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

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1/31/2005 - Daily Print Media Business News:


International Print Media News:

1/31/05 - Black firm to get $47.3 mln of Telegraph proceeds:
TORONTO, - Conrad Black's Canadian holding company will get another $47.3 million in proceeds from the sale of Britain's Telegraph group of newspapers, but will put the money beyond the reach of the fallen press baron, it said on Friday.
reuters
http://yahoo.reuters.com/financeQuoteCompanyNewsArticle.jhtml?duid=mtfh60911_2005-01-28_19-04-44_n28277074_newsml

1/31/05 - Time Out magazine publisher hopes to break even in two years:
About six months ago, Mumbai saw the launch of a fortnightly magazine called Time Out that aimed at providing information about the city, mapping the arts, culture and entertainment scene apart from providing listings, reviews, dope on eating joints, shopping havens and so on. The objective was to be a one-point source of information, which is otherwise dispersed across the city pages of newspapers, magazines or guides. The target audience was the reader keen on having fun, and above all, “willing to spend”.
agency faqs
http://www.agencyfaqs.com/news/stories/2005/01/31/10729.html

1/31/05 - NST's circulation rising after 10 yrs:
The New Straits Times Press (Malaysia) Bhd (NSTP) has seen a jump in the circulation of New Straits Times (NST) newspaper after a decade, boosted by the sales of its compact version, which was launched last September. Its group editor-in-chief and executive director Datuk Kalimullah Masheerul Hassan said NST’s circulation increased by over 10% to an estimated 144,000 copies daily in 2004 from 131,000 copies the previous year.
the edge daily
http://www.theedgedaily.com/cms/content.jsp?id=com.tms.cms.article.Article_c6fcac38-cb73c03a-33c65800-6af13d14

1/31/05 - Emap launches SMS gig alert service:
Magazine publisher Emap has announced that its ticketing service, Aloud.com, is launching an SMS gig alert service, giving customers the dates and sales times of live music performances via their mobiles.
netimperative
http://www.netimperative.com/2005/01/31/Emap_gig

1/31/05 - Belgium: business magazine Uw Vermogen and L'Echo share their supplements:
The Belgian personal finance publication, UW Vermogen, published by Magnet and the business financial daily L'Echo, published in French, will publish together 6 supplements in 2005
publicitas
http://www.publicitas.com/display.asp?id=6.8&chp=6.3&foot=6.9&cpny=*&PARAM1=13451

1/31/05 - Germany: Domicil - a new magazine for Mediterranean lifestyle:
The first issue of the magazine Domicil will hit the newsstands on March 2, 2005. This new magazine, launched by the German publisher Burda Medien Park in cooperation with the Domicil group, a well established German company specialised in interior design and furniture, will be issued 2 times a year in spring and autumn.
publicitas
http://www.publicitas.com/display.asp?id=6.8&chp=6.3&foot=6.9&cpny=*&PARAM1=13437

1/31/05 - Netherlands: New size for Nieuwsblad Transport:
The major change in this retooling is that “Nieuwsblad Transport” has changed its size from newspaper to tabloid. This size is similar to other titles of RBI like “Distrifood”, “Logistiek Krant” or “Pakblad”. A second important change is that the ad-sizes are no longer in the newspaper system ( mm x nr. of columns ) but are now fixed display sizes.
publicitas
http://www.publicitas.com/display.asp?id=6.8&chp=6.3&foot=6.9&cpny=*&PARAM1=13439

1/31/05 - Ideal Home pays for its designs:
We are all used to newspapers and magazines that follow a broadly similar design pattern. OK! is not a million miles removed from Hello! while the Sun, Mirror and Star all use the same design devices to achieve their news-stand impact. But when IPC, Britain's largest magazine publisher, launched a legal action against rival firm Highbury last year, it tried to show that such similarities amounted to an infringement of copyright.
media guardian
http://media.guardian.co.uk/mediaguardian/story/0,7558,1402008,00.html

1/31/05 - Digital editions take to The Stage:
The Stage newspaper will celebrate its 125th birthday this week by making every issue ever published available in a digital format.
mediaweek uk
http://mediaweek.co.uk/articles/folder2005/01/thestage-digieditions-125

1/31/05 - Observer Travel Monthly gets first outing of 2005:
The Observer will launch the latest edition of its Travel Monthly supplement next weekend to coincide with the traditional increase in holiday marketing activity during February.
mediaweek uk
http://mediaweek.co.uk/articles/folder2005/01/observertravelmonthly-jan05

National Print Media News:

1/31/05 - Pulitzer sells newspapers to Lee; creates 4th-largest US newspaper publisher:
ST. LOUIS - Lee Enterprises Inc. has bought Pulitzer Inc.'s newspaper holdings, including the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, in a $1.46 billion U.S. deal that creates the nation's fourth-largest newspaper publisher, both companies announced Sunday.
ap
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=2148&ncid=2148&e=7&u=/cpress/20050131/ca_pr_on_bu/pulitzer_sale

1/31/05 - St. Louis Post-Dispatch Employees Look to Buy Company:
ST. LOUIS -- Hoping to fend off outside suitors for newspaper publisher Pulitzer Inc., a group of St. Louis Post-Dispatch workers has launched a longshot quest to buy the storied company through an employee-ownership effort "to control our own destiny."
ap
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/050128/pulitzer_possible_sale_3.html

1/31/05 - Bauer Publishing Increases Life & Style Weekly Rate Base to 350,000:
ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, N.J.-- Bauer Publishing today announced a rate base increase for Life & Style Weekly, the weekly style authority, which launched just three months ago. Effective February 1, 2005, Life & Style Weekly's rate base will be 350,000, an increase from 200,000.
business wire
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/050128/285249_1.html

1/31/05 - People en Espanol to Re-launch peopleenespanol.com on Monday, January 31:
NEW YORK-- People en Espanol editor Richard Perez-Feria announced today that the magazine's Web site, peopleenespanol.com, will re-launch on Monday, January 31. The enhanced website will provide newsstand buyers, subscribers and AOL users with daily Hispanic entertainment news features and information including breaking news, exclusive behind-the-scenes photo shoots and an added fashion and beauty channel. The new site will serve as a daily entertainment "must read" for the Hispanic market.
business wire
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/050128/285400_1.html

1/31/05 - Tribune, NAB plan appeals for Media Ownership Rules:
SAN FRANCISCO - Tribune Co., Fox, CBS and NBC are planning to appeal to the Supreme Court to overturn a lower court ruling that blocked an easing of media ownership rules, according to a published report Friday.
marketwire
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/yhoo/story.asp?source=blq/yhoo&siteid=yhoo&dist=yhoo&guid={6703E6F3-7B65-4B45-A5BA-7BBE8C4BBFEB}

1/31/05 - Not Bluffing: Poker mag makes serious start:
A poker fanatic and a friend with publishing experience have combined forces to create a new poker magazine that already is selling swiftly off bookstore shelves.
biz journals
http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/stories/2005/01/31/newscolumn4.html

1/31/05 - A Texas Paper Bets on Español, Not Assimilation:
SAN ANTONIO - The headquarters of Rumbo, a new chain of Spanish-language newspapers, are in an old office building here, a short stroll away from the Alamo, where Mexican troops in 1836 sought to quell the secessionist ambitions of English-speaking colonists in Texas.
ny times
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/31/business/media/31rumbo.html

1/31/05 - An Online Rescue for Newpapers?:
Not so long ago -- three or four years -- online operations were a business afterthought at newspapers. Revenues from the sites were tiny, one percent or less of the total. Plus almost none were profitable. So online was a kind of placeholder, learning-curve venture for the uncertain digital future. Since then circulation and readership have continued to decline, and the industry has experienced an ad crash, followed by a disappointing recovery. Online has been the bright spot in this otherwise dreary picture, recording successive years of 30 to 40 percent growth and going into the black at most mid-sized and large papers.
poynter
http://www.poynter.org/content/content_view.asp?id=77603

1/31/05 - Anschutz Group Pulls Ad for 'Examiner' After Protest:
NEW YORK Denver billionaire Philip Anschutz's Clarity Media Group, which owns the San Francisco Examiner and plans to launch the Washington Examiner on Tuesday, has pulled an advertisement promoting the two papers following criticism that the ad demonized Palestinian children, The Denver Post reported Saturday.
editor & publisher
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000780135

1/31/05 - Newspaper Ads Help Keep Killer Behind Bars:
LINCOLN, Neb. The state's parole board granted a mother's wish, as expressed in newspaper advertisements, voting Wednesday to keep her son's killer behind bars. Denise Wilson placed ads earlier this month in local newspapers, asking people to urge the Nebraska Board of Parole not to release Antonio A. Laravie.
ap via editor & publisher
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/departments/ad_circ/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000779584

1/31/05 - Gov't FCC Move No Big Surprise to NAA:
NEW YORK Thursday's announcement that the Justice Department and Federal Communications Commission will not appeal a federal court ruliing throwing out the FCC's relaxed media-ownership rules wasn't exactly a bombshell, at least to those in the newspaper industry. "We were not surprised," John Sturm, CEO of the Newspaper Association of America, told E&P. The announcement that the government won't appeal means the FCC needs to rewrite new guidelines--except that media companies now plan to appeal to the Supreme Court, hoping the justices will affirm the less restrictive regulations.
editor & publisher
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/departments/online/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000780138

1/31/05 - U.S. Hispanic Media to Grow 11% in 2005:
NEW YORK -- In 2005, Hispanic media is forecast to match last year's 11% growth rate, reaching $3.5 billion and far outpacing mainstream media's projected 4% revenue increase. TV is leading the surge of Hispanic media. Radio and print are growing at 11% and 12%, respectively, with TV up 9% and the online medium up and incredible 50%.
ad age
http://www.adage.com/news.cms?newsId=42425

1/31/05 - Mag Spotlight: Living 101:
Sunset Publishing, publishers of the West coast lifestyle magazine Sunset, is launching a newsstand-only test magazine that could be described as a junior version of the 100-year-old title. Living 101, set to debut this summer, will be a lifestyle and home magazine aimed at twentysomethings who are making their first foray into home improvement and domesticity.
media post
http://mediapost.com/dtls_dsp_news.cfm?newsID=289163

1/31/05 - Study: Local Web Spending Will Rev Up In 05:
Businesses will increase their online ad spending designed to reach local consumers faster than they increase national Internet ad spending, according to a study released last week by media consultancy and research group Borrell Associates Inc.
media post
http://mediapost.com/dtls_dsp_news.cfm?newsID=289731

1/31/05 - Dumb Jones and Co.:
LET'S say you were the head of a multibillion- dollar public company with 7,000 employees and one of the best-known media brand names on earth. But let's also say that your stock price has been sagging for years, in part because your company has a history of stumbling into hugely expensive investments in high technology that never seem to pay off. So would you try to jazz things up by betting on yet another high-tech corporate gamble that might not pay off? You would if you were running Dow Jones & Co.
ny post
http://nypost.com/business/39142.htm

1/31/05 - Money Mag Drops Seven From Staff:
There's more upheaval at Money magazine as new Managing Editor Eric Schurenberg continues to shed people who joined when Bob Safian was running the show. "The magazine is going back to its roots — sort of like a Real Simple for money," said one source.
ny post
http://nypost.com/business/39154.htm

1/31/05 - Fairchild's New Spring Collection:
Last August, Fairchild Publications rolled out Vitals, a men’s luxury lifestyle magazine teeming with service and shopping tips. But instead of waiting for reader response, the publisher quickly expanded the concept and announced the addition of a women’s version that would become part of a newly minted advertising proposition called the Vitals Network. Media buyers could buy into two gender-specific publications that share the same name and editorial concept.
mediaweek
http://www.mediaweek.com/mediaweek/headlines/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000779869

1/31/05 - Tribune: Not selling anytime soon:
Tribune Co., owner of Newsday and WPIX-TV, doesn't anticipate being forced to sell any of its properties to comply with federal media-ownership laws anytime soon, executives said Friday in the wake of a setback from the Bush administration.
newsday
http://www.newsday.com/business/ny-bztrib294129137jan29,0,740297.story

1/31/05 - Look out S.F., here comes the Onion:
News-spoof Web site will appear in the form of weekly tabloid
sf gate
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2005/01/29/BUG3RB2CPV1.DTL&type=business

1/31/05 - U.S. students say press freedoms go too far:
One in three U.S. high school students say the press ought to be more restricted, and even more say the government should approve newspaper stories before readers see them, according to a survey being released today.
usa today
http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2005-01-30-students-press_x.htm

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

posted by administrator @ 11:38 AM  

1/26/2005 - Daily Print Media Business News:


International Print Media News:

1/26/05 - VNU unit, IDG to merge publishing operations in France:
Haarlem, the Netherlands—VNU announced Tuesday that VNU Business Media Europe and International Data Group intend to merge their publishing operations in France. The new company, with combined annual revenue of approximately €30 million, will operate as an independent joint venture with VNU and IDG each owning a 50% stake.
btob
http://www.btobonline.com/article.cms?articleId=23081

1/26/05 - Finland: Taloussanomat’s circulation increases:
According to the Finnish Audit Bureau of Circulations, business daily Taloussanomat’s weekday circulation in 2004 increased by 13.7% and the circulation of the Saturday edition by 10.2%. The official weekday circulation was 30,651 and that of the Saturday edition was 71,540. Total circulation grew from 2003 by 12.8% and is now 39,229 copies.
publicitas
http://www.publicitas.com/display.asp?id=6.8&chp=6.3&foot=6.9&cpny=*&PARAM1=13422

1/26/05 - India: Educational supplement to the Times of India increases frequency in Mumbai:
Education Times, the educational supplement of the Times of India, will increase its frequency in Mumbai from weekly to bi-weekly on Monday and Thursday. Education Times started out as a monthly publication, circulated with The Times of India and has since grown into a weekly pull out with a total circulation of 1.7 million.
publicitas
http://www.publicitas.com/display.asp?id=6.8&chp=6.3&foot=6.9&cpny=*&PARAM1=13407

1/26/05 - Paper makers face falling demand:
Vancouver — After more than 25 years in the newsprint industry, Norske Skog Canada Ltd. chief executive officer Russ Horner thought he had seen it all. But when he opened the door of his London hotel room one morning to pick up the copy of The Times he had ordered the night before he was startled to find a tabloid instead of the familiar broadsheet paper.
globe & mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20050122.wxcover0122/BNStory/Business/?query=newsprint

1/26/05 - Maariv heading for mass layoffs:
The Hebrew-language daily Maariv plans to fire over 100 employees, including 50 journalists; Haaretz has learned that several well-known reporters and commentators identified with the newspaper have received invitations to pre-layoff hearings.
haaretz
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/531456.html

1/26/05 - Highbury House confirms bid interest:
Magazine giant Highbury House has been forced to issue a statement to the City after the company’s shares jumped a massive 25% today on the back of a potential bid for the business.
mediaweek uk
http://mediaweek.co.uk/articles/folder2005/01/highbury-house-bid-shares

1/26/05 - Ad pages up despite dip for newspapers:
Sales may be in the doldrums but advertising in the national press is on the up.
mediaweek uk
http://mediaweek.co.uk/articles/folder2005/01/25/adpagesup

1/26/05 - Race for London hots up:
Richard Desmond’s much talked about plan to launch a rival to Associated Newspapers’ Evening Standard may not be as simple as just getting the green light from the Office of Fair Trading, as other players are also looking at the London market.
mediaweek uk
http://mediaweek.co.uk/articles/folder2005/01/25/raceforlondon

1/26/05 - Future in £6m motoring group deal:
Future Publishing has splashed out £5.95m on 11 motoring magazines in a deal to purchase A&S Publishing.
mediaweek uk
http://mediaweek.co.uk/articles/folder2005/01/futurepubs-aandsmotors

National Print Media News:

1/26/05 - Gannett profit rises on broadcast TV ad revenue:
NEW YORK, - Media company Gannett Co. Inc. (GCI.N) on Wednesday said quarterly profit increased 6 percent, powered by political advertising gains at its broadcast TV stations that more than offset ad declines at its flagship USA Today newspaper.
reuters
http://yahoo.reuters.com/financeQuoteCompanyNewsArticle.jhtml?duid=mtfh07128_2005-01-26_13-39-33_n26470368_newsml

1/26/05 - Ad growth bolsters Knight Ridder results:
NEW YORK, - Knight Ridder Inc. (KRI.N) , the second-biggest U.S. newspaper publisher by circulation, reported higher quarterly profit on Wednesday, amid a modest advertising rebound throughout the newspaper business.
reuters
http://yahoo.reuters.com/financeQuoteCompanyNewsArticle.jhtml?duid=mtfh05415_2005-01-26_12-37-26_n26430086_newsml

1/26/05 - Reader's Digest profit falls, backs full-yr outlook:
NEW YORK, - Magazine publisher Reader's Digest Association Inc. (RDA.N) on Wednesday reported lower quarterly profit, citing the effect of a previously announced accounting change, but said profit at its international unit rose sharply after a restructuring.
reuters
http://yahoo.reuters.com/financeQuoteCompanyNewsArticle.jhtml?duid=mtfh04947_2005-01-26_12-20-20_n26722521_newsml

1/26/05 - Meredith to Launch Hispanic Women's Lifestyle Magazine:
NEW YORK, -- Meredith Corporation (NYSE: MDP), the publisher of such well recognized titles as Better Homes and Gardens, Ladies' Home Journal and More magazines, announced today that it will launch its first lifestyle and shelter publication for Hispanic women. The magazine will be titled Siempre Mujer! and will premiere in fall 2005 on a bi-monthly basis with an initial rate base of 350,000.
pr newswire
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050126/cgw016_1.html

1/26/05 - Redsnap Magazine to Launch in New York:
Redsnap Magazine the publication whose philosophy says, " living life should come before anything else" will launch this May in the Tri-State area.
printadvertising.com
http://printadvertising.com/pressrelease_central.html

1/26/05 - Newspaper Advertising Still in Doldrums:
The New York Times Co. and E.W. Scripps Co. benefited from gains in political advertising from their broadcast outlets in the fourth quarter, but both companies reported no improvement in a sluggish environment for newspaper advertising.
ap
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/050125/earns_media_3.html

1/26/05 - McClatchy Declares First Quarter 2005 Dividend:
SACRAMENTO, Calif., -- The McClatchy Company (NYSE: MNI) today declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of 13 cents per share. The first quarter dividend is payable April 1, 2005 to stockholders of record at the close of business on March 16, 2005.
pr newswire
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050125/sftu114_1.html

1/26/05 - Meredith 2Q Profit Soars on Advertising:
DES MOINES, Iowa -- Meredith Corp., a publishing and broadcast company, on Tuesday said its second-quarter profit jumped on broadcast advertising, which received a boost from political ads and improved ratings.
ap
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/050125/earns_meredith_1.html

1/26/05 - Out in Jersey Magazine Doubles Circulation, Drops Price 50 Percent:
In the face of an overwhelming demand that continues to grow month by month, Out in Jersey Magazine announces it will double its print run to 12,000 copies with the February / March 2005 issue, and has cut the cost of a second-year subscription by 50% over the first-year price.
pr web
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/prweb/20050126/bs_prweb/prweb201022_1

1/26/05 - New Magazine Promotes Outdoor Chattanooga:
Kayaking, rock climbing, hiking, hang gliding, mountain biking, and the many other outdoor activities available throughout the region, will be featured to the world as a new outdoor magazine for Chattanooga and surrounding areas "xplor magazine" kicks off this spring.
chattanooga.com
http://www.chattanoogan.com/articles/article_61585.asp

1/26/05 - Architectural Digest Distributes Discs Via B&N Stores:
Condé Nast Publications' Architectural Digest struck an exclusive deal with bookseller Barnes & Noble Inc. to distribute 20,000 CD-ROMs polybagged with its February issue. The interactive CD, "The Architectural Digest Guide to Home Design," offers design tips and ideas linked to the latest home furnishings from a select group of Architectural Digest advertisers.
dm news
http://dmnews.com/cgi-bin/artprevbot.cgi?article_id=31639

1/26/05 - Belo localizes interactive division in bid to recapture classifieds:
The newspaper industry's traditional stranglehold on the classified advertising business is slipping, slowly but surely, like an aging, myopic dragon that's losing treasure each day from its hoard. In this case, the nimble knights making off with the booty are upstarts such as Monster, eBay and that rascally do-gooder Craigslist. So what's an old-line media company like Belo Corp. to do? The owner of the Dallas Morning News, Providence Journal, KING-TV in Seattle and various other newspapers and local TV outlets decided it was time to implode Belo Interactive (BI) as a wholly owned subsidiary that ran all its Web properties and just make it an interactive division. The division will retain some central functions (technology platform, national ad sales) at HQ in Dallas, while integrating Net operations at each offline media outlet.
orj
http://www.ojr.org/ojr/stories/050119Glaser/

1/26/05 - Times may charge fee on Web site:
The New York Times yesterday said it doesn't immediately plan to charge a subscription fee for access to its Web site, but an online survey hinted at moves in that direction.
newsday
http://www.newsday.com/business/ny-bzpaper264125527jan26,0,129808.story

1/26/05 - They're Getting in Touch:
THE celebrity magazine wars remain one of the hottest battlegrounds in publishing. And when the Audit Bureau of Circulations releases its latest numbers in February, a seismic shift will have taken place. In Touch, the $1.99 magazine that is only two years old, is expected to report it sold about one million copies a week on the newsstands in the second half of 2004.
ny post
http://nypost.com/business/38822.htm

1/26/05 - Apprise Media Buys Publisher of Price Guides:
Apprise Media, the company formed last year by a former president of Primedia to pursue acquisitions in niche publishing, said yesterday that it had acquired its first property, Beckett Publications in Dallas. Beckett publishes enthusiast magazines and price guides for collectibles and trading cards. The cost of the deal was estimated at more than $20 million.
ny times
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/26/business/media/26apprise.html?oref=login

1/26/05 - A hard look at Metro:
As the wine flowed at Metro International SA's conference in Italy in April 2003, the cadre of newspaper executives who built the company's global chain of free daily tabloids took turns entertaining their colleagues.
boston
http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2005/01/26/a_hard_look_at_metro/

1/26/05 - Telemundo, Rumbo Are Two For Texas:
Telemundo and Rumbo newspapers have entered into an exclusive content sharing and cross-promotional partnership in San Antonio, Texas. The new alliance will provide Hispanics in the San Antonio community with access to news stories developed from the combined resources of Telemundo’s broadcast coverage with Rumbo’s print reporting.
mediaweek
http://www.mediaweek.com/mediaweek/headlines/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000771443

1/26/05 - Greater Media Newspapers purchases Latinos Unidos:
Greater Media Newspapers Inc. has announced the purchase of Latinos Unidos, a 25,000 circulation, monthly Spanish language newspaper serving Ocean, Monmouth and Middlesex counties. Greater Media Newspapers currently publishes 12 weekly newspapers serving Middlesex, Monmouth and Ocean counties, with a combined weekly circulation of 305,000.
news transcript
http://newstranscript.gmnews.com/news/2005/0125/Front_Page/020.html

1/26/05 - Upgrade of L.A. Times Plant is Expected to Boost Ad Revenue:
The Los Angeles Times has nearly finished a $45 million upgrade of its printing presses as part of a plan by the Tribune Co. to raise sliding ad sales at its flagship newspaper. The press upgrade, scheduled to be finished sometime early this year, will give the Times the capacity to print 32 full pages of color out of a 96-page, six-section press configuration – eight more color pages than it previously could print.
la business journal
http://www.labusinessjournal.com/article.asp?aID=82092488.7548031.1092988.7804326.9041668.368&aID2=84067

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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

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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 Busine