.html

1/18/05 - DC Thomson lifts full-year profits:
FALLING newspaper sales failed to dent the perennially hefty profits of Dundee publishing dynasty DC Thomson last year, as revenue from the company's many investments served to compensate.
the herald
http://www.theherald.co.uk/business/31658.html

1/18/05 - United Business Media Set to Acquire Leading French Healthcare Media Business:
LONDON, -- United Business Media today announced it has submitted a binding offer to acquire medical trade press and other professional healthcare business information services in France, currently owned by MediMedia. The major products and brands - such as Le Quotidien du Medecin and Le Generaliste - occupy leading positions in the French medical press with more than half of total advertising spend directed at general practitioners.
pr newswire
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050118/uktu001_1.html

1/18/05 - The freesheet format snowballs as Ken turns up the pressure:
Free newspapers - Following the Mayor’s decision to open up the London freesheet market, Sheelagh Doyle assesses the impact of this important media on advertisers and the wider newspaper market.
mediaweek uk
http://www.mediaweek.co.uk/articles/folder2005/01/18/thefreesheetformat

1/18/05 - Telegraph signs agency man:
Telegraph Newspapers has poached a senior executive from the agency world to head its commercial operations.
mediaweek uk
http://www.mediaweek.co.uk/articles/folder2005/01/18/telegraphsignsagency

1/18/05 - It’s all change on the nationals as sales teams kick-off 2005:
NATIONAL NEWSPAPERS - After an extremely eventful year, the national newspaper industry looks to be a completely different breed of animal to that which started 2004. Sheelagh Doyle looks at the changes
mediaweek uk
http://www.mediaweek.co.uk/articles/folder2005/01/11/allchange

1/18/05 - RBI launches monthly for hospitality sector:
Reed Business Information is looking to the digital reader with a new monthly business-to-business magazine aimed at senior people at pub, bar and restaurant chains.
mediaweek uk
http://www.mediaweek.co.uk/articles/folder2005/01/18/rbilaunches

1/18/05 - Haymarket enters women’s market:
Haymarket has signalled that it intends to move into the women’s market with the purchase of the glossy monthly Eve
mediaweek uk
http://www.mediaweek.co.uk/articles/folder2005/01/18/haymarketenters

1/18/05 - Sky and Emap unite to hit key audience:
Emap Advertising and Sky Media are joining forces to raise the stakes against Viacom’s music channels with a new strategic planning deal.
mediaweek uk
http://www.mediaweek.co.uk/articles/folder2005/01/18/emapunite

1/18/05 - Lads’mag goes poker mad:
FHM has made a £1m deal with online poker site The World Poker Exchange to bring the lads’ mag brand onto television.
mediaweek uk
http://www.mediaweek.co.uk/articles/folder2005/01/18/ladspokermad

1/18/05 - Cas London set for capital launch:
Independent publisher Afro Universe Limited is to launch a new magazine in April this year called Cas London.
mediaweek uk
http://www.mediaweek.co.uk/articles/folder2005/01/caslondon-launch05

1/18/05 - GNER revamps mag and website:
Train operator, GNER, has been given the thumbs up by a leading British internet user magazine for its revamped website.
mediaweek uk
http://www.mediaweek.co.uk/articles/folder2005/01/GNER-website-mag-revamp

1/18/05 - Women fall for IPC pick-up line:
When IPC launches a magazine, it doesn’t do it by halves. Editorial director Mike Soutar says today’s launch of Pick Me Up is the result of 17 hard months of research, which included going out on the lash in Glasgow and eating fried bread in Asda
mediaweek uk
http://www.mediaweek.co.uk/articles/folder2005/01/11/womenfall

1/18/05 - Metro and compacts buck trend as nationals fail to halt decline:
If you’re a free national daily newspaper or a quality compact, the future looks bright, but for those that are neither, last week’s monthly circulation figures for national newspapers have provided yet more food for thought.
mediaweek uk
http://www.mediaweek.co.uk/articles/folder2005/01/18/metroandcompacts

1/18/05 - Youey Wiggy aims high as sales soar:
Publishers of a magazine launched in the West Sussex town of Chichester last year for 7 to 11 year olds have seen sales soar and are looking for backers to help develop the project.
mediaweek uk
http://www.mediaweek.co.uk/articles/folder2005/01/18/UWiWGi-backersneeded

1/18/05 - Spain: Recoletos ready to launch Qué! a new free daily newspaper:
Qué is the new free national daily newspaper launched on January 18, 2005. It will be published simultaneously in 12 Spanish cities: La Coruña, Oviedo, Gijón, Bilbao, Zaragoza, Valencia, Palma de Mallorca, Sevilla, Barcelona, Malaga, Alicante and Madrid. Que will be published from Monday to Friday. It will cover general news with a total circulation of 1'000'000 copies. This is the largest distribution rate in Spain both for free and paid newspapers.
publicitas
http://www.publicitas.com/display.asp?id=6.8&chp=6.3&foot=6.9&cpny=*&PARAM1=13360

1/18/05 - 10 Years Later for Metro International:
Ten Years After Launch, Metro International's Free Newspapers Claim 14.5 Million Daily Readers
ft (subscription)
https://registration.ft.com/registration/sub/barrier.jsp?location=http%3A//news.ft.com/cms/s/821aeff0-68b2-11d9-9183-00000e2511c8.html&resource=ftprem

1/18/05 - Herald Tribune in global war to scoop top spot:
THE International Herald Tribune (IHT) said on Tuesday that it had opened a new office in Frankfurt to expand its coverage of Germany. On Wednesday it announced an agreement in Thailand whereby a daily English edition of Phujadkam, Thaiday Dot Com’s business newspaper, will be published in the Asian edition of the IHT.
times online
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,9071-1439244,00.html

1/18/05 - Reuters plans to launch TV channels in India, China:
[Business India]: London, Jan 18 : British news major Reuters is planning to launch television channels in India and China.
new kerala
http://athens-olympics-2004.newkerala.com/?action=fullnews&id=61407

1/18/05 - Greek shipowner in talks to buy publisher:
ATHENS The shipowner Theodore Angelopoulos led talks on Monday to reach a deal giving his family, including his wife Gianna, Athens's former Olympics boss, control of the media group Pegasus Publishing & Printing.
iht
http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/01/17/business/drachma.html

National News:

1/18/05 - Higher ad sales lift Lee Enterprises Q1 profit:
NEW YORK, - Lee Enterprises Inc. (LEE.N) , a newspaper publisher focused on mid-sized markets, said on Tuesday that quarterly profit rose as advertising sales increased.
reuters
http://yahoo.reuters.com/financeQuoteCompanyNewsArticle.jhtml?duid=mtfh60586_2005-01-18_13-03-51_n18182205_newsml

1/18/05 - AdMediaStore.com Announces New 'Smart Tools' for Advertisers, Agencies, Media:
After opening its “doors” a couple of months ago, AdMediaStore.com have had orders from as far away as Australia, and purchasers have returned to buy more. The mission of the AdMediaStore is to provide low cost information resources which will help advertisers, agencies, and media improve advertising effectiveness, win new business, train their staffs, inform clients, and improve productivity.
pr web
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/1/prwebxml198307.php

1/18/05 - Luxury Marketers Learn Value of Targeted Ads:
NEW YORK - Luxury goods makers are taking advertising cues from some humbler products these days, as a robust market for sumptuous living also creates greater competition.
reuters
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20050118/media_nm/media_advertising_luxury_dc_1

1/18/05 - La Prensa-Riverside joins HNAA
La Prensa-Riverside recently joined Hispanic Newspaper Alliance of America, a newspaper ad-sales network represented by Metrosuburbia.
portada-online (subscription)
http://portada-online.com/productdetails.aspx?productID=1188&cid=1

1/18/05 - 'Defender' Ed. Martin: Revenue, Circ Up in Last 5 Months:
The 'Chicago Defender' is on the rise, the black-oriented paper's executive editor, Roland S. Martin, said Monday at a lecture sponsored by the Medill School of Journalism. He said its readers no longer "cringe," after years of "inferior" issues.
editor & publisher
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000760435

1/18/05 - Ad Demand Remains Near All Time High, Online Hits New Mark, Papers Surge:
Demand for advertising inventory in the major media ended on a strong note during the final month of 2004, with 46 percent of media planning and buying executives indicating their demand had increased from the same point a year ago. Forty-eight percent said their demand was even, and only 6 percent said it had decreased. That's significant, because the December 2004 results of the regular ad demand tracking study compare with December 2003, which reflected the highest level of demand since MediaPost began surveying the market in August 2003. ...
media post
http://mediapost.com/dtls_dsp_news.cfm?newsID=287492

1/18/05 - Baby Talk Gets Revamped:
2004 was the most successful revenue year in the 69-year history of Time Inc.'s Baby Talk. So it stands to reason that its publishers would decide to revamp the entire magazine.
media post
http://mediapost.com/dtls_dsp_news.cfm?newsID=287392

1/18/05 - GQ site boosts CondeNet lineup:
Paul Colford's Hot Copy: CondeNet, the online affiliate of Conde Nast magazines, will unveil its biggest expansion in five years with Thursday's launch of Men.Style.com.
ny daily news
http://www.nydailynews.com/business/story/272230p-233118c.html

1/18/05 - Companies launch historic project to digitize black newspapers:
A venture between a leading media placement firm and a content management application developer is embarking on a project to digitize reams of back issues from more than 200 black newspapers throughout the United States.
newspapers & technology
http://www.newsandtech.com/dateline/01-17-05_date.htm

1/18/05 - New York Times magazines shine:
Despite sliding earnings and a gloomy forecast, the New York Times Co. can point to one bright spot in its universe: Both the New York Times Magazine and new style spin-off T had banner years in 2004.
crain's ny
http://www.crainsny.com/news.cms?id=9724

1/18/05 - BIGresearch's Newest Simultaneous Media Survey Details How Consumers Say Media Influences Their Purchasing:
COLUMBUS, OH -- The allocation of ad dollars, based upon which media consumers say influence their purchase behavior, may result in an increased ROI in ad dollars, according to the latest Simultaneous Media Survey (SIMM) from BIGresearch.
market wire
http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=79153

1/18/05 - Forrester to launch magazine:
Forrester Research, the Cambridge, Mass.-based technology research firm, plans to start publishing a custom magazine next month. Forrester, which is slated to appear three times this year, will have a controlled circulation of 40,000 executives, researchers and academics.
btob
http://www.btobonline.com/article.cms?articleId=22996

1/18/05 - Ad for a Bible doesn't fit:
The nation's largest Bible publisher, rolling out its biggest marketing campaign ever to promote a new translation aimed at "spiritually intrigued 18- to 34-year-olds," has stumbled over a little rock: Rolling Stone. The magazine rejected Zondervan's Bible ad just weeks before its scheduled run date, citing an unwritten policy against accepting ads containing religious messages.
usa today
http://www.usatoday.com/news/religion/2005-01-17-bible-ad_x.htm

Monday, January 17, 2005

1/17/2005 - Who's Buying Print Advertising?

1/17/05 - Hampton Continues "Love" Theme:

CHICAGO -- Hampton, a division of Hilton Hotels, will continue its "We love having you here" campaign next week with a $7.5 million TV and print push. The effort, via Foote, Cone & Belding, Chicago, will break on TV Jan. 16 on ESPN, CNN, Fox News and MSNBC. Print will run in such publications as USA Today and The Wall Street Journal.
brandweek
http://www.brandweek.com/brandweek/headlines/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000759881

1/17/2005 - Daily Print Media Business News

International Print Media News:

1/17/05 - Hollinger Inc. to Escrow Some Telegraph Sale Funds:
NEW YORK - Canadian media company Hollinger Inc. said on Friday it would place in escrow some funds from the sale of the Telegraph newspaper group, part of an agreement with U.S. securities regulators probing the activity of ousted mogul Conrad Black.
reuters
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=599&ncid=802&e=6&u=/nm/20050115/media_nm/media_hollinger_telegraph_dc

1/17/05 - 'Circulation of publications declining':
LONDON, - Head of the Association of Iranian Journalists on Saturday said the circulation of various publications has declined due to their failure in meeting the readers' demands, the governing economic conditions and Press Law shortcomings.
iran mania
http://www.iranmania.com/News/ArticleView/Default.asp?NewsCode=28752&NewsKind=Current%20Affairs

1/17/05 - A new look for The Manila Times:
A new look for the newspaper. And for management, a new outlook. Things are shaping up and programs are in the pipeline. We have not relented in our goal of regaining our pristine position. That is still the benchmark. Within the next few quarters we expect an upward trend in revenue, from a broader editorial content and more aggressive marketing strategies. We are establishing linkages for new products, and honing up for action to go beyond our present market.
the manila times
http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2005/jan/18/yehey/opinion/20050118opi3.html

1/17/05 - Nip and tuck gets its own magazine:
In an age when breast implants are supplanting new cars as high school graduation gifts for thousands of teenage girls, it was perhaps inevitable. The growing ranks of Americans unwilling to plod through life with puffy eyelids, an outsized nose or sagging derriere now have a bible of their own: New Beauty, a magazine touted as a pocket guide to "cosmetic enhancement".
the guardian
http://media.guardian.co.uk/site/story/0,14173,1392091,00.html?gusrc=rss

1/17/05 - Recoletos to launch new free newspaper Que! tomorrow:
MADRID - Pearson PLC (LSE: PSON.L) unit Recoletos Grupo de Comunicacion SA (Madrid: REC.MC ) said it will launch its free newspaper Que! tomorrow. In a statement, Recoletos chairman Jaime Castellanos said the newspaper 'is the most interesting editorial project for many years.' Que! will cover general news and 1 mln copies will be distributed on a daily basis in 12 Spanish cities. This is the largest distribution rate in Spain both for free and paid newspapers.
afx via yahoo
http://uk.biz.yahoo.com/050117/323/fafb2.html

1/17/05 - France: Ohla! Prepares to Expand Format:
The Weekly magazine Ohla! published by Hachette Filipacchi Médias and Hola SA will expand its format in the spring of 2005 to reinforce an emphasis on the latest celebrity news and events. This change would be accompanied by a plurimedia promotional campaign. With a circulation of 107 284 in 2003/2004, the publishers are aiming for a circulation.
publicitas
http://www.publicitas.com/display.asp?id=6.8&chp=6.3&foot=6.9&cpny=*&PARAM1=13355

1/17/05 - Toronto: Bold new Sunday newspaper makes its debut:
TORONTO, - Toronto readers will wake up to a bright, bold new Star this Sunday, Jan. 16, as the Toronto Star launches a newspaper unlike any other. Bold, lively and full of colour, the magazine-style broadsheet offers everything a Sunday paper should be, and readers have said they want: good reads, engaging columnists, thought-provoking ideas, lots of sports, entertainment, and, of course, breaking news.
cnw
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/January2005/13/c2662.html

1/17/05 - Craigslist's global expansion could threaten big players:
LONDON A motor scooter in Manchester, an apartment in Amsterdam, a poster in Paris. All are available via Craigslist, an online bulletin board that presents a new challenge to the established players in the estimated $100 billion global market for classified advertising.
iht
http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/01/16/business/class17.html

1/17/05 - Standard could become freesheet, warns City broker:
The London Evening Standard will have to slash its costs to preserve profits and may even have to abandon its 40 pence cover price as it faces yet more competition in the afternoon market, a top City broker has warned.
the guardian
http://media.guardian.co.uk/presspublishing/story/0,7495,1389941,00.html

1/17/05 - Forbes to launch in Poland:
Forbes business magazine launched its ninth foreign language edition of the magazine in Poland this week.
mediaweek uk
http://mediaweek.co.uk/articles/folder2005/01/forbespoland-launch

1/17/05 - Indy, Times and Metro up as rest fall away:
The Independent, The Times and the Metro are the only daily newspapers to show any growth year on year, according to the latest circulation figures released today.
mediaweek uk
http://mediaweek.co.uk/articles/folder2005/01/natpress-ABCs-dec05

1/17/05 - Telegraph up in youth market battle:
The Daily Telegraph is celebrating after seeing its readership in the crucial young adult market increase by a massive 50% over the past 12 months.
mediaweek uk
http://mediaweek.co.uk/articles/folder2005/01/telegraph-NRSfigs-jan05

National Print Media News:

1/17/05 - Hachette to Launch Decorator Magazine:
NEW YORK - Hachette Filipacchi Media U.S. plans to launch a new magazine centered around stylemaker Chris Madden, who sells a line of home merchandise at J.C. Penney Co. (NYSE:JCP) stores, the publisher said on Friday.
reuters
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=599&ncid=802&e=9&u=/nm/20050114/media_nm/media_hachette_dc

1/17/05 - Advertising Industry Evolves Into New Era:
NEW YORK, -- The global outsourcing trend takes on another dimension as a new agency applies this business model to the advertising world. Banerjee & Partners, LLC, a New York-based advertising agency, today announced its formation, management team and initial clientele. Responding to the need for businesses to do more with less in an increasingly competitive global economy, Banerjee & Partners offers a unique blended outsourcing model for the advertising industry, which is expected to change the dynamics of the business and raise clients' expectations of their incumbent agencies.
pr newswire
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050117/sfm029_1.html

1/17/05 - USATODAY.com Traffic Up 51% Over Last Year:
MCLEAN, Va., -- USATODAY.com audience traffic recorded an increase in year-over-year growth of 51 percent with 8.5 million unique visitors in December 2004, according to Nielsen//NetRatings' combined Home/Work Panel. USATODAY.com's coverage of the Scott Peterson trial and the tsunami in Asia were the most viewed topics in the month of December.
pr newswire
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050114/dcf013_1.html

1/17/05 - Chicago Tribune Announces Subscriber Advantage:
CHICAGO, -- With an eye toward growing readership and deepening its relationship with its customers, the Chicago Tribune announces the Subscriber Advantage program. Subscriber Advantage is a free program available to all subscribers of the newspaper. By providing program members with unique, compelling benefits, the newspaper aims to increase customer loyalty, grow its overall subscriber base and increase traffic to chicagotribune.com by providing exclusive online offerings.
pr newswire
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050117/cgm006_1.html

1/17/05 - Media Companies Gear Up For Wireless Ads:
Two advertising firms recently announced their entrance into the mobile device advertising fray, possibly signaling major growth in that sector as a venue for reaching consumers.
media post
http://www.mediapost.com/dtls_dsp_news.cfm?newsID=287248

1/17/05 - Travel and Leisure Golf Tees New Publisher:
John Rodenburg has been named vice president and publisher of Travel and Leisure Golf, effective January 31, 2005. Rodenburg has been at Time Inc. since 1981, most recently serving as publishing director for Sports Illustrated. Rodenburg will be replacing Bob Weber, who has left the magazine to pursue other interests.
media post
http://www.mediapost.com/dtls_dsp_news.cfm?cb=091351A&subMatter=Traditional&newsID=287195&newsDate=01/17/2005

1/17/05 - Local magazine finds niche in Napa, Solano, Yolo market:
If Sacramento and San Francisco can have their own magazines, the Solano County area could too, figured Fairfield resident Michelle Branton.
the reporter
http://www.thereporter.com/Stories/0,1413,295~30189~2657138,00.html

1/17/05 - FNNM gets new circulation director:
Freedom Newspapers of New Mexico has hired a new circulation director for its three publications, the Clovis News Journal, the Quay County Sun and the Portales News-Tribune.
cnj online
http://cnjonline.com/engine.pl?station=clovis&template=storyfull.html&id=9345

1/17/05 - Consumer Magazine Circ Decline Halted in First-Half 2004:
The longstanding circulation decline of audited consumer magazines came to an unexpected halt in the first half of 2004. The industry's aggregate circulation level stabilized at 288.4 million. This represents a small reduction from the 288.8 million reported in the first half of 2003.
circulation management
http://www.circman.com/Circulation_Management.446+M51f493d431d.0.html?&tx_ttnews%5btt_news%5d=24

1/17/05 - Can't Get No Respect? Read This!:
Here's how to explain circulation performance to your boss (who probably comes from sales and doesn't have a clue). Magazine publishing management seems to be at a loss as to how to evaluate circulation performance in this doggedly persistent 21st century down market. The result is that more "circulation messengers" are being (unnecessarily) shot than in any time in recent history. Short-term thinking now prevails in an industry that was once renowned for its long term patience. This narrowness of thought is primarily the result of the leveraged financing that currently exists at so many publishing properties.
circulation management
http://www.circman.com/Circulation_Management.446+M5356ea631b8.0.html?&tx_ttnews%5btt_news%5d=23
1/17/05 - Innovators of 2004:
In 2002, when Mother Jones rolled out its magalog new business promotion, most magazines were spurning new creative. Mother Jones decided to swim against the tide.
circulation management
http://www.circman.com/Circulation_Management.446+M5dbcbea3b33.0.html?&tx_ttnews%5btt_news%5d=17

1/17/05 - Rodale's Alternative Circ Sources:
John Phelan, consumer marketing director of Men's Health and Best Life magazines recently shared some insights about building alternative circulation sources at Rodale, including newspaper free-standing inserts (FSIs), instant coupons, house cross-promotion, outside insert media, combination offers and more.
circulation management
http://www.circman.com/Circulation_Management.445+M525586dabba.0.html?&tx_ttnews%5btt_news%5d=62
1/17/05 - Wall Street Journal Wireless Edition:
The Wall Street Journal Online, WSJ.com, published by Dow Jones & Company will be offering a mobile edition of the Web site available directly to a cell phone beginning in early 2005. The monthly subscription price is $3.99 and will be billed to the carrier.
circulation management
http://www.circman.com/Circulation_Management.445+M524045a4ccb.0.html?&tx_ttnews%5btt_news%5d=59

1/17/05 - Media losing their credibility with consumers on all sides:
There's a crisis coming in modern media, and it doesn't have much to do with falling circulation or political bias in coverage. It's a crisis of credibility. And journalists themselves are part of the problem.
st. petersburg times
http://www.sptimes.com/2005/01/15/Columns/Media_losing_their_cr.shtml

1/17/05 - Small, hip magazines target ethnic and cultural audiences:
Eric Nakamura didn’t start Giant Robot, a magazine about Asian pop culture, to change anyone’s world. It just kind of worked out that way. “From when we started to now,” he said, “I’ve gotten handwritten letters: ‘Giant Robot changed my life. I always thought that being Asian was not cool, not special, but after reading your magazine I realize that it is really interesting, really cool.” The Los Angeles-based magazine remains small, with a circulation of only about 50,000, but it is one of a handful of hip, edgy publications targeting a particular ethnicity, culture, or religion that has made its way to Toledo to provide a whole new take on cool.
toledo blade
http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050116/ART16/501160359

1/17/05 - Time Inc. editor revels in business triumphs:
NEW YORK - As the editor-in-chief of Time Inc. for the past decade, Norman Pearlstine can readily point to such triumphs as the company's shrewd acquisitions and successful new magazines.
cbs mw
http://cbs.marketwatch.com/news/story.asp?guid=%7B995E9F04%2D1844%2D4020%2D9FE2%2D46368193C30D%7D&dist=rss&siteid=mktw

1/17/05 - USA: The New York Times Magazine Ranks In Top Five of All Magazines Measured By Publishers Information Bureau For Third Year In Row:
Delivers 104 New Advertising Pages in 2004; Introduction of "T: Style" Exceeds All Expectations with 41% Paging Gain The New York Times Magazine announced today (January 15, 2005) that its total advertising pages in 2004 increased by 104.69 pages. According to The Publishers Information Bureau (PIB), this makes The Magazine the third highest-ranked national magazine in advertising pages and the highest ranked national publication to reach readers with diverse interests. This is the third consecutive year that The Magazine has ranked in the top five among all national magazines measured by PIB.
publicitas
http://www.publicitas.com/display.asp?id=6.8&chp=6.3&foot=6.9&cpny=*&PARAM1=13343

1/17/05 - French Children's Daily Mon Quotidien Set For Expansion To United States:
Now the company is trying to play pied piper with newspaper executives in the United States, Italy, France and Britain. It is involved in final negotiations to test a children's daily newspaper in the United States with The Miami Herald this year. And Play Bac is in discussions with various European newspapers, including the International Herald Tribune, to add franchised inserts for children or older teen-agers, like its prototype, FotoNews, a weekly section of photographs and brief stories
iht
http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/01/16/business/kids17.html

1/17/05 - Redesign for New, Free 'Hoy' in Chicago, L.A.:
CHICAGO Tribune Co.'s Spanish-language daily, Hoy, will have a new look when it converts to free distribution in Chicago and Los Angeles.
editor & publisher
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/departments/ad_circ/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000759952

1/17/05 - New Editor, and Local Focus, for Chicago's 'La Raza':
CHICAGO La Raza in Chicago, one of the nation's biggest Spanish-language weeklies, has a new top editor with an assignment to break more local news. Jorge Mederos, who had been the editor of the paper's zoned metro sections, was named managing editor, La Raza Publisher and CEO Robert J. Armband announced.
editor & publisher
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000754752

1/17/05 - New Titles Try Anything Trite:
The market for new mags seems to have room for those that cover offbeat, loony and esoteric topics. That makes for some very different — and sometimes rewarding — reading. Time will tell how these new mags fly.
ny post
http://nypost.com/business/38751.htm

1/17/05 - Travel + Leisure Golf gets new publisher:
Travel + Leisure Golf.has tapped a Sports Illustrated executive as its new publisher. John Rodenburg, who was formerly publishing director of Time Inc.’s SI, was named vice president and publisher of the upscale golf magazine, effective Jan. 31. He replaces Bob Weber, who has been publisher for the last four years.
ny business
http://newyorkbusiness.com/news.cms?id=9700

Friday, January 14, 2005

1/14/2005 - Who's Buying Print Advertising?

1/14/05 - Rx4NJ Launches Multi-Media Ad Campaign to Promote Access to Free, Low-Cost Prescription Drugs:
HILLSIDE, N.J., -- A multi-million dollar, multi- media advertising campaign promoting access to free and low-cost prescription drugs through "Rx4NJ," a new patient assistance program, kicked off this week in various media outlets in New Jersey. ... The campaign -- which includes TV, radio, print ads, billboards, posters, bus signs and direct mail -- began airing on electronic media outlets January 12. Print ads will begin running January 13, bus signs January 24, billboard postings begin January 24 and direct mail will start January 27. ...The campaign will also launch a parallel paid media program for Hispanic audiences on television and radio and in print advertising, direct mail, and outdoor advertising.
pr newswire
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050113/nyth133_1.html

1/14/2005 - Daily Print Media Business News

International Print Media News:

1/14/05 - Dutch Edition of Glamour to Launch:
NEW YORK-- A Dutch edition of Glamour will be launched in Autumn 2005 by the Dutch division of Gruner & Jahr, under a license from Conde Nast International.
business wire
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/050113/135480_1.html

1/14/05 - National newspaper ABCs: Mirror catches a cold in December:
The December national newspaper ABCs will not make happy reading for most publishers, and in particular Trinity Mirror, two of whose titles are down over 10 per cent year on year.
intellagencia
http://www.intellagencia.com/news.asp?siteid=4&id=65776

1/14/05 - Torstar aiming at younger readers:
The Toronto Star is about to relaunch its Sunday newspaper in a bid to win back readers who have deserted the printed media for the Internet and other forms of communications.
globe and mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20050114.wxrtorstar14/BNStory/Business/

1/14/05 - Belgium: VUM Group launches De Standaard Expresso:
VUM Group today announced the launch of a new newspaper in Belgium: "De Standaard Espresso" . This new newspaper, which will appear from Monday to Friday, wants to reach the internet generation. "Compact news. Sharp opinions", is the baseline of this 24 pages counting newspaper, entirely in full colour.
publicitas
http://www.publicitas.com/display.asp?id=6.8&chp=6.3&foot=6.9&cpny=*&PARAM1=13339

1/14/05 - Guardian unveils compact printing plans:
The Guardian is spending £50 million on new printing presses as it prepares to follow its broadsheet rivals and launch a compact edition of the paper.
mediaweek uk
http://www.mediaweek.co.uk/articles/folder2005/01/guardian-printingplans

1/14/05 - Indy, Times and Metro up as rest fall away:
The Independent, The Times and the Metro are the only daily newspapers to show any growth year on year, according to the latest circulation figures released today.
mediaweek uk
http://www.mediaweek.co.uk/articles/folder2005/01/natpress-ABCs-dec05

1/14/05 - FT cuts cover price in Scotland:
The Financial Times has entered into its broadsheet sales war in Scotland by cutting its weekday cover price from £1 to 70p.
mediaweek uk
http://www.mediaweek.co.uk/articles/folder2005/01/FT-scotland-coverprice

1/14/05 - Standard could become freesheet, warns City broker:
The London Evening Standard will have to slash its costs to preserve profits and may be forced to abandon its 40p cover price as it faces increasing competition in the afternoon market, a top City broker has warned.
media guardian
http://media.guardian.co.uk/presspublishing/story/0,7495,1389941,00.html

1/14/05 - Iran moves to ban advertising of foreign products:
TEHRAN: Iran’s parliament has taken initial steps to pass a bill which bans advertisement of imported products as part of a campaign against Western cultural influence, newspapers said on Thursday.
daily times
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_14-1-2005_pg4_20

National Print Media News:

1/14/05 - Extra, Extra! Newspaper War Erupts in Boston:
What started as a small media deal has exploded into a full-scale newspaper war that has a Boston tabloid accusing the New York Times Co. of violating antitrust rules and prompted top executives at a free daily
reuters
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=599&ncid=802&e=4&u=/nm/20050113/media_nm/media_boston_dc

1/14/05 - Former S.F. Examiner Owners Want Newspaper Back:
The former owners of the San Francisco Examiner want the newspaper back plus $11 million in a legal fight with Denver billionaire Philip Anschutz, who purchased the paper last February, the San Francisco Chronicle reported on Thursday.
reuters
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=599&ncid=802&e=5&u=/nm/20050113/media_nm/media_examiner_lawsuit_dc

1/14/05 - The New York Times Electronic Edition Introduces iBrowse for Macintosh Users:
NEW YORK-- The New York Times today announced a new browser-based tool for reading the Electronic Edition on the Macintosh and other non-Windows-based PCs. Readers can now utilize iBrowse, a new "point and click" Web-based browser interface that eliminates downloading a reader. The Electronic Edition is the exact replica of the newspaper that may be read on Macintosh and Linux-based PC.
business wire
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/050113/135464_1.html

1/14/05 - Belo stock falls on analyst downgrade:
NEW YORK, - Shares of media company Belo Corp. (BLC.N: Quote, Profile, Research) fell more than 4 percent on Thursday after an analyst downgraded the stock, citing the company's struggles with a circulation scandal at its Dallas Morning News newspaper.
reuters
http://yahoo.reuters.com/financeQuoteCompanyNewsArticle.jhtml?duid=mtfh92091_2005-01-13_15-57-18_n13500149_newsml

1/14/05 - The Washington Post Company Completes Acquisition of Slate Magazine:
WASHINGTON, -- The Washington Post Company (NYSE: WPO) announced today that it has completed the acquisition of Slate, the online magazine, from Microsoft Corp. The transaction was first announced on December 21, 2004. The purchase price was not disclosed.
pr newswire
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050114/dcf002_1.html

1/14/05 - Adamson named advertising and marketing director:
Pam Adamson, advertising director of The Daily Home and its publications, has been promoted to advertising and marketing director for the company.
daily home
http://www.dailyhome.com/news/2005/dh-talladega-0113-0-5a12v3752.htm

1/14/05 - Top Editor Cites Growth Opportunities, Editorial Challenges for Time Inc.:
Themes of editorial integrity and opportunistic growth marked Time Inc. editor-in-chief Norman Pearlstine's address as the guest of honor for MPA's Breakfast with a Leader in New York Wednesday (Jan. 12). The 10-year Time vet and longtime journalist spoke of the challenges editors and publishers face in an ever-changing technological and political climate, and the importance of growth through acquisition and innovation.
folio
http://www.foliomag.com/index.php?id=396&backPID=392&tt_news=357

1/14/05 - BusinessWeek launches the Adler era:
NEW YORK - Stephen Adler has one of the most daunting jobs in publishing, as he prepares to take the reins as Business Week's first new editor-in-chief in two decades. He'll be following one of publishing's most durable acts.
cbs marketwatch
http://cbs.marketwatch.com/news/story.asp?guid=%7B6AD35A7C%2D0988%2D4A15%2DB1F5%2D0DDF74E2D00D%7D&dist=rss&siteid=mktw

1/14/05 - Tech mags return -- can they survive?:
A host of new business and technology-related magazines are hitting the market, thumbing their nose at conventional wisdom that the Internet will stifle print publications. The latest to launch is Boston-based Forrester Magazine, arriving in February. It's aimed primarily at high-ranking executives, with a "disproportionate amount" of its 40,000 readers expected to be in Northern California. Forrester joins four other new magazines -- a revived Red Herring, Tech Confidential, AlwaysOn and a refurbished MIT Technology Review.
silicon valley
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/sv/20050114/tc_sv/techmagsreturncantheysurvive

1/14/05 - Newspaper Outlook Remains Dour, Online Is A 'Bright Spot':
Calling online editions a "bright spot," a top Wall Street firm issued a report Friday that nonetheless offers a dour forecast for newspaper publishers in 2005, both in terms of advertising and circulation revenues. The report, issued by the equities research team at Merrill Lynch, projects that "absent any year-end positive" news in ad spending among the major publishers, newspaper ad spending would "decelerate" during the fourth quarter of 2004.
media post
http://www.mediapost.com/dtls_dsp_news.cfm?newsID=287052

1/14/05 - Mag Rack: Cheers For Ten Years:
When American Cheerleader launched in 1995, there were skeptics, and perhaps even a few smirks at the magazine's title and subject matter. Ten years later, Cheerleader is still around--and some say it has pulled off the rare feat of actually growing the category, rather than riding the wave of consumer interest.
media post
http://www.mediapost.com/dtls_dsp_news.cfm?cb=093431A&newsID=286980&newsDate=01/14/2005

1/14/05 - Times plans 90 to 110 layoffs:
The Seattle Times plans to cut 90 to 110 positions, or about 7 percent of its full-time work force, as part of an effort to shore up its finances and return the newspaper to profitability.
seattle pi
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/207812_joa14.html?source=rss

1/14/05 - Cosmetic Enhancement Pub Carves New Market Niche:
A glossy women's magazine positioned as the definitive resource for all things cosmetic enhancement is now a reality. NewBeauty offers news, advice and advances regarding age-fighting beauty products, laser surgery, facelifts, Botox, cosmetic dentistry, dermatology, liposuction and breast augmentation. The first 300-page winter/spring issue hit newsstands this month.
dm news
http://dmnews.com/cgi-bin/artprevbot.cgi?article_id=31472

1/14/05 - Paxton may have overpaid for Herald-Sun:
It's a little easier to understand why Paxton Media LLC came into the offices of The Herald Sun last Monday with the ax swinging when you know how much they overpaid for the paper. Sources inside the news industry say the Paducah, Ky.,-based media chain paid $125 million--almost twice what analysts had estimated the 50,000-circulation daily was worth.
indy week
http://indyweek.com/durham/2005-01-12/news.html

1/14/05 - Union Says US Reuters Workers In 1-Day 'Byline-Strike':
NEW YORK - Reuters Group PLC's (RTRSY) U.S. journalists, working without a contract for nearly two years, are holding a one-day byline strike Thursday to protest demands for economic concessions in current contract talks as well as management moves to export editorial jobs to low-wage countries.
dow jones via excite
http://money.excite.com/jsp/nw/nwdt_rt.jsp?section=news&news_id=dji-00094120050113&feed=dji&date=20050113&cat=INDUSTRY

1/14/05 - Madden Gets Style Mag:
AUTHOR and taste mistress Chris Madden finally has a magazine publisher. Hachette Filipacchi Media will announce today that it will publish the debut issue of Chris Madden magazine in May. "Finally got it," Madden said yesterday, adding that she had sounded out a half dozen publishers, plus some private investors before settling on Hachette.
nypost
http://nypost.com/business/38126.htm

1/14/05 - Forrester Research plans custom publication:
Cambridge, Mass.—Tech research company Forrester Research announced it is launching Forrester magazine in February. Forrester said the magazine, which will be edited by Jimmy Guterman, former editor of the Industry Standard’s "Media Grok" newsletter, will aim "to fill the void between academic business journals and news magazines."
btob
http://www.btobonline.com/article.cms?articleId=22955

Thursday, January 13, 2005

1/13/2005 - Who's Buying Print Advertising?

1/13/05 - Wal-Mart starts ad campaign to boost image:
NEW YORK, - Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT.N: Quote, Profile, Research) , the world's biggest retailer, on Thursday launched a national advertising campaign to burnish an image that has been tarnished by claims about its hiring practices, stance toward labor unions and actions against smaller competitors. The company is running a full-page advertisement in more than a hundred newspapers, touting the number of jobs it plans to create in 2005, its employee benefit packages and the diversity of its workers. The company also has started a Web site to support its campaign. The ad, which ran in papers such as USA Today and The Wall Street Journal, says that the company plans to create 100,000 U.S. jobs in 2005 and that 74 percent of its hourly employees work full-time.
reuters
http://yahoo.reuters.com/financeQuoteCompanyNewsArticle.jhtml?duid=mtfh88563_2005-01-13_13-18-04_n13377648_newsml

1/13/05 - Go Daddy Retains The Ad Store for New Ad Campaign:
SCOTTSDALE, -- The Go Daddy Group, Inc., parent company of GoDaddy.com, the No. 1 registrar of domain names, announced today that it has hired The Ad Store to create its advertising campaign for the media venues of television, print and radio.
pr newswire
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050112/law052_1.html

1/13/05 - Iron Chef Cooks Up Promo Feast, Food Network Breaks New Campaign:
Forget the old adage about too many cooks spoiling the soup, because Food Network is partnering with Snapple, eBay, and tech company GoldPocket to create a far-flung advertising campaign to support its new series Iron Chef America. The campaign--the dollar amount of which is undisclosed--will feature TV, print, radio online, out-of-home, and cell phone interactive, a Food Network spokeswoman said. Media buying and planning will be handled by the network's agency, Media Storm, based in South Norwalk, Conn. ... As for print, the campaign includes one-page buys in weekly magazines such as People and TV Guide. A highlight of the print effort is a 12-page special tailgating insert in People>/I>, which offers tailgating recipes and tips from the Iron Chef Americans. Non-traditional support rounds out the plan with a custom-published Iron Chef America newspaper that will be distributed in Grand Central Station and Penn Station the week of January 10.
media post
http://www.mediapost.com/dtls_dsp_news.cfm?cb=085205A`"wsID=286779`"wsDate=01/13/2005

1/13/05 - Fitzgerald Breaks Campaign for Raymond James:
ATLANTA Fitzgerald + Co. is launching a national advertising campaign this week for financial services company Raymond James, the agency said. The campaign includes three print ads and one television spot.
adweek (subscription)
http://www.adweek.com/aw/search/search_results_taxo.jsp

1/13/05 - Sunrise Sings Praises of Fifth Third:
CHICAGO Sunrise Advertising continues its tradition of recruiting celebrity spokespeople for Fifth Third Bancorp, this year enlisting comedian Wayne Brady. Brady, who once starred in Whose Line Is It Anyway, will appear in advertising for the Cincinnati-based bank, performing the song "Shout" in a series of new television spots for the client's home equity loan lines. The campaign, which breaks on Jan. 18, also includes print, radio, outdoor, online and in-store executions.
adweek
http://www.adweek.com/aw/regional/midwest/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000751468

1/13/05 - Database Solutions, Inc. - Announces 2005 Media and Print Advertising Campaign:
TORONTO -- Database Solutions, Inc. - www.onlinedatabasesolutions.com (DBSJ), the technology and marketing customer relationship management (CRM) on-demand company, today announced that it is launching a North American advertising campaign directly at the billion dollar insurance industry.
business wire
http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view`"wsId=20050113005272`"wsLang=en

1/13/2005 - Daily Print Media Business News

International Print Media News:

1/13/05 - Reuters sees revenue decline slowing in Q1:
LONDON, - The steady path of revenue recovery at news and information provider Reuters Group Plc (RTR.L) is expected to continue in the first quarter with a three-year slide seen easing more than analysts had forecast.
reuters
http://yahoo.reuters.com/financeQuoteCompanyNewsArticle.jhtml?duid=mtfh85943_2005-01-13_11-19-03_l1389170_newsml

1/13/05 - Metro International Board Member Resigns:
STOCKHOLM, Sweden -- A board member with Metro International SA, which publishes free daily tabloids worldwide, resigned Thursday after a controversy about a racially disparaging remark. Hans-Holger Albrecht, who been on the company's board of directors since 2002, resigned after it was revealed he made racially disparaging comments toward black people in a meeting in 2003.
ap
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/050113/metro_international_resignation_2.html

1/13/05 - Tabloid Newspaper Group's President Sorry:
BOSTON -- The president of a company that publishes free newspapers distributed to commuters in the United States and overseas apologized for making a racially disparaging remark at a corporate event in Italy in 2003.
ap
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/050112/news_executive_apology_2.html

1/13/05 - The Sun newspaper launches mobile channel:
The Sun Newspaper has partnered with mobile firm Bango to launch a WAP mobile channel featuring ringtones, games and Page 3 Girls. The WAP site currently features monophonic and polyphonic ringtones as well as the latest Java games. It also contains many Page 3 wallpapers and screen savers.
netimperative
http://www.netimperative.com/2005/01/13/Sun_mobile_channel

1/13/05 - Livingstone offers deal for free Tube newspaper:
Ken Livingstone, mayor of London, vowed to open up the capital's evening newspaper market yesterday by offering distribution contracts for a free afternoon title. The offer, involving distribution rights at London Underground stations, could allow groups including News International and Express Newspapers to challenge the dominance of Associated Newspapers, publisher of the Evening Standard.
ft
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/452adee0-6509-11d9-9f8b-00000e2511c8.html

1/13/05 - Ten Shares Advance After Report Fairfax in Talks:
Shares of Ten Network Holdings Ltd., Australia's third-ranked television broadcaster, had their biggest gain in almost five years after the Australian newspaper reported John Fairfax Holdings Ltd. is in talks to buy a A$1 billion ($768 million) stake.
bloomberg
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000081&sid=aC7AKEmaFlcs&refer=australia

1/13/05 - Speculation mounts at Ten Network:
Shares in Australian television broadcaster Ten Network Holdings Ltd. jumped sharply on Thursday, Jan. 13, following a newspaper report that its Canadian owner, Canwest Global Communications Ltd, was searching for a buyer for its stake. The report in The Australian newspaper said that Sydney-based publishing group John Fairfax Holdings Ltd was a possible buyer, although Canwest executives had held discussions with several media groups.
the deal
http://www.thedeal.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=TheDeal/TDDArticle/StandardArticle&c=TDDArticle&cid=1105475628919&r=InFs&p=M4YD5AR2

1/13/05 - Fairfax-Ten deal would face scrutiny:
Any potential deal between newspaper publisher Fairfax and the Ten Network would face tough scrutiny to ensure it met media ownership rules, Communications Minister Helen Coonan says.
the age
http://www.theage.com.au/news/Breaking-News/FairfaxTen-deal-would-face-scrutiny/2005/01/13/1105423602359.html

1/13/05 - The True Value of Newspaper Advertising:
Buying an advertisement in a newspaper sometimes isn't as easy as it could be. That is a big complaint from advertisers, and one that has an impact on newspaper revenues. One newspaper in Finland, the Helsingin Sanomat, decided to do something about it. The result, which made a complex newspaper pricing structure easier for clients and more profitable for the paper, will be the subject of a "best practice" case study presented at the World Newspaper Advertising Conference & Expo, to be held in Rome, Italy, on 24 and 25 February.
publicitas
http://www.publicitas.com/display.asp?id=6.8&chp=6.3&foot=6.9&cpny=*&PARAM1=13325

1/13/05 - Finland: Sanoma Magazines will start publishing Alko’s Etiketti magazine:
Alko (Finland’s alcohol store operating on government monopoly) and Sanoma Magazines Finland’s business publication unit Yritysjulkaisut will start cooperating in publishing of Alko’s Etiketti magazine. The first jointly produced issue of the magazine will appear in autumn 2005. Sanoma Magazines Finland Yritysjulkaisut was chosen as publisher on the basis of a bidding competition.
publicitas
http://www.publicitas.com/display.asp?id=6.8&chp=6.3&foot=6.9&cpny=*&PARAM1=13324

1/13/05 - Thailand: New English Language Business Newspaper To Be Distributed Exclusively With International Herald Tribune:
The International Herald Tribune (IHT) announced today that it has signed an agreement with Thaiday Dot Com Co. Ltd., an affiliate of the Manager Media Group Plc. According to the deal, the Thai media group will start publishing 'Manager Daily,' a daily English edition of Thaiday Dot Com's business newspaper Phujadkarn. The new publication will launch in the spring and be distributed exclusively within copies of the IHT.
publicitas
http://www.publicitas.com/display.asp?id=6.8&chp=6.3&foot=6.9&cpny=*&PARAM1=13320

1/13/05 - Uri's Compromise on Newspaper Bill Is Not Enough:
In a National Assembly subcommittee Thursday, the Uri Party withdrew some articles from proposed amendments to the Periodicals Law that have been condemned as violations of the freedom of the press.
chosun
http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200412/200412230044.html

1/13/05 - Lagardere's Camus Says Looking For Media Growth Abroad:
PARIS - Lagardere SCA (13021.FR) co-Chief Executive Philippe Camus said Thursday he will be looking for ways to develop the French conglomerate's media businesses abroad, but brushed off speculation of a full-scale tie-up with Vivendi Universal SA (V). Speaking at a presentation in Paris, Camus said there would be opportunities for growth for Lagardere in the U.S., particularly among the country's Hispanic community.
dow jones via excite
http://money.excite.com/jsp/nw/nwdt_rt.jsp?section=news&news_id=dji-00052620050113&feed=dji&date=20050113&cat=INDUSTRY

1/13/05 - Telegraph up in youth market battle:
The Daily Telegraph is celebrating after seeing its readership in the crucial young adult market increase by a massive 50% over the past 12 months.
mediaweek uk
http://mediaweek.co.uk/articles/folder2005/01/telegraph-NRSfigs-jan05

1/13/05 - Future in MSN content deal:
Future Publishing has signed a major deal with Microsoft to provide content from its computing magazines for the software giant’s UK portal, MSN.
mediaweek uk
http://mediaweek.co.uk/articles/folder2005/01/futurepubs-MSN-contentdeal

National Print Media News:

1/13/05 - Gruner + Jahr USA Sues Agent Over Circulation Data:
NEW YORK - Magazine publisher Gruner + Jahr USA on Wednesday said it was suing an independent circulation agent for providing faulty subscription data that could cause several of its titles to fall short of their guarantees to advertisers.
reuters
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=599&ncid=802&e=1&u=/nm/20050112/media_nm/media_magazines_gruner_dc

1/13/05 - G+J Hits Another Circ Pothole:
After more than a year of trying to polish its tarnished image in the industry, G+J USA Publishing, publisher of Parents, Family Circle and Fast Company, today announced it will have to restate many of its publications' circulations for 2003 and early 2004 after the Audit Bureau of Circulations revealed that one of the company's subscription agents, Publishers Communications Systems, failed to provide sufficient documentation for several subscription orders.
mediaweek
http://www.mediaweek.com/mediaweek/headlines/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000751480

1/13/05 - It's Not Looking Rosie For Gruner + Jahr, Publisher Reveals Pervasive Overstatements:
Gruner + Jahr USA is in circulation hot water again, but this time they are placing blame on what they say was an incompetent partner. G+J Wednesday revealed that because of alleged errors on the part of a third-party subscription agent, several of the publishers' flagship titles -- including Parents, Child, Family Circle, Inc. and Fast Company -- had overreported circulation in the past year and were in danger of missing their advertising rate base.
media post
http://www.mediapost.com/dtls_dsp_news.cfm?newsID=286747

1/13/05 - Belo: Circulation Woes to Hurt Ad Revenue:
DALLAS -- Media owner Belo Corp. said Wednesday that the overstatement of circulation at its flagship paper, The Dallas Morning News, would cause revenue from preprinted advertising to fall $7 million to $9 million this year.
ap
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/050112/belo_outlook_4.html

1/13/05 - Area native joins The Saratogian as advertising director:
SARATOGA SPRINGS -- Pamela Copeland has been named advertising director of The Saratogian.
saratogian
http://www.saratogian.com/site/news.cfm?BRD=1169&dept_id=17718&newsid=13740643&PAG=461&rfi=9

1/13/05 - US media industry to focus on balance sheet, capital returns:
NEW YORK, – Analysts at Banc of America Securities anticipate continued focus on balance sheet management and capital returns to shareholders in the US media and entertainment industry this year.
new ratings
http://www.newratings.com/analyst_news/article_633753.html

1/13/05 - Deutsche Bank: Online Ad Spend Could Grow By 30 Percent In 2005:
Marketers will increase online ad spending by as much as 30 percent in 2005, according to a recent survey of media planners and buyers conducted by Deutsche Bank in conjunction with MediaPost.
media post
http://www.mediapost.com/dtls_dsp_news.cfm?cb=085205A&newsID=286810&newsDate=01/13/2005

1/13/05 - Anschutz confirms start of Washington, D.C., daily:
Phil Anschutz's startup newspaper company confirmed Wednesday that it will launch a free daily newspaper in Washington, D.C., in February.
inside denver
http://www.insidedenver.com/drmn/business/article/0,1299,DRMN_4_3466211,00.html

1/13/05 - Ex-owners of S.F. newspaper seek to nullify Anschutz sale:
San Francisco - The Examiner's former owners are suing to regain control of the San Francisco newspaper and other publishing assets, alleging they were misled into a $20 million sale last year by the betrayal of a former executive.
ap via denver post
http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1413,36~33~2650215,00.html

1/13/05 - La Raza, Chicago’s #1 Spanish Language Newspaper, Announces Key Appointments:
Chicago, IL-- Robert J. Armband, Publisher & CEO of La Raza, announced two key appointments. Jorge Mederos, has been named Managing Editor and Steve Forrestal has been named General Manager and Controller. The changes take effect immediately.
hispanic business
http://www.hispanicbusiness.com/news/newsbyid.asp?id=20105

1/13/05 - Airport Magazine To Relaunch:
Washington (AP) - The Washington Flyer, once the magazine of travelers breezing through the nation's capital, is reinventing itself. The magazine will be relaunched in March year with a new look, publisher Peter Abrahams of The Magazine Group said Wednesday.
wjla
http://www.wjla.com/news/stories/0105/200098.html

1/13/05 - New magazine gives the skinny on beauty:
A Boca Raton publisher launched NewBeauty, a magazine aimed at quenching the thirst for information about cosmetic surgery.
miami herald
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/10631370.htm

1/13/05 - Hispanicad.com & Adnotas.com Partner With The Ad Age Group:
Advertising Age, the pre-eminent trade publication in the advertising and marketing industries has joined forces with Hispanicad.com & Adnotas.com, leaders in the Hispanic advertising and marketing industry, to form an exclusive partnership to develop and sell custom publishing sections dedicated to the Hispanic market, Jill Manee, VP and Publisher of The Ad Age Group announced.
hispanic ad
http://hispanicad.com/cgi-bin/news/newsarticle.cgi?article_id=15731

1/13/05 - 'Chicago Trib' Launches Loyalty Program:
NEW YORK The Chicago Tribune is launching a subscriber-advantage program starting this Sunday Jan. 16. Like credit-card loyalty programs, subscribers of the paper will receive special benefits like a 15% discount on a United Airlines ticket. The company made the announcement in a full-page ad that ran in Sunday's edition.
editor & publisher
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/departments/ad_circ/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000751648

1/13/05 - Ike Massey Buys Texas Weeklies:
CHICAGO Former Houston Post Publisher Ike Massey has bought the twice-weekly Burleson (Texas) Star and the five nearby weeklies in the Star Group from Susan Hutson and James Moody. Dallas-based newspaper mergers and acquisitions firm Rickenbacher Media represented the seller in the transaction. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
editor & publisher
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/departments/ad_circ/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000750935

1/13/05 - People backs price hike with sales gains:
People magazine raised its cover price this month by 20 cents - to $3.49, tops among the four celebrity weeklies - and yesterday showed why it'll probably get away with the move.
ny daily news
http://www.nydailynews.com/business/story/270654p-231779c.html

1/13/05 - Martha's early spring?:
The Supreme Court tossed out federal sentencing guidelines yesterday, giving hundreds of inmates - including Martha Stewart - a shot at new sentences.
ny daily news
http://c5.zedo.com/jsc/c5/ff2.html?n=305;c=37/1;s=18;d=17;w=720;h=300;t=III-INTERACTIVE

1/13/05 - Upscale Publishing Model Attracts Competitors:
Binn was the first to develop an upscale publishing model that relies on neither newsstand sales nor new subscriptions, both of which are sinkholes for any new publication. While traditional magazine launches increasingly struggle to attract the funding to pay for both components (Radar famously wandered in the wilderness for almost two years before real estate and media mogul Mort Zuckerman promised $20 million), Binn was able to raise $25 million six years ago from investors like Harvey Weinstein, and his competitors have found that the business model makes sense to investors now.
business 2.0
http://www.business2.com/b2/web/articles/0,17863,1016633,00.html

1/13/05 - Dueling newspapers file briefs with state high court:
Seattle's warring newspapers renewed their fight in the state Supreme Court yesterday, with lawyers for each side filing arguments saying that, if their opponents prevail, the city will be left with just one daily paper.
seattle times
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2002149516_joa13.html

1/13/05 - Tu Ciudad: L.A.'s Newest City Mag:
When Tu Ciudad Los Angeles, a bimonthly English-language magazine, launches in May, it will have a fixed goal in mind: reaching upwardly mobile Latinos living in L.A., a group that is not often sought out by the media. Launching with a rate base of 110,000, Ciudad, or simply "City" as it is being touted, is a joint partnership between publisher Jaime Gamboa, a veteran of Wired, associate publisher Gabriel Grimalt, the former vp of operations for Spanish Broadcasting System in Los Angeles, and Indianapolis-based Emmis Communications, publisher of regional titles that include Los Angeles and Texas Monthly.
mediaweek
http://www.mediaweek.com/mediaweek/headlines/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000751517

1/13/05 - CurtCo Media Names Randi Schatz as Vice President, Publisher of Worth Magazine:
NEW YORK, -- CurtCo Media today announced the appointment of Randi Schatz to the position of Vice President, Publisher of Worth, the nation's only consumer magazine dedicated to the issues of wealth management, wealth preservation and wealth transference.
pr newswire
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050112/law018_1.html

1/13/05 - Forbes’ announces advertising promotions:
New York—Forbes announced Wednesday that Kevin Gentzel has been named VP-advertising. In this role, he will oversee all advertising efforts for Forbes in the U.S. Gentzel was named national advertising director in 2003. Forbes also announced that Jennifer Cooke was promoted to group advertising director-East for the magazine.
btob
http://www.btobonline.com/article.cms?articleId=22951

1/13/05 - Why Publishers Should Offer Behavioral Targeting:
Like it or not, 2005 is poised to be the first year we media buyers and planners won't have the leverage we've had during the past four years. The days of purchasing premium content placements as if you were on "Let's Make a Deal" are over. The agency side can no longer ask for everything and anything.
click z
http://www.clickz.com/experts/media/behavioral_marketing/article.php/3457401

1/13/05 - Patuxent Publishing buys ChesapeakeHome:
Patuxent Publishing Co. has acquired ChesapeakeHome magazine, a premiere house and garden publication for the mid-Atlantic region.
towson times
http://news.mywebpal.com/news_tool_v2.cfm?pnpID=659&NewsID=602783&CategoryID=1840&show=localnews&om=1

Wednesday, January 12, 2005

1/12/2005 - Who's Buying Print Advertising?

1/12/05 - New Progresso Soup Ad Campaign Stresses Benefits of Weight Management:
MINNEAPOLIS-- Progresso® Soup announced today it is reaching out to America's 76 million baby boomers with a new flight of television advertisements highlighting the weight-management benefits of soup. Airing nationwide beginning the week of Jan. 10 and running through mid February, the 30-second and 15-second ads show boomer-age women discovering that 25 varieties of Progresso Soup have just 100 calories or less per serving. ... Developed by the Saatchi & Saatchi advertising agency, the Progresso campaign is timed to run in key "soup season" - January and February - traditionally a peak time for soup sales and consumption. Progresso will spend over $8 million in total marketing for the campaign. The ads will be supported by two national FSIs, sampling, and in-store signage.
business wire
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/050111/115967_1.html

1/12/05 - Max Factor ties in with Miramax Films’ The Aviator:
Max Factor announced a licensing agreement with Miramax to promote two new Max Factor products in conjunction with the release of the upcoming Miramax film The Aviator, starring Leonardo DiCaprio (Howard Hughes), Cate Blanchett (Katharine Hepburn) and Gwen Stefani (Jean Harlow). Max Factor has also added Morag Ross, Chief Make-up Artist of The Aviator, to the Max Factor Movie Make-up Artist Team. Max Factor will support the partnership with print advertising, beginning in January 2005, featuring the film, Morag Ross and Max Factor’s newest products Colour Perfection and Lash Lift.
the cosmetic site
http://www.thecosmeticsite.com/1188112.html

1/12/05 - SMZ to Manage Detroit Tigers' Marketing:
CHICAGO The Detroit Tigers have named SMZ their lead advertising agency after a review, according to the independent shop. The Troy, Mich., agency will handle a host of marketing communications for the American League team, including television, radio and print advertising, media planning and placement, public relations and promotional events. Billings were not disclosed. The Tigers spent nearly $2 million on advertising through October 2004, according to Nielsen Monitor-Plus.
adweek
http://adweek.com/aw/regional/midwest/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000750707

1/12/2005 - Daily Print Media Business News

International Print Media News:

1/12/05 - Hollinger Inc. Provides Status Update:
TORONTO-- Hollinger Inc. ("Hollinger") (TSX:HLG.C; TSX:HLG.PR.B) provides the following update in accordance with the guidelines pursuant to which the June 1, 2004 management and insider cease trade order was issued. These guidelines contemplate that Hollinger will normally provide bi-weekly updates on its affairs until such time as it is current with its filing obligations under applicable Canadian securities laws.
business wire
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/050111/116021_1.html

1/12/05 - Quebecor Media: Announcement:
MONTREAL-- Mr. Serge Gouin, President and Chief Executive Officer of Quebecor Media, announces the appointment of Mr. Jean-Francois Richard to the newly created position of Vice President, Advertising Convergence. Mr. Richard's mandate will be to ensure that the Company's customers realize the full benefits of the multitude of advertising opportunities offered by the Quebecor Media family of companies.
business wire
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/050111/115481_1.html

1/12/05 - CanWest Global earns $35M for Q1, down from $81.5M last year:
TORONTO - Foreign exchange losses and debt refinancing charges cut quarterly profits at CanWest Global Communications Corp. by more than half, Canada's largest newspaper publisher and TV broadcaster reported Tuesday.
cp
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/cpress/20050112/ca_pr_on_me/craft_canwest_global_2

1/12/05 - CanWest eyes move into free commuter newspaper business:
CanWest Global Communications Corp. may jump into the free commuter newspaper business in Canada, in a defensive move to protect its metropolitan broadsheets, which are showing slim growth. CanWest will consider linking up with Metro International SA to establish new free commuter newspapers in some Canadian markets, or establish free papers in competition with the Swedish-based company, chief executive officer Leonard Asper said yesterday in a conference call with analysts, following the company's first-quarter earnings release.
globe & mail

1/12/05 - Newsagents and publishers bid to boost newspaper sales:
Newspaper publishers are trialling a change to the timing of their deliveries to wholesalers in a bid to boost sales at newsagents. The trials began today in the Midlands that will see publishers deliver copies to wholesalers earlier than before and at staggered times. The wholesalers have in turn overhauled their packing and distribution practices, aiming to get copies into the hands of newsagents at more consistent times.
intellagencia
http://www.intellagencia.com/news.asp?siteid=4&id=65741

1/12/05 - Daily Mail loses Metro monopoly:
LONDON - Daily Mail & General Trust has lost its exclusive agreement to supply underground stations with its freebie Metro newspaper as Ken Livingstone looks to earn extra cash for the hard-up tube system.
share cast via yahoo
http://uk.biz.yahoo.com/050112/214/fa51x.html

1/12/05 - Livingstone to pave way for Desmond launch:
London mayor Ken Livingstone could put London Underground's exclusive deal with Associated Newspapers for distribution of free newspapers back on the negotiating table - a move that could finally allow Richard Desmond to muscle in.
mediaweek uk
http://mediaweek.co.uk/articles/folder2005/01/mayor-associatednewsp-contracts

1/12/05 - Press war goes underground:
Analysis: A bitter print war between Richard Desmond and Associated Newspapers moved a step closer today after London mayor Ken Livingstone intervened in the row over newspaper distribution on the tube.
media guardian
http://media.guardian.co.uk/presspublishing/story/0,7495,1388843,00.html

1/12/05 - Year of the lad:
A year ago launching a weekly men's magazine was regarded as something of a gamble, but 12 months on Nuts and Zoo have become two of publishing's success stories
media guardian
http://media.guardian.co.uk/presspublishing/story/0,7495,1387880,00.html

1/12/05 - Fairfax in secret bid for Ten:
NEWSPAPER publisher John Fairfax Holdings is secretly negotiating to buy a stake of up to $1 billion in the Ten Network ahead of the Howard Government's planned changes to media ownership laws.
news interactive
http://www.finance.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,11924698%255E462,00.html

1/12/05 - CanWest puts Ten on market:
THE leadership paralysis at the top of John Fairfax could be resolved if the newspaper publisher is successful in its attempts to buy a stake in the youth-oriented Ten Network for up to $1 billion.
news interactive
http://www.finance.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,11923918%255E462,00.html

1/12/05 - Revamped Telegraph strengthens the ‘unputdownable’ edge:
What started 22 years ago as ‘Unputdownable’ has lived up to its promise. Maintaining its number one position in the Eastern market, The Telegraph, from the ABP stable, has emerged as the strongest print media brand in the region. With 60 per cent market share, the English daily boasts a circulation of 3.25 lakh (ABC, July-December ’03), and a readership of 13.44 lakh.
exchange 4 media
http://www.exchange4media.com/e4m/news/newfullstory.asp?section_id=5&news_id=14663&tag=9398

1/12/05 - DAVP panel to offer new rate structure, address issues of small & medium newspapers:
Director General, DAVP, Swagat Ghosh denied that the Government body has been unfair to the small and medium newspapers in distributing social message advertisements. Ghosh, at an INS seminar on the small and medium newspapers, held on Monday, said that 67 per cent of DAVP ads went to small and medium newspapers last year, the rest going to the big dailies. “It’s just that the amount given to the larger publications were high as their circulation was also large,” he explained.
exchange 4 media
http://www.exchange4media.com/e4m/news/newfullstory.asp?section_id=5&news_id=14674&tag=9409

1/12/05 - Technology can help small and medium newspapers to grow, say experts:
The print media is alive and kicking. And the electronic and web media seems hardly a threat to the print media – this was the overall consensus at a seminar on small and medium newspapers organised by the Indian Newspaper Society (INS) on Monday. The daylong deliberations highlighted the survival concerns of small and medium-size newspapers, and experts pointed out that newsroom and production technology could come to their aid.
exchange 4 media
http://www.exchange4media.com/e4m/news/newfullstory.asp?section_id=5&news_id=14671&tag=9406

1/12/05 - Plan for merger of eight Dutch newspapers:
A single newspaper for the entire Randstad area, the name given to the area comprising the main Dutch cities of Amsterdam, Rotterdam and The Hague, this is the plan presented by two major Dutch newspaper publishers PCM and Wegener. This would make the newspaper the second biggest in the Netherlands after De Telegraaf.
ejc
http://www.ejc.nl/mn/shownews.asp?20050110

1/12/05 - In Zimbabwe, Mugabe signs repressive new media law:
New York, January 10, 2005 —Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe has signed into law a measure that sets prison terms of up to two years for any journalist found working without accreditation from the government-controlled Media and Information Commission. The Committee to Protect Journalists urges Mugabe and his government to turn away from such measures, including another piece of repressive legislation still pending.
cpj
http://www.cpj.org/news/2005/zimbabwe10jan05na.html#more

1/12/05 - Black and Radler Must Be Interviewed, Canadian Inspector Says:
TORONTO Embattled media baron Conrad Black will need to be interviewed as part of the investigation into financial wrongdoing at Hollinger Inc., the inspector looking into related-party transactions at the Canadian holding company said Tuesday.
ap via editor & publisher
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/departments/business/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000750612

1/12/05 - Star woos southerners with knockdown price:
The Daily Star has moved its price-cutting campaign to the southern regions, slashing its cover price from 35p to 15p for an undisclosed period of time.
mediaweek uk
http://mediaweek.co.uk/articles/folder2005/01/11/winsoutherners

1/12/05 - Daily Star gets serious about football:
The Daily Star has upped its profile in the tabloid market again for the second time in a week by launching its own football supplement to rival those of The Sun and the Daily Mirror.
mediaweek uk
http://mediaweek.co.uk/articles/folder2005/01/dailystar-seriouslyfootball

1/12/05 - Maclean's editor resigns after four years at helm:
Anthony Wilson-Smith has quit as editor of Maclean's magazine and will leave the publication at the end of February. The magazine's former bureau chief in Moscow and Ottawa who was originally hired by Maclean's in 1983, Wilson-Smith was named editor in January 2001.
toronto star
http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1105485012921&call_pageid=970599119419

National Print Media News:

1/12/05 - New York Magazine is #9 in the U.S. in Ad Pages for 2004:
NEW YORK, -- New York Magazine ranked 9th in the nation in overall ad pages in 2004, according to Publisher's Information Bureau, the title's highest placement since 1989, and a move up from 11th place in 2003. New York Magazine, which underwent major design and content upgrades in 2004, posted 2651.98 pages for the year - an 8% increase over the previous year's count of 2457.44.
pr newswire
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050111/nytu156_1.html

1/12/05 - Newspapers Aren't Read All Over:
I love newspapers -- I really do. My first job out of college was at a small suburban daily, and even though I spent much of my time there gnashing my teeth in underpaid, overworked angst, I still showed up every day, rain or shine, to cover whatever was newsworthy in and around Manassas, Va. On my travels around the country, meanwhile, I rarely missed an opportunity to buy the local paper while passing through: I always found it comforting that, according to the Daily Whatsitsname, people were pretty much the same wherever I went. Unfortunately, one thing that appears to be increasingly the same among Americans is that fewer now take a daily newspaper.
fool.com
http://biz.yahoo.com/fool/050111/1105457580_2.html

1/12/05 - GeezerJock Magazine to Launch in March:
CHICAGO, -- GeezerJock Media LLC announced today that it is launching GeezerJock magazine, a groundbreaking Masters sports and fitness publication that is the first to cover the broad spectrum of serious senior athletics for people 40-and-over. The quarterly magazine also has a companion Web site at http://www.geezerjock.com .
pr newswire
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050112/cgw005_1.html

1/12/05 - Citigroup Unit Buys Real Estate Publications:
Citigroup Venture Capital Equity Partners announced last Friday that it had acquired Network Communications, a company near Atlanta that owns a group of real estate publications.Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but executives involved in the transaction said that Citigroup paid about $380 million for nine publications, including The Real Estate Book and Apartment Finder. That would make the sale the largest in magazine publishing since 2002, when the Reader's Digest Association paid $760 million to acquire Reiman Publications, a group of lifestyle and cooking magazines.
ny times
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/10/business/media/10mag.html

1/12/05 - Kraft to Cut Back Snack Food Advertising to Kids:
NEW YORK - Kraft Foods Inc. on Wednesday said it would curb the advertising of its snack products to children younger than 12 as part of plans to increase the visibility of its more nutritious products.
reuters
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20050112/us_nm/food_kraft_dc_1

1/12/05 - Kraft to Curb Snack-Food Advertising:
Moving to address growing concerns about childhood obesity and unhealthful eating habits, Kraft Foods Inc. will announce today that it is going to curb its advertising of many popular snack food items to children under 12. The maker of Oreos, Chips Ahoy, Kool-Aid and Oscar Mayer lunch meat will begin phasing out ads for its less nutritious products on television and radio shows and in print publications aimed at audiences of 6- to 11-year-olds. The company doesn't aim any media advertising at children under 6. Kraft, the nation's largest food company, will not stop all promotions to young children; it will still use cartoon characters in its products and packaging. It will also continue to offer contests, prizes and other promotions as well as games on its Web sites. And its traditional Lunchables and Kool-Aid products, as well Oreos and other cookies, will still be advertised on TV and radio shows and in magazines and other publications aimed at kids 12 and older.
washington post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2266-2005Jan11.html

1/12/05 - Provost returns to Bulletin as new advertising director:
NORWICH-- Paul Provost has been named advertising director of the Norwich Bulletin, marking his second tour with the newspaper.
norwich bulletin
http://www.norwichbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050112/NEWS01/501120339/1002

1/12/05 - Branded 'Editorial:' Magazine Researcher Tracks Product Placement In Print:
Product placement has been the rage among TV planners and buyers, but the so-called practice of "branded entertainment" has found its way into other media, including print. But unlike television, where three major research companies have launched high-profile services for tracking product placements, nobody seemed to be keeping an eye on print media.
media post
http://www.mediapost.com/dtls_dsp_news.cfm?newsID=286505

1/12/05 - Investor’s Business Daily Ranks #1 for Computer Influencers:
Terri Chiodo, the National Advertising Director of IBD, said of the latest results, "IBD is recognized as the primary read for top computer influencers around the world. The latest IntelliQuest figures confirm that."
publicitas
http://www.publicitas.com/display.asp?id=6.8&chp=6.3&foot=6.9&cpny=*&PARAM1=13313

1/12/05 - Media Companies Focus On Deals:
NEW YORK - News Corp.'s $6 billion bid to snap up outstanding Fox Entertainment Group shares is just the opening salvo in a year that should be full of media mergers, acquisitions and partnerships. Some will be ego-driven control deals. But, the Internet and interactive TV are rapidly altering the media landscape, and the old-line companies will need some new traveling companions.
forbes
http://www.forbes.com/services/2005/01/11/cx_pp_0110media.html

1/12/05 - Race Outrage at Newspaper:
Black leaders in New York yesterday said they wanted to stop the presses at the free daily Metro after top executives at the newspaper made headlines for telling crude racist jokes.
ny post
http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/38049.htm

1/12/05 - Concern Grows Over Metro and Racial Statements:
On the spot: 'The New York Times,' which just bought a 49% share of the chain's free tab in Boston. Critics call for probing the views of Metro executives, reversing the deal with the 'Times' or a boycott.
editor & publisher
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000750908

1/12/05 - Lessons of the '60 Minutes' Report for Newspapers:
NEW YORK The investigative panel's findings were damning. Clearly, it said, CBS failed to live up to its written standards of "accuracy and fairness" when it reported that George W. Bush had shirked his responsibilities as a National Guardsman. But how does a news organization ensure that its reporting is accurate?
ap via editor & publisher
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000750215

1/12/05 - Mags do double-duty on Brad-Jen breakup:
The breakup of Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston ranks as the mother of all celebrity news stories. It's so big that People, Us Weekly and In Touch Weekly have all taken the unprecedented step of rushing out a second issue in less than a week to splash the split on their covers.
ny daily news
http://www.nydailynews.com/business/story/270263p-231449c.html

1/12/05 - Fangs sue over sale of the Examiner:
The Fang family is suing P. Scott McKibben, the newspaper executive who helped them find a buyer for the San Francisco Examiner, and Denver billionaire Philip Anschutz, who purchased the Examiner and other assets last February, saying the pair defrauded the Fangs out of $11 million in the sale.
sf gate
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/01/12/BAGNOAOU8M1.DTL

1/12/05 - Newspapers join forces to form a comprehensive job Web site:
Downstate and Central Illinois newspapers have come together to create a comprehensive job board devoted to careers across the state -- covering the employment scene in one easy-to-use Web site, IllinoisCareers.com.
benton evening news
http://www.bentoneveningnews.com/articles/2005/01/11/news/news04.txt

Tuesday, January 11, 2005

1/11/05 - Who's Buying Print Advertising?

1/11/05 -Sizzler seeks younger audience with new ads:
Steak-and-buffet restaurant chain Sizzler tries to inspire passion for its food in a younger audience while continuing to emphasize value in a campaign from independent Kovel/Fuller that breaks today. The package kicks off an effort to "reintroduce Sizzler to a big audience and brand [the chain] as current," said Lee Kovel, chief creative officer of the Culver City, Calif.-based agency. The campaign, which emphasizes product development, value and service, is tagged, "Your Sizzler today. Great idea." ... Sizzler spent $12 million on advertising in 2003 and $10 million in 2002, according to Nielsen Monitor-Plus. Neither the client nor agency would disclose the current campaign budget, but Branigan said spending will be increased from past years. The first TV spot will run through February, followed by similar spots for other menu offerings. Print and outdoor executions will continue to focus on specific products and price promotions
adweek
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=628&ncid=628&e=1&u=/adweek/20050110/ad_bpiaw/sizzlertriestorekindlefirewithyoungerdiners

1/11/05 - Bugaboo Strollers Take on the City:
Until now, the Bugaboo brand of baby stroller has been best known for serving as transportation for the offspring of stars like Gwyneth Paltrow, Courteney Cox Arquette, Debra Messing and Kate Hudson. Soon, though, Bugaboo may become better known as the sponsor of an innovative campaign that hopes to send parents and children on city tours. The campaign is under way in Los Angeles and New York, in print and outdoor advertising as well as online, at a special Web site (bugaboodaytrips.com) separate from the main Bugaboo site (bugaboousa.com). The campaign represents an expansion of an initiative that Bugaboo began about a year ago in Britain, Ireland and Scotland, which was later expanded to Italy, Spain and the Bugaboo home market of the Netherlands. The campaign, with budget estimated at $1 million, is being created by an agency in El Segundo, Calif., that bears the unusual name 72 and Sunny. ... The campaign started in the year-end issue of New York magazine, promoting the Los Angeles daytrips as well as those for New York, and was extended into outdoor ads. The Los Angeles part of the campaign is appearing only as outdoor ads like bus-shelter posters. "It will definitely be rolled out into other cities," Ms. Klaasen says, "and there may be future products we develop that could be part of the campaign."
ny times 'in advertising' by stuart elliot (subscription)
http://www.nytimes.com/mem/email.html

1/11/05 - Radio Groups Launch Ad Campaign:
Taking the mounting competitive threat from satellite radio and other alternative media seriously, radio broadcasters went on the offensive Monday, launching an nation-wide advertising campaign promoting radio as the source for new and compelling music. To kick-off the campaign, broadcasters such as Clear Channel, Entercom Communications, Infinity Broadcasting, Greater Media and Cumulus Media, have set aside $28 million in advertising time over the next few weeks to air a series of 30-second radio ads. Although radio will be the primary media vehicle in the campaign, other media, including print and the Internet will also be used.
media week
http://www.mediaweek.com/mediaweek/headlines/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000750303

1/11/05 - Frost Bank Recalls Its Texas History:
DALLAS Frost Bank will break new ads developed by independent agency McGarrah/Jessee that emphasize the financial institution's historical roots in Texas, the shop said. New radio and print ads continue the tagline launched in 1997, "We're from here," the agency said. ... The ads, primarily created to promote Frost's financial management services, will debut in February throughout major markets statewide, the agency said.
adweek
http://www.adweek.com/aw/regional/southwest/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000750116

1/11/05 - Yahoo! Launches Print and Online Ad Campagin:
Yahoo will launch an online and print advertising campaign today (aimed at media buyers, ad agencies, etc) promoting their ability to target advertising to specific audiences and groups. The campaign will run online in publications including WSJ.com, NYT.com, various advertising trades, and on the Yahoo! network. Print versions will also run in advertising trade magazines--but, said [Jerry] Shereshewsky, "the centerpiece of the campaign is online." Yahoo! declined to provide its budget for the media spend. Yahoo! plans to use domain targeting with the campaign, which will involve displaying ads to visitors coming from Internet protocol addresses of specific companies--including ad agencies, clients, and prospective clients.
search engine watch
http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/blog/050110-104548

1/11/05 - Daily Print Media Business News

International Print Media News:

1/11/05 - Hollinger Inc.: Special Dividend Status:
TORONTO-- Hollinger Inc. ("Hollinger") (TSX:HLG.C; TSX:HLG.PR.B) today corrected a statement it made on December 17, 2004. Following the announcement by Hollinger International Inc. on December 16, 2004 of the declaration by its Board of Directors of a special dividend in the amount of US$2.50 per share on its Class A Common Stock and its Class B Common Stock, Hollinger had stated that substantially all of its share of the special dividend was required to be lodged as collateral in support of the US$93 million principal amount of Hollinger's outstanding Senior Secured Notes.
business wire
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/050110/105755_1.html

1/11/05 - Zimbabwe's media 'hangman' threatens new weekly:
Harare - The government's Media and Information Commission has threatened to close down Zimbabwe's latest newspaper, the Weekly Times, within seven days.
zw news
http://www.zwnews.com/issuefull.cfm?ArticleID=10979

1/11/05 - Guardian Seeks to be "Establishment Newspaper":
Following Shift In Societal Values, Guardian Moves to Assume Mantle of UK's "Establishment Newspaper" As Competitors Seem In Disarray
ft (subscription)
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/c98d99a8-611b-11d9-af5a-00000e2511c8.html

1/11/05 - Job Advertisements In Australia Decline In Dec: Survey:
SYDNEY, - Job advertisements in major newspapers during December declined at the largest rate in 12 months, but were still up almost ten per cent over the year, according to a survey out today. The ANZ Job Advertisement survey found that job ads fell 3.4 per cent in December, after a 1.8 per cent fall in November.
asia pulse via yahoo
http://au.news.yahoo.com/050110/3/silp.html

1/11/05 - Handelsblatt Acquires Stake in Bulgarian Newspapers:
German publishing group Handelsblatt has acquired a 50 percent stake in the Bulgarian newspapers Capital and Dnevnik, the newspapers announced Monday.
dw-world
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/briefs/0,1574,1454770,00.html

1/11/05 - BBC sells off controversial magazine - Eve:
The BBC has sold its controversial women's magazine Eve a month after deciding it had to go because it was not linked to any BBC shows.
media guardian
http://media.guardian.co.uk/presspublishing/story/0,7495,1387786,00.html

1/11/05 - Incisive upbeat on b2b sector:
Business magazines publisher Incisive Media has said it expects to be at the top of market forecasts for the sector when it announces its results in March.
mediaweek uk
http://mediaweek.co.uk/articles/folder2005/01/incisivemedia-jantradupdate05

1/11/05 - IPC offloads guide book division:
IPC Media has sold off its Farm Holiday Guides business in a move it says will enable it to concentrate on the magazine part of the business.
mediaweek uk
http://mediaweek.co.uk/articles/folder2005/01/ipc-FHGguides-sale

1/11/05 - Industry urged to help the countryside:
Country Living magazine is targeting advertisers and media agencies as part of its campaign “20 pledges to save the countryside”.
mediaweek uk
http://mediaweek.co.uk/articles/folder2005/01/countryliving-countrysideappeal

1/11/05 - Haymarket Publishing and US Websites Join Forces:
Haymarket Publishing, the United Kingdom’s largest private magazine publisher, and Kaizar.Com, Inc. of Newport Beach, California, are to merge their Autosport.com and Atlas F1 websites.
sports business
http://www.sportbusiness.com/news/index?region=global&news_item_id=156556

1/11/05 - Hong Kong Advertising Spending Up 13% In 2004:
HONG KONG --Spending on advertising in Hong Kong reached a new high in 2004, Nielsen Media Research said, as local phone companies started new services and retailers sought to take advantage of rising tourism and consumer spending.
dow jones via yahoo
http://sg.biz.yahoo.com/050111/15/3ps2p.html

National Print Media News:

1/11/05 - U.S. magazines post biggest ad gains since 2000:
NEW YORK, - U.S. magazines last year recorded their biggest gains in advertising pages and revenue since 2000, helped by increased advertising from companies including financial firms and food makers, according to new industry data on Monday.
reuters
http://yahoo.reuters.com/financeQuoteCompanyNewsArticle.jhtml?duid=mtfh34055_2005-01-10_18-32-23_n10510240_newsml

1/11/05 - Magazine rebound at last?:
NEW YORK - Magazine publishers have long been feeling left out in the cold amid a resurgent advertising market. They should be feeling a bit warmer now. According to 2004 figures released Monday by the Publishers Information Bureau, the industry posted its highest ad gains in four years, according to figures released Monday by the Publishers Information Bureau.
cnn money
http://money.cnn.com/2005/01/10/news/midcaps/magazines/index.htm

1/11/05 - DRUM! Magazine Increases Frequency to Monthly:
DRUM! Magazine is the leading publication for today's youngest drummers and hand percussionists (30% of the readers are under 20 years of age.) With this announcement it moves from 8 x per year frequency to monthly based on strong growth in advertising sales.
pr web
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/1/prwebxml195786.php

1/11/05 - Area newspapers change leadership, ownership:
PONCHATOULA -- Three news organizations that cover government and life here have recently announced changes in their leadership or ownership. The Ponchatoula Enterprise has been sold for an undisclosed amount by former owner, editor and publisher Don Ellzey to Carol Robertson, the daughter of the Enterprise's former owner, Ray Dickerson. The Enterprise was founded March 11, 1921.
hammond star
http://www.hammondstar.com/articles/2005/01/10/top_stories/news06.txt

1/11/05 - Striking Teamsters settle with Ohio newspaper, Guild still out:
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio - One of two unions on strike against The Vindicator newspaper has ratified a new contract that includes a wage freeze and signing bonuses. The agreement reached Saturday with Teamsters Local 473 affects 24 mailroom employees, said Mark A. Brown, the newspaper's general manager.
miami herald via ap
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/breaking_news/10611094.htm

1/11/05 - Woman Searches for New Kidney via Newspaper Classifieds:
NEW YORK A Wisconsin woman who needs a kidney transplant took her search for a donor to two local newspapers, where she ran a week's worth of classified ads that have already prompted hopeful results.
editor & publisher
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000749823

1/11/05 - 'Village Voice' Revamps Web Site:
NEW YORK The Village Voice has overhauled its Web site by adding original daily content and expanded entertainment, real estate, and classified listings. The new site, launched last week, features new components -- NYC Guide, Shopping, and Eats & Drinks, plus collected reviews from its arts critics and blogs by its political writers --among its revamped features.
editor & publisher
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/departments/online/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000750106

1/11/05 - Star Mag's Double Issue Nears One Million Copies:
Star magazine's recent double issue on the "50 Most Annoying People" sold close to a million copies on the newsstand despite a jacked-up cover price. Coming in March: "50 Sexiest Stars."
wwd (subscription)
http://www.wwd.com/notavailable/dotcom?target=/issue/article/95592

1/11/05 - Metro executive apologizes for joke:
Steve R. Nylund, president of the company that is selling a 49 percent stake of the free newspaper Metro Boston to The New York Times Co., apologized yesterday for making a joke with a racially disparaging reference to African-Americans at a corporate function in Italy in April 2003.
boston globe
http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2005/01/11/metro_executive_apologizes_for_joke/?rss_id=Boston+Globe+--+Business+News

1/11/05 - January's RoadStar Magazine Available Mid-month:
A special issue of RoadStar magazine goes on the stands in mid-January, promising helpful information for company drivers and owner-operators. Called Vital Issue: The Trucker’s Guide To Success, the January publication is a primer for drivers, fleet owners and anyone who has anything to do with the trucking industry.
trucking info
http://www.truckinginfo.com/news/news-detail.asp?news_id=53585

1/11/05 - New Cedar Living Magazine Hits the Shelves:
New Cedar Living Magazine is a publication dedicated to Cedar Homes. It will bring together all elements of this lifestyle, showcasing architecture, design, furnishings and the personal style of homeowners, builders and designers, whose creative expressions inspire others.
pr web
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/1/prwebxml192878.php

1/11/05 - Crime magazine launching in June:
Justice Magazine, the crime magazine that will launch in June, has appointed magazine veteran Alan Stiles publisher. Mr. Stiles, who helped launch ESPN the Magazine, was most recently publisher of Men’s Fitness, and has been a publisher of Esquire.
crain's ny
http://www.crainsny.com/news.cms?id=9650

1/11/05 - Lucky Ad Director Heads To DailyCandy:
Fashion Web site DailyCandy tapped Michelle Thorpe Holubar, former advertising director at Conde Nast's Lucky magazine, to become its first publisher, DailyCandy announced Monday.
media post
http://www.mediapost.com/dtls_dsp_news.cfm?cb=095345A&subMatter=Online&newsID=286307&newsDate=01/11/2005

1/11/05 - Guidelines For Marketing Food Fo Kids Proposed:
The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) released new Guidelines for Responsible Food Marketing to Children, which call on food manufacturers, broadcasters, restaurants, movie studios, and schools to reform the way drinks, snacks, fast-food meals, and other foods are marketed to kids.
hispanic ad
http://hispanicad.com/cgi-bin/news/newsarticle.cgi?article_id=15721

1/11/05 - Time Inc. expands presence in ethnic markets:
In an effort to expand its presence in the multicultural publishing market, Time Inc. recently purchased the 51% of Essence Communications that it did not already own. Hispanics currently account for only 2.8% of the 50 million names in Time Inc.'s database, which includes subscriber lists from Time Inc. magazines, as well as Time Warner continuity clubs. African Americans account for about the same number of names.
portada-online
http://portada-online.com/HTML/WEBSITE/PAID/2005/01100501.ASPX

1/11/05 - Hi, Why Did You Drop My Paper?:
Journalists at The Philadelphia Inquirer began the new year in proper fashion, by working the phones. But some senior editors were not calling sources. They were calling readers. On Thursday, a handful of top editors, including the executive editor, Amanda Bennett, began making personal phone calls to former subscribers, many of whom dropped the paper this year after The Inquirer ran a series of editorials favoring John F. Kerry for president.
ny times (subscription)
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/10/business/media/10inquirer.html?adxnnl=1&oref=login&adxnnlx=1105456243-iyaNxDSdW0YWU0uHL4U52A

1/11/05 - Ad Firms are Cranking Up Copy for New Airfare Wars:
Delta's radical plan to compete with low-fare upstarts is bad news for the industry's bottom line but good news for the ad business.
ny post
http://nypost.com/business/38278.htm

1/11/05 - Dow Jones Integrated Solutions names executives:
New York—Dow Jones Integrated Solutions, a group within Dow Jones & Co. that offers integrated marketing solutions to advertisers, announced Monday that it has added Matthew Ellsworth as sales development director and Andrea Beecher as sales director.
btob
http://www.btobonline.com/article.cms?articleId=22923

1/11/05 - Tribune Interactive Names Donna Stokley Managing Director of Sales:
CHICAGO, January 10, 2004 -- Tribune Interactive, a division of Tribune Company (NYSE: TRB), today announced that sales executive Donna Stokley has been named managing director/interactive sales, effective immediately. Stokley will oversee the national interactive sales team, products and strategies, including multimedia sales opportunities throughout Tribune Company. She will be the lead liaison between Tribune Interactive and Tribune Media Net, the company’s national sales organization.
tribune press release
http://www.tribune.com/pressroom/releases/2005/01102005b.html

Monday, January 10, 2005

1/10/05 - Who's Buying Print Advertising?

1/10/05 - Raptor Networks TechLaunches Print Ad Campaign:
SANTA ANA, Calif., -- Raptor Networks Technology, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: RPTN.OB), announced the launch of its inaugural print ad campaign in the 20 January 2005 issue of Network Computing magazine. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20040429/RPTNLOGO ) Tom Wittenschlaeger, Chief Executive Officer of Raptor Networks, commented, "Raptor is pleased, at long last, to launch its multi-media marketing campaign with a print ad run in Network Computing magazine. With product development and full suitability testing now completed, the Raptor Networks team is focusing its attention on raising client awareness of the breakthrough Raptor switch architecture and product line."
pr newswire
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050110/nym049_1.html

1/10/05 - Synergetic Technologies Inc., Retains TVA Productions to Develop and Launch a National and International Media Blitz Campaign:
SALT LAKE CITY, -- Synergetic Technologies Inc. is pleased to announce that it has retained the services of TVA Productions to develop and launch a national and international media campaign. The campaign will focus on building awareness for Synergetic Technologies fully developed DVR systems, Cab Watch(TM), and the company's wireless streaming products. ... Synergetic Technologies Inc., (OTC: SYGG) Retains TVA Productions to Develop and Launch a National and International Media Blitz Campaign...
pr newswire
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050110/nym102_1.html

1/10/05 - PJA 'Makes It Count' for MRO's Maximo Software:
BOSTON PJA has unveiled a new print campaign for MRO Software's Maximo line of enterprise solutions. The work introduces the tagline "Make it all count." A series of four ads targets high-level "C-Suite" managers in the oil and gas, transportation and utilities markets, as well as in the federal government. Executions open with the question "What if your assets had appreciating value instead of depreciating value?" ... Ad spending for Bedford, Mass.-based MRO was not disclosed but is likely in the mid-six-figure range. ...The media buys includes vertical trade publications.
adweek
http://www.adweek.com/aw/regional/southeast/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000748762

1/10/05 - Luckie Introduces Regions Bank in Florida:
ATLANTA Regions Bank said it plans to launch an ad campaign Sunday to promote its name in new markets following its July 2004 acquisition of Union Planters Bank. The campaign includes television, print and direct mail and was created by Luckie & Co., an independent shop in Birmingham, Ala. ... The print ads will run Sunday in six English- and Spanish-language newspapers in Miami, Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach, Fla. ...Spending on the campaign was not disclosed, but Regions spent $5 million on advertising in 2003 and $4 million through the first 10 months of 2004, according to Nielsen Monitor-Plus.
adweek
http://www.adweek.com/aw/regional/southeast/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000748762

1/10/05 - Blockbuster Spares Little for 'Late Fees':
DALLAS Blockbuster's "No more late fees" campaign that runs through the end of January is one of the largest in the video rental chain's recent history, a company representative said. ...A TV spot called "Chant," produced by Doner of Southfield, Mich., will run through the end of January on top-rated broadcast shows and sporting events, the company said. Media buys are handled by Camelot Communications of Dallas. ...Blockbuster will also run print, radio, outdoor and online ads as part of the campaign, the company said.
adweek
http://www.adweek.com/aw/regional/southwest/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000748727

1/10/05 - Daily Print Media Business News

International Print Media News:

1/10/05 - London Times Goes Tabloid, Change Unlikely Across The Pond:
Back in November, the revered Times of London converted from strictly publishing a broadsheet edition to exclusively employing a tabloid format. The Times had been testing the format in response to a similar move by its competitor, The Independent in London.
media post
http://www.mediapost.com/dtls_dsp_news.cfm?newsID=285921

1/10/05 - Financial Times appoints Michael Rzesnitzek as Managing Director, EMEA:
The Financial Times today announces the appointment of Michael Rzesnitzek as Managing Director for the UK, Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region.
pearson
http://www.pearson.com/media/press_release.cfm?itemid=475&mediaid=600

1/10/05 - Why the future is bright for UK newspaper publishers:
Growth prospects look good, despite falling circulations, says PwC. The pessimistic industry pundits who believe the future for national newspaper publishers is all doom and gloom have got it wrong, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). The management consultancy's latest report says that these negative views are "flawed" and ignore the growth prospects - in terms of both revenue and profits - for newspaper publishers.
intellagencia
http://www.intellagencia.com/news.asp?siteid=4&id=65723

1/10/05 - Metro Plus hits the streets:
2.15pm: Metro’s new weekly women’s supplement hit the streets today as part of an attempt to extend the newspaper’s brand and hike up its recruitment advertising revenue.
mediaweek uk
http://www.mediaweek.co.uk/articles/folder2005/01/metroplus-launch-jan05

1/10/05 - Nepal to launch first gay magazine:
Nepal is to launch its first gay weekly magazine, despite its leading gay rights group being threatened with closure. Blue Diamond Weekly will be available in English and Nepalese across the country and will be distributed by the Blue Diamond Society.
planet out
http://rds.yahoo.com/S=53720272/K=magazine/v=2/SID=e/l=NSR/R=19/SIG=11smomeg1/*-http%3A//www.planetout.com/news/article.html?2005/01/07/4

1/10/05 - FT revamps features output:
The Financial Times is adding three new columns to its weekly features output as it turns to its German managing director to breathe new life into commercial operations across Europe, Africa and the Middle East.
media guardian
http://media.guardian.co.uk/presspublishing/story/0,7495,1387043,00.html

1/10/05 - Star price cut raises spectre of price war:
Daily Star owner Richard Desmond has ushered in a new era of guerrilla price wars by cutting the weekday price of the paper to just 15p
media guardian
http://media.guardian.co.uk/presspublishing/story/0,7495,1384853,00.html

1/10/05 - Newspaper ceases publishing indefinitely:
New York, - The independent Azerbaijani opposition newspaper Yeni Musavat ceased publication indefinitely on December 31, 2004, because a court froze the paper's assets and bank account after ordering it to pay hefty libel damages to several government officials.
ifex
http://www.ifex.org/en/content/view/full/63646/

National Print Media News:

1/10/05 - News Corp. to Buy Rest of Fox in $6 Bln Deal:
Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. on Monday said it would to buy out the shareholders of its unit Fox Entertainment Group Inc. in an exchange offer valued at roughly $6 billion.
reuters
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=599&ncid=802&e=1&u=/nm/20050110/media_nm/media_fox_dc

1/10/05 - Moody's cuts rating on Dow Jones & Co.:
NEW YORK, - Moody's Investors Service on Friday cut the senior unsecured credit rating on Dow Jones & Co.(DJ.N) by two notches, citing concerns over increased debt to fund acquisitions.
reuters
http://yahoo.reuters.com/financeQuoteCompanyNewsArticle.jhtml?duid=mtfh01875_2005-01-07_21-22-27_wna3500_newsml

1/10/05 - New York Times mulls charging Web readers:
NEW YORK, - The New York Times Co. (NYT.N) is considering subscription fees to the online version of its flagship newspaper, which now is available for free, but it has no immediate plans to do so, the company said on Friday.
reuters
http://yahoo.reuters.com/financeQuoteCompanyNewsArticle.jhtml?duid=mtfh01094_2005-01-07_20-22-38_n07715230_newsml

1/10/05 - Actually, 'NY Times' Rules Out Charging for Site (For Now):
NEW YORK The New York Times said it has no current plans to begin charging subscription fees for access to its popular news Web site, NYTimes.com.
editor & publisher
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000749316

1/10/05 - Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Launches 'Everyday Food' Television Program:
NEW YORK, -- Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Inc. (NYSE: MSO) and PBS presenting station WETA in Washington, D.C., announced the launch of Everyday Food, a new television series that will air on PBS stations nationwide beginning this weekend (check local listings). The first season will consist of 26 weekly episodes.
pr newswire
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050107/nyf109_1.html

1/10/05 - Insider Sees Potential Stewart Snags:
Stewart is reportedly balking at any concept that portrays her in a setting with “negative tension”—a quality that’s almost a prerequisite for reality TV.
broadcasting cable
http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA493463.html?display=Breaking+News&referral=supp

1/10/05 - Advertiser Cancels Afternoon Newspaper:
The Honolulu Advertiser has decided to stop publishing its afternoon edition. The Advertiser has been putting out an evening paper for three and a half years since its circulation and advertising operations split from the Honolulu Star Bulletin.
kitv via yahoo
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ibsys/20050108/lo_kitv/2528642

1/10/05 - Magazine Spotlight: Small Biz
According to Publisher Geoffrey Dodge, Business Week spin-off Small Biz wasn't necessarily a result of planned expansion, but rather advertiser insistence.
media post
http://www.mediapost.com/dtls_dsp_news.cfm?cb=091408A&newsID=285910&newsDate=01/10/2005

1/10/05 - 'This Old House' President Thorkilsen Has A New Home At Scripps:
Industry veteran Eric Thorkilsen, best known for developing successful multimedia business models including the Martha Stewart Living and "This Old House" brands, is joining Scripps Networks as senior vice president of business development on Jan. 17, the company announced Friday.
media post
http://www.mediapost.com/dtls_dsp_news.cfm?cb=091408A&newsID=285935&newsDate=01/10/2005

1/10/05 - BPA Worldwide Announces Rule Amendments:
The BPA Worldwide Board of Directors announced several rule amendments to its business and consumer magazine compliance requirements late Friday. Among the decisions, magazines that list digital subscriptions downloads as part of their total circulation will be required to be more transparent, listing the breakout of such downloads throughout audit reports, rather than just in the explanatory paragraph.
media post
http://www.mediapost.com/dtls_dsp_news.cfm?cb=091408A&subMatter=Traditional&newsID=285930&newsDate=01/10/2005

1/10/05 - Justice Publisher Announced:
Alan Stiles has been named publisher of Justice Magazine, a criminal justice title set to debut in June, published by Doubledown Media (publisher of recently launched Trader Monthly). Stiles, who was most recently publisher of Men's Fitness, launched ESPN Magazine and served as the number two executive at Vanity Fair and GQ. Prior to those positions, he was publisher of Esquire.
media post
http://www.mediapost.com/dtls_dsp_news.cfm?cb=091408A&subMatter=Traditional&newsID=285930&newsDate=01/10/2005

1/10/05 - MediaPost's MEDIA Magazine Renamed OMMA:
MediaPost Communications today announces a name change for the online edition of MEDIA Magazine, its monthly magazine for interactive media planners, buyers, and strategists. The new name is OMMA (Online Media, Marketing and Advertising). The magazine's new name better reflects the company's mission to provide intelligence to online professionals on all kinds on issues ranging from search, behavioral marketing, and rich media to branding, media planning, and integration.
media post
http://www.mediapost.com/dtls_dsp_news.cfm?cb=091408A&subMatter=Traditional&newsID=285930&newsDate=01/10/2005

1/10/05 - The Future Of The New York Times:
Since 1896, four generations of the Ochs-Sulzberger family have guided The New York Times through wars, recessions, strikes, and innumerable family crises. In 2003, though, Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Jr., the current proprietor, faced what seemed to be a publisher's ultimate test after a loosely supervised young reporter named Jayson Blair was found to have fabricated dozens of stories.
businessweek
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/bw/20050107/bs_bw/b3916001mz001

1/10/05 - Advertiser fires back in newspaper advertising war:
The Honolulu Advertiser will begin offering a special bundled package of weekend newspapers to boost circulation and attract advertisers. The daily newspaper is firing back against MidWeek, Oahu's most widely circulated tabloid newspaper, which plans to launch a second weekly edition in March.
biz journals
http://www.bizjournals.com/pacific/stories/2005/01/10/story6.html

1/10/05 - Time magazine launches online archive:
US-based news magazine Time has launched an archive section on its website, making 81 years of news accessible to its subscribers.
netimperative
http://www.netimperative.com/2005/01/10/Time_archive2

1/10/05 - Both sides stand firm in Youngstown newspaper strike:
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio -- After 52 years as a librarian at The Vindicator newspaper, Martha Clonis was making less than $9 an hour. Now she is walking a picket line with 170 reporters, photographers, copy editors, circulation employees and delivery drivers. For Clonis, 74, Youngstown's newspaper strike could be the final act of her working life.
post - gazette
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/krpittsburgh/20050109/lo_krpittsburgh/bothsidesstandfirminyoungstownnewspaperstrike

1/10/05 - Hispanicad.com & Adnotas.com Partner With The Ad Age Group:
Advertising Age, the pre-eminent trade publication in the advertising and marketing industries has joined forces with Hispanicad.com & Adnotas.com, leaders in the Hispanic advertising and marketing industry, to form an exclusive partnership to develop and sell custom publishing sections dedicated to the Hispanic market.
hispanic ad
http://hispanicad.com/cgi-bin/news/newsarticle.cgi?article_id=15731

1/10/05 - Key Hispanic Marketing Trends In 2005:
A Q&A with Luis Garcia founder and president of Garcia 360º in San Antonio. What will be the most interesting trends in Hispanic marketing in 2005? Cross-functional business planning corporations have awakened to the opportunity that the Hispanic/Latino market represents and will go beyond a media only marketing solution to include integrated marketing, product development, customer service, internal training/readiness, corporate responsibility. The winning strategies for 2005 and beyond will address this market opportunity with an integrated 360º business strategy.
hispanic ad
http://hispanicad.com/cgi-bin/news/newsarticle.cgi?article_id=15732

1/10/05 - People en Español Ad Pages Jump:
People en Español publisher Jacqueline Hernández-Fallous announced that the seven-year-old Spanish language monthly experienced an extraordinary surge in ad page growth from August -December 2004, up 20.6% vs. 2003. Building on that success, the magazine has raised its ratebase to 450,000, effective with the February 2005 issue.
hispanic ad
http://hispanicad.com/cgi-bin/news/newsarticle.cgi?article_id=15710

1/10/05 - Investor's Business Daily™ Enters Partnership With WomensWallStreet.com:
Investor’s Business Daily (IBD™) announced a partnership with WomensWallStreet.com that begins this month as the women’s financial resource re-launches their site. They will now provide users with direct access to a number of Investor’s Business Daily’s unique and popular features:
publicitas
http://www.publicitas.com/display.asp?id=6.8&chp=6.3&foot=6.9&cpny=*&PARAM1=13293

1/10/05 - 'N.Y Times' Documents Surge in 'Uninvited' Circulation:
In an analysis of 669 papers, it finds more than 1.6 million people getting copies for free every week. It's proper under ABC rules, but without this category total circ would have dropped 2% not 0.2% In any case, some advertisers are not amused.
editor & publisher
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000749619

1/10/005 - Your Daily Paper, Courtesy of a Sponsor:
Marie Kurth does not subscribe to The Denver Post, but that did not stop the paper from being tossed haphazardly in front of her century-old red-brick home each Sunday beginning in October. "It was everywhere. It was on the walk, it was on the public walk, in the yard, and that I don't care for," said Ms. Kurth, who is 81 and lives in northwest Denver. After six weeks of unwelcome deliveries, Ms. Kurth said, she called the Denver Newspaper Agency, which manages The Post and The Rocky Mountain News, to put a stop to the papers.
ny times
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/10/business/media/10paper.html?adxnnl=1&oref=login&adxnnlx=1105370571-PfA4hQKQ4qV+ve2HFaaYGg

1/10/05 - Citigroup Unit Buys Real Estate Publications:
Citigroup Venture Capital Equity Partners announced last Friday that it had acquired Network Communications, a company near Atlanta that owns a group of real estate publications.
ny times
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/10/business/media/10mag.html

1/10/05 - Goldman Cautious on Newspaper Stocks:
NEW YORK Goldman Sachs issued a report today warning investors to take a cautious approach to newspaper stocks for this year. The investment firm rated the sector "underweight" pending "evidence of improved trends in ad revenue growth or valuations 10%-15% below current levels."
editor & publisher
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/departments/ad_circ/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000748162

1/10/05 - Glowczewska named successor at Conde Nast Traveler:
Klara Glowczewska is to be named to succeed Tom Wallace as editor in chief of Conde Nast Traveler. Glowczewska, the executive editor of Traveler, has also worked at Vanity Fair.
wwd (subscription)
http://www.wwd.com/notavailable/dotcom?target=/issue/article/95564

1/10/05 - Oil & Gas Journal Adds New Senior Sales Executive:
HOUSTON, -- Oil & Gas Journal, the flagship publication of PennWell Corporation, has announced the appointment of Marlene Breedlove to a senior sales position in its Houston office. Marlene will manage select accounts in the Houston and Gulf Coast region, as well as provide complete advertising sales coverage of the U.S. Southeast and West Coast territories for Oil & Gas Journal and other OGJ products and publications.
pr newswire
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050107/daf023_1.html

Friday, January 07, 2005

1/7/05 - Who's Buying Print Advertising?

1/7/05 - DTC/JWT Launch “I Forever Do” Campaign:
The Diamond Trading Company (DTC) in conjunction with advertising agency J. Walter Thompson (JWT) is poised to launch a new marketing initiative and advertising campaign targeting the wedding anniversary occasion in the U.S. The new campaign is geared toward rejuvenating the importance of the wedding anniversary and motivating couples to express their lasting love through a piece of diamond jewelry. ... The new advertising and marketing campaigns feature the tagline “I Forever Do” — a marriage of the “A Diamond is Forever” slogan and the “I Do” of the wedding vows. A new series of “Seize the Day” ads focusing on anniversary and targeting men will break in The Wall Street Journal and USA Today in February. A second print campaign, “Pictures,” will run in magazines targeting men and women in March.
diamonds net
http://www.diamonds.net/news/newsitem.asp?num=11129&type=all&topic=all

1/7/05 - MBNAKicks Off Brand Awareness Campaign:
WILMINGTON, Del., -- MBNA Corporation (NYSE: KRB) today announced that it will debut its first national commercial on one of the world's biggest stages: Super Bowl XXXIX. The 30-second commercial will be broadcast during the first quarter of the game and will be part of a comprehensive MBNA brand awareness campaign. ... The Super Bowl commercial kicks off the national MBNA branding campaign, which will include print, television, radio, online, outdoor and direct marketing. The commercial and the overall brand campaign is being developed by The Helm Agency, New York.
pr newswire
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050106/nyth048_1.html

1/7/05 - Dove Gets Animated For Latest Campaign:
To launch Dove Styling, Dove decided to use some recognizable women in its campaign. Animated ones, that is. Wilma Flintsone ("The Flintstones"), Jane Jetson ("The Jetsons"), Velma Dinkley ("Scooby-Doo"), and Marge Simpson ("The Simpsons") are part of an integrated campaign (TV, print, and outdoor) to hawk Dove's new hair styling products. Television spots, created by Ogilvy & Mather Chicago, launch at the end of January. Print breaks in February. The ads can be seen on high-rated shows targeting women. Print ads show each character before they use Dove Styling, and the dramatic change afterwards.
media post
http://www.mediapost.com/dtls_dsp_news.cfm?cb=094410A"Matter=Traditional`"wsID=285674`"wsDate=01/07/2005

1/7/05 - Daily Print Media News

International Print Media News:

1/7/05 - Lusso unveils online ad targeting system:
Lusso, the recently launched luxury lifestyle magazine, has unveiled a sister website with a new system to allow advertisers to target users with specific campaigns.
mediaweek uk
http://www.mediaweek.co.uk/articles/folder2005/01/lusso-onlienadsweb

1/7/05 - Star slashes cover price to 15p:
The threat of a price war in the tabloid market has resurfaced again after the Daily Star dramatically cut its cover price today from 35p to 15p.
mediaweek uk
http://www.mediaweek.co.uk/articles/folder2005/01/star-15p-pricecut

1/7/05 - Dainik Jagran looking at launching a Bengal edition:
Leading Hindi daily Dainik Jagran is looking at West Bengal with a greater interest. After successfully penetrating Jharkhand and Bihar, the Jagran group is planning to start an edition there. Currently, the group is delivering to Bengal the spillover print-run from Bihar.
exchange 4 media
http://www.exchange4media.com/e4m/news/newfullstory.asp?section_id=5&news_id=14574&tag=9309

1/7/05 - MEN mulls afternoon freesheet:
The Manchester Evening News is mulling plans for a free late afternoon edition in the mould of London's Standard Lite, in a bid to protect its dominant position in the city.
media guardian
http://media.guardian.co.uk/presspublishing/story/0,7495,1383932,00.html

1/7/05 - Romanian journalists walk out in protest:
More than 30 Romanian journalists have quit their jobs at influential daily newspaper Evenimentul Zilei, accusing its Swiss owners of meddling in editorial policy.
media guardian
http://media.guardian.co.uk/presspublishing/story/0,7495,1385349,00.html

1/7/05 - Boon to leave job as publishing director of Men's Health:
LONDON - Ralph Boon, the publishing director of Men's Health, is leaving the magazine. Boon's departure follows the completion of a joint venture deal between Rodale, the publisher of Men's Health, and The National Magazine Company. The two publishers created NatMag-Rodale to publish Men's Health and launch new titles.
media bulletin
http://www.brandrepublic.com/mediabulletin/news_story.cfm?articleID=231759&Origin=MB07012005

National Print Media News:

1/7/05 - Chicago Sun-Times Top Editor Heads to Daily News:
Chicago Sun-Times editor-in-chief Michael Cooke will head to the New York Daily News tabloid to become its top editor in February, a Daily News spokeswoman said on Thursday.
reuters
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=599&ncid=802&e=2&u=/nm/20050107/media_nm/media_hollinger_editor_dc

1/7/05 - Helmers Publishing to Launch Chief Supply Chain Officer Magazine and Website:
PETERBOROUGH, N.H., -- Helmers Publishing Inc., today announced the launch of CSCO, a new magazine and Website focused on technology, business, and career strategies vital to the success of the Chief Supply Chain Officer. "Chief Supply Chain Officers are responsible for setting and directing strategies for innovation that bridge multiple departments in a business, while providing updates to their peers at Executive Board meetings," according to Dave Andrews, Editor-in-Chief.
pr newswire
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050106/neth026_1.html

1/7/05 - Financial News USA Offers RSS and NewsML Formatted News Feeds:
CITY OF INDUSTRY, Calif.-- Financial News USA (OTC:FNWU), a next generation financial news network, announces that it is now providing a free enhanced NewsML formatted news feed for news providers, distributors, web portals and webmasters. Financial News USA has added a NewsML formatted feed to its list of feeds in RSS format to enhance the availability of its news to a larger audience.
business wire
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/050106/65368_1.html

1/7/05 - Knight Ridder Names Two Publishers:
SAN JOSE, Calif., -- Knight Ridder today named Pamela J. (P.J.) Browning as president and publisher of The Macon Telegraph and Adrian Pratt as president and publisher of the (State College, Pa.) Centre Daily Times.
pr newswire
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050106/sfth094_1.html

1/7/05 - L.A. Times Picks New Head of Online Unit:
LOS ANGELES -- Robertson Barrett has been named general manager of Los Angeles Times Interactive.
ap
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/050106/times_interactive_2.html

1/7/05 - Street Weekly shut down:
Unable to stanch the red ink, The Miami Herald Publishing Co. will close Street Weekly, its alternative weekly tabloid.
miami herald
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/national/10584514.htm

1/7/05 - Mag Rack: Not Your Father's Parenting Mag. Oh, Actually It Is:
A few years ago, Bruce Gibbs was laid off from his job at a consulting firm in Atlanta. After working on a book--a guide for students who are applying to college--the former professor began to consider a foray into publishing.
media post
http://www.mediapost.com/dtls_dsp_news.cfm?newsID=285714

1/7/05 - Randi Schatz Named VP, Publisher Of CurtCo's Worth Magazine:
Randi Schatz has been named vice president and publisher of CurtCo's Worth magazine. Schatz was most recently president and chief operating officer at Meritainment. Previously, she had served as vice president and publisher at Primedia Inc. of Cable World magazine.
media post
http://www.mediapost.com/dtls_dsp_news.cfm?cb=094410A&subMatter=Traditional&newsID=285674&newsDate=01/07/2005

1/7/05 - Hispanic Newspaper Makes Debut In Chattanooga:
The first Hispanic bilingual newspaper from Chattanooga to the Southeast Tennessee area has been launched, Carlos Nicho, founder and president, said. He said Mundo Hispano - Hispanic World newspaper, is a 5-year old publication "which has been providing with information to Hispanics and other immigrants in such areas as Knoxville, Nashville, Johnson City and Bristol has now a new satellite office in Chattanooga to better manage the Southeast Tennessee region."
chatanoogan
http://www.chattanoogan.com/articles/article_60680.asp

1/7/05 - Back to Print – Temporarily: Gregg Plans Biotech Annual:
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK – Randall Gregg, former editor of The Triangle Tech Journal who left in order to start a web-based television operation, is getting back into the print business. At least temporarily, that is. Gregg is in the process if planning and selling an annual of the biotechnology industry in North Carolina. The annual will run from 24 to 32 pages in tabloid format and he plans to print 10,000 copies, Gregg tells Local Tech Wire. “We’ve already sold enough advertising to pay for the paper,” he says. “We’ve had very good response so far.”
local tech wire
http://www.localtechwire.com/article.cfm?u=10337

1/7/05 - The Future Of The New York Times:
Publisher Arthur Sulzberger Jr. has his hands full: Weaker earnings. A changing media world. A scandal's aftermath. He also has an ambitious business plan
businessweek
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/05_03/b3916001_mz001.htm

1/7/05 - Newspaper Deals Double in the Last Stretch of '04:
NEW YORK The last two weeks of December proved to be fortuitous for those buyers hungry to snap up newspaper properties. As of Dec. 16, The Jordan, Edmiston Group counted 74 worldwide newspaper transactions totaling $2.7 billion. That number jumped considerably in the last stretch of the year. The merger and acquisition advisory firm found transactions totaled $4.1 billion with 83 deals at the close of 2004. In 2003, there were 58 deals totaling $4.1 billion.
editor & publisher
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/departments/business/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000747626

1/7/05 - Prudential's Barlow Praises Niche Pubs in Ad Outlook:
NEW YORK Prudential Securities analyst Steven Barlow predicts the real growth story for newspapers this year will "involve targeted local advertising."
editor & publisher
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/departments/ad_circ/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000747814

1/7/05 - CONDÉ Gets Conned:
THE richest man in New York City may be a little lighter in the pockets. S.I. Newhouse Jr.'s Advance Magazine group was stung by a $5.9 million embezzlement scheme. Shortly before Christmas, federal prosecutors charged credit-collection manager Josef J. Murphy who works in Advance's shared-services facility in Wilmington, Del., with interstate transfer of stolen property and froze 18 accounts in four banks.
ny post
http://nypost.com/business/kelly.htm

1/7/05 - Essence sale steams publisher:
Paul Colford's Hot Copy: A leading African-American publisher has sounded a sour note over the pending sale of Essence Communications Partners, parent of black women's magazine Essence, to Time Warner.
ny daily news
http://www.nydailynews.com/business/story/268806p-230218c.html

1/7/05 - SPIN, Relevant To Both Salesmanship & Advertising!:
Human behavior displayed during thousands of live sales calls, scientifically analyzed, what could you learn from it? Neil Rackham turned the world of high-ticket salesmanship on its ear. By observing over 35,000 actual sales calls, he scientifically isolated & identified the specific behaviors exhibited by successful salespeople. He called it SPIN selling.
sales-master world
http://www.sales-masters-world.com/article/411_0_4_0_C/

1/7/05 - ADVO, Inc.: Annual Meeting and First Quarter Fiscal 2005 Earnings Results Schedule:
WINDSOR, Conn.-- ADVO, Inc. (NYSE: AD) will be holding its Annual Meeting of Stockholders on Thursday, January 20, 2005, at the Company's corporate headquarters ... ADVO is the largest targeted home-delivered print advertising company in the United States, with annual revenues of $1.2 billion.
business wire
http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20050106005938&newsLang=en

Thursday, January 06, 2005

1/6/05 - Who's Buying Print Advertising?

1/6/05 - Eagle River Mortgage Launches New Website and Marketing Campaign for 2005:
Eagle, ID -- Eagle River Mortgage will begin 2005 with a new consumer direct media campaign, marked by television commercials on the area’s most popular channels as well as in print media.
pr web
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/1/prwebxml193564.php

1/6/05 - Mohegan Sun Tries a New Approach:
NEW YORK Mohegan Sun sets diners, shoppers and spa goers free in six television spots that break Monday and attempt to differentiate the casino resort from rivals by spotlighting its breadth of offerings. Reaching beyond blackjack tables and slot machines, the spots from MDC Partners' Kirshenbaum Bond + Partners in New York tag the Uncasville, Conn., casino as "A world at play." ... The Mohegan Sun ads will run on spot broadcast and cable television in New England and New York, and print ads will follow in March issues of regional magazines. Spending on the campaign was not disclosed, but Galinsky said about 70 percent of the resort's $25-30 million annual budget would support the branding effort, while the remaining 30 percent would be spent on retail ads and direct mail.
adweek
http://www.adweek.com/aw/regional/new_england/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000747449

1/6/05 - Olympus Goes to the Super Bowl to Launch First Picture-Taking Digital Music Player:
MELVILLE, N.Y. --Olympus m:robe - the First Digital Music Player With a Built-in Digital Camera - will be Featured in the Brand's First Super Bowl Commercials Since 1981. ... The Olympus ads are meant to be as entertaining as the Super Bowl itself. The spots are mini-music videos featuring extraordinary special effects to show that m:robe enables you to do things you never before thought possible. The advertising campaign was created by The Martin Agency, an Interpublic Group (IPG) company based in Richmond, VA. The Olympus ads are scheduled to run during the first and third quarters of the Super Bowl telecast. This is the first time that Olympus has advertised on the Super Bowl since 1981. ... The Super Bowl commercials are part of a $10 million campaign to launch Olympus m:robe. ...The Olympus m:robe will also be supported in a print advertising campaign featured in Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue and Rolling Stone.
business wire via tmc net
http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2005/Jan/1105492.htm

1/6/05 - CCP Launches Cooking Oil Campaign:
CHICAGO Taking advantage of many people's New Year's resolutions to eat healthier, Chicago Creative Partnership has launched a nearly $20 million advertising campaign for Enova cooking oil. Enova, marketed by ADM Kao, a joint venture of Archer Daniels Midland and Japan's Kao Corp., is made from soy and canola oils through a process that enables less of it to be stored in the body as fat. CCP's 30-second spot, which launched this week, intercuts shots of food preparation (such as a stir-fry) with a woman addressing the camera about the benefits of the oil. ... cable stations like The Food Network, CNN, The Learning Channel and The Weather Channel. Print advertising will break in March. ...
adweek (subscription)

1/6/05 - US Airways Breaks Hispanic Campaign:
NEW YORK US Airways' first full-fledged foray into Hispanic advertising today begins with its "Yo invito" ("My treat") campaign to promote the launch of low-fare flights between its new Fort Lauderdale, Fla., hub and U.S. and Latin American cities. The Arlington, Va.-based airline last month named SiboneyUSA, which is 49 percent owned by Interpublic Group, as its Hispanic agency of record. Prior to US Airways' Siboney relationship, Eisner Communications, the carrier's general-market shop in Baltimore, handled Hispanic advertising. ... In Latin America, advertising will be limited to print and outdoor. The entire campaign is set to run through the first and second quarter. ...
adweek (subscription)

1/6/05 - Daily Print Media News

International Print Media News:

1/6/05 - In France, children's paper bucks trend for troubled press:
PARIS - At a time of deepening crisis in the French press industry, one national newspaper is at least bucking the trend -- making money and drawing in new readers with a colourful mix of hard news and human interest.
afp
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20050105/lf_afp/afplifestylefrance_050105171343

1/6/05 - Russia: Izvestiya is published in colour:
Starting December 15, 2004, the Moscow edition of the daily newspaper Izvestiya is published in colour. Its Moscow circulation is 120'000 copies, containing 16 pages, issued daily, except Sunday.
publicitas
http://www.publicitas.com/display.asp?id=6.8&chp=6.3&foot=6.9&cpny=*&PARAM1=13280

1/6/05 - Springer Steps Up Its Eastward Push
Fakt, Poland's top tabloid daily, is published by a German company. And not just any German company: Its founder, Axel Springer, was such a rabid anticommunist that he chose to erect the company's West Berlin offices near the Berlin Wall so that he could look down, literally, on East Germany's leaders.
businessweek
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/05_02/b3915061_mz054.htm

1/6/05 - Tsunami drives up Christmas paper sales:
Insatiable reader interest in the devastating effects of the south Asian tsunami helped boost newspaper sales over Christmas and the New Year by up to 10%.
media guardian
http://media.guardian.co.uk/presspublishing/story/0,7495,1383937,00.html

1/6/05 - Mirror's Burrell reporter quits for US role:
Burrell: Dennis landed the exclusive despite intense competition from other newspapers. Steve Dennis, the Daily Mirror reporter who scooped Fleet Street with the royal secrets of Paul Burrell, has quit the newspaper for a new life in Los Angeles.
media guardian
http://media.guardian.co.uk/presspublishing/story/0,7495,1383914,00.html

1/6/05 - MEN mulls afternoon freesheet:
The Manchester Evening News is considering plans for a free late afternoon edition in the mould of London's Standard Lite.
media guardian
http://media.guardian.co.uk/presspublishing/story/0,7495,1383932,00.html

1/6/05 - UK ad spend to grow 4.2% - with online's help:
The Advertising Association has revealed the industry is expected to grow by 4.2% over the next 12 months – although almost half will come from the soaring online sector.
mediaweek uk
http://mediaweek.co.uk/articles/folder2005/01/aa-onlineadspend-forecast05

1/6/05 - Carat cuts advertisement growth forecasts:
Concern about the US economy has prompted one of the world's leading media companies to scale back its forecast for US and global advertising growth during 2005.
ft
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/2bf97afc-5f01-11d9-8cca-00000e2511c8.html

1/6/05 - Herald in £1m promo campaign:
The Herald, Scotland’s daily broadsheet, has launched £1 million advertising blitz as it attempts to halt a decline in sales.
mediaweek uk
http://mediaweek.co.uk/articles/folder2005/01/herald-1m-promo05

National Print Media News:

1/6/05 - TV Guide Publisher to Launch New Weekly TV Magazine:
NEW YORK Gemstar-TV Guide International, whose TV Guide magazine has struggled with a long-term circulation slide, said on Wednesday it was launching a new weekly magazine focused on television news.
reuters
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=599&ncid=802&e=4&u=/nm/20050105/media_nm/media_gemstar_magazine_dc

1/6/05 - The New York Times Company to Webcast Fourth-Quarter 2004 Earnings Conference Call:
NEW YORK--The New York Times Company announced today that its fourth-quarter earnings conference call with financial analysts will be held on Tuesday, January 25, at 11 a.m. E.T. It will be accessible live via Internet webcast and by dial-in conference capabilities. The Company's earnings announcement will be released before the market opens that morning and will available on the Company's Web site at www.nytco.com.
business wire
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/050105/55852_1.html

1/6/05 - Randall Publishing Launches Truckers News en Espanol:
TUSCALOOSA, Ala., -- Truckers News en Espanol - the industry's only publication exclusively targeting Hispanic truck drivers - debuts at premier truck stops nationwide this month. The Spanish language publication, which has a circulation of 50,000, provides U.S.-based truck drivers who prefer to read in Spanish with the information all truckers need to excel as professional drivers. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 15 percent of the nation's 3.2 million truck drivers are Hispanic.
pr newswire
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050106/phth008_1.html

1/6/05 - Scripps to Report Fourth Quarter Results; Web Cast of Conference Call Available:
CINCINNATI, -- The E. W. Scripps Company (NYSE: SSP) will report fourth quarter 2004 operating results before trading on the New York Stock Exchange begins Tuesday, Jan. 25. A telephone conference call with members of the company's senior management team will follow at 10 a.m. EST.
pr newswire
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050105/clw081_1.html

1/6/05 - AdStar Raises Approximately $595,000 From the Exercise of Warrants:
MARINA DEL REY, Calif., -- AdStar, Inc. (Nasdaq: ADST , ADSTW ) today announced that it has raised $594,872 from the exercise of 699,850 warrants at $0.85 per warrant. The warrants had been issued to Paulson Investment Company, or certain of its officers and employees, primarily as compensation for their services in prior securities offerings and originally had exercise prices ranging from $0.75 to $1.87 and expiration dates ranging from September 25, 2005 to March 31, 2009.
pr newswire
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050106/lath030_1.html

1/6/05 - Global Traveler Adds Two Key Positions:
Global Traveler announces the appointment of Richard T. Evans to the post of vice president and Geoffrey Kull to the post of regional manager for the West Coast. The appointments mark the next step in the magazine’s expansion.
pr web
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/1/prwebxml194335.php

1/6/05 - Hearst to move 60 local staffers to N.Y.:
Hearst Magazines is relocating about 60 of its Charlotte-based consumer marketing employees to the company's New York headquarters by April.
biz journals
http://www.bizjournals.com/charlotte/stories/2005/01/03/daily26.html

1/6/05 - No Martha? It could be a good thing:
Continuing the process of expunging its founder from its products, Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia's new television show, "Everyday Food," debuting Monday, features five on-screen personalities, none of whom is the incarcerated lifestyle doyenne.
newsday
http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/news/ny-etmid4105345jan06,0,4988909.story

1/6/05 - Conde Nast editorial director Truman to leave:
James Truman is leaving Conde Nast Publications after 11 years as the sometimes controversial editorial director overseeing magazines including Vanity Fair, The New Yorker, Vogue and Lucky.
ny newsday
http://www.nynewsday.com/business/ny-bznast064105304jan06,0,6627062.story?coll=nyc-homepage-breaking2

1/6/05 - Herald publisher to fight Times daily deal:
The publisher of the Boston Herald said he will try to block an agreement by the New York Times Co., owner of The Boston Globe, to buy a 49 percent stake in the free daily Metro Boston, saying the deal violates competitive standards. ny newsday
http://www.nynewsday.com/business/ny-bc-ny--newyorktimespurch0105jan05,0,5358151.story?coll=nyc-business-headlines

1/6/05 - People en Espanol Ups Rate Base to 450,000:
People en Espanol raised its circulation rate base from 425,000 to 450,000 with its February issue, cementing its status as the No. 1 Hispanic magazine in the United States.
dm news
http://dmnews.com/cgi-bin/artprevbot.cgi?article_id=31437

1/6/05 - NY Times Syndicates Meredith Content:
Meredith Corp., the publisher of magazines such as Ladies' Home Journal, Midwest Living and Better Homes and Gardens, signed a syndication agreement with The New York Times Syndicate.
dm news
http://dmnews.com/cgi-bin/artprevbot.cgi?article_id=31433

1/6/05 - New York Times Co. Buys Stake in Free Newspaper Metro Boston:
The New York Times Co. formed a joint venture with free daily newspaper publisher Metro USA to acquire a 49 percent stake in Metro Boston, a move that neutralizes a competitor in a key New England market.
dm news
http://www.dmnews.com/cgi-bin/artprevbot.cgi?article_id=31431

1/6/05 - Texas Daily Cuts Frequency:
NEW YORK The Dalhart Daily Texan is no longer a daily. The newspaper dropped its middle name on Tuesday, signaling its decision to publish three days a week.
editor & publisher
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/departments/business/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000746039

1/6/05 - Wal-Mart Gets Results from Newspaper Ad Buy:
NEW YORK Wal-Mart's belated strategy of advertising in newspapers to boost sales appears to have worked. In rare interviews granted to The New York Times, Wal-Mart executives said they saw immediate results when placing ads in newspapers after a bleak Black Friday.
editor & publisher
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/departments/ad_circ/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000746093

1/6/05 - Analysts look into their crystal balls for 2005:
Harry Potter's magic wand will be no match for Darth Vader's light saber this year. Tinker Bell will sprinkle fairy dust on Disney President Bob Iger. And Rupert Murdoch will add Starz Encore to the News Corp. portfolio of assets.
usa today
http://www.usatoday.com/money/media/2005-01-06-media-prognostication-contest_x.htm

1/6/05 - ABC, ESPN Reject Three Anheuser-Busch Ads:
NEW YORK - Television network ABC and its sister cable network ESPN have rejected three Anheuser-Busch Cos. Inc. commercials that spoof two advertising campaigns of rival Miller Brewing, a source familiar with the situation said on Wednesday. The rejection comes shortly after the four major U.S. broadcast networks pulled some Miller Lite commercials when Anheuser-Busch filed a 26-page complaint about the spots, which poked fun at the company's Bud Light brand.
reuters
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=televisionNews&storyID=7246562

1/6/05 - MediaTec Publishing Launches Workforce Performance Solutions; Magazine to Focus on Workforce Competency and Full Employee Engagement:
CHICAGO-- MediaTec Publishing, Inc. today announced plans to launch Workforce Performance Solutions, a new magazine aimed at senior-level management, human resources and workforce development executives who align workforce competence with business objectives.
business wire

Wednesday, January 05, 2005

1/5/05 - Who's Buying Print Advertising?

1/5/05 - Sugar Association To Counter-Attack 'Sugar Bashing':
NEW YORK -- The Sugar Association, a group comprised of many of the leading companies in the $8 billion dollar U.S. sugar industry, will launch a multimillion-dollar marketing effort in the first quarter of 2005 to help "reverse the impact of sugar bashing brought on by the low-carb craze" and manufacturers of artificial sweeteners. The effort, via new AOR Marriner Marketing Communications, Columbia, Md., will include TV, radio and print as part of a "consumer education campaign that will focus on the natural benefits of sugar."
brandweek
http://www.brandweek.com/brandweek/headlines/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000745416

1/5/05 - Real Estate Leaders Launch Readiness Campaign:
Working with the US Department of Homeland Security in its Ready Business campaign the Real Estate Information Sharing and Analysis Center has become the leading force behind a new awareness campaign designed to prompt owners and managers to take the time now to confront issues of homeland security, emergency preparedness and response planning. "The real estate sector is committed to being part of the solution to the nation's homeland security challenges," says Jeffrey D. DeBoer, chairman of the Real Estate ISAC and president and CEO of the Real Estate Roundtable. "This is a coordinated campaign to remind industry participants of their responsibility." ... The driving force of the campaign effort is a print advertising program labeled "Fighting Terrorism," which will be seen over the next six months in Real Estate Media publications, as well as in publications of ISAC affiliates.
globe st
http://www.globest.com/news/192_192/washington/130033-1.html

1/5/05 - Daily Print Media Business News

International Print Media News:

1/5/05 - Publisher fined Rs 16 lakh for using 'Time' name:
In a major judgement relating to intellectual property rights, the Delhi high court has asked an Indian publisher to pay up Rs 16 lakh (Rs 1.6 million) as damages for illegally using the brand name 'Time', which is owned by publisher of widely acclaimed international magazine Time.
rediff
http://www.rediff.com/money/2005/jan/05time.htm

1/5/05 - Free publications find ready audience:
What do a kimono dressing school, cooking school and singing school have in common? They are all places that 26-year-old Rei Nakagawa says she would never have gone to had she not read about them in Hot Pepper. Hot Pepper is a free monthly magazine published by information services firm Recruit Co., and Nakagawa is a big fan.
japan times
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nb20050105a2.htm

1/5/05 - Brazil Media Group to Reorganize With Eye on Stock Sale:
SÃO PAULO, Brazil, Jan. 4 - Grupo Folha, the publisher of Brazil's leading newspaper and the owner of Latin America's largest Internet provider, said Tuesday that it would combine its businesses into one holding company to pay off debt and pave the way for an eventual initial public stock offering.
ny times
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/05/business/media/05paper.html?ei=5006&en=5bb412d62ce7e7b4&ex=1105592400&adxnnl=1&partner=ALTAVISTA1&adxnnlx=1104934823-izp77mfI5O4RBS1hajyXcw

1/5/05 - Print media outpaces TV in advertising: Adex study:
FOR the first time in years, the growth rate of the print medium's ad pie has surpassed that of television. This is despite the FMCG sector slashing print budgets by over 13 per cent to Rs 275 crore this year while increasing its TV spends marginally.
business line
http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2005/01/05/stories/2005010502010400.htm

1/5/05 - DHL clinches two advertising campaign awards:
EXPRESS and logistics company DHL has clinched two awards for its No one knows Asia Pacific like we do advertising campaign. Phase 1 of the campaign won the International Print Campaign of the Year at the sixth annual Singapore advertising hall of fame awards 2004 on Nov 24.
the star
http://biz.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2005/1/5/business/9730131&sec=business

1/5/05 - Aegis Cuts Advertising Forecasts:
Media buyer Aegis today trimmed expectations for spending in the advertising industry but said the outlook for the sector remained healthy.
scotsman
http://business.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=3962151

National Print Media News:

1/5/05 - Time Inc. to Buy Rest of Essence:
NEW YORK - Time Warner Inc.'s publishing arm said on Tuesday it would buy the remaining stake in African American-focused magazine publisher Essence Communications Partners that it does not already own.
reuters
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=599&ncid=802&e=13&u=/nm/20050104/media_nm/media_timewarner_essence_dc

1/5/05 - Orb Networks and Audible Join Forces to Deliver Spontaneous Mobile Access to Audiobooks, Audio Magazines & Newspapers, and Radio Programs:
LAS VEGAS-- Orb Networks, Inc., a leading developer of streaming media software and services, and Audible, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADBL), the leading provider of digitally delivered spoken word audio, today announced they have joined forces to bring even more flexibility to listeners of audible.com's Internet audio service. Using Orb's solution, Audible customers can spontaneously access their home PCs from virtually any device that can connect to the Internet, such as a cell phone, PDA, or notebook, allowing them to listen to their downloaded Audible content at any time, from anywhere in the world.
business wire
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/050105/55046_1.html

1/5/05 - The Winds of Change Are Felt at Publishers Weekly:
Executives at Publishers Weekly, the 131-year-old trade journal, say that the appointment of a new editor on Monday had been in the works for weeks. But as of yesterday the magazine was still e-mailing new subscribers a letter signed by Nora Rawlinson, whose removal as editor in chief of the magazine after 12 years came as a surprise to many in the publishing world.
ny times
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/05/books/05zine.html

1/5/05 - Time Warner Unit to Buy Publisher of Two Magazines:
Time Inc. announced yesterday that it had agreed to buy the 51 percent of Essence Communications Partners, the publisher of the magazines Essence and Suede, that it did not already own. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
ny times
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/05/business/media/05mag.html

1/5/05 - Dalhart newspaper no longer published daily:
DALHART, Texas - The Dalhart Daily Texan is dropping its middle name now that it's publishing only three days a week.
star telegram
http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/business/10564660.htm

1/5/05 - Newspaper 2.0: The Blog Revolution
Traditional news sites need to be there or be square. Some are starting their own blogs, others are (for now) just making their own sites more blogger-friendly. What's coming in 2005 and beyond?
editor & publisher
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/columns/newspaper_2point0_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000745992

1/5/05 - More Big Retailers Expand Hispanic Marketing Strategiews:
Ikea, Home Depot, JCPenney Change to Court Lucrative Market
NEW YORK -- In what appears to be a major expansion of their marketing programs as well as their attitudes, many big U.S. retailers are spending more to target Hispanics and doing serious research to identify and develop Hispanic-designated stores
ad age
http://www.adage.com/news.cms?newsId=42225

1/5/05 - Study: Magazines Risk Losing Core CPG Advertisers to Web:
Traditional offline media could be in danger of losing a substantial portion of their consumer packaged goods (CPG) advertising base, according to a new study by JupiterResearch.
click z
http://www.clickz.com/news/article.php/3453801

1/5/05 - Playboy, Ipod Team Up:
Playboy is proving again the axiom that sex helps sell new technology. The adult-entertainment giant is offering digital downloads of its sexy models in varying forms of undress to be viewed on Apple Computer's newest gadget — the iPod Photo hand-held viewer.
ny post
http://nypost.com/business/37648.htm

1/5/05 - 'Globe,' 'Herald' Spar Over 'Metro' Deal:
BOSTON Boston Herald publisher Patrick Purcell wrote the second-day lead to yesterday's news that The New York Times Co. has agreed to but a 49 percent stake in Boston's free daily Metro newspaper from its publisher, Metro International, which is based in Sweden. In a statement, Purcell blasted the deal as "anticompetitive" and said he intends to "contest this on grounds that the largest newspaper in Eastern Massachusetts is making an in-market acquisition that does not meet Justice Department standards."
adweek
http://www.adweek.com/aw/regional/new_england/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000745362

1/5/05 - 'Mr. Magazine' Picks The Best of 2004:
Samir Husni, a dapper Lebanese-born journalism professor, is known as "Mr. Magazine" because he tracks every new magazine published in America. Mr. Husni, who teaches at the University of Mississippi, is an old friend, and we talked the other day about the avalanche of new magazines that were published in 2004. On average, almost 75 magazines were launched each and every month. In October alone there were 132 new titles.
ny sun
http://www.nysun.com/article/7210

1/5/05 - The Rise of a New News Network:
The 1990s proved to be the decade when cable news networks replaced network television as the primary source of breaking news for many Americans, just as the 1960s saw newspapers supplanted. In the new millennium, a broadband-enabled, always-on Internet threatens to usurp those cable news networks
business 2.0
http://www.business2.com/b2/web/articles/0,17863,1013980,00.html

1/5/05 - Number and value of media M&A deals rose in 2004:
New York—Both the number and value of merger and acquisition deals in the media and information industries were up significantly in 2004, according to reports released Monday by two M&A firms.
btob
http://www.btobonline.com/article.cms?articleId=22889

1/5/05 - Burst! Media begins selling advertising on blogs:
Burlington, Mass.—Burst! Media, which provides Internet advertising services, has begun selling advertising on more than 20 blogs in its network of 2,000-plus Web sites.
btob
http://www.btobonline.com/article.cms?articleId=22885

1/5/05 - Reader's Digest stock rises as debt declines:
Shares of the Reader's Digest Association Inc. surged more than 13% on Tuesday, one day after the publishing company said it paid down $200 million of its outstanding debt.
crain's ny
http://newyorkbusiness.com/news.cms?newsId=9617

1/5/05 - TV Guide Publishing Group Names Steve LeGrice Editor of New Publication: Inside TV--TM:
Veteran Celebrity Magazine Editor to Helm First-of-its-Kind Weekly Publication Focused on Television Stars and Style; Debut Issue To Hit Newsstands Spring 2005. TV Guide Publishing Group, a division of Gemstar-TV Guide International (Nasdaq: GMST) and publisher of TV Guide magazine, the country's largest selling weekly magazine, announced today that Steve LeGrice has been named editor in chief of Inside TV(TM), a new weekly publication. The debut issue is scheduled to hit newsstands in late spring 2005.
business wire
http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20050105005163&newsLang=en

1/5/05 - The New York Times Company and Metro USA Enter into Venture in Boston:
NEW YORK-- The New York Times Company, owner of The Boston Globe, and Metro USA announced today a joint venture in which the Times Company will own 49 percent of Metro Boston, Metro USA's free daily newspaper targeting well-educated young professionals.
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=109&STORY=/www/story/01-05-2005/0002770116&EDATE=

Tuesday, January 04, 2005

1/4/05 - Who's Buying Print Advertising?

1/4/05 - GNC Launches Campaign to Help Consumers Achieve Health and Wellness Goals:
PITTSBURGH, -- General Nutrition Centers, Inc. (GNC), the nation's largest specialty retailer of nutritional supplements, today launched a multimillion dollar integrated marketing campaign focused on helping Americans achieve their health and wellness goals. A series of national television commercials began airing today and GNC is implementing additional marketing activities and aggressive promotional pricing for healthy lifestyle, weight management and sports nutrition products during early 2005.
pr newswire
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050103/clm052_1.html

1/4/05 - Q Television Network Rolls Out Million Dollar Advertising Campaign:
PALM SPRINGS, Calif.-- Q Television Network, (Pink Sheets:QBID) announced today that it will commence a million dollar advertising program on the 6th of January. The campaign will focus on national publications such as The USA Today, as well as many gay and lesbian publications across the U.S.
business wire
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/050103/35399_1.html

1/4/05 - Office Depot Campaign Takes Care of Business:
Office Depot gets down to business in the new year with an advertising campaign and NASCAR sponsorship focused on business customers, the Delray Beach, FL, company said yesterday. Business customers account for more than 80 percent of Office Depot's sales globally across all channels. Its new campaign is built around the tagline "Taking Care of Business." ... Also announced yesterday was Office Depot's multi-year agreement with NASCAR to become the sport's first official office products partner beginning with the 2005 race season. The sponsorship, launching next month, will be incorporated into the Taking Care of Business campaign.
dm news
http://dmnews.com/cgi-bin/artprevbot.cgi?article_id=31416

1/4/05 - VW To Offer Free Insurance Incentive:
NU Online News Service, Jan. 3, 2:45 p.m. EST—A Long Island insurance think-tank has licensed Volkswagen of America Inc. to offer the industry's first no-charge insurance policy to customers who purchase or lease selected models during a three-month test in Illinois and Wisconsin. Unlike traditional rebates or low-interest incentives offered by other automakers, the insurance process has patents pending, ensuring that it will remain exclusive to Volkswagen of America during the pilot. ... Volkswagen of America spokesperson Tony Fouladpour said local radio and print advertising will promote the program, which could go national depending on the response.
national underwriter
http://www.nationalunderwriter.com/pandc/hotnews/viewPC.asp?article=1_3_05_14_15697.xml&src=5

1/4/05 - Arby's to Test First All Natural Chicken Product:
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.-- Arby's(R), LLC, the quick service restaurant chain known for its unique, one-of-a-kind products, announced today it will test an entire line of all natural chicken sandwiches, wraps, tenders and salad products in four markets starting in January. Arby's new All Chicken Chicken(TM) products are made with 100 percent all natural chicken that is not altered or injected with added water, salt or phosphates creating better tasting chicken. ... Arby's will support the product launch test with local television, radio and print advertising as well as outdoor banners, in-store signage and point of purchase displays in its restaurants.
businesswire
http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view`"wsId=20050103005504`"wsLang=en

1/4/05 - Daily Print Media Business News

International Print Media News:

1/4/05 - Springer Steps Up Its Eastward Push:
Fakt, Poland's top tabloid daily, is published by a German company. And not just any German company: Its founder, Axel Springer, was such a rabid anticommunist that he chose to erect the company's West Berlin offices near the Berlin Wall so that he could look down, literally, on East Germany's leaders.
business week
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/bw/20050104/bs_bw/b3915061mz054

1/4/05 - Through war and now tsunami, newspaper comes out:
The tsunami ripped through the offices of Aceh's only newspaper with awesome force, picking up its two huge printing presses like toys and hurling them into the carpark. The human toll is terrible: 100 staff are feared dead.But just six days later, Serambi Indonesia - which has survived threats from both the Government and separatist rebels for its hard-hitting coverage of this war-torn corner of Indonesia - is back in circulation.
smh
http://www.smh.com.au/news/Asia-Tsunami/Through-war-and-now-tsunami-newspaper-comes-out/2005/01/03/1104601294832.html

1/4/05 - Media stocks end lower after newspaper downgrade:
NEW YORK (AFX) -- Media stocks took a hit Monday, finishing in the red after Credit Suisse First Boston cut its recommendation on the newspaper sector to 'market weight.'
afx
http://uk.biz.yahoo.com/050103/323/f9l4v.html

1/4/05 - Schibsted ups stakes in Nordic media battle:
Schibsted on Monday bought an option for an additional 5.9 per cent of TV4, as Norway's biggest media group stepped up its fight to wrest control of Sweden's largest commercial channel from Bonnier, the family-owned Swedish publishing group.
ft
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/27ce7150-5d97-11d9-ac01-00000e2511c8.html

1/4/05 - IPC launches Pick Me Up:
IPC has revealed its next big launch will be in the women's weeklies "real life" market and will feature the magazine industry's biggest ever sampling exercise.
mediaweek uk
http://mediaweek.co.uk/articles/folder2005/01/ipc-pickmeup

1/4/05 - FT waters down Creative Business:
The Financial Times has overhauled its weekly Creative Business supplement, moving its editorial content into a weekly slot within the newspaper and only publishing as a standalone once a month.
mediaweek uk
http://mediaweek.co.uk/articles/2004/12/FT-creativebusiness-changes

1/4/05 - Standard and guidebook in giveaway deal:
The Pocket London Guide will be given away with copies of the London Evening Standard in February 2005 to mark the mini-guide’s support for the London 2012 Olympic bid.
mediaweek uk
http://mediaweek.co.uk/articles/2004/12/lonpocketguide-standardfeb

1/4/05 - Highbury House admits performance anxiety:
Magazine giant Highbury House Communications has said monthly titles have been hit by a downturn in sales and advertising revenue during the last three months in what they admit has been a "difficult" year.
mediaweek uk
http://mediaweek.co.uk/articles/2004/12/highburyhouse-2004Q4-downbeat

1/4/05 - Yeni Musavat Suspended Publishing:
Azerbaijan’s one of the leading opposition newspapers Yeni Musavat has again suspended its publishing for uncertain term.
baku today
http://www.bakutoday.net/view.php?d=11852

National Print Media News:

1/4/05 - New York Times pays $16.5 mln for free Boston paper:
NEW YORK, - The New York Times Co. (NYT.N) on Tuesday said it has agreed to pay $16.5 million for a 49 percent stake in Metro Boston, a free daily newspaper.
reuters
http://yahoo.reuters.com/financeQuoteCompanyNewsArticle.jhtml?duid=mtfh30941_2005-01-04_07-45-00_n04386374_newsml

1/4/05 - Gemstar-TV Guide Settles Shareholder and Derivative Actions:
LOS ANGELES -- Gemstar-TV Guide International, Inc. (Nasdaq:GMST) announced today that it has reached agreements to settle the following legal actions involving the Company: (i) the case captioned State of New Jersey, Department of the Treasury, Division of Investment v. Gemstar-TV Guide International Inc., et al.;
business wire
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/050103/35416_1.html

1/4/05 - Gemstar-TV Guide and LSI Logic Ink Multi-Year Deal to Create Reference Design Platforms for TV Guide on Screen:
LOS ANGELES and MILPITAS, Calif., -- Gemstar-TV Guide International, Inc. (Nasdaq: GMST), the leading provider of television information and guidance, and LSI Logic Corporation (NYSE: LSI), a leader in multimedia processing for the Digital Home, have signed a multi-year agreement under which they will develop a reference design platform for TV Guide On Screen, Gemstar-TV Guide's interactive program guide (IPG) for consumer electronics that is built directly into CE products.
pr newswire
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050104/sftu001a_1.html

1/4/05 - Reader's Digest Association Pays Down $200 Million in Debt:
PLEASANTVILLE, N.Y., -- The Reader's Digest Association, Inc. (NYSE: RDA) today announced it paid down approximately $200 million in debt in the Fiscal 2005 second quarter ended December 31, 2004. The company reduced its debt using its second-quarter cash flows from operations and proceeds (net of transaction costs) from $49 million received in December related to its agreement to sell and partially lease back its corporate headquarters in Westchester.
pr newswire
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050103/nym110_1.html

1/4/05 - Herald-Sun fires executives, others:
Paxton Media Group, the new owner, made dismissals 'the first order of business.' The new owner of The Herald-Sun in Durham took control of the 50,000-circulation newspaper Monday morning and promptly dismissed the publisher and the top editor -- and began letting go scores of other employees.
new observer
http://newsobserver.com/business/story/1983511p-8364366c.html

1/4/05 - Newspapers Baffled by Declines:
I'd been doing some research on media trends, especially the effect of online activity and how it impinges on old media, when I ran across this Wired article called "Newspapers Should Really Worry," that I suppose the bloggers have picked up on in droves. Online mavens, of course, credit themselves for the decline of newspapers. I don't see the decline that way. The key point I noticed in the story is this paragraph:
ziff davis media
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/zd/20050103/tc_zd/141875

1/4/05 - Lots of newspapers lose lawsuits:
MINNEAPOLIS - Lots of newspapers lose lawsuits. But the $625,000 jury verdict against a small suburban newspaper has gotten the attention of media-watchers.
duluth news tribune
http://www.duluthsuperior.com/mld/duluthsuperior/10559235.htm

1/4/05 - Forecast 2005: For Newspapers, Competition Too Big to Ignore:
Having offered an interpretation of the extent of newspaper circulation damage in 2004 and a report on the companies' December Media Week presentations to the investment community, it's time to stick my neck out with a forecast of my own for 2005. Borrowing a famous laugh line from the 1967 movie, "The Graduate," I want to say one word to you -- just one word (well, three, actually): Google and Yahoo.
poynter
http://www.poynter.org/content/content_view.asp?id=76364

1/4/05 - Billionaire might head into KC with new newspaper:
Is Denver billionaire Philip Anschutz, owner of The Examiner newspaper in San Francisco and an investor in Kansas City's planned downtown arena, preparing to start a competing paper here?
kansas city
http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/business/10558467.htm

1/4/05 - Free Press joins Post Independent family:
The Free Press in Grand Junction has joined the newspaper group that owns the Glenwood Springs Post Independent. The Free Press became a partner with Colorado Mountain News Media Monday.
post independent
http://www.glenwoodindependent.com/article/20050104/VALLEYNEWS/101040005

1/4/05 - Secrets to Writing Better Ads: 5 easy ways to capture the attention of your prospects:
The risk of print ads is that you are subject to the reader's ability to read. Will the reader of your ads hear the words in his mind as you intended them to be heard? Keep in mind that fully half of our population reads at a below-average level.
entrepreneur
http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/0,4621,319162,00.html

1/4/05 - Impacto USA launches new website with strong audiovisual elements:
Impacto USA (Media News Group, circ. 250,000, weekly) will officially launch its new website in mid-January. The website will complement the Spanish-language, mostly home-delivered (Greater Los Angeles) weekly and incorporate video and audio-streaming streaming. Lea TV, a subsidiary of Media News Group, will produce the audiovisual content. In addition, Impacto USA is about to sign an agreement with the Associated Press to use the press agency's audiovisual content on its website.
portada-online
http://portada-online.com/HTML/WEBSITE/PAID/2005/0104051.ASPX

1/4/05 - 2005 Ad Outlook: Paging Bill Murray:
NEW YORK December's Media Week presentations in New York brought to mind a movie about another annual ritual, 'Groundhog Day,' starring Bill Murray as a weatherman forced to relive the same day over and over again. As noted industry analyst John Morton says, sticking his own neck out for a look at the future: "Absent any kind of cataclysmic event, it's going to be the same old same old. 2005 is going to be a year like 2004."
editor & publisher
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000744666

1/4/05 - New Life for an Old Iowa Paper:
NEW YORK Peterson is the oldest town in Clay County, Iowa, and its weekly Peterson Patriot (paid circulation 550), has been published for more than 120 years. So many mourned when Jane and Roger Stoner said they would be discontinuing publication if they did not find a buyer. Fortunately, Richard Radtke took the couple seriously.
editor & publisher
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/departments/business/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000744494

1/4/05 - New Execs at 'Journal News':
NEW YORK The Journal News in White Plains, N.Y., promoted Tom Donovan to executive vice president. Anthony Simmons was named vice president of circulation of the Gannett-owned paper.
editor & publisher
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/departments/ad_circ/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000744714

1/4/05 - ATS Ad and News Systems in Production:
Advanced Technical Solutions Inc. of Acton, Mass., announced that since its 2003 introduction, the AdsOnLine ad-submission system is used at five sites and is being installed or taken live by five more customers, including one group of dailies in several states.
editor & publisher
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/departments/technology/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000744684

1/4/05 - Fairchild Milks Shopping Genre, Dips Into Parenting Market With Cookie:
Cookie magazine, a launch soon to come from Fairchild Publications, looks to be a cross between Lucky and Child, aimed at an upscale audience.
media post
http://mediapost.com/dtls_dsp_news.cfm?newsID=284829

1/4/05 - VNU Elevates Holt To Editorial Chief:
Sid Holt, executive vice president and editor-in-chief of VNU's Adweek Magazines unit, has been named editorial director of VNU Business Media, the operating unit that encompasses 52 trade publications, including Adweek, Billboard and The Hollywood Reporter, as well as their Web sites and electronic newsletters.
media post
http://mediapost.com/dtls_dsp_news.cfm?SubMatter=Traditional&newsID=284837

1/4/05 - Top Daily News Vets Stud Buyout List:
Confusion reigned inside the Daily News newsroom as the clock ticked down on the deadline to apply for voluntary buyouts from Mort Zuckerman's beleaguered tabloid.
ny post
http://nypost.com/business/37738.htm

1/4/05 - Fight Over Eminem Lyrics Ready for Trial:
The nasty legal war between Eminem and owners of The Source magazine over the white rapper's racist lyrics will go to trial, a federal judge ruled yesterday.
ny post
http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/37793.htm

1/4/05 - New Chief Editor at Publishers Weekly:
Publishers Weekly, the chronicle of the book business, yesterday named Sara Nelson, books editor for The New York Post, its editor in chief. She succeeds Nora Rawlinson, who served as editor for more than a decade. William McGorry, the magazine's publisher and an executive vice president of Reed Business Information, the magazine's parent, said that the change was part of an effort to make the weekly "a more compelling read."
ny times
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/04/business/media/04editor.html?adxnnl=1&oref=login&adxnnlx=1104851925-YzSDbzf6/MxnT7+WqTYf0Q

1/4/05 - American Upstart Tests His Manners in a Bawdy Britain:
LONDON - Greg Gutfeld is an American in London, a far cry from a proper British lad, the sort of bloke who snacks on the British version of Maxim along with his fish and chips. But he has been working hard to go native after being named editor last May of that bawdy, beery and relentlessly British men's magazine.
ny times
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/04/arts/design/04maxi.html

1/4/05 - Party time in college mags:
Paul Colford's Hot Copy: College is the place to be, and the place to party, as two new magazines hope to show. CO-ED, a quarterly with a high testosterone level, targets men on campus with its debut issue now hitting college bookstores, Barnes & Noble, newsstands and other outlets.
ny daily news
http://www.nydailynews.com/business/story/267750p-229348c.html

1/4/05 - Report: Craigslist costing newspapers millions:
Free community Web site Craigslist has cost San Francisco Bay Area newspapers up to $65 million in employment advertising revenue, according to a report released Monday.
cnet
http://news.com.com/Report+Craigslist+costing+newspapers+millions/2100-1024_3-5505076.html

1/4/05 - FCC media rules remain in limbo:
Media companies seeking to make acquisitions must wait longer to learn if they have a shot of restoring a Federal Communications Commission policy allowing more consolidation in the broadcasting industry.
the deal
http://www.thedeal.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=TheDeal/TDDArticle/TDStandardArticle&bn=newsby%2FMEDIAPUBLISHING.gif&c=TDDArticle&cid=1104786801046

1/4/05 - Local Chain Rolling Out D.C. Tabloid:
Journal Newspapers Inc., the Alexandria-based chain of free suburban tabloids, plans to begin distributing a free daily newspaper in the District on Feb. 1, according to one of its major advertisers and a source close to the company.
washington post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45656-2005Jan3.html

1/4/05 - Guitar World, 25 Years Of Resonant Distortion:
Guitar World magazine turns 25 this year, and it's celebrating with an anniversary issue that is the literary equivalent of a screaming, shrieking guitar solo with the amp turned to 11 and enough feedback to make your ears bleed and the fillings fall out of your teeth.
washington post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A46034-2005Jan3.html

1/4/05 - N.Y. Daily News seeks Sun-Times' Cooke to be top editor:
The New York Daily News, which has been without a top editor since October 2003, has set its sights on Chicago Sun-Times editor-in-chief Michael Cooke to take over the New York tabloid.
chicago tribune
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-0501040320jan04,1,2431399.story

Monday, January 03, 2005

1/3/05 - Who's Buying Print Advertising?

1/3/05 - Real Women Take Center Stage in New Slim-Fast Optima Ad Campaign:
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., -- Today Slim-Fast Foods, Inc. launches a new advertising campaign with Slim-Fast dieters and their personal weight loss success stories. The ads are part of an integrated marketing campaign to support the new Slim-Fast Optima Diet, a practical approach to weight management based on the latest results from obesity and weight loss research. ...The two 30-second spots will air nationally on broadcast and cable. There is also a 15-second spot that focuses solely on the Optima Diet. Additionally, print ads will run in major weekly and monthly consumer publications.pr newswire
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050103/nym031_1.html

1/3/05 - AARP Takes on Bush in Print Salvo:
WASHINGTON, D.C. The AARP will launch a $5 million, two-week print campaign on Jan. 4 to oppose President George W. Bush's proposal to establish private Social Security accounts, according to the lobbying group for Americans 50 and older. The work, which will appear in more than 50 newspapers including The New York Times and USA Today, was created by the AARP's current lead agency, GSD&M, an Omnicom Group shop in Austin, Texas. Ads proclaim that the Bush plan would, in fact, cause "Social Insecurity."adweek
http://www.adweek.com/aw/national/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000743856

1/3/05 - Corey McPherson Readies Influent Ads:
BOSTON Independent Corey McPherson Nash Design has completed a print campaign for Influent, a marketing tool for pharmaceutical sales professionals, the agency said. A four-page spread is set to break in late January in trade publications such as The Pink Sheet. ... The ad carries the tagline, "Turning content into sales." ... Spending for the campaign was not disclosed but is likely in the six-figure range.adweek
http://www.adweek.com/aw/regional/new_england/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000743514

1/3/05 - Florida tourism industry fights hurricanes' legacy:
The Panama City Beach Convention and Visitors Bureau plans to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars for television advertising this year, in addition to the print advertising it usually does. It wants to make sure its customer base from the southeastern states returns in the summer. indy star
http://www.indystar.com/articles/5/206544-8625-223.html