2/28/2005 - Daily Print Media Business News:
International Print Media News:
2/28/05 - FT cuts losses and eyes break-even in 2005:
The Financial Times cut its losses to just £9m last year, as the pink paper returned to profit in the final three months of the year. Over the past four years the paper has slashed its costs by a third, or £110m, and was buoyed last year by an improved advertising market.
media guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/story/0,3604,1427122,00.html
2/28/05 - Youthful eyes are the prize as newspapers crank up freebie war:
Young people who are reluctant to read traditional newspapers have become the prized quarry in an intensifying hunt that is shaking up the publishing business in Canada.
globe and mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20050228/RNEWSP28/Business/Idx
2/28/05 - Would you like a CD with that newspaper? A DVD?
MADRID Peddling the news means more than hawking headlines alone in the drab-green newspaper kiosks that dot this city's crowded main plaza, the Puerta del Sol. On Wednesday, the city's leading newspaper, El País, vied for readers with conventional breaking headlines, alongside a copy of a classic Federico García Lorca novel heavily discounted at €1, or about $1.30. The next day, El País and its main rival, El Mundo, dueled for circulation with front-page articles and cut-rate cookbooks featuring glossy photos of recipes from Spain and Morocco.
iht
http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/02/27/business/promote28.html
2/28/05 - For U.K. papers, arena is shifting in big ways
LONDON British newspapers, like their readers, used to know their place. There were broadsheets, which soberly covered the serious issues of the day. And then there were tabloids, which screamed about seamier stuff.
iht
http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/02/27/business/papers28.html
2/28/05 - WestJet Launches New Inflight Magazine:
CALGARY, ALBERTA-- WestJet (TSX:WJA) is pleased to announce that the premiere issue of their new inflight publication, up! magazine, will be available tomorrow in the seatbacks of all the airline's flights. WestJet recently partnered with Calgary-based RedPoint Media Group Inc., one of Western Canada's largest independent magazine publishers, to produce the monthly publication.
ccn matthews
http://biz.yahoo.com/ccn/050228/c01661876f7aa529b8a72f420ead6155_1.html
2/28/05 - 'Noir' is the new black, lifestyle magazine for ethnic Britons:
LONDON - Black culture may be all about "bling" in music videos and television sitcoms, but Noir magazine says it will cater to the far more diverse lifestyle interests of black Britons when it is launched Saturday.
afp
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20050225/lf_afp/afplifestylebritain_050225213850
2/28/05 - New Zealand: The New Zealand Herald maintains daily paper leadership:
The New Zealand Herald continues to maintain its leadership position among New Zealand daily newspapers according to the latest Nielsen Media Research national readership survey. The paper remains the country's biggest metropolitan daily with an average readership of 590,000 people on any given day and more than one million people every week. The Herald has now grown its market share to over 52 per cent of all readers of metropolitan daily newspapers.
publicitas
http://www.publicitas.com/display.asp?id=6.8&chp=6.3&foot=6.9&cpny=*&PARAM1=13676
2/28/05 - How bad design gets the best results:
They all look the same: Heat, Closer, Now, Reveal, New, Star. An unavoidably virulent strain of British publishing, characterised by a fluorescent rash, is spreading on the newsagent's shelves. The magazines with the uniform format, hazy celebrity photographs, scandalous straplines and brightly coloured panels. The ones our eyes are drawn to.
independent
http://news.independent.co.uk/media/story.jsp?story=615331
2/28/05 - Singapore's Straits Times to charge for access:
Singapore's The Straits Times newspaper will begin charging users to access its Web site from the middle of March, the newspaper's publisher, Singapore Press Holdings Ltd., said in a message to users on Thursday. The newspaper's move comes several months after it began requiring readers to complete a free registration process in order to access the newspaper online. In charging for content it joins a small number of publications around the world that are offering access to the full newspaper online in return for a subscription fee. Other major newspapers doing so include Hong Kong's South China Morning Post, The Wall Street Journal and the Financial Times.
the industry standard
http://www.thestandard.com/internetnews/0001014.php
2/28/05 - Bangkok Post Publishing's profits soar by 93%:
Post Publishing Plc, the publisher of the Bangkok Post and Post Today dailies, reported 2004 net profits of 194.18 million baht, up 93% from the previous year.
bangkok post
http://www.bangkokpost.com/Business/25Feb2005_biz63.php
2/28/05 - Mail unveils 'Newspaper for Now':
The Hull Daily Mail and twin title the East Riding Mail have unveiled a host of changes after conducting research into reader habits. The new approach, labelled the 'Newspaper for Now', aims to build on the Mail's current daily circulation of 71,000. It includes 'in short' boxes on all page leads, which readers can use to pick up the main points of the story.
front page
http://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/news/2005/02feb/050225mail.shtml
2/28/05 - British Papers Stem Losses, but the Reader Grows Fickle:
LONDON, - British newspapers, like their readers, used to know their place. There were broadsheets, which soberly covered the serious issues of the day. And then there were tabloids, which dealt with the seamier stuff. But as in society at large, class distinctions among the dozen or so national newspapers seem to be dissolving. With circulation sliding, most of the serious papers long ago took to the celebrity-and-scandal fodder they previously avoided. More recently, two broadsheets switched to tabloid form. Free newspapers are scratching for a foothold, and the Internet is siphoning off readers.
ny times
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/28/business/worldbusiness/28paper.html?
2/28/05 - On Wall Street: Dominic Rushe: Newspapers scramble for online revenue:
IT SEEMS there’s never been a better time to run a popular website. As the online world becomes hotter than hot again some of the most attractive websites are attracting very fetching prices. The New York Times has just bought About.com for $410m (€310m) in cash. The deal comes hard on the heels of Dow Jones buying MarketWatch.com for $519m in cash, and the Washington Post paying an undisclosed sum for Slate, the online magazine. Rumours swirl about the fate of TheStreet.com and Salon, Slate’s rival, which has just put out the first profitable quarter in its 10-year history.
times online
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2095-1502025,00.html
2/28/05 - Zimbabwe newspaper shut down for violating tough media laws:
Harare: A recently established independent paper in Zimbabwe, the Weekly Times, has been shut down for allegedly violating the country's tough media laws, its owner Godfrey Ncube said on Saturday. The paper, the fourth to be closed in the country since the enactment of the media laws in 2002, was shut down after publishing just eight editions, and only a month ahead of crunch national elections.
cape times
http://www.capetimes.co.za/index.php?fSectionId=272&fArticleId=2427638
2/28/05 - 3D World relaunched:
Future Publishing has re-launched what it claims is the world’s only specialist monthly magazine for three-dimensional creative industry, 3D World.
mediaweek uk
http://www.mediaweek.co.uk/articles/folder2005/Feb05/3Dworld-relaunch
2/28/05 - IPC squares up for homely re-launch:
Homes & Gardens magazine will re-launch this week with a new format – a “squarer image-friendly size”. The new version of the IPC Media-owned magazine will hit the streets on 3 March and will include extra pages and new branding and typeface.
mediaweek uk
http://www.mediaweek.co.uk/articles/folder2005/Feb05/quantumarticle.2005-02-28.8274752553
2/28/05 - FT to publish women's fashion supplement:
The Financial Times will publish a glossy colour supplement, The Business of Fashion: Women’s Wear Spring/Summer 2005 on 25 February.
mediaweek uk
http://www.mediaweek.co.uk/articles/folder2005/Feb05/FT-menswear-supp
2/28/05 - Hello! to the Middle East:
Hello! magazine is set to have its first outing in the Middle East after Dubai-based Motivate Publishing signed a deal with owners Hola/Hello to reproduce the celebrity title in the region.
mediaweek uk
http://www.mediaweek.co.uk/articles/folder2005/Feb05/UAE-hello
National Print Media News:
2/28/05 - New Lifestyle Magazine Targets Upscale Parents:
NEW YORK - Parenthood is not typically considered a particularly glamorous undertaking, but a new magazine from the publisher of Vogue and Gourmet is aimed at bringing up baby with style. Advance Publications Inc. plans to announce, later on Monday, the November launch of Cookie, billed as "an upscale lifestyle magazine for sophisticated parents." It is Advance's first foray into magazines aimed at parents, a growing corner of the publishing world, and comes with the rollout of more new magazines in an improving economy.
reuters
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=599&ncid=802&e=2&u=/nm/20050228/media_nm/media_magazines_parenting_dc
2/28/05 - Cookie Aims to Temp Parents:
Fairchild Publications, home to W, Jane and Details magazines, will launch an upscale lifestyle magazine for parents this fall. The magazine — to be called Cookie — will be published six times a year with a circulation base of 300,000.
ny post
http://nypost.com/business/40459.htm
2/28/05 - Time Out Magazine Shouldering Into Chicago Scene:
CHICAGO - Time Out, the irreverent weekly magazine hailed by some readers as an indispensable "bible" to night life and cultural doings in London and New York, is about to launch in the Windy City.
reuters
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=599&ncid=802&e=5&u=/nm/20050225/media_nm/leisure_timeout_dc
2/28/05 - Magazine Industry Launches Campaign to Promote Enduring Power of Magazines to Engage Readers:
NEW YORK-- The consumer magazine industry is unveiling an advertising campaign today, touting magazines' key strength: the enduring power to engage readers, it was announced by Nina Link, President and CEO, Magazine Publishers of America (MPA). The $40-million, three-year multimedia campaign, which features both print and online components, was produced by Fallon New York and supported by executives from magazine publishers and allied industries that work closely with magazines. The campaign's goal is to catapult magazines to a place where they are universally recognized for their value and contribution to advertising plans.
business wire
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/050228/285626_1.html
2/28/05 - Journal Register sees Mich. buy adding to profit:
NEW YORK, - Newspaper publisher Journal Register Co. on Monday said it expects a recently purchased Michigan newspaper group will add 2-3 cents a share to the company's 2005 profit.
reuters
http://yahoo.reuters.com/financeQuoteCompanyNewsArticle.jhtml?duid=mtfh40744_2005-02-28_14-04-47_wen6029_newsml
2/28/05 - Primedia profit rises on its niche magazines:
NEW YORK, - Magazine publisher Primedia Inc. (PRM.N) , which recently agreed to sell its About.com online division to The New York Times Co.(NYT.N) , on Monday said its quarterly profit rose sharply on improved performance of its niche publications.
reuters
http://yahoo.reuters.com/financeQuoteCompanyNewsArticle.jhtml?duid=mtfh39660_2005-02-28_13-24-53_wen6016_newsml
2/28/05 - Two More Publications Join City & Regional Magazine Association:
LOS ANGELES-- The City and Regional Magazine Association (CRMA) announced the addition of two new publications to its growing national association, according to C. James Dowden, executive director of the CRMA. The new member publications are... Coast Magazine, reaching over 46,000 readers in Southern California. Loudoun Magazine, serving 25,000 readers in Loudoun County, Virginia and the Washington D.C. metropolitan area.
business wire
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/050225/255588_1.html
2/28/05 - New York Times files $500 mln debt shelf offering:
WASHINGTON, - New York Times Co. (NYT.N) may periodically sell up to $500 million in debt securities, according to a shelf registration statement filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday.
reuters
http://yahoo.reuters.com/financeQuoteCompanyNewsArticle.jhtml?duid=mtfh08298_2005-02-25_22-03-11_wat002679_newsml
2/28/05 - Global Sources to Launch Garments & Textiles Magazine and Website:
HONG KONG, -- Global Sources Ltd. (Nasdaq: GSOL) will launch Global Sources Garments & Textiles Online in April and Garments & Textiles magazine in June. These media will help international buyers trade more effectively with apparel manufacturers in China, India and other supply markets.
pr newswire
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050228/hkm002_1.html
2/28/05 - Dow Jones' buy about journalism, ad revenue:
Dow Jones' $528 million acquisition of San Francisco financial news web site MarketWatch began, one could argue, close to two decades ago, when a student at Georgetown University called a Washington Post editor and berated him over inaccuracies in a story about a university provost.
biz journals
http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/stories/2005/02/28/focus4.html
2/28/05 - Stewart preps for house arrest:
Fashion designer Ralph Lauren lives next door. Billionaire financier George Soros is down the street. And on a nearby hill stands the house that patriot John Jay retired to after serving as the first U.S. chief justice.
newsday
http://www.newsday.com/business/nyc-bzmart0227,0,5566928.story?coll=ny-business-headlines
2/28/05 - Mississippi Daily Switches to Mornings:
MERIDIAN, Miss. The Meridian Star, a 107-year-old daily newspaper serving east Mississippi and west Alabama, will convert to an all-morning publication beginning Monday. The newspaper has been distributed in the afternoons Monday through Thursday and in the mornings on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.
ap
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000818303
2/28/05 - Local Mag Pages Soar:
LOCAL MAGAZINE AD PAGES JUMPED 11.5 percent in January vs. January 2004, according to estimated released Friday by the City and Regional Magazine Association.
media post
http://publications.mediapost.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Articles.showArticleHomePage&art_aid=27640
2/28/05 - Softening the Clinking Sound of Money:
Money magazine will be transformed from an investment guide aimed largely at men to a family-friendly helpmate.
ny times
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/28/business/media/28money.html
2/28/05 - Big Media Looks to Reinvent Itself:
The conglomerates that currently control so much content across the media landscape are embracing new, cutting-edge technologies more actively, in a bid to expand audience and revenue streams. Though the desire is more apparent, need is also driving giants like News Corp., Viacom and others to find new ways to reach consumers, as traditional media outlets from cable and satellite to TV and radio present less and less growth potential.
mediaweek
http://www.mediaweek.com/mw/news/recent_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000818141
2/28/05 - Sports Illustrated to Test a Latino Spinoff:
Time Inc.'s Sports Illustrated on April 17 plans to begin testing three issues of a Spanish-language edition with the working title SI Latino. Sports Illustrated, which has already spun off SI for Kids and a college edition called Sports Illustrated on Campus, plans to distribute 500,000 free copies to men 18 and older gleaned from Time Warner lists, including subscribers of People en Español (but not SI since the publisher wants to reach out beyond its readership), as well as Time Warner Cable and HBO Latino customers. There are no plans this year for a newsstand presence.
mediaweek
http://www.mediaweek.com/mw/news/recent_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000818099
2/28/05 -Radar Preps for Its Second Shot:
Call it the not-so-little magazine that could. Come May 24, the pop-culture chronicle Radar--which, cash-starved, stalled out in 2003 after just two issues--will get that rarest of opportunities for a shuttered magazine: a second chance.
mediaweek
http://www.mediaweek.com/mw/news/recent_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000818095
2/28/05 - Dallas Up-and-Comers to See 'Red':
DALLAS Prime Demographics Marketing Communications, a new Dallas publisher, will launch the first of an anticipated four regional magazines on Wednesday, the company said. The first title, Red, is a monthly geared toward young, upper income professionals in Dallas with articles on upscale dining and entertainment, fashion and charitable nonprofits, said spokesman Mo Gaber. With an initial circulation of 10,000, the publisher aims to boost the number to 50,000 by the end of the year, Gaber said.
adweek
http://www.adweek.com/aw/regional/southwest/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000818126
2/28/05 - Ledger Dispatch launches new visitor Web site:
Responding to the growing need of those planning to visit Amador County, the Amador Ledger Dispatch is launching a new Web site to provide visitor information to residents of the county and beyond. Today, the Ledger Dispatch introduces a new Web site to Amador County and the world: www.amadorvisitor.com. This new Web site has a number of features and services for visitors in the area and includes a great deal of visitor information and entertainment news that has never been introduced on the Ledger Dispatch Web site or anywhere else.
ledger dispatch
http://www.ledger-dispatch.com/news/newsview.asp?c=146546
2/28/05 - What Happens When CARU Cries Foul:
Here are some recent ads questioned by the Children's Advertising Review Unit, a group founded by three advertising industry associations and the Council of Better Business Bureaus, and what action, if any, was taken because of CARU's concern.
Magazine ad at issue: A 2003 Bagel Bites sweepstakes contest telling kids: "The more you scarf, the better your chances."
CARU's concern: The message could be viewed as encouraging kids to eat excessive amounts of snack foods.
Advertiser's position: H.J. Heinz Co., the maker of Bagel Bites, said the promotion was aimed at kids over 12 so CARU guidelines didn't apply.
Outcome: To work with CARU, Heinz agreed to eliminate the line.
Magazine ad at issue: A 2004 Polly Pocket eight-page insert of games and jokes in Nickelodeon magazine that included pictures of the doll, her friends and various play sets that could be used with the dolls.
CARU's concern: No disclosure that the insert was an ad, which could confuse children about its purpose, which was to create interest in the line of toys.
Advertiser's position: Mattel Inc., maker of Polly Pocket, said the insert was protected by free speech and consisted of games, similar to those allowed on Web sites.
Outcome: No action because CARU concluded its guidelines do not require print ads to be clearly disclosed as promotions. CARU is reviewing its guidelines to see whether such rules need to be included.
washington post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55211-2005Feb26.html
2/28/05 - Nando Media to Become 'McClatchy Interactive':
SACRAMENTO, Calif., -- The McClatchy Company (NYSE: MNI) announced today that its Raleigh, N.C.-based interactive media division, Nando Media, will now be known as "McClatchy Interactive." "McClatchy Interactive better represents who we are today and better identifies the increasingly important contributions our interactive operations make to McClatchy's overall success," said Christian Hendricks, vice president for interactive media for McClatchy.
pr newswire
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050228/sfm115_1.html
2/28/05 - How Will Magazines Survive the Internet?:
Stephen B. Shepard, Editor of Businessweek
businessweek
http://images.businessweek.com/ss/05/02/media_summit/index.htm
2/25/2005 - Daily Print Media Business News:
International Print Media News:
2/25/05 - CanWest CEO prefers to buy, not sell in Australia:
TORONTO, - Canada's CanWest Global Communications Corp. (CGSnv.TO) is more likely to buy than sell Australian media assets, but would be obliged to look at a strong offer for its Ten Network stake, chief executive Leonard Asper said on Thursday.
reuters
http://yahoo.reuters.com/financeQuoteCompanyNewsArticle.jhtml?duid=mtfh85548_2005-02-24_21-02-33_n24722910_newsml
2/25/05 - Bans over fake magazine ad sales:
A "DELIBERATELY dishonest" couple who tricked businesses into buying advertisements in bogus magazines were banned today from the publishing and advertising industries. Michael Geoffrey Oliver and wife Samantha Jansie Oliver published the National Police Bulletin and the Statewide Fire Fighters through their company Australasian Publications and Advertising Pty Ltd from 1999 to 2002.
the australian
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,12367895%255E1702,00.html
2/25/05 - Chinese in Greece acquire their own own local newspaper in Mandarin:
Nan Wu Shinbao — or South Europe Times — comes out every two weeks in Athens Nan Wu Shinbao, the first Chinese newspaper in Greece, has a circulation of 2,000, costs 2 euros and even includes a guide to filling out ‘Lotto’ forms.
kathimerini
http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/news/ell__KathiLev&xml/&aspKath/ell.asp?fdate=25/02/2005
2/25/05 - Germany shuts down Islamist newspaper:
BERLIN - Germany closed down on Friday a Turkish-language Islamist daily newspaper that has denied the Holocaust. Interior Minister Otto Schily put a banning order on the Yeni Akit publishing house, which brings out the European edition of Anadoluda Vakit. The title means "the times in Anatolia". Prosecutors have been collecting evidence against the newspaper for months.
expatica
http://www.expatica.com/source/site_article.asp?subchannel_id=26&story_id=17372&name=Germany+shuts+down+Islamist+newspaper+
2/25/05 - Sambhaav to hit city stands in tabloid avataar on March 12:
Deciding to discontinue publishing of its morning newspaper Sambhaav, the Sambhaav Group of Newspapers, has decided to relaunch the broadsheet newspaper as a tabloid. Named Sambhaav Metro, the new tabloid, will hit the stands in Ahmedabad on March 12.
business standard
http://www.business-standard.com/iceworld/storypage.php?chklogin=&autono=181677&leftnm=lmnu9&leftindx=9&lselect=4
2/25/05 - Post Publishing's profits soar by 93%:
Post Publishing Plc, the publisher of the Bangkok Post and Post Today dailies, reported 2004 net profits of 194.18 million baht, up 93% from the previous year. Earnings per share for 2004 were 0.39 baht, compared with 0.20 baht the previous year.
bangkok post
http://www.bangkokpost.com/Business/25Feb2005_biz63.php
National Print Media News:
2/25/05 -Life & Style Weekly Named 2004 Magazine Launch of the Year:
ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, N.J. -- Life & Style Weekly, the weekly style authority, has been named the 2004 "Magazine Launch of the Year" according to Samir Husni's Guide to New Magazines, 20th Anniversary Edition 2005.
business wire
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/050225/255106_1.html
2/25/05 - Washington Post profit up on education, TV units:
NEW YORK, - Washington Post Co. (WPO.N) on Friday said quarterly profit jumped 21 percent on big revenue gains at its Kaplan education unit and increased advertising at its television stations.
reuters
http://yahoo.reuters.com/financeQuoteCompanyNewsArticle.jhtml?duid=mtfh99475_2005-02-25_13-58-58_n25416678_newsml
2/25/05 - NYTimes sees March closing for Metro Boston deal:
NEW YORK, - The New York Times Co. (NYT.N) said in a regulatory filing on Thursday it expects to complete its agreement to buy a stake in free commuter daily Metro Boston next month -- a deal that has drawn antitrust protests from the rival Boston Herald.
reuters
http://yahoo.reuters.com/financeQuoteCompanyNewsArticle.jhtml?duid=mtfh86795_2005-02-24_21-50-31_n24191_newsml
2/25/05 - Los Angeles Times Completes Color Expansion Project, Increases Color Ad Capacity by 33 Percent:
LOS ANGELES, -- With the completion of a $46 million color press expansion project, the Los Angeles Times now offers advertisers more color advertising positions than any newspaper in Southern California.
pr newswire
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050224/lath105_1.html
2/25/05 - New York Magazine to List New York Area's Best Lawyers(R) in Special Advertising Section:
NEW YORK, -- The New York area's best lawyers, as determined by a peer review survey conducted by The Best Lawyers in America(R) will be showcased in a special advertising section to run at least 70 pages in New York Magazine on stands July 25, 2005.
pr newswire
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050224/dcth025_1.html
2/25/05 - CFO Magazine Launches Human Capital Special Issue:
BOSTON--CFO, the magazine for finance executives, today launched its first special issue dedicated to the topics of human capital management and employee benefits. CFO Human Capital discusses the crisis that many companies face due to the exploding cost of providing health-care and retirement benefits -- health-care costs alone soared to over $330 billion last year.
business wire
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/050224/245474_1.html
2/25/05 - U.S. newspapers posted more help-wanted ads in Jan:
NEW YORK, - The number of help-wanted ads in U.S. newspapers rose in January, a private research group said on Thursday with the largest increases in the Mountain and West South Central regions.
reuters
http://yahoo.reuters.com/financeQuoteCompanyNewsArticle.jhtml?duid=mtfh77740_2005-02-24_15-00-18_nat001416_newsml
2/25/05 - Washington Post 4Q profit up 21 percent:
... The company said print advertising revenue at its flagship Washington Post newspaper grew 9 percent to $170.2 million from $155.9 million for the quarter ...
businessweek
http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D88FIT580.htm
2/25/05 - washingtonpost.com, Nielsen/NetRatings and Scarborough Study Shows Rapid Growth in Online News Consumption:
ARLINGTON, Va., -- A national segmentation study conducted by washingtonpost.com in partnership with Nielsen/NetRatings and Scarborough has found that a rapidly growing number of Americans are increasing their use of online sources for news and information at the expense of other media.
pr newswire
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050224/dcth049_1.html
2/25/05 - The US Postal Service sent out 350,000 copies of a custom 32-page bi-monthly magazine titled Deliver...:
The US Postal Service sent out 350,000 copies of a custom 32-page bi-monthly magazine titled Deliver to a targeted circulation of CEOs, corporate marketers and their creative agencies. The new title focuses on the power of direct mail and the editorial targets corporate marketers at companies such as Procter & Gamble, Coca-Cola, Home Depot, and WPP Group’s Ogilvy & Mather.
circulation management
http://www.circman.com/Circulation_Management.445+M56c4086f0c2.0.html?&tx_ttnews%5btt_news%5d=145
2/25/05 - Newspaper publishers are down, but not out, says Gregory Church.:
Circulation is falling, readers are aging and new-media rivals are stealing their ad revenues. It's no wonder shares of leading newspaper publishers are near 52-week lows. But it's too early to write an obit for the newspaper sector, said Gregory Church of Church Capital Management. "These newspapers tend to be very monopolistic, so they have some real advantages," he said Tuesday on CNBC's "Squawk Box." "They throw off tremendous cash flow, a lot of free cash flow, and they're steady earners."
msn money
http://moneycentral.msn.com/content/CNBCTV/Articles/StockPicks/P110342.asp
2/25/05 - Raleigh Newspaper Introducing Durham Publication On Saturdays:
RALEIGH, N.C. -- The newspaper competition is heating up in the Bull City. The Durham Herald Sun has been the dominant hometown newspaper for the last 100 years. But the paper is about to get some company. Next week the News and Observer makes a bold move -- it's launching a new paper, The Durham News.
wral
http://www.wral.com/news/4231813/detail.html
2/25/05 - S.F. Law Firm Claims Dell Ads Are Deceptive:
DALLAS Dell became the nation's largest seller of personal computers through a customized ordering process that now faces a class-action lawsuit claiming the company used deceptive advertising and bait-and-switch tactics. The lawsuit, filed in San Francisco by the firm Lerach Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins, names Dell and its finance partner CIT Bank, claiming they are "systematically deceiving customers who buy Dell products." ...With $50 billion in revenue, Dell spends $300 million annually on TV, print and Internet advertising, according to the law firm. DDB Chicago is Dell's lead agency, with other shops working on pieces of the account.
adweek
http://www.adweek.com/aw/regional/west/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000817408
2/25/05 - Sports Illustrated Introduces Spanish-language Edition:
Time Inc. will launch Sports Illustrated Latino in April, with the first of three controlled issues this year.
portada-online
http://portada-online.com/productdetails.aspx?productID=1232&cid=1
2/25/05 - Russia, China, U.S. Get New Magazines:
The magazine business can expect several launches in Russia, China and the United States in the next few months.
Meredith Corp. partnered with Chinese publisher SEEC Media to introduce Better Homes and Gardens. The multiyear licensing deal gives SEEC the right to publish and distribute Meredith's flagship in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Singapore.
dm news
http://dmnews.com/cgi-bin/artprevbot.cgi?article_id=31946
2/25/05 - Ad Changes Ahead for Controversial Drugs:
NEW YORK -- Ad executives and drug company officials say changes in advertising strategies are almost a certainty in the wake of the Vioxx and Celebrex news and new studies showing a consumer backlash.
ny newsday
http://www.nynewsday.com/business/sns-ap-pharmaceutical-ad-changes,0,6746101.story?coll=nyc-business-headlines
2/25/05 - Lee Declares Quarterly Dividend:
NEW YORK The board of directors at Lee Enterprises announced a quarterly cash dividend of $.18 per share payable on April 1 to stockholders of record as of March 1, 2005.
editor & publisher
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/departments/business/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000816789
2/25/05 - Magazine Rack: Trader Monthly
ATTEMPTING TO FIND out a bit more about Trader Monthly before delving into the February/March issue, I put on my reporter hat (a teal fedora) and sent a query to a friend in the banking business. He passed it along to one of his trader buddies, who sent back the following response: "I read it and I absolutely love it. It is a complete joke, but it makes me laugh."
media post
http://publications.mediapost.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Articles.showArticleHomePage&art_aid=27574
2/25/05 - New mag on NY homes:
New York Home, a luxury-focused shelter and design magazine, will debut on newsstands in May and also go out to a preselected audience of design aficionados and architects. Publisher Suzanne Tron, who's the former publisher of Architecture magazine, said New York Home will come out every other month. It'll focus on upscale neighborhoods in the city and nearby suburbs.
ny daily news
http://www.nydailynews.com/business/col/story/284154p-243440c.html
2/25/05 - 1000 Plus New Mags Launched in 2004:
CAN the industry stand all this good news in one week? Fresh from a report that the Magazine Publishers of America is kicking off a three-year, $40 million ad campaign comes boffo news on the start-up front: the number of new magazines blasted through the 1,000 barrier last year — the first time since '98 when launches hit 1,065. In 2004, there were 1,006 launches, according to the soon-to-be-released "Samir Husni's Guide to New Magazines."
ny post
http://nypost.com/business/41196.htm
2/25/05 - Media ownership rules argued:
Denver Post publisher William Dean Singleton would like to purchase a local TV station and radio station, which he claims would improve local news coverage by sharing resources. Consumer advocate Chellie Pingree cautions that such cross-ownership of media sources could stifle diversity of opinion.
denver post
http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1413,36~33~2731378,00.html
2/25/05 - Disney names publisher, editor for Wondertime:
Manhattan-based Disney Publishing Worldwide named David Mevorah and Lisa Stiepock to the newly-created positions of publisher and editor, respectively, of Wondertime, a parenting magazine slated to launch in early 2006. Mr. Mevorah was previously publisher of Gruner & Jahr's Child magazine, orchestrating that title's re-launch in 2001. He also served as national advertising director for Primedia's Healthy Kids, as well as its American Baby and Healthy Kids television programs.
crain's ny
http://www.crainsny.com/news.cms?id=10006
2/25/05 - For Me to launch as monthly:
Hachette Filipacchi Media named Ellen Breslau as editor of For Me, the publisher's newest lifestyle magazine aimed at women in their 20s and 30s. Ms. Breslau oversaw the magazine's inaugural issue--450,000 copies of which hit newsstands last November. Hachette Filipacchi said strong reader response to that issue prompted it to make the magazine into a monthly with a distribution of 600,000 copies. The second issue will come out in April.
crain's ny
http://newyorkbusiness.com/news.cms?newsId=10008
2/24/2005 - Who's Buying Print Advertising?
2/24/05 - Hanes Revives a Successful Campaign From the 90's:
OR those who have been waiting for Hanes to revive "Just wait'll we get our Hanes on you," the wait is over - kinda sorta. In a campaign scheduled to begin on Monday, which is being billed as the largest in years for the Hanes apparel brand, the "Just wait'll" theme, so successful in the 1990's, returns with a bit of tailoring as "Look who we've got our Hanes on now." Also being revived is the idea of using a roster of celebrities to sell Hanes underwear, sleepwear, socks and other clothing, rather than the single-star approach the brand has recently taken in featuring Michael Jordan. Mr. Jordan remains, joined initially by Damon Wayans, Matthew Perry and Marisa Tomei, making the campaign perhaps the first to present a winner of an Academy Award for best supporting actress cavorting in her scanties. The yearlong television, print and online campaign, which has a budget estimated at more than $50 million, is being created by the Martin Agency in Richmond, Va., owned by the Interpublic Group of Companies. ... In addition to the four stars who will appear in the TV commercials that will start on Monday, Hanes and Martin are considering additional celebrities to join them in print advertisements that are to begin in July.
ny times
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/24/business/media/24adco.html
2/24/05 - Black Angus Steakhouse Hires Florida Shop:
ATLANTA Marketing Magic has obtained the creative and media buying duties of the Black Angus Steakhouse chain without a review, the shop said. The Los Altos, Calif.-based chain of 88 restaurants plans to spend between $10 million and $12 million on advertising this year, according to the independent Hollywood, Fla., shop. ... Marketing Magic plans to develop a television, radio, print, outdoor and direct mail campaign for the company.
adweek
http://www.adweek.com/aw/regional/west/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000816089
2/24/2005 - Daily Prnt Media Business News:
International Print Media News:
2/24/05 - CanWest to launch free daily in 5 Canadian cities:
TORONTO, - CanWest Global Communications Corp. (CGSnv.TO) will launch a long-rumored free daily paper in five Canadian cities starting on April 4, the country's No. 1 media group said on Wednesday.
reuters
http://yahoo.reuters.com/financeQuoteCompanyNewsArticle.jhtml?duid=mtfh63066_2005-02-23_22-46-28_n23646148_newsml
2/24/05 - Strong economy boosts profits for Australian media and gaming giant PBL:
SYDNEY, (AFP) - Robust consumer and advertising spending in Australia's booming economy boosted profits for media and gaming giant Publishing Broadcasting Ltd (PBL) by 24 percent for the half-year to December, the company said. The company, controlled by the family of Kerry Packer, Australia's richest man, said interim profit rose to 339.7 million dollars (265 million US).
afp
http://au.news.yahoo.com/050224/19/t7tk.html
2/24/05 - Torstar Corp. improves Q4 profit 40% to $42.6 million, increases dividend:
TORONTO - Torstar Corp. saw its fourth-quarter profits improve 40 per cent on stronger bottom-line performances at all of its newspapers, but the new year has started sluggishly in terms of advertising, the company said Wednesday.
cp
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/cpress/20050223/ca_pr_on_me/craft_torstar_2
2/24/05 - Japan's pioneer gay magazine coming back out of the closet:
TOKYO (AFP) - Japan's pioneer gay magazine Barazoku (Rose Tribe), which folded six months ago, will be revived with some help from a pornographer and a star drag queen, its editor said.
afp
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20050223/lf_afp/afplifestylejapanmedia_050223155333
2/24/005 - Panama: La Prensa updates its look:
It’s Panama’s most trusted source of news, and La Prensa daily newspaper now proudly presents a brand new look. Its toned up its format and design to make it more functional and modern.
publicitas
http://www.publicitas.com/display.asp?id=6.8&chp=6.3&foot=6.9&cpny=*&PARAM1=13658
2/24/05 - Malaysia: Readership of Star rises to 1.109mil:
The readership ofThe Star showed a healthy rise in the latest media index survey by research firm AC Nielsen. Between January and December 2004, the average readership of The Star rose by 64,000 or 6.1% to 1,109,000, compared with 1,045,000 for October 2003 to September 2004.
publicitas
http://www.publicitas.com/display.asp?id=6.8&chp=6.3&foot=6.9&cpny=*&PARAM1=13652
2/24/05 - Music industry battles papers' free CDs:
The record industry has driven another nail in the coffin of newspapers' freebie CDs after U2's label Universal became the latest to withdraw support for the now ubiquitous free compilations.
media guardian
http://media.guardian.co.uk/presspublishing/story/0,7495,1423764,00.html
2/24/05 - Free inserts mean loss of revenue for government:
NEW DELHI: Yesterday, we had pointed out how unauthorised 'inserts' — advertising pamphlets stuck into the newspaper — provide unscrupulous elements a 'licence in default' and allow them to make a mockery of the strict regulations governing Indian newspapers. But that's not where the problem ends. Inserts also represent a huge loss of revenue for the government.
times of india
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1027824.cms
National News:
2/24/05 - Gemstar-TV Guide Reverses 4Q Loss:
LOS ANGELES - Gemstar-TV Guide International Inc. swung to a fourth-quarter profit as surging revenue from its channel-surfing aids compensated for slips in its publishing and consumer-electronics licensing units.
ap
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050223/ap_on_bi_ge/earns_gemstar_tv_guide_2
2/24/05 - Martha Stewart staff, investors await return:
Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc., whose founder is to be released from prison next month, Wednesday posted a fourth-quarter loss as advertising sales plunged. But the company's shares rose to their highest price in five years after the company said ad sales will rebound once Martha Stewart returns to work.
detroit free press
http://www.freep.com/money/business/stewart24e_20050224.htm
2/24/05 - Martha Muddle:
Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia posted another loss in the fourth quarter — but said it is banking on a pickup in advertising at the flagship magazine after Martha herself is released from prison March 6.
ny post
http://nypost.com/business/business.htm
2/24/05 - Is Martha's Return a Good Thing?:
On Mar. 6, after hanging up her prison garb, Martha Stewart will begin the next chapter in what's shaping up as the most memorable comeback story in Corporate America in years. The domestic icon is, if anything, a bigger celebrity than before the scandal over her suspicious trading activity broke nearly three years ago, with a lofty price for her company's stock, two TV shows lined up, and surging public support. Donald Trump, who is co-producing Martha's version of his NBC prime-time hit The Apprentice, goes so far as to say, "I've gained more respect for her because of the dignity and style with which she has handled all this."
businessweek
http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/feb2005/nf20050224_7007_db016.htm
2/24/05 - "People Want Her to Succeed":
On Mar. 6, Martha Stewart will complete five months of prison time for lying to government officials about the circumstances surrounding a stock sale. While Stewart must now do another five months of house arrest, she has an active schedule lined up, including preparing two new TV shows
businessweek
http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/feb2005/nf20050223_3816.htm
2/24/05 - Martha in Charge?:
As Stewart finishes up her prison term, her lawyers are hoping that the SEC will make a deal allowing her to head her company again
newsweek
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7018932/site/newsweek/
2/24/05 - Ads Embedded in Online News Raise Questions:
Online sites are generating new revenue by steering readers to advertisements when they click on certain words. But when those keywords are embedded in the text of a news article, those sites are generating debate as well. Two months after Forbes.com ended an experiment with such keyword ads, citing unease among its reporters, The New York Post is considering adopting the practice for its site. In the process, the newspaper is raising questions about the ethics of keyword advertising online.
ny times
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/24/business/media/24post.html
2/24/05 - Suede Magazine Halted After 4 Issues:
Essence Communications Partners announced yesterday that it was stopping publication, at least temporarily, of Suede, an ethnic fashion magazine aimed at young women, after four issues because of high production costs.
ny times
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/24/business/media/24suede.html?
2/24/05 - IDG's CMO Magazine Launches Online Editorial Content Program:
FRAMINGHAM, Mass., -- IDG's CMO magazine announces an online editorial content program for chief marketing officers today. The new online editorial program includes a series of on-demand webcasts and electronic newsletters created to address current marketing topics in an immediately accessible and interactive environment. "CMO magazine's online program is designed to deliver electronic content to our website visitors and print subscribers.
pr newswire
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050224/nyth067_1.html
2/24/05 - Mom and Dad Launching Magazine to Support Their Family's Habit - Education, That Is:
Massachusetts family launches a new educational magazine to encourage other families to take a more active role in their children's education.
pr web
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/2/prwebxml210961.php
2/24/05 - Pan American Media Reps Bello Magazine:
The agreement establishes Pan American Media Group as the exclusive sales agent for bello Magazine in the Southeast United States and provides PanAm with a large circulation magazine for the Latino market.
hispanic ad
http://hispanicad.com/cgi-bin/news/newsarticle.cgi?article_id=16031
2/24/05 - US online advertising rockets:
Online advertising spending leapt by nearly a third last year as the internet continued to gain ground over television, newspapers and other traditional media.
media guardian
http://media.guardian.co.uk/newmedia/story/0,7496,1423486,00.html
2/24/05 - Satellite Newspapers Contracts Marriott:
Hartford - NORTH HAVEN -- Satellite Enterprises Corp. through its subsidiary, Satellite Newspapers Suisse GmbH, announced today that it has entered into an agreement with Marriott International, a leading international chain of hospitality properties. Under the terms of this agreement, Satellite Newspapers will be the digital newspapers provider in all of Marriott's international regions.
dbusiness news
http://hartford.dbusinessnews.com/shownews.php?newsid=11800&type_news=latest
2/24/05 - Whither The Wall Street Journal?:
The Wall Street Journal is not only the best-written, most elegantly edited newspaper to cover business, it may be the best paper period. Because of its immense clout and vast resources -- the Journal might assign half a dozen reporters to the telecommunications beat while The New York Times and Washington Post each have one -- publicists feed it exclusives, sources leak it information and corporate chieftains plead for the privilege of having their cartoon portraits grace Page 1. All of this helps the Journal maintain its competitive edge. Given all of this, it might be hard to believe that The Wall Street Journal is in danger of becoming irrelevant, but it is.
wired news
http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,66697,00.html
2/24/05 - O'Reilly Brings Book Smarts to DIY Tech Magazine:
Book publisher O'Reilly Media enters the magazine world with the mid-March debut of Make, a do-it-yourself title dedicated to showing how to make technology work for consumers. The quarterly, digest-sized magazine starts with a non-guaranteed circulation of 45,000, targeting mostly men 30-50. It is the latest expansion for the 27-year-old producer of books, conferences and Web sites on computer technology.
dm news
http://dmnews.com/cgi-bin/artprevbot.cgi?article_id=31968
2/24/05 - MPA Plans Pro-Magazine Ad Campaign:
Magazine Publishers of America announced yesterday that it will launch a $40 million advertising campaign to promote the power of magazines to consumers Feb. 28. The multimedia effort will contain print and online components such as print ads featuring people reading magazines in futuristic settings and depictions of magazine covers of the future. The tagline "Read On" relays the message that despite changes in the world, consumers always will look to magazines, according to the MPA. The ads were produced by advertising agency Fallon, New York.
dm news
http://dmnews.com/cgi-bin/artprevbot.cgi?article_id=31960
2/24/05 - 'WP' Site Launches Centralized Location for Video Reporting:
NEW YORK The Washington Post has consolidated its online video journalism at one, centralized Web location, launched earlier this month. The page, available at www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/mmedia/documentaryvideo, hosts video from 2000 to the present, offering a comprehensive library of the Post's video documentary coverage.
editor & publisher
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/departments/online/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000809725
2/24/05 - 'Hell Freezes Over!' Mags Blur Church & State:
AT A TIME WHEN THE line between advertising and editorial content seems to be blurring to an almost indistinguishable point, a major medium next week will break an ad campaign that could blur it even further. That medium, consumer magazines, ironically is also the same one that has been among the most vigilant guardians of the so-called 'church and state' between editorial and advertising content.
media post
http://publications.mediapost.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Articles.showArticleHomePage&art_aid=27551
2/24/05 - The Deal, CNET to launch new magazine:
Manhattan-based financial publisher The Deal is joining forces with CNET News.com to produce a bimonthly magazine, Tech Confidential, which will cover the business and finance aspects of technology.
crain's ny
http://www.crainsny.com/news.cms?id=10001
2/24/05 - OK! puts U.S. launch plans in high gear:
A legal challenge has thwarted a British publisher's choice of editors for new celebrity weekly OK!, but the company is still ramping up plans to launch later this year. Northern & Shell is in serious talks toward a distribution deal for OK! with Comag Marketing Group, a joint venture of Conde Nast and Hearst that also distributes the rival Us Weekly.
ny daily news
http://www.nydailynews.com/business/story/283820p-243162c.html
2/24/05 - USA Weekend Ad Revenue, Pages Up 9.5%:
USA Weekend last year significantly outpaced its 2003 advertising revenue and paging, both increasing 9.5 percent. The national newspaper magazine recorded year-end revenue at $416 million and ad pages at 696 pages, according to Publishers Information Bureau figures.
mediaweek
http://www.mediaweek.com/mw/news/print/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000815664
2/24/05 - Barba Joins Fast Company as Publisher:
G+J USA Publishing today announced the hire of Matthew Barba as publisher of Fast Company. Barba was most recently associate publisher of the Atlantic Monthly.
mediaweek
http://www.mediaweek.com/mw/news/print/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000815636
2/24/05 - For the haves, a raft of new magazines:
Greed is not good. We learned that in the recession, if we didn't know it before. But that's not the same as flaunting it if you've got it, which is perfectly okay for folks in the right circles. And now, with the recession having lifted its blanket of gloom, there's a raft of new magazines targeting the flaunt-it-if-you-got-it set. "Conspicuous consumption is back in," says Martin Walker, magazine consultant and principal of Walker Communications, and that's driving the flood of new titles.
media life
http://69.20.6.242/News2005/feb05/feb21/3_wed/news3wednesday.html
2/23/2005 - Who's Buying Print Advertising?
2/23/05 - CL Gives Insider Views of Trex Decks:
CHICAGO Carmichael Lynch aims to make dream decks more of a reality in a new print campaign for building material Trex, introducing a new tagline, "Create your space." The new line replaces "Deck of a lifetime," which had been running since the Minneapolis agency's initial work for the Winchester, Va., client broke in March 1999. ... The campaign began appearing in March home magazines such as House & Garden, Southern Living, Sunset and Traditional Living. Spending on the campaign was not disclosed. The company spent $11 million on advertising last year, according to Nielsen Monitor-Plus.
adweek
http://www.adweek.com/aw/regional/midwest/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000809577
2/23/05 - Crossover Warns Blacks About Menthol Smokes:
SAN FRANCISCO Crossover Creative is using stark imagery to educate black smokers about the unique dangers of menthol cigarettes. The outdoor and print pro bono campaign for the California Department of Health Services' Tobacco Control Section broke this month and features provocative billboards and bus transit posters showing an open menthol cigarette box filled with what appear to be dead black smokers instead of cigarettes. ... Crossover, based in Richmond, Calif., is an independent agency that bills itself as an urban, multicultural shop that bridges the gap between general-market advertising and the Hispanic, African American and Asian American markets.
adweek
http://www.adweek.com/aw/regional/west/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000809511
2/23/05 - Campaign Spotlight: Realtors Work to Polish Their Image
Once upon a time, aspirin, cellophane, elevator and zipper were Aspirin, Cellophane, Elevator and Zipper, but those registered trademarks eventually became generic and lost their protected status. Seeking to prevent that, as well as to stimulate business for its 1.1 million members, the National Association of Realtors is embarking on a brand-image campaign that asks the buyers and sellers of residential and commercial property to look for and work with Realtors rather than just plain real estate agents -- or try to go it alone. The multimedia campaign, with a $25 million budget, is the eighth annual public awareness effort by the association, all of them created by an agency known as Most, based in Newport Beach, Calif. The campaign, which began Feb. 7, includes local and national television and radio commercials, print advertisements, posters and Web banners. Carton Donofrio Partners in Baltimore is the media and interactive agency, and also works with Most on the overall campaign strategy.
ny times 'in advertising' by stuart elliot (subscription)
http://www.nytimes.com/mem/email.html
2/23/2005 - Daily Print Media Business News:
Internatonal Print Media News:2/23/05 - The New York Times International Weekly Supplement Launches In Izvestia Of Russia:
NEW YORK-- The New York Times announced today that it has launched its New York Times International Weekly in Russia's daily newspaper Izvestia. The first edition was published on February 21. Izvestia joins a growing number of newspapers that publish the supplement, which is designed to complement and enhance news coverage for their local audiences. The supplement will be published in English each Monday.
business wire
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/050222/225944_1.html
2/23/05 - APN publishing earnings rise despite Herald on Sunday costs:
Media company APN achieved a 16 per cent increase in full year earnings at its New Zealand publishing business despite the $3 million cost of launching its Herald on Sunday.
stuff
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3196234a13,00.html
2/23/05 - Mobile Entertainment hits B2B market:
The fast-growing mobile content sector is set to gain its first business publication, Mobile Entertainment, from next week.
mediaweek uk
http://www.mediaweek.co.uk/articles/folder2005/Feb05/22/mobileentertainment-b2b
2/23/05 - Magazine distribution set for major overhaul:
The system behind distribution of magazines is facing its biggest shake up in modern times after the Office of Fair Trading today ruled that the current system was anti-competitive.
mediaweek uk
http://www.mediaweek.co.uk/articles/folder2005/Feb05/22/ift-magazinedist-ruling
2/23/05 - FT to publish men's fashion supplement:
The Financial Times will publish a glossy colour supplement, The Business of Fashion: Women’s Wear Spring/Summer 2005 on 25 February.
mediaweek uk
http://www.mediaweek.co.uk/articles/folder2005/Feb05/FT-menswear-supp
2/23/05 - Publishing for the posh kids - Wonderland Magazine:
Affluent urban consumers are the target of a new lifestyle title launching in September. Bi-monthly publication Wonderland, published by London-based Visual Talent, is aiming at readers who boast an average salary of £60 to £80,000, probably have been University educated and are aged 25 to 45.
mediaweek uk
http://www.mediaweek.co.uk/articles/folder2005/Feb05/22/wanderlandlaunch
2/23/05 - Kent Messenger to offer polybagging:
The Kent Messenger Group has become what it claims is the first regional publishing house in the UK to offer a polybagging facility with its newspapers.
mediaweek uk
http://www.mediaweek.co.uk/articles/folder2005/Feb05/kentmessenger-polybag
2/23/05 - UK Newspaper Launches Blog:
The Observer newspaper in the UK will launch a blog this coming Sunday.
web pro news
http://www.webpronews.com/news/ebusinessnews/wpn-45-20050223UKNewspaperLaunchesBlog.html
2/23/05 - Vioxx backlash could help drugs' print ads:
NEW YORK - Criticism of aggressive direct-to-consumer promotion of prescription drugs sparked by the recent withdrawal of Merck & Co.'s arthritis drug Vioxx could be a boon to print advertising, a prominent magazine executive said on Thursday. But advertising industry insiders do not believe the major drug companies will pull back from their omnipresent television campaigning unless forced to do so by federal regulators.
muzi.com
http://dailynews.muzi.com/ll/english/1338638.shtml
2/23/05 - International: Svenska Dagbladet is recognized World's Best-Designed Newspapers with four other titles:
Out of 423 newspapers worldwide, the Society for Newspaper Design recognizes Svenska Dagbladet (SvD) and four other newspapers as the World’s Best-Designed Newspapers™:
publicitas
http://www.publicitas.com/display.asp?id=6.8&chp=6.3&foot=6.9&cpny=*&PARAM1=13646
2/23/05 - Indian Express to launch Kolkata edition:
The Express Group is launching a Kolkata edition, to supplement the prowess of the Financial Express in the region. The launch is slated within a few weeks.
exchange 4 media
http://www.exchange4media.com/e4m/news/newfullstory.asp?section_id=5&news_id=15091&tag=9826
2/23/05 - Magazine distribution is anti-competitive, says OFT:
The magazine industry is facing a radical shake-up after the Office of Fair Trading ruled its distribution arrangements were anti-competitive.
media guardian
http://media.guardian.co.uk/presspublishing/story/0,7495,1423596,00.html
National Print Media News:
2/23/05 - Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia shows signs of turnaround; is it sustainable:
NEW YORK - When Martha Stewart is released from prison next week, the doyenne of domesticity will return to the multimedia company she founded which faces a much brighter outlook than when she was convicted of lying about a stock sale only a year ago.
ap via yahoo
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=2148&ncid=2148&e=19&u=/cpress/20050222/ca_pr_on_bu/martha_stewart_outlook
2/23/05 - Martha Stewart Living records quarterly loss:
NEW YORK, - Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc. (MSO.N) , whose namesake founder is set to be released from prison next month, on Wednesday said it had a loss in the fourth quarter on sluggish magazine advertising and weakness at its television unit.
reuters
http://yahoo.reuters.com/financeQuoteCompanyNewsArticle.jhtml?duid=mtfh49795_2005-02-23_13-00-51_n23538744_newsml
2/23/05 - Bauer Publishing is Number One on Newsstand According to FAS-FAX Report:
Bauer Publishing is the number one seller of magazines on the newsstand in the United
business wire
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/050223/235223_1.html
2/23/05 - Pulitzer says has clearance for buyout by Lee:
NEW YORK, - Newspaper publisher Pulitzer Inc. (PTZ.N) on Wednesday said the regulatory waiting period for its acquisition by Lee Enterprises Inc. (LEE.N) had ended.
reuters
http://yahoo.reuters.com/financeQuoteCompanyNewsArticle.jhtml?duid=mtfh50861_2005-02-23_13-33-11_n23431764_newsml
2/23/05 - Gannett Board Approves 27-Cent Dividend:
MCLEAN, Va.-- A quarterly dividend of 27 cents per share was declared today by the Board of Directors of Gannett Co., Inc. (NYSE:GCI). The dividend is payable on April 1, 2005 to shareholders of record on March 4, 2005.
business wire
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/050222/225653_1.html
2/23/05 - Get Fashionable With Taxi Tops:
Taxi tops are getting cooler. Wireless and GPS can deliver everything from sports scores to info about up-to-the-minute lunchtime sales, all customizable block-by-block. Clear Channel is even at work on "Smart Tops," which would have three LCD screens and feature Flash animation. Or, if you're Glamour, you can do it the old-fashioned way: by volume. For the month of March, the magazine will own 60 percent of the taxi-top inventory in New York--that's 3,000 cabs, a figure Glamour says is a record. What's the special occasion? The big March fashion issue, for one. adweek
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=628&ncid=628&e=2&u=/adweek/20050222/ad_bpiaw/shoptalkgetfashionablewithtaxitops
2/23/05 - Fast Company Magazine Names New Publisher:
NEW YORK, -- Russell Denson, President and Chief Executive Officer of Gruner + Jahr USA Publishing, names Matthew T. Barba, former associate publisher of Atlantic Monthly, to the position of publisher for Fast Company magazine effective March 1.
pr newswire
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050223/nyw037_1.html
2/23/05 - Match.com Launches Happen Magazine(TM):
DALLAS, -- Match.com today announced one of the most significant online launches for America's 80 million single people with the premiere of Happen Magazine(TM) (www.happenmagazine.com) -- the first and only online magazine focused exclusively on dating and relationships. Offering unique, original and provocative editorial content, the magazine is masterminded by Editor-in-Chief Janet Siroto, who comes from executive editor positions at Redbook and Cosmopolitan.
pr newswire
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050223/sfw074_1.html
2/23/05 - Can The Tabloid Format Save Newspapers?:
As consumers have increasingly turned to television and the Internet for news, the circulation of paid newspapers has declined by 2% to 4% annually for more than a decade in most developed markets.
forbes
http://www.forbes.com/commerce/2005/02/22/0222mckinsey.html?partner=yahoo&referrer=
2/23/05 - Stopping The Presses:
NEW YORK - A decade or so ago, pre-Internet, a McKinsey consultant told me that the future for serious newspapers wouldn't be to sell hundreds of thousands of copies for 50 cents each but to have their journalists talking on the phone to readers for $500 an hour. This reductio ad absurdum of personalization sounded nuts at the time. Almost ten years into the Internet revolution, it doesn't seem so daft, though not for the reasons originally advanced. Online news sites (including our own), free from print's constraints of time and space, are using the medium to aggregate and deliver information tailored to each user in a way a newspaper never can. Where does that leave the printed word?
forbes
http://www.forbes.com/home/business/2005/02/22/cx_pm_0222news.html
2/23/05 - All The Loyalty That's Fit To Print:
NEW YORK - The New York Times Co. just bought the world's biggest blog. OK, About.com isn't technically a blog, but it is a massive collection of content produced by non-journalist experts. For a small salary, 500 About.com guides produce myriad Web pages that the company turns into cash by selling ads. Together the guides have amassed 1 million pages covering 55,000 topics, from fly-fishing to cross-stitching.
forbes
http://www.forbes.com/ebusiness/2005/02/23/cx_pp_0223nyt.html
2/23/05 - Edinburg newspaper stops daily production:
EDINBURG — The Edinburg Daily Review will no longer be daily, starting today. he 91-year-old publication has been scaled back from a five-day newspaper to printing Wednesday and weekend morning editions. The revamped eight-page Edinburg Review will now be free and no longer delivered door-to-door to residents. The circulation figure was unavailable.
the monitor
http://www.themonitor.com/SiteProcessor.cfm?Template=/GlobalTemplates/Details.cfm&StoryID=5841&Section=Valley
2/23/05 - Transporte Latino Magazine Celebrates Its Fourth Year in the Trucking Industry:
LOS ANGELES, -- The first and only audited magazine dedicated to serving the expanding Hispanic community within the trucking industry goes nationwide. Just four years ago Ricardo Rodriguez-Long and Edgardo Iorio, both working in the trucking sector launched a magazine in Spanish to cater to over 500,000 Spanish speaking commercial truck drivers over the road.
the auto channel
http://www.theautochannel.com/F/news/2005/02/22/000795.html
2/23/05 - MagazineLaunch.com Website Launched to Provide Online Resources for Magazine Startups in a Dynamic & Interactive Format:
The 2005 MagazineLaunch.com website provides articles, resources, forum topics, magazine launch announcements, and a growing publisher resource directory.
pr web
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/2/prwebxml211061.php
2/23/05 - New Look for 'Savoy' Magazine's Relaunch:
News & Notes with Ed Gordon, February 22, 2005 · If you're browsing through magazines on your local newstand this week, you may notice that Savoy magazine is back. Once dubbed "the black Vanity Fair," the new Savoy is a slightly heftier and glossier magazine than the one that disappeared two years ago. Monique Carridine on the rebirth of Savoy.
npr
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4508282&sourceCode=RSS
2/23/05 - Good Design is Good Design -- Or is it?:
Good design is functional design, whether we talk about toasters, fishing rods or newspaper pages. Good design allows the product to do what it was created to do efficiently, effectively and elegantly. A well designed toaster, for instance, should toast the bread (or many kinds of bread) to the degree desired, quickly and with minimal fussing with dials and knobs. Looking good in the process is a not inconsequential plus.
business journalism
http://www.businessjournalism.org/content/6209.cfm
2/23/05 - Mags Plan $40 M Ad Blitz:
WE'VE heard the mantra for decades now, print is dead, newspapers and magazines are in peril. Now the Magazine Publishers of America, in an aggressive bid to put the industry's best foot forward, is kicking off a massive $40 million, three-year ad campaign.
ny post
http://nypost.com/business/41053.htm
2/23/05 - Europe Teems With Web Dailies That Twit the Mainstream Press:
PARIS - The brothers David and Alfonso Rojo are pioneer publishers who monitor the heartbeat of their Spanish digital "newspaper of newspapers" with periodic glances toward tiny numbers on a computer screen in Madrid. Mornings are the most satisfying for David Rojo, who labels his competitors the "traditional and rotten press." His Web portal, Periodista Digital, is one of the most widely read digital dailies in Spain, with 115,000 registered subscribers.
ny times
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/21/business/worldbusiness/21rags.html?
2/23/05 - N.Y. Times boss: We'll adapt, fix mistakes:
The closest thing to newspaper royalty stopped by St. Petersburg on Tuesday evening to express his surprise at the speed of change in journalism, acknowledge past faults in his newsroom and himself, and boast that his paper is ready to deliver news to his readers in whatever form they want.
stpetersburg times
http://www.stpetersburgtimes.com/2005/02/23/Columns/NY_Times_boss__We_ll_.shtml
2/23/05 - V Life uploads style onto Net via new site:
Variety inaugurated on Tuesday a Web site, VLifeMag.com, as an online companion to its V Life magazine.
variety
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117918349?categoryid=21&cs=1&s=h&p=0
2/23/05 - B-to-b publishers face imminent hike in paper prices:
Due to a combination of factors, including a strike at a paper mill in Canada, prices for 100 pounds of No. 5 coated groundwood stock are expected to rise about $3, or roughly 5%, on March 1, according to industry observers. International Paper and MeadWestvaco have already announced price hikes. "Every indication that we have is that all the others will follow suit, and it will stick," said Ron Brockman, production director for Vance Publishing Corp.
btob
http://www.btobonline.com/article.cms?articleId=23412
2/22/2005 - Who's Buying Print Advertising?
2/22/05 - SinoFresh HealthCare, Inc. Announces Plans for First National Advertising Campaign:
ENGLEWOOD, Fla.-- SinoFresh HealthCare, Inc. (OTC BB: SFSH) today announced that it has teamed with AdSouth Partners, Inc. (OTC BB: ADPR) of Boca Raton, FL to drive the launch of its first national advertising campaign for SinoFresh(TM) Antiseptic Nasal & Oral Care. The integrated campaign will feature television, radio and print elements, and aims to generate consumer brand awareness and trial of the nasal spray prior to spring allergy season. SinoFresh(TM) Antiseptic Nasal & Oral Care is the first over the counter nasal spray proven to kill the bacteria, germs and mold that can contribute to upper respiratory disorders. ... Print advertising placements are planned for March, April, and May issues of popular consumer magazines including Cosmopolitan, Prevention, US Weekly, and National Enquirer. Total combined readership for the campaign is estimated at over 85 million.
pr newswire
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/050222/225304_1.html
2/22/05 - UPS Delivers More in New Advertising Campaign:
ATLANTA-- Airing for the first time today is an aggressive new advertising campaign designed to demonstrate the expanded capabilities beyond package delivery that UPS is bringing to the global marketplace. ... Created by McCann Erickson, the campaign is rolling out in 23 countries with a total of five commercials: two 60-second spots ads and three 20-second commercials. The campaign also includes print, outdoor and online advertising as well as additional television commercials planned later this year.
business wire
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/050221/215217_1.html
2/22/05 - GM Unveils New Hispanic Advertising Campaign:
General Motors Corp. announced the launch of “Sólo GM” a new corporate advertising campaign targeted to the U.S. Hispanic market. “Sólo GM” highlights the company’s leadership in areas including safety and security, innovation, quality and customer satisfaction. ... The Spanish language announcement of the “Sólo GM” campaign launched February 7 in the top 25 U.S. Hispanic newspapers. Print ads will appear starting March 3 in national Hispanic magazines.
hispanic ad
http://hispanicad.com/cgi-bin/news/newsarticle.cgi?article_id=16015
2/22/05 - Fort Franklin Scores With International Brands:
BOSTON Seeking a higher profile in the crowded high-end scotch category, International Brands has hired Fort Franklin and plans to increase ad spending this year behind its three whiskies, the distributor said. ... Sources said $5 million would support a fall campaign from Fort Franklin, which client vp Kai Anderson said would probably employ a new tagline and revamped strategy. Previous efforts from various design shops have included point-of-purchase and print ads tagged "Small distillery. Big scotch."
adweek
http://www.adweek.com/aw/regional/new_england/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000809105
2/22/05 - Budweiser Select, a "new kind of beer" brewed for a "crisp taste and no aftertaste.":
ST. LOUIS, Feb. 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Budweiser Select is "a new kind of beer brewed for a crisp taste that finishes clean." Budweiser Select, with its clear plastic label and upscale imagery offers beer drinkers a sophisticated drink option. The new brew, available nationwide Feb. 21, is the company's newest entry in a long line of innovative beers, including the No. 1 and No. 2 selling beers in the world, Budweiser and Bud Light. ... Budweiser Select is priced on par with Budweiser and Bud Light and supported by a full line of point-of-sale and merchandising materials in addition to television, outdoor, radio and print advertising. Ad agencies for Budweiser Select include DDB Chicago, TBWA\CHIAT\DAY Los Angeles and Modernista Boston.
pr newswire
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=109&STORY=/www/story/02-21-2005/0003064850&EDATE=
2/22/05 - Battle over Social Security heats up:
NEW YORK - A group that has funneled millions of dollars into Republican policy battles is now taking on one of the nation's most powerful lobbying groups -- the AARP -- in the battle to overhaul Social Security, a news report said Monday. The group, USA Next, plans to spend up to $10 million on commercials and other tactics to support the campaign for private Social Security accounts, which are adamantly opposed by AARP, the largest lobbying group representing middle-aged and senior Americans, the New York Times reported. The AARP has already spent $5 million on print advertisements in major newspapers opposing private accounts and plans to spend another $5 million on a new print advertising campaign beginning this week, according to the paper.
cnn money
http://money.cnn.com/2005/02/21/news/economy/socialsecurity_battle/?cnn=yes
2/22/2005 - Daily Print Media Business News:
International Print Media News:
2/22/05 - Fairfax First-Half Profit Rises 26% on Advertising:
John Fairfax Holdings Ltd., Australia's second-biggest newspaper publisher, said first-half profit increased 26 percent as the company benefited from rising retail and employment advertising demand.
bloomberg
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000081&sid=aBStS37BaYx4
2/22/05 - Fairfax still watching television:
John Fairfax Holdings Ltd is positioning itself for a move into television amid expectations of continued growth in its Australian and New Zealand newspaper publishing businesses.
the age
http://www.theage.com.au/news/Breaking-News/Fairfax-still-watching-television/2005/02/21/1108834719468.html
2/22/05 - When is the right time to put a magazine under the knife?:
To redesign or relaunch, that is the question facing editors and publishers. Do they go ahead when a title’s on top of its game or when it’s facing terminal decline?
mediaweek uk
http://www.mediaweek.co.uk/articles/folder2005/Feb05/22/magazineknifetime
2/22/05 - Trinity Mirror unveils free Citizen:
Today sees the launch of Trinty Mirror’s Kenilworth Citizen, a new free weekly newspaper delivered to over 9,000 homes in the North Warwickshire Town.
mediaweek uk
http://www.mediaweek.co.uk/articles/folder2005/Feb05/trinitymirror-kenilworthcitizen
2/22/05 - Metro International posts £6m loss:
Metro International, which publishes free newspapers outside the UK, has plunged further into the red with a net loss of £6.0 million for the 2004 full year but recorded a healthy operating profit.
mediaweek uk
http://www.mediaweek.co.uk/articles/folder2005/Feb05/metrointernational-results
2/22/05 - Fast Car gets Juiced for major gaming promo:
Fast Car magazine has teamed up with computer game manufacturer THQ to integrate the launch of a new product into the next edition of the magazine.
mediaweek uk
http://www.mediaweek.co.uk/articles/folder2005/Feb05/fastcar-juiced-THQ
2/22/05 - Reveal forced into ABC release:
The National Magazine Company has bowed to industry pressure and released circulation figures for its new title Reveal earlier than planned.
mediaweek uk
http://www.mediaweek.co.uk/articles/folder2005/Feb05/22/revealabcrelease
2/22/05 - Belgium/The Netherlands: Scientific American with a Dutch language edition:
The popular US and international magazine Scientific American will appear in Dutch language edition. Published by Cascade N.V, the publisher of EOS Magazine, another popular science and technology title, the Dutch version of Scientific American will be issued bi-monthly with a print-run of 40'000 copies.
publicitas
http://www.publicitas.com/display.asp?id=6.8&chp=6.3&foot=6.9&cpny=*&PARAM1=13631
2/22/05 - France: Match du Monde hits the newsstands:
Match du Monde, the new magazine created by Hachette Filipacchi Médias after the suspension of Bon Voyage, is on newsstands today.
publicitas
http://www.publicitas.com/display.asp?id=6.8&chp=6.3&foot=6.9&cpny=*&PARAM1=13634
2/22/05 - Sunday Times ponders tabloid:
The Sunday Times is considering turning several of its sections tabloid following the format change at its sister title.
media guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/story/0,3604,1419656,00.html
2/22/05 - Trinity Mirror struggles to find headline growth:
Despite extensive cost savings and a rising share price, doubts persist on group’s future.
times online
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2095-1491277,00.html
2/22/05 - The building blocks of magazine publishing:
Publishing a magazine is best described as negotiating a tightrope set between two tall buildings. A fine balancing act is required to ensure that happy readers and advertisers deliver healthy returns, and ultimately happy shareholders. Publishing a youth magazine is as above, with the added complication of a tightrope that's under construction! A successful youth magazine - and by successful we refer to a magazine that is commercially viable - requires a clear strategy in terms of circulation and editorial.
bizcommunity
http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/39/5824.html
2/22/05 - Advertising industry spend in the GCC touches $4 billion in 2004:
The advertising expenditure in the GCC in 2004 has witnessed a major increase of 38% compared with 2003 when it recorded only a 16% increase, mainly due to the prevalent war situation in the region which had a negative impact on advertising activities. However, 2004 recorded more growth and the expenditure rose from $2.8 billion in 2003 to $3.9 billion in 2004, almost touching $4 billion.
strategiy
http://www.strategiy.com/anews.asp?id=20050222031927
National Print Media News:
2/22/05 - New York Times to Buy About.com for $410 Million:
The New York Times Co. on Thursday said it will buy online information portal About.com for $410 million from publisher Primedia Inc. as it looks for new ways to build advertising revenue over the Internet.
reuters
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=599&ncid=802&e=2&u=/nm/20050221/media_nm/media_about_newyorktimes_dc
2/22/05 - Web Executive Sees Online Video Ads Taking Off:
Online video advertising is poised for takeoff in the next three years as consumers seek out more video material on the Internet, but marketers need to learn quickly how to adapt to the commercial format, according to Internet marketing company Viewpoint Corp.
reuters
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=599&ncid=802&e=3&u=/nm/20050221/media_nm/media_viewpoint_advertising_dc
2/22/05 - Random House Joins Media Rush to Mobile Phones:
Following its brethren in the music, video game and television industries, book publisher Random House is venturing into the burgeoning market for delivering content over mobile phones.
reuters
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=599&ncid=802&e=4&u=/nm/20050218/media_nm/media_randomhouse_dc
2/22/05 - Detroit Newspapers Hires New Business Development Director:
DETROIT, -- Detroit Newspapers, the business agent for The Detroit News and Detroit Free Press, has hired Darrin Russell as the new Business Development Director. Russell, formerly of Aspen Marketing, takes over for Richard Harshbarger who assumes the role of Director of Marketing.
pr newswire
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050221/nym059_1.html
2/22/05 - USA TODAY Sports Weekly Publishes Special Edition Fantasy Baseball Guide '05:
MCLEAN, Va., -- A special edition of USA TODAY Sports Weekly devoted to the 2005 fantasy baseball season hits newsstands today. The Sports Weekly Fantasy Baseball Guide '05 will serve up the latest competitive advantage for fantasy baseball players.
pr newswire
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050221/dcm008_1.html
2/22/05 - Berlin Cameron to Bow 'WSJ Weekend':
NEW YORK WPP Group's Berlin Cameron/Red Cell has been tapped to create advertising around the launch of the The Wall Street Journal's Weekend Edition, the client said. ... In a statement, Wall Street Journal publisher and svp at its parent, Dow Jones & Co., Karen Elliott House said, We are delighted to have the opportunity to work with an agency the caliber of Berlin Cameron to create a campaign for the launch of the Weekend Edition.
adweek
2/22/05 - Newspaper holds Latino round tables:
The monthly round tables give community members an opportunity to talk about local issues and concerns with other residents as well as with the newspaper's editors and reporters; to bring stories of interest to the attention of the newspaper; and to learn more about the paper's operations.
nc times
http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2005/02/22/news/community/22105194500.txt
2/22/05 - Muslim newspaper debuts, seeks new staffers:
ANAHEIM — A new newspaper aimed at Muslims around Southern California so far has one full-time employee. But the creator of the monthly In Focus said she hopes to soon form a staff that will offer Muslim and non-Muslim perspectives.
ap via press telegram
http://www.presstelegram.com/Stories/0,1413,204~21474~2724922,00.html
2/22/05 - The Nation, Fox Spar Over Ad Buys:
Fox News Channel and The Nation magazine seem clearly aligned on opposite ends of the editorial media spectrum. But their advertising sections had been cross-pollinating — until Fox blocked The Nation's attempt at a commercial buy last summer.
cbs news
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/02/18/national/main675091.shtml
2/22/05 - Hispanic Print Will Grow the Fastest in 2005:
WASHINGTON-- One of the most reputable sources on the advertising and media industry in the country, Ad Age Magazine, announced that Hispanic Print Media will grow the fastest in the next year, reaching a 12% increase, outpacing Hispanic broadcast media. This growth will help generate a whopping $3.5 billion in total revenues for the Hispanic market. Hispanic Media as whole is expected to grow 11% in 2005, outpacing mainstream media by as much as 4%, according to Ad Age.
business wire
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/050218/185486_1.html
2/22/05 - Marketing to Hispanics Demands More Than 'Spanish-Language' Vehicles:
Marketers seeking to capitalize on the flourishing Hispanic market need to be more concerned with Hispanic values and less with venue according to the findings of the 2005 Brand Keys Customer Loyalty Index, which examined brand and purchase values of 6,700 Hispanic consumers, aged 21- 59 years of age.
hispanic ad
http://hispanicad.com/cgi-bin/news/newsarticle.cgi?article_id=16018
2/22/05 - GM Unveils New Hispanic Advertising Campaign:
General Motors Corp. announced the launch of “Sólo GM” a new corporate advertising campaign targeted to the U.S. Hispanic market. “Sólo GM” highlights the company’s leadership in areas including safety and security, innovation, quality and customer satisfaction. ... The Spanish language announcement of the “Sólo GM” campaign launched February 7 in the top 25 U.S. Hispanic newspapers. Print ads will appear starting March 3 in national Hispanic magazines.
hispanic ad
http://hispanicad.com/cgi-bin/news/newsarticle.cgi?article_id=16015
2/22/05 - Andrade, Publisher of Meredith's New Shelter Magazine for Latinas:
Jon Andrade has been named publisher of ¡Siempre Mujer!, Meredith’s new Hispanic women’s lifestyle magazine launching in September 2005. ¡Siempre Mujer! will be a bimonthly service oriented women’s magazine with a guaranteed rate base of 350,000….
portada-online
http://portada-online.com/HTML/WEBSITE/PAID/2005/02220501.ASPX
2/22/05 - Custom Publishing: Publishers Try to Get a Piece of a Growing Market:
As custom publishing gains popularity as a means to connect with Hispanics, publishers are expanding their offerings to better serve this growing need.
portada-online
http://portada-online.com/HTML/WEBSITE/PAID/2005/02220501.ASPX
2/22/05 - Hispanic FSI's: Diverse 2004:
Hispanic FSIs showed a wider range of services than general market FSIs. CPGs (consumer packaged goods companies), led by Colgate and General Mills, dominated the top 10 companies in terms of Hispanic FSI ad activity.
portada-online
http://portada-online.com/productdetails.aspx?productID=1229&cid=1
2/22/05 - Good Outlook for Magazines
Monica Gadsby, president and chief investment officer at the Chicago based ad agency Tapestry, predicts a bright future for Hispanic magazines.
portada-online
http://portada-online.com/productdetails.aspx?productID=1227&cid=1
2/22/05 - Usatoday.com Traffic Up 51% Over Last Year:
USATODAY.com audience traffic recorded an increase in year-over-year growth of 51 percent with 9.5 million unique visitors in January 2005 according to Nielsen//NetRatings' combined Home/Work Panel. USATODAY.com's coverage of Johnny Carson's death and career, the Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt split, and the abduction of a Wal-Mart employee in Texas, were the most viewed topics in the month of January.
publictas
http://www.publicitas.com/display.asp?id=6.8&chp=6.3&foot=6.9&cpny=*&PARAM1=13637
2/22/05 - Newspaper company evolves with independent e-offering - HGTV Pro.com:
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - Seizing on the spread of high-speed Internet, the evolution of a traditional newspaper company takes another turn as Cincinnati-based E.W. Scripps Co. combines its television, cable network and Web site experience into its first fully independent e-offering - HGTV Pro.com.
the state
http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/business/10939852.htm
2/22/05 - Daily Papers Face Unprecedented Competition:
The venerable newspaper is in trouble. Under sustained assault from cable television, the Internet, all-news radio and lifestyles so cram-packed they leave little time for the daily paper, the industry is struggling to remake itself.
washtington post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A37138-2005Feb19?language=printer
2/22/05 - Prisa profits surge amid talks with Le Monde:
MADRID, Feb 18 (AFP) - Spanish media group Prisa, which is in talks to increase cooperation with leading French daily newspaper Le Monde, reported on Friday that its net profit surged by 70.4 percent in 2004
expatica
http://www.expatica.com/source/site_article.asp?subchannel_id=58&story_id=17098&name=Prisa+profits+surge+amid+talks+with+Le+Monde
2/22/05 - Newspaper Chains Pay Up for Web Companies:
NEW YORK - Newspaper publishers, often seen as stodgy and slow-growing, will pay whatever it takes to grab a bigger piece of the fast-growing online advertising market -- if two recent deals are any indication.
reuters
http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=internetNews&storyID=2005-02-18T211002Z_01_N18376942_RTRIDST_0_NET-MEDIA-NEWSPAPERS-INTERNET-DC.XML
2/22/05 - DM News to Produce Deliver Supplement in April:
DM News will publish a supplement April 4 offering a state-of-the-industry report for the production and printing industry as well as the status of postal issues.
dm news
http://dmnews.com/cgi-bin/artprevbot.cgi?article_id=31924
2/22/05 - Lower Postal Hikes Expected:
Publishers are breathing a sigh of relief--but just a small one--with the news that the U.S. Postal Service may be considering a 6 percent periodical rate hike to take effect next January, rather than the 15 percent boost that had been expected.
mediaweek
http://www.mediaweek.com/mw/news/print/index.jsp
2/22/05 - A tax on advertising would hurt economy:
As Iowa lawmakers search for new sources of revenue this year, it's likely they will look at the state sales tax. Gov. Tom Vilsack has already proposed making the tax cover additional services such as tax preparation, accounting and computer programming.
globe gazette
http://www.globegazette.com/articles/2005/02/21/opinion/doc42196faf90c81322680023.txt
2/22/05 - Battle over Social Security heats up:
NEW YORK - A group that has funneled millions of dollars into Republican policy battles is now taking on one of the nation's most powerful lobbying groups -- the AARP -- in the battle to overhaul Social Security, a news report said Monday. The group, USA Next, plans to spend up to $10 million on commercials and other tactics to support the campaign for private Social Security accounts, which are adamantly opposed by AARP, the largest lobbying group representing middle-aged and senior Americans, the New York Times reported. The AARP has already spent $5 million on print advertisements in major newspapers opposing private accounts and plans to spend another $5 million on a new print advertising campaign beginning this week, according to the paper.
cnn money
http://money.cnn.com/2005/02/21/news/economy/socialsecurity_battle/?cnn=yes
2/22/05 - Reuters US Workers Approve Strike Authorization:
NEW YORK --Unionized workers at Reuters Group PLC (RTRSY) across the U.S., most of them editorial staff, voted overwhelmingly to authorize union leaders to call a strike, after more than two years of negotiations for a new contract.
dow jones via excite
http://money.excite.com/jsp/nw/nwdt_rt.jsp?section=news&news_id=dji-00077520050218&feed=dji&date=20050218&cat=INDUSTRY
2/22/05 - American Household Spending On Magazines Plummets:
American households spend less on magazines than alcohol, tobacco or any other category among those studied, according to an American Demographics report released earlier this month by Ad Age.
folio
http://www.foliomag.com/index.php?id=396&backPID=392&tt_news=545
2/17/2005 - Who's Buying Print Advertising?
2/17/05 - JCPenney Launches ``For All the Sides of You'' Advertising Campaign During ABC's Academy Awards Telecast:
PLANO, Texas-- The Academy Awards®, one of the most-watched events of the year with 43 million anticipated viewers, is the venue for JCPenney's launch of its new Spring advertising campaign, "For all the sides of you." Six new commercials, created by the Chicago office of DDB Worldwide, debut during the Feb. 27 broadcast to showcase the company's fresh assortment of apparel and home furnishings. ... The commercials kick off a fully integrated marketing campaign that will continue through Spring. The campaign includes four-page inserts in top-tier fashion magazines, themed landing pages at jcpenney.com, direct mail, and newspaper inserts.
business wire
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/050217/175063_1.html
2/17/05 - Long Island tourism group launches campaign:
NEW YORK — "Another day. Another memory" is the new slogan the Long Island Convention and Visitors Bureau is launching in a campaign to attract out-of-towners, the first such effort since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, officials said. R. Moke McGowan, the bureau’s president, said the $240,000 print and online campaign is aimed at visitors from places like Boston and Philadelphia, who can "recharge their batteries" on weekend visits to the island. The ads, which will target women, will appear in magazines like Parenting, Food & Wine and House Beautiful, McGowan told Newsday in Wednesday’s editions.
ap via daily item
http://www.dailyitem.com/archive/2005/0217/biz/stories/07biz.htm
2/17/05 - Bull Crashing Through Glass Wall Signals New Direction for Merrill Lynch:
TWO years after it began efforts to convince investors that Merrill Lynch is not just for buying stocks and bonds anymore, the company is intensifying the image makeover with a bold campaign that takes a certain familiar animal by the horns. ... The campaign keeps the theme, "Total Merrill," introduced in January 2003 in the previous series of ads, which like the new ones were created by Boathouse, an agency in Needham, Mass. Although Merrill Lynch is not disclosing the budget for the campaign, executives are describing it as equal to the one in 2003, when spending reached almost $30 million. ... The campaign, which also includes print and online ads as well as event marketing, promotions and sports sponsorship, is one of a long of efforts by marketers to stimulate growth by widening their appeals, particularly as market conditions change.
ny times
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/17/business/media/17adco1.html?
2/17/05 - JWT Tech Supports Computer Reseller:
CHICAGO Tech support company CDW highlights its ability to help with urgent IT matters in a campaign that breaks today. The TV, print, radio and online effort, developed by WPP Group's JWT Technology in Atlanta and the Vernon Hills, Ill., client's in-house unit, uses humor to demonstrate the company's ability to respond to requests quickly. ... CDW, a direct marketer of computers and equipment, spent about $35 million on ads last year, according to Nielsen Monitor-Plus. ... The print campaign will run in major business and computer-industry publications.
adweek
http://www.adweek.com/aw/regional/southeast/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000806511
2/17/05 - Motorola re-signs ITV1 movies for 3G launch:
Motorola is to use the sponsorship of ITV1 movies as the core plank of its marketing for the launch of its 3G mobile handsets in February. The campaign for the new handsets will highlight how they enable users to take video footage and create their own "moto movies", while also being able to download and play video clips, make video calls and send video messages. The launch of the 3G handsets will also be supported by a television and print advertising campaign, created by Ogilvy & Mather.
forbes
2/17/05 - Kenneth Cole To Launch New Women's Fragrance:
Lancaster Group of Coty Inc is introducing a women’s counterpart for the original Kenneth Cole Reaction, called Kenneth Cole Reaction for Her. The US division of the Lancaster Group (Coty Inc) is introducing a women’s counterpart for the Kenneth Cole Reaction franchise, called Kenneth Cole Reaction for Her. ... The print advertising campaign, shot by David Sims and starring model Sara Ziff, will play on the same non-stop city energy vibe conveyed for the men’s scent with the tagline “Live. Love. Create. Connect. Get Reaction!”
toronto fashion
http://www.toronto.fashion-monitor.com/news.php/beauty/2005021604kenneth_cole_reactio
2/17/2005 - Daily Print Media Business News
International Print Media News:
2/17/05 - Loaded hit hard by men's weeklies:
Loaded has been hit hard by the rising popularity of the men's weeklies, losing over 15 per cent of its circulation in the past year. According to the latest consumer release from the Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC), IPC's once all-conquering lads' mag was down 16.4 per cent year on year and 6.4 per cent period on period to 220,057 in the six months from July to December 2004.
intellagencia
http://www.intellagencia.com/news.asp?siteid=4&id=66201
2/17/05 - The rise - and rise - of Glamour:
Young women's love affair with the handbag sized Glamour shows no sign of ending, as Condé Nast's magazine continues to add to its already impressive circulation figures.
intellagencia
http://www.intellagencia.com/news.asp?siteid=4&id=66205
2/17/05 - MediaCorp's new FAMILY magazine hits news-stands:
SINGAPORE : MediaCorp Publishing's new FAMILY magazine hits the news-stands on Thursday. The monthly publication is targeted at parents with children aged between four and 15.
asia news yahoo
http://asia.news.yahoo.com/050217/5/singapore132960.html
2/17/05 - Reed Elsevier Rises as Company Predicts Business Titles Growth:
Feb. 17 (Bloomberg) -- Shares of Reed Elsevier Plc, owner of the LexisNexis databases and Variety magazine, rose the most in almost a year after the company said sales at its scientific and business publications units will rise this year.
bloomberg
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000102&sid=a98hNgHGh8IY
2/17/05 - Switzerland: Ringier to launch a new package for advertising:
Ringier will launch PowerDuo, a new package between Blick and SonntagsBlick in the German part of Switzerland. From March 1, 2005, every advertiser will get a discount of 11%, if advertising is published 3 times from Thursday to Saturday and one time on Sunday. The same discount is valid from one ad published on Sunday and three additional issues from Monday to Wednesday in Blick.
publicitas
http://www.publicitas.com/display.asp?id=6.8&chp=6.3&foot=6.9&cpny=*&PARAM1=13592
2/17/05 - Protecting the Print Edition From Online Success:
One of Scandinavia's newspaper giants, Norwegian Verdens Gang (VG), has set out to protect its paper edition from its own online edition. Circulation figures released yesterday show that the paper was 15,000 copies down last year compared to 2003. That's a 3.9-percent decline. Surely, the success of the online edition VG Nett contributes to the setback. According to business paper Dagens Næringsliv, VG editor-in-chief Bernt Olufsen has drawn up these new rules of publication:
poynter
http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=31&aid=78488
2/17/05 - Closer breaks 500,000 barrier:
Sales of celebrity magazine Closer have broken the half a million barrier just two years after it was launched, as readers' appetite for celebrity coverage continues to grow.
media guardian
http://media.guardian.co.uk/presspublishing/story/0,7495,1416018,00.html
2/17/05 - Closer up as Zoo gains on Nuts:
12pm: Emap’s women’s weekly title Closer has posted a massive 31% rise in circulation, pushing it over the 500,000 copies mark and signifying the ongoing strength of the celebrity obsessed market.
mediaweek uk
http://mediaweek.co.uk/articles/folder2005/Feb05/juldec04-magABCs
2/17/05 - Murdoch summons top brass for web brainstorm:
Nearly six years after Rupert Murdoch said 'the future of the press will be determined by the internet' more than 50 senior News Corporation executives will descend on a New York hotel to plot the group's web agenda.
media guardian
http://media.guardian.co.uk/rupertmurdoch/story/0,11136,1415996,00.html
2/17/05 - Trinity Mirror unveils free Citizen:
Today sees the launch of Trinty Mirror’s Kenilworth Citizen, a new free weekly newspaper delivered to over 9,000 homes in the North Warwickshire Town.
mediaweek uk
http://mediaweek.co.uk/articles/folder2005/Feb05/trinitymirror-kenilworthcitizen
2/17/05 - Reuters CEO Sees Significant Cost-Savings Beyond End-2006:
BERLIN - U.K.-based information and news provider Reuters Group PLC (RTRSY) expects to generate "significant savings" after it reaches its current cost-savings target by the end of 2006, Chief Executive Tom Glocer said Wednesday.
dow jones via excite
http://money.excite.com/jsp/nw/nwdt_rt.jsp?section=news&news_id=dji-00051220050216&feed=dji&date=20050216&cat=INDUSTRY
National Print Media News:
2/17/05 - Knight Ridder Buys Chain of Free Dailies:
NEW YORK - Newspaper publisher Knight Ridder Inc. has bought a chain of free dailies in northern California, expanding its presence in the region, in the latest such move by a big publisher.
reuters
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=599&ncid=802&e=2&u=/nm/20050216/media_nm/media_knightridder_dc
2/17/05- Ashley Olsen Sues Paper for $40 Million Libel:
LOS ANGELES - Actress Ashley Olsen, who with her twin, Mary-Kate, run a multimillion dollar entertainment empire, is suing the National Enquirer for $40 million, saying the tabloid is trying to ruin her career by linking her to a phony drug scandal.
reuters
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=638&ncid=579&e=6&u=/nm/20050216/en_nm/people_olsen_dc
2/17/05 - Vertis Inc. to Hold Conference Call to Announce 2004 Earnings:
BALTIMORE-- Vertis, the premier provider of targeted advertising, media, and marketing services, today announced that it will be holding a conference call on Thursday, February 24, 2005 at 11:00 a.m. EST, to discuss earnings for the three and 12 months ended December 31, 2004. Dean D. Durbin, president and chief financial officer, will host the conference call at (866-556-1092) or (773-756-4797) for international callers and the passcode confirmation is VERTIS Q4. A recording of the call will be available for review for one week at (866-386-1316) or (203-369-0402) for international callers.
business wire
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/050216/166082_1.html
2/17/05 - Redmond Channel Partner Magazine to Debut in July, Offering Essential Advice to Those Who Sell, Integrate, Distribute and Add Value to Microsoft Technology:
IRVINE, Calif.-- 101communications LLC, the publisher of Redmond magazine, today announced a dramatic expansion of the Redmond franchise: Redmond Channel Partner magazine. Redmond Channel Partner magazine will launch at the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference 2005 in Minneapolis, Minn., this July.
business wire
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/050216/166061_1.html
2/17/05 - Statement of Newspaper Guild of New York President Barry Lipton on Reuters Group Plc Financial Results for 2004:
NEW YORK, -- "Reuters (LSE: RTR; Nasdaq: RTRSY) today said its 2004 operating profits jumped 52 percent to $373 million (198 million British pounds), while revenues fell 11 percent to $5.435 billion (2.885 billion pounds) in a continuation of a slide that began in late 2001.
pr newswire
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050216/nyw122_1.html
2/17/05 - NAA 'Strongly Supports' Introduction of Open Government Act:
VIENNA, Va., -- Newspaper Association of America President and CEO John F. Sturm issued the following statement today about the introduction of the Open Government Act by Sens. John Cornyn (R-TX) and Patrick Leahy (D-VT). The Act is intended to strengthen the Freedom of Information Act, the mechanism that allows the public access to records of agencies of the Executive branch of the federal government.
pr newswire
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050216/sfw076_1.html
2/17/05 - Razor names publisher:
In his new role, Mr. Simon will be responsible for the 4-year-old men's lifestyle magazine's advertising and business operations, which are based in Manhattan. Those had been overseen by Razor's founder and chief executive, Richard Botto, who is also editor in chief. The title’s editorial operations are run out of Scottsdale, Ariz.
crain's ny
http://www.crainsny.com/news.cms?id=9955
2/17/05 - Tribune Revenues Flat in January:
CHICAGO, Feb. 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Tribune Company (NYSE: TRB) today reported its summary of revenues and newspaper advertising volume for period 1, ended Jan. 30, 2005. Consolidated revenues for the period were $477 million, up 0.2 percent from last year's $476 million.
pr newswire
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050216/cgw054_1.html
2/17/05 - Daily founder sells California dailies:
PALO ALTO, Calif. - Vail Daily founder and Arrowhead resident Jim Pavelich has sold a group of daily newspapers he co-founded in California to Knight-Ridder Newspapers, the second-largest newspaper company in the country.
vail daily
http://www.vaildaily.com/article/20050216/NEWS/102160012
2/17/05 - New teen ski magazine to launch:
Storm Mountain Publishing Company, parent of Freeskier Magazine, Freeskier.com and Fantasy Freeride League, is launching a national ski title exclusively for the teen market. Storm Mountain, based in Boulder, said the new magazine will target skiers ages 12-18 and focus on editorial relevant to the youth market. The magazine said its production will "thrive on a raw, edgy look and feel, breaking traditional publishing standards with each issue."
biz journals
http://www.bizjournals.com/denver/stories/2005/02/14/daily31.html
2/17/05 - Richards Creates Magazine Unit:
DALLAS Media specialist Leslie Tucker will head a new consumer magazine unit within The Richards Group, the agency said Wednesday. The unit is a response to an increasingly fragmented market that can often be reached more effectively through magazines, agency founder Stan Richards said.
adweek
http://www.adweek.com/aw/regional/southwest/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000806731
2/17/05 - In Boston, a Newspaper for Teens, by Teens:
NEW YORK Some newspapers court young readers and writers with a single teen-oriented page, but The Boston Globe has taken things a step further with T.i.P. (or Boston Teens in Print), an actual teen-produced tabloid that goes out to high school students throughout Boston. The venture, launched last May, was created through a partnership with WriteBoston, a writing-improvement program in Boston's public high schools, and The Boston Globe Foundation.
editor & publisher
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000806728
2/17/05 - National Papers Get Weak '05 Start, Times Calls February 'Challenging':
CHARACTERIZING FEBRUARY AS "CHALLENGING," AND noting that the outlook for newspaper ad demand "remains limited," New York Times Co. President-CEO Janet Robinson Wednesday announced a tepid 1.4 percent gain in newspaper ad sales for January 2005. The relatively weak start to the new year mirrored that of the two other major national newspapers: USA Today and The Wall Street Journal.
media post
http://publications.mediapost.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Articles.showArticleHomePage&art_aid=27346
2/17/05 - PIB Boosts Mag Ad Spending Database:
THE PUBLISHERS INFORMATION BUREAU WEDNESDAY said it added 14 magazines to its 2005 database, bringing its coverage to about 250 titles representing 85 percent of all U.S. consumer magazine ad spending.
media post
http://publications.mediapost.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Articles.showArticleHomePage&art_aid=27344
2/17/05 - Red Herring reopens after 2003 axe:
Red Herring, a weekly global technology magazine which closed down after the dotcom boom, has been resurrected after two years.
mediaweek uk
http://mediaweek.co.uk/articles/folder2005/Feb05/redherring-reopens-2003
2/17/05 - In Touch Raising Circ to 1 Million:
Bauer Publishing's In Touch, the celebrity weekly that charges $1.99 on newsstands, has raised its rate base to 1 million from 800,000, effective April 1.
mediaweek
http://www.mediaweek.com/mw/news/print/index.jsp
2/16/2005 - Who's Buying Print Advertising?
2/16/05 - CDW Launches New ``Power of Confidence'' Brand Campaign:
VERNON HILLS, Ill.-- CDW Corporation (NASDAQ:CDWC) today launched a new integrated branding campaign highlighting its unique ability to respond to its customers' IT needs with a sense of urgency. JWT Technology, Atlanta, developed the campaign with CDW, a leading provider of technology products and services for business, government and education. The campaign, dubbed "Power of Confidence," includes advertisements in television, print and radio, as well as outdoor and online ads.
business wire
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/050216/165213_1.html
2/16/05 - Dean Foods Returns Cremora To TV Via Concussion Spot:
Independent Concussion is relaunching Cremora, one of the original non-dairy creamers, with a TV spot and print ads that attempt to create a spark behind the 42-year-old brand, which has high recognition but remains a distant No. 2 in the category.
adweek
2/16/05 - UUP launches ad campaign:
In an advertising campaign that began in January, United University Professions continues to blanket the state in February and March with print and TV ads admonishing the state to "Keep The Promise" to invest in the State University of New York.
ny sut
http://www.nysut.org/newyorkteacher/2004-2005/050217uupad.html
2/16/05 - Nucor Breaks First Campaign From EMA:
ATLANTA Nucor is placing a two-page spread in The Wall Street Journal tomorrow and the next issue of BusinessWeek, which is available Friday, as part of its first unified national branding campaign, according to the shop that produced the ads. The campaign revives the tagline, "It's our nature," that Nucor, one of the nation's largest steel manufacturers and recyclers, used five years ago in a series of ads about the company's environmental protection programs. The campaign will include online ads on WSJ.com and BusinessWeek.com and print work in several trade magazines.
adweek2/16/05 - Irwin Slater Finds Lost E-Customers:
NEW YORK Irwin Slater has broken its first campaign for LivePerson, the Web service company whose Timpani software allows online retailers to provide customer service through instant messaging. Two of four print ads in the $1.5 million campaign broke in March issues of Internet Retailer, Etailer, Call Center, CMO, Wired and The Economist. ...Ads target not only customer support heads but chief marketing officers as well...
adweek
http://www.adweek.com/aw/regional/east/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000800676
2/16/2005 - Daily Print Media Business News:
International Print Media News:
2/16/05 - Hollinger to hold vote on publisher privatization:
TORONTO - Hollinger will hold a shareholders meeting to vote on the proposed privatization of Conrad Black's newspaper holding company on March 31, the company announced Tuesday.
miami herald
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/world/canada/10908448.htm
2/16/05 - New look for Islamic magazine:
THE concept of Islam Hadhari and understanding the fundamentals of Islam will be propagated through the newly improved version of the Milenia Muslim magazine. The Bahasa Malaysia magazine, which was launched two years ago, will hit the market with enhanced contents, aimed to provide better information on Islam to modern Muslim society and to alter the mindset of readers to contemporary thinking.
metro kl
http://metro.thestar.com.my/news/2005/2/10155876.html
2/16/05 - Tabloid Fever: Is The Temperature Going Down?:
There were more newspaper launches in Germany last year than in the past 60 years, and several of the new publications were tabloids. One of the most interesting is Die Welt Kompakt, the smaller, younger sister of Germany’s national quality daily Die Welt. Jan-Eric Peters, the Editor of Die Welt, Welt Kompakt and Berliner Morgenpost, will present the story behind this intriguing new paper at the 12th World Editors Forum, to be held concurrently with the World Newspaper Congress in Seoul, Korea, from 29 May to 1 June.
publicitas
http://www.publicitas.com/display.asp?id=6.8&chp=6.3&foot=6.9&cpny=*&PARAM1=13580
2/16/05 - Metro, Free-Paper Chain, Sees Revenue Climb 48% in '04:
CHICAGO Metro International increased its sales 48.6% to $302.4 million in 2004, the Swedish-based publisher of free weekday commuter papers in four continents announced today.
editor & publisher
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000800541
2/16/05 - New magazine pushes lifestyle over skin colour:
A new glossy magazine for the UK's black community launches next week, aiming to bridge the gap between mainstream and ethnic minority publications by championing black pioneers and trend-setters and emphasising lifestyle rather than skin colour.
media guardian
http://media.guardian.co.uk/presspublishing/story/0,7495,1415271,00.html
2/16/05 - Noir to target high-end black readership:
The first issue of Noir, a new title that aims to be the definitive lifestyle magazine for the black community, will be launched in the UK next week.
mediaweek uk
http://mediaweek.co.uk/articles/folder2005/Feb05/noir-mag-launch
2/16/05 - National press ABCs: Standard sales slump as Lite kicks in:
The London Evening Standard has seen sales of its paid-for edition slump by 11% year on year as the Lite edition, circulating at around 54,000 copies, grabbed its first official audit for January.
mediaweek uk
http://mediaweek.co.uk/articles/folder2005/Feb05/natpress-jan2005
2/16/05 - D-Day dawns for magazines:
TheOffice of Fair Trading is poised to rule on whether to open up magazine and newspaper distribution to competition, as the magazine publishing industry intensifies efforts to stop any change.
mediaweek uk
http://mediaweek.co.uk/articles/folder2005/Feb05/15/dday_dawns_for_magazines
National Print Media News:
2/16/05 - McClatchy Reports January 2005 Revenues:
SACRAMENTO, Calif., -- The McClatchy Company (NYSE: MNI - News) today reported that consolidated advertising revenues in January 2005 increased 4.4% and total revenues increased 3.8%.
pr newswire
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050216/sfw011_1.html
2/16/05 - NY Times says February ad market 'challenging':
NEW YORK, - New York Times Co. (NYT.N) on Wednesday said the advertising market so far in February "continues to be challenging," in part because of softness in financial services and telecommunications ads.
reuters
http://yahoo.reuters.com/financeQuoteCompanyNewsArticle.jhtml?duid=mtfh22481_2005-02-16_13-57-00_wen5316_newsml
2/16/05 - Travidia to Unveil New Online Marketplace Suite of Products at NAA's Connections '05:
CHICO, Calif.-- Travidia, Inc., the market leader in Internet marketing services for newspapers and retailers throughout North America and Europe, announced today that it will unveil a new online Marketplace Suite of products at the Newspaper Association of America's Connections '05 from March 20 to 22 in Dallas.
business wire
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/050215/155897_1.html
2/16/05 - Black Beat Magazine Announces Major Redesign:
NEW YORK, -- Black Beat Magazine, for 33 years the entertainment source for urban teens and college-age readers, undergoes a major redesign effective with the June issue. (Cover: http://www.ereleases.com/pr/2005-blackbeat.jpg)
pr newswire
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050216/phw007_1.html
2/16/05 - Reuters profits up 52 pct, charge knocks shares:
LONDON, Feb 16 - Reuters Group Plc (RTR.L) posted better than expected full-year profits on Wednesday thanks to cost cutting, stronger sales, disposals and a return to profit at electronic trading unit Instinet, which it may sell.
reuters
http://yahoo.reuters.com/financeQuoteCompanyNewsArticle.jhtml?duid=mtfh16934_2005-02-16_09-54-28_l16528724_newsml
2/16/05 - Knight Ridder Acquires Palo Alto Daily News:
SAN JOSE, Calif., -- Knight Ridder today announced the acquisition of five daily free-distribution newspapers in the Peninsula south of San Francisco. The five are: the Palo Alto Daily News, San Mateo Daily News, Redwood City Daily News, Burlingame Daily News and Los Gatos Daily News.
pr newswire
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050215/sftu160_1.html
2/16/05 - The National Association of Hispanic Publications, Inc. Will Hold Its 2005 National Convention and Annual Expo in Philadelphia:
WASHINGTON-- The National Association of Hispanic Publications, Inc. (NAHP, Inc.) will be holding its 2005 National Convention and Annual Expo at the exclusive Loews Hotel, in downtown Philadelphia. Hundreds of NAHP members, including Hispanic publishers, editors, and other newspaper executives, will meet with various members of the public and private sectors. Business leaders, corporate representatives, advertising agency executives, government officials and community leaders will also be in attendance.
business wire
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/050215/156191_1.html
2/16/05 - washingtonpost.com Launches New Home Page:
ARLINGTON, Va., -- washingtonpost.com today announced the launch of a new version of the publication's home page.
pr newswire
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050215/dctu063_1.html
2/16/05 - Media General Reports January Revenues:
RICHMOND, Va., -- Media General, Inc. (NYSE: MEG) today reported January 2005 revenues of $76.8 million, a 2.6 percent increase from January 2004. On a divisional basis, Publishing revenues increased 5.3 percent, Broadcast revenues declined 4.3 percent, and Interactive Media Division revenues were up 50.4 percent.
pr newswire
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050215/dctu027_1.html
2/16/05 - Now, 'WSJ' for Your BlackBerry:
NEW YORK Now you can get The Wall Street Journal Online on your BlackBerry. Starting today, The Wall Street Journal for BlackBerry will be available to customers of Outercurve Technologies' InfoEdge On-Demand information-delivery platform, the Journal announced today. The service will be available free of chargue through April 30.
editor & publisher
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/departments/online/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000800569
2/16/05 - Mag Rack: Budget Living:
SINCE WINNING JUST ABOUT every award imaginable when it debuted in October 2002 - "launch of the year" nods from several trades, a general-excellence citation from The American Society of Magazine Editors (ASME), a Grammy for Best Spoken Word album - Budget Living has attempted to evolve into a publishing juggernaut.
media post
http://publications.mediapost.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Articles.showArticleHomePage&art_aid=27215
2/16/05 - Enquirer Sets Move to N.Y.:
HORRORS — the National Enquirer is headed back to New York City. The tabloid that once transformed southern Florida into the home for a slew of scrappy supermarket tabloids is returning to New York for the first time in more than 30 years.
ny post
http://nypost.com/business/40652.htm
2/16/05 - New Magazines Join PIB:
Publishers Information Bureau announced today that 14 magazines will report their advertising pages and revenue to the tracking service, which is administered by the Magazine Publishers of America. Among the new entrants are: Bauer Publishing Group, which includes In Touch, Twist and First for Women; Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia's Everyday Food and Martha Stewart Weddings; Fairchild Publications' men's and women's editions of Vitals; Time Out New York and Time4 Media's TransWorld Motocross.
mediaweek
http://www.mediaweek.com/mw/news/print/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000806159
2/16/05 - Publishers weigh benefits, drawbacks of going outside for Web development:
For Willie Vogt, efficiency and accountability are everything. As corporate editorial director at Farm Progress Cos., Vogt makes the Web site decisions for the 21 magazines as well as farm trade shows that Farm Progress owns. The company faced a pivotal choice about three years ago when its Web developer decided to discontinue content management services.
btob
http://www.btobonline.com/article.cms?articleId=23191
2/16/05 - Publishers expand companywide marketing efforts, position integrated media programs:
As the economy bounces back, many b-to-b publishers are expanding their corporate marketing efforts through increased spending, hiring, new ad programs and strategic partnerships.
btob
http://www.btobonline.com/article.cms?articleId=23193
2/16/05 - Banking on online, custom publishing:
Bruce Morris, president of Thomson Media's Banking and Corporate Group, has been in publishing and media for 29 years, the last 13 with Thomson. The cornerstone of Morris' group is the 167-year old daily newspaper American Banker, with a total of 25,000 print and online subscribers.
btob
http://www.btobonline.com/article.cms?articleId=23194
2/16/05 - Marketing vet plans new ads, market strategy:
In the late 1990s, Molly Meloy was traveling the world as Mobil Corp.'s corporate advertising manager, managing a $25 million global ad campaign and falling in love with the print medium. "I saw that print was a unique mechanism to reach decision-makers, guys and women who are hard to reach," Meloy said. "They are always reading something. Even as more and more titles have come through, they're still reading a core set of print properties."
btob
http://www.btobonline.com/article.cms?articleId=23200
2/16/05 - Integrated Media Consortium launches with 10 charter members:
Chicago—The Integrated Media Consortium, a voluntary buying cooperative for publishing companies, announced Tuesday that it has attracted the 10 charter members it had said it needed to move forward. The IMC is intended to provide volume purchasing for small and midsize publishing companies—those with $3 million to $200 million in annual revenues. Alan Douglas, who is president of Douglas Publications, is chairman of the consortium, and Bill Walker is its president.
btob
http://www.btobonline.com/article.cms?articleId=23344
2/16/05 - Storm Mountain Publishing Company Launches New Ski Magazine:
BOULDER, Colorado — Storm Mountain Publishing Company (SMP), parent of Freeskier Magazine, Freeskier.com and Fantasy Freeride League, is launching a national ski title exclusively for the hard-core, teen market. It was announced today by SMP President & CEO Bradford Fayfield.
co skiing
http://news.coskiing.com/217/
2/16/2005 - Daily Print Media Business News:
International Print Media News:
2/16/05 - Hollinger to hold vote on publisher privatization:
TORONTO - Hollinger will hold a shareholders meeting to vote on the proposed privatization of Conrad Black's newspaper holding company on March 31, the company announced Tuesday.
miami herald
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/world/canada/10908448.htm
2/16/05 - New look for Islamic magazine:
THE concept of Islam Hadhari and understanding the fundamentals of Islam will be propagated through the newly improved version of the Milenia Muslim magazine. The Bahasa Malaysia magazine, which was launched two years ago, will hit the market with enhanced contents, aimed to provide better information on Islam to modern Muslim society and to alter the mindset of readers to contemporary thinking.
metro kl
http://metro.thestar.com.my/news/2005/2/10155876.html
2/16/05 - Tabloid Fever: Is The Temperature Going Down?:
There were more newspaper launches in Germany last year than in the past 60 years, and several of the new publications were tabloids. One of the most interesting is Die Welt Kompakt, the smaller, younger sister of Germany’s national quality daily Die Welt. Jan-Eric Peters, the Editor of Die Welt, Welt Kompakt and Berliner Morgenpost, will present the story behind this intriguing new paper at the 12th World Editors Forum, to be held concurrently with the World Newspaper Congress in Seoul, Korea, from 29 May to 1 June.
publicitas
http://www.publicitas.com/display.asp?id=6.8&chp=6.3&foot=6.9&cpny=*&PARAM1=13580
2/16/05 - Metro, Free-Paper Chain, Sees Revenue Climb 48% in '04:
CHICAGO Metro International increased its sales 48.6% to $302.4 million in 2004, the Swedish-based publisher of free weekday commuter papers in four continents announced today.
editor & publisher
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000800541
2/16/05 - New magazine pushes lifestyle over skin colour:
A new glossy magazine for the UK's black community launches next week, aiming to bridge the gap between mainstream and ethnic minority publications by championing black pioneers and trend-setters and emphasising lifestyle rather than skin colour.
media guardian
http://media.guardian.co.uk/presspublishing/story/0,7495,1415271,00.html
2/16/05 - Noir to target high-end black readership:
The first issue of Noir, a new title that aims to be the definitive lifestyle magazine for the black community, will be launched in the UK next week.
mediaweek uk
http://mediaweek.co.uk/articles/folder2005/Feb05/noir-mag-launch
2/16/05 - National press ABCs: Standard sales slump as Lite kicks in:
The London Evening Standard has seen sales of its paid-for edition slump by 11% year on year as the Lite edition, circulating at around 54,000 copies, grabbed its first official audit for January.
mediaweek uk
http://mediaweek.co.uk/articles/folder2005/Feb05/natpress-jan2005
2/16/05 - D-Day dawns for magazines:
TheOffice of Fair Trading is poised to rule on whether to open up magazine and newspaper distribution to competition, as the magazine publishing industry intensifies efforts to stop any change.
mediaweek uk
http://mediaweek.co.uk/articles/folder2005/Feb05/15/dday_dawns_for_magazines
National Print Media News:
2/16/05 - McClatchy Reports January 2005 Revenues:
SACRAMENTO, Calif., -- The McClatchy Company (NYSE: MNI - News) today reported that consolidated advertising revenues in January 2005 increased 4.4% and total revenues increased 3.8%.
pr newswire
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050216/sfw011_1.html
2/16/05 - NY Times says February ad market 'challenging':
NEW YORK, - New York Times Co. (NYT.N) on Wednesday said the advertising market so far in February "continues to be challenging," in part because of softness in financial services and telecommunications ads.
reuters
http://yahoo.reuters.com/financeQuoteCompanyNewsArticle.jhtml?duid=mtfh22481_2005-02-16_13-57-00_wen5316_newsml
2/16/05 - Travidia to Unveil New Online Marketplace Suite of Products at NAA's Connections '05:
CHICO, Calif.-- Travidia, Inc., the market leader in Internet marketing services for newspapers and retailers throughout North America and Europe, announced today that it will unveil a new online Marketplace Suite of products at the Newspaper Association of America's Connections '05 from March 20 to 22 in Dallas.
business wire
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/050215/155897_1.html
2/16/05 - Black Beat Magazine Announces Major Redesign:
NEW YORK, -- Black Beat Magazine, for 33 years the entertainment source for urban teens and college-age readers, undergoes a major redesign effective with the June issue. (Cover: http://www.ereleases.com/pr/2005-blackbeat.jpg)
pr newswire
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050216/phw007_1.html
2/16/05 - Reuters profits up 52 pct, charge knocks shares:
LONDON, Feb 16 - Reuters Group Plc (RTR.L) posted better than expected full-year profits on Wednesday thanks to cost cutting, stronger sales, disposals and a return to profit at electronic trading unit Instinet, which it may sell.
reuters
http://yahoo.reuters.com/financeQuoteCompanyNewsArticle.jhtml?duid=mtfh16934_2005-02-16_09-54-28_l16528724_newsml
2/16/05 - Knight Ridder Acquires Palo Alto Daily News:
SAN JOSE, Calif., -- Knight Ridder today announced the acquisition of five daily free-distribution newspapers in the Peninsula south of San Francisco. The five are: the Palo Alto Daily News, San Mateo Daily News, Redwood City Daily News, Burlingame Daily News and Los Gatos Daily News.
pr newswire
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050215/sftu160_1.html
2/16/05 - The National Association of Hispanic Publications, Inc. Will Hold Its 2005 National Convention and Annual Expo in Philadelphia:
WASHINGTON-- The National Association of Hispanic Publications, Inc. (NAHP, Inc.) will be holding its 2005 National Convention and Annual Expo at the exclusive Loews Hotel, in downtown Philadelphia. Hundreds of NAHP members, including Hispanic publishers, editors, and other newspaper executives, will meet with various members of the public and private sectors. Business leaders, corporate representatives, advertising agency executives, government officials and community leaders will also be in attendance.
business wire
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/050215/156191_1.html
2/16/05 - washingtonpost.com Launches New Home Page:
ARLINGTON, Va., -- washingtonpost.com today announced the launch of a new version of the publication's home page.
pr newswire
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050215/dctu063_1.html
2/16/05 - Media General Reports January Revenues:
RICHMOND, Va., -- Media General, Inc. (NYSE: MEG) today reported January 2005 revenues of $76.8 million, a 2.6 percent increase from January 2004. On a divisional basis, Publishing revenues increased 5.3 percent, Broadcast revenues declined 4.3 percent, and Interactive Media Division revenues were up 50.4 percent.
pr newswire
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050215/dctu027_1.html
2/16/05 - Now, 'WSJ' for Your BlackBerry:
NEW YORK Now you can get The Wall Street Journal Online on your BlackBerry. Starting today, The Wall Street Journal for BlackBerry will be available to customers of Outercurve Technologies' InfoEdge On-Demand information-delivery platform, the Journal announced today. The service will be available free of chargue through April 30.
editor & publisher
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/departments/online/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000800569
2/16/05 - Mag Rack: Budget Living:
SINCE WINNING JUST ABOUT every award imaginable when it debuted in October 2002 - "launch of the year" nods from several trades, a general-excellence citation from The American Society of Magazine Editors (ASME), a Grammy for Best Spoken Word album - Budget Living has attempted to evolve into a publishing juggernaut.
media post
http://publications.mediapost.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Articles.showArticleHomePage&art_aid=27215
2/16/05 - Enquirer Sets Move to N.Y.:
HORRORS — the National Enquirer is headed back to New York City. The tabloid that once transformed southern Florida into the home for a slew of scrappy supermarket tabloids is returning to New York for the first time in more than 30 years.
ny post
http://nypost.com/business/40652.htm
2/16/05 - New Magazines Join PIB:
Publishers Information Bureau announced today that 14 magazines will report their advertising pages and revenue to the tracking service, which is administered by the Magazine Publishers of America. Among the new entrants are: Bauer Publishing Group, which includes In Touch, Twist and First for Women; Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia's Everyday Food and Martha Stewart Weddings; Fairchild Publications' men's and women's editions of Vitals; Time Out New York and Time4 Media's TransWorld Motocross.
mediaweek
http://www.mediaweek.com/mw/news/print/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000806159
2/16/05 - Publishers weigh benefits, drawbacks of going outside for Web development:
For Willie Vogt, efficiency and accountability are everything. As corporate editorial director at Farm Progress Cos., Vogt makes the Web site decisions for the 21 magazines as well as farm trade shows that Farm Progress owns. The company faced a pivotal choice about three years ago when its Web developer decided to discontinue content management services.
btob
http://www.btobonline.com/article.cms?articleId=23191
2/16/05 - Publishers expand companywide marketing efforts, position integrated media programs:
As the economy bounces back, many b-to-b publishers are expanding their corporate marketing efforts through increased spending, hiring, new ad programs and strategic partnerships.
btob
http://www.btobonline.com/article.cms?articleId=23193
2/16/05 - Banking on online, custom publishing:
Bruce Morris, president of Thomson Media's Banking and Corporate Group, has been in publishing and media for 29 years, the last 13 with Thomson. The cornerstone of Morris' group is the 167-year old daily newspaper American Banker, with a total of 25,000 print and online subscribers.
btob
http://www.btobonline.com/article.cms?articleId=23194
2/16/05 - Marketing vet plans new ads, market strategy:
In the late 1990s, Molly Meloy was traveling the world as Mobil Corp.'s corporate advertising manager, managing a $25 million global ad campaign and falling in love with the print medium. "I saw that print was a unique mechanism to reach decision-makers, guys and women who are hard to reach," Meloy said. "They are always reading something. Even as more and more titles have come through, they're still reading a core set of print properties."
btob
http://www.btobonline.com/article.cms?articleId=23200
2/16/05 - Integrated Media Consortium launches with 10 charter members:
Chicago—The Integrated Media Consortium, a voluntary buying cooperative for publishing companies, announced Tuesday that it has attracted the 10 charter members it had said it needed to move forward. The IMC is intended to provide volume purchasing for small and midsize publishing companies—those with $3 million to $200 million in annual revenues. Alan Douglas, who is president of Douglas Publications, is chairman of the consortium, and Bill Walker is its president.
btob
http://www.btobonline.com/article.cms?articleId=23344
2/16/05 - Storm Mountain Publishing Company Launches New Ski Magazine:
BOULDER, Colorado — Storm Mountain Publishing Company (SMP), parent of Freeskier Magazine, Freeskier.com and Fantasy Freeride League, is launching a national ski title exclusively for the hard-core, teen market. It was announced today by SMP President & CEO Bradford Fayfield.
co skiing
http://news.coskiing.com/217/
2/15/2005 - Who's Buying Print Advertising?
2/15/05 - ExxonMobil Launches New Line of High-Endurance Motor Oils with Fully Integrated, High-Profile Marketing Campaign Ad Campaign to Kick off During Daytona 500:
FAIRFAX, Va.-- Feb. 15, 2005--ExxonMobil today announced that it is rolling out one of the most aggressive fully-integrated marketing campaigns in the history of its Mobil® lubricants brand to increase its share of the $2 billion retail motor oil segment. ... The ad campaign will also include print, outdoor and online elements, all of which will tie in thematically and visually with the television creative.
business wire
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/050215/155150_1.html
2/15/05 - BrandBuzz Heralds A-to-Z LG Appliances:
NEW YORK LG Appliances will launch a campaign in March setting the tone for its debut as a full-line kitchen appliance maker with a new series of dishwashers and expanded retail distribution. The effort, via WPP Group's BrandBuzz in New York, initially will be anchored by TV and six print ads touting the new dishwasher, the high-capacity Trom washer and dryer pair, and Panorama double-door refrigerator. ... Print ads for Trom use "Extra LG" as the headline. One for the dishwasher shows an upscale kitchen during a dinner party. The word "Quiet" points to the dinner guests, "Quieter" to a cat and "Quietest" to the operating dishwasher.
adweek
http://www.adweek.com/aw/regional/east/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000799853
2/15/05 - Adams & Knight Supports 'Courant' Events:
BOSTON Adams & Knight has unveiled an integrated campaign for The Hartford Courant, Connecticut's largest-circulation daily newspaper. The effort uses TV, radio, print, billboards and Web executions touting two different Courant sites: Courant.com, which features news and current-events commentary, and Ctnow.com, for art and lifestyle coverage. The campaign budget was not disclosed but the client has spent about $200,000 annually on ads in recent years, per TNS Media Reporting/CMR.
adweek
http://www.adweek.com/aw/regional/new_england/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000800245
2/15/05 - BBDO: Small Business Is Better With Visa:
LOS ANGELES A playful television commercial promoting the Visa Business Card will break nationwide today, according to a representative for its creators, Omnicom Group's BBDO West. The 30-second "Dry Cleaner" spot is the initial release in Visa's latest small business-targeting campaign, the rep said. Via the agency's San Francisco office, components will also include print and radio ads meant to address the efficiency, payment and cash flow needs of businesses with less than $25 million in annual sales. ... Campaign spending is undisclosed. San Francisco-based Visa spent $37 million on small business card advertising in 2004, per Nielsen Monitor-Plus.
adweek
http://www.adweek.com/aw/regional/west/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000799943
2/15/05 - Selling the City:
A $1 million advertising campaign kicks off in April with the unveiling of a top-secret new marketing slogan and “brand” image intended to capture Kansas City's new spirit — not to mention travelers' fancy and the contents of their pocketbooks. ... Chris Bergen, of Kansas City ad agency Barkley Evergreen and Partners, said the city must seize the opportunity and market itself as nothing less than “the Nordstrom's of convention destinations.” ... The print ads start in April with half-page cardboard inserts that will literally pop magazines open. Shaped like standard hotel room door hangers, each has a tongue-in-cheek message from an imaginary and awestruck Kansas City visitor. Says one: “Knock Softly Please — My night started at a French restaurant and ended at a craps table.” Others: “Nothing to clean here — I've only been in the room for a couple of minutes … There's so much new stuff to do around here.
kansas city
http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/business/10900297.htm
2/15/05 - The YWCA's Brash New Message:
The YWCA U.S.A. is seeking to better define its mission with an assertive campaign that is already raising some eyebrows for its boldness. The theme of the campaign -- "Eliminating racism. Empowering women" -- is intended to declare in no uncertain terms the modern-day goals of the organization, which was founded 147 years ago. The television, radio, online and print campaign, created by Bozell & Jacobs in Omaha, is being aimed at younger adults, ages 18 to 34, with a media schedule that includes the BET, MTV and MTV2 cable networks and related Web sites (bet.com, mtv.com). ... The print part of the campaign, still to come, will be in the form of an eight-page custom magazine, published by Viacom, that will be distributed locally through the almost 300 community YWCA associations as well as nationally.
ny times 'in advertising' by stuart elliot (subscription)
http://www.nytimes.com/mem/email.html
2/15/2005 - Daily Print Media Business News:
International Print Media Business News:
2/15/05 - Hollinger Inc sets special shareholder meeting:
NEW YORK, - Hollinger Inc. (HLGc.TO) , the holding company controlled by former press baron Conrad Black, said on Tuesday it has scheduled a special shareholder meeting for March 31 to consider taking the company private.
reuters
http://yahoo.reuters.com/financeQuoteCompanyNewsArticle.jhtml?duid=mtfh99291_2005-02-15_14-17-21_wen5226_newsml
2/15/05 - VNU to place Google's AdWords on its web sites:
AMSTERDAM, - VNU (VNUN.AS) , the world's top market researcher and publisher of trade magazines such as Adweek and Billboard, will put Google's (GOOG.O) AdWords advertising on its branded web sites, the two firms said on Tuesday.
reuters
http://yahoo.reuters.com/financeQuoteCompanyNewsArticle.jhtml?duid=mtfh99190_2005-02-15_14-12-37_aat004644_newsml
2/15/05 - Jerusalem Post Partners with Artemis HR:
PHILADELPHIA-- The Jerusalem Post has selected U.S.-based Artemis HR, Inc. (AHR) (www.artemishr.com), a source for talent management software and technology, to power a new online career center on the newspaper's web site JPost.com
business wire
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/050215/155120_1.html
2/15/05 - Metro: Financial Results for the Fourth Quarter and Twelve Months Ended 31 December 2004:
BERTRANGE, Luxembourg, -- Metro International S.A. (``Metro'') (MTROA, MTROB), today announced its financial results for the fourth quarter and twelve months ended 31 December 2004.
primezone
http://biz.yahoo.com/pz/050215/72728.html
2/15/05 - Will journalists ever admit the importance of advertising?:
As the commercial world flexes its muscles, Tony Lithgow asks if journalists and advertisers can learn to work together to help their newspapers to survive.
mediaweek uk
http://www.mediaweek.co.uk/articles/folder2005/Feb05/15/theimportanceofadvertising
2/15/05 - Eastern Eye launches property supplement:
The Ethnic Media Group, publisher of Eastern Eye and Asian Times, has produced its first ever property supplement in order tap into the housing boom investment by British Asians.
mediaweek uk
http://www.mediaweek.co.uk/articles/folder2005/Feb05/easterneye-propertysupp
2/15/05 - Mediaforce adds Avenues to sales portfolio:
Mediaforce, the regional press sales house which handles national advertising for Johnston Press, has been signed up to sell space for Avenues Publishing.
mediaweek uk
http://www.mediaweek.co.uk/articles/folder2005/Feb05/mediaforce-avenuespublishing
2/15/05 - Publishers draped in the flag in the hunt for regional revenue:
Can thecost of regional editions be justified when the returns seem so uncertain?
mediaweek uk
http://www.mediaweek.co.uk/articles/folder2005/Feb05/08/publishershuntrevenue
2/15/05 - Telegraph turns back to bulks as paid-fors continue to struggle:
The Daily Telegraph is trumpeting a revival in circulation with the release of January’s figures, despite a big rise in bulk sales over the past year.
mediaweek uk
http://www.mediaweek.co.uk/articles/folder2005/Feb05/15/telegraph_turns_back_to_bulks
2/15/05 - How 2005 is shaping up as the year of the woman reader:
WOMEN’S MAGAZINES - 2004 was the year of the lad, but James Livesley finds that this year the fairer sex will rule the roost
mediaweek uk
http://www.mediaweek.co.uk/articles/folder2005/01/18/2005isshaping
2/15/05 - IPC lads' mag to reLoad…again:
James Livesley IPC's men's monthly Loaded is set to relaunch again as it tries to fight off the onslaught of the weekly magazines and monthly rival Maxim in this week's Audit Bureau of Circulation results.
mediaweek uk
http://www.mediaweek.co.uk/articles/folder2005/Feb05/15/ipc_lads_mag_to_reload_again
2/15/05 - Concern as Future adds lads' mag to portfolio in £96.5m deal:
Magazine group Future yesterday added lads' magazine Front to its computing and gaming titles after agreeing to buy rival publisher Highbury House Communications for £96.5m.
media guardian
http://media.guardian.co.uk/site/story/0,14173,1414782,00.html
2/15/05 - DMGT to splash £100m on colour upgrade:
Daily Mail owner DMGT is lining up a £100m-plus improvement of printing facilities to allow it to put colour on every page of its newspapers.
media guardian
http://media.guardian.co.uk/presspublishing/story/0,7495,1414596,00.html
2/15/05 - The Economist circulation hits one million mark:
The circulation of The Economist has passed the one million mark for the first time in its history. According to the latest figures from the Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC), the magazine saw its circulation grow by 101,000 copies between July and December 2004 – a year on year increase of 11 per cent.
intellagencia
http://www.intellagencia.com/news.asp?siteid=4&id=66175
2/15/05 - Fairfax To Launch Australian Travel + Leisure Magazine:
SYDNEY, - FAIRFAX HOLDINGS LTD (ASX:FXJ) has announced an agreement with AMERICAN EXPRESS PUBLISHING CORP to launch a local version of US luxury lifestyle magazine, Travel + Leisure in Australia in September. There would be 10 editions to be produced each year at a cover price of $A6.95 ($US5.47).
yahoo
http://au.news.yahoo.com/050215/3/t2rj.html
2/15/05 - Rural Press stuns investors with 39pc profit hike, extra dividend:
REGIONAL publishing group Rural Press has unveiled a dividend bonanza. After lifting its interim payout by 44 per cent and introducing a second dividend, beating all market expectations, the group raised its half-year net profit by 39 per cent to $58.4 million.
the australian
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,12211715%255E7582,00.html
2/15/05 - Readers choose The Australian for the stories that matter:
THE Australian stood out as the nation's best-performing major newspaper in an overall soft circulation market in the second half of last year. The weekday edition of The Australian posted the biggest sales rise of any major newspaper - in contrast to steep falls for its closest competitors.
the australian
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,12214274%255E7582,00.html
National Print Media News:
2/15/05 - Pulitzer Inc. Reports First-Period Revenue For Five Weeks Ended January 30, 2005:
ST. LOUIS, -- Pulitzer Inc. (NYSE: PTZ) today announced that revenue increased 3.9 percent for the five-week accounting period ended January 30, 2005 when compared to the respective 2004 period. January 2005 advertising revenue in St. Louis and at the 12 Pulitzer Newspapers, Inc. ("PNI") markets increased 5.7 percent, with increases of 3.7 percent at the St. Louis operations and 10.5 percent at PNI.
pr newswire
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050215/cgtu024_1.html
2/15/05 - Journal Communications Reports January Revenue and Volume for Its Publishing and Broadcast Groups:
MILWAUKEE -- Journal Communications, Inc. (NYSE:JRN) announced today that for the first period ended January 23, 2005, total revenues for its Publishing and Broadcast groups increased 9.5% to $31.85 million, compared to $29.09 million reported for the first period ended January 25, 2004.
business wire
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/050215/155591_1.html
2/15/05 - Dow Jones prices $225 mln debt offering:
NEW YORK, - Dow Jones & Co. (DJ.N) said on Monday it had priced $225 million in senior notes, in an offering to help refinance part of the $438.7 million in borrowings related to its recent buyout of financial Web site MarketWatch Inc.
reuters
http://yahoo.reuters.com/financeQuoteCompanyNewsArticle.jhtml?duid=mtfh85153_2005-02-14_20-45-28_wen5153_newsml
2/15/05 - New National Gay Magazine Launches Today - SCENE:
WORCESTER, Mass.-- Written to reflect the broadest range of lifestyle of the 25+ gay man. An editorial mix of news, human interest, gay celebrities and fashion, SCENE covers the popular culture of the international gay community six times a year.
business wire
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/050215/155101_1.html
2/15/05 - Sports Illustrated and Summus Launch Cross-Carrier Storefront to Sell Swimsuit Content Directly to Mobile Phone Users:
RALEIGH, N.C.-- Summus, Inc. (USA) (OTCBB: SUMU), a leading provider of mobile media applications that optimize the consumer wireless experience, today announced that it has launched a cross-carrier mobile storefront to deliver photographs from the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit collection to the mobile phone. The Sports Illustrated Swimsuit photographs are available immediately from SI.com/wallpaper to customers with one of 76 mobile phones initially available through three major GSM wireless carriers (with additional carriers and phone models being added in the future).
business wire
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/050215/155649_1.html
2/15/05 - Un Chin Magazine:
NEW YORK, -- After a soft launch in July 2004, the staff of Un Chin (pronounced oon-CHEEN) has revamped the magazine's format and released its first nationally distributed issue of 2005, titled "Music Mayhem." With vibrant, original photography and sharp writing, the Music Mayhem Issue takes readers on a wild ride through the fusion of global sounds that has reflected changing society while inspiring new generations.
pr newswire
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050214/nym294_1.html
2/15/05 - Print Media Are More Effective Than TV for Reaching Influential Americans(R), According to New Research from NOP World:
NEW YORK, -- Print media, in general, are more effective than television for reaching Influential Americans -- the critical 10% of the population who drive what the other 90% think, do and buy. By incorporating its Influentials(SM) research battery into Mediamark Research Inc.'s Survey of the American Consumer, NOP World found that 41% of Influential Americans are among the nation's most avid newspaper readers, and a third of Influential Americans are counted among the country's heaviest magazine readers. In contrast, just 14% of Influential Americans are heavy TV viewers.
pr newswire
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050214/nym281_1.html
2/15/05 - EatingWell Magazine Establishes National Advertising Team:
BURLINGTON, Vt., -- EatingWell, a leading publisher of information on food and health, announced today it is expanding its advertising team by retaining advertising sales firms in eight regions of the United States. Nancy Small, Chief Executive Officer of Eating Well, Inc., made the announcement. The firms will report to Diane de Spirlet, Advertising Director of EatingWell, and begin their assignments immediately.
pr newswire
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050214/phm043_1.html
2/15/05 - Times promotes executives:
Two advertising executives at the St. Petersburg Times have been promoted to key posts. Longtime ad director Richard Reeves, 55, has been named to the new position of vice president for advertising and marketing. He will oversee both departments and the paper's market research unit. He will remain a director of parent company Times Publishing Co.
sp times
http://www.sptimes.com/2005/02/15/Business/Times_promotes_execut.shtml
2/15/05 - New magazine coming for Japanese visitors:
JTB Publishing Inc., a subsidiary of Japan's largest travel agency, and Kakaako-based Obun Hawaii Group are jointly developing a magazine for Japanese visitors to Hawaii and say it will be available in Waikiki by July.
biz journals
http://www.bizjournals.com/pacific/stories/2005/02/14/daily4.html
2/15/05 - Enterprise NewsMedia buys four weeklies:
Enterprise NewsMedia LLC, a news publisher serving the South Shore, has completed a $100 million refinancing agreement and acquired four weekly newspapers. The recapitalization was underwritten by Wachovia Securities and came in the form of $100 million in senior, secured notes. The money will be used to restructure Enterprise NewsMedia's existing debt and support the company's ongoing expansion.
biz journals
http://www.bizjournals.com/boston/stories/2005/02/14/daily4.html
2/15/05 -FSI Coupons Move Past 250B In 2004:
America’s love affair with the coupon continued in 2004, as 251 billion coupons were distributed within newspaper Free Standing Inserts (FSIs). According to the annual Marx FSI Trend Report, this represented a 7.7 percent increase in comparison to 2003. Over 850 FSI coupons were issued for every U.S. citizen with potential per-person savings of nearly $1,000.
hispanic ad
http://hispanicad.com/cgi-bin/news/newsarticle.cgi?article_id=16004
2/15/05 - Show Circuit Steps Into Culture:
Show Circuit is setting a new pace after a makeover of the equestrian lifestyle magazine. The changes across editorial, advertising and circulation aim to position Show Circuit as the premier title covering the culture, fashion, travel and personalities of the horse world.
dm news
http://dmnews.com/cgi-bin/artprevbot.cgi?article_id=31849
2/15/05 - A rise and fall, again of Newsday Exec:
Exec was fired by paper in Chicago, went bankrupt, then took Newsday by storm - until scandal struck Louis Sito, the former executive at the center of Newsday's circulation scandal, was hired by the newspaper in 1992 just months after he filed for personal and corporate bankruptcy, and seven years after he had been fired from a top management position at another paper.
newsday
http://www.nynewsday.com/business/ny-bzcirc134145177feb14,0,2507472.story?coll=nyc-business-headlines
2/15/05 - Goldman Has $50M Piece of Martha:
Goldman Sachs has become the top institutional shareholder of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc., a regulatory filing showed yesterday, while another big investor has dumped shares.
ny post
http://nypost.com/business/40528.htm
2/15/05 - MSLO building steam on Street:
NEW YORK -- Martha Stewart seems to be as hot a Wall Street commodity as ever as the stock of the company she founded has been reaching four-year highs. And interest among small as well as big institutional investors remains high just as the domestic doyenne plans to resurface next month from her less-than-homey West Virginia prison with the stock remaining close to its 52-week high.
hollywood reporter
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/business/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000799752
2/15/05 - Four top mags take circ honors:
Paul Colford's Hot Copy: In numbers for the last six months of 2004, released yesterday by the Audit Bureau of Circulations, Elle stood out among fashion mags with a 24% increase in its average newsstand sale over the previous year and a 4.7% rise in total circ, to 1 million copies.
ny daily news
http://www.nydailynews.com/business/story/280877p-240725c.html
2/15/05 - Magazines can't break up with Brad and Jen:
Breaking up may be hard to do. But for celebrity watchers, it's big business. The split has even spawned a book: Brad & Jen: The Rise and Fall of Hollywood's Golden Couple. Although it has been five long weeks since the separation of superstars Brad Pitt, 41, and Jennifer Aniston, 36, the couple continues to sell magazines, and there's no end in sight.
usa today
http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2005-02-14-brad-jen_x.htm
2/15/05 - When Covering Party People, Is Three a Crowd?:
With three out-of-town magazine publishers swooping into Washington, hoping to cover hot nightlife, sexy fashionistas and actual celebrities, we have to ask: Are they sure they have the right city?
washington post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24602-2005Feb14.html
2/15/05 - ABC Fas-Fax: Publishers Take a Hit on Newsstand:
The Audit Bureau of Circulations today released the Fas-Fax, its semi-annual report of publisher’s estimates, with more than a few magazines experiencing steep newsstand declines in 2004’s second half.
mediaweek
http://www.mediaweek.com/mw/news/recent_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000800046
2/15/05 - Adams & Knight Supports 'Courant' Events:
BOSTON Adams & Knight has unveiled an integrated campaign for The Hartford Courant, Connecticut's largest-circulation daily newspaper. The effort uses TV, radio, print, billboards and Web executions touting two different Courant sites: Courant.com, which features news and current-events commentary, and Ctnow.com, for art and lifestyle coverage. The campaign budget was not disclosed but the client has spent about $200,000 annually on ads in recent years, per TNS Media Reporting/CMR.
adweek
http://www.adweek.com/aw/regional/new_england/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000800245
2/15/05 - Pay Per Click Advertising Can Be Very Risky Business:
Click fraud is an unfortunate byproduct of the pay per click advertising business. Many people with an online business spend large amounts of money on pay per click advertising only to discover that many of the people clicking on their ads weren't really interested in their products or services.
web pro news
http://www.webpronews.com/ebusiness/smallbusiness/wpn-2-20050214PayPerClickAdvertisingCanBeVeryRiskyBusiness.html
2/14/2005 - Who's Buying Print Advertising?
2/14/05 - Ask Jeeves Launches National Television Advertising Campaign:
OAKLAND, -- Ask Jeeves(R), Inc., a leading provider of information retrieval technologies, brands and Internet advertising services, announced today that it will debut six television advertisements to promote its flagship search site, Ask Jeeves (www.ask.com). This campaign marks Ask Jeeves' return to television after a hiatus of more than four years, and the ads represent the next step in the Company's marketing efforts for the popular consumer search engine, which also include online, out-of-home, and print advertising. ... The advertisements were created by TBWA\Chiat\Day San Francisco, Ask Jeeves' agency of record since 2003. ... Ask Jeeves Inc. began a strategic and targeted marketing campaign to build brand awareness in 2003, with online, out-of home and print advertising. These effective campaigns laid the foundation for the current television advertising, which is expected to reach a broader audience.
pr newswire
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050214/sfm090a_4.html
2/14/05 - Ocean Spray, Connelly Blaze New Trail for Craisins:
NEW YORK Ocean Spray Cranberries launched its Craisins line of sweetened dried cranberries in 1993, and it became the top seller in the segment despite languishing on marketing's backburner. But the client wants to show consumers that in addition to its well-known beverage products it also is a premier maker of healthy snacks. In the fall it will break the first national TV and print effort behind Craisins with an estimated $15 million in dedicated support. ... The Craisins effort, via independent Connelly Partners in Boston, will include the brand's first foray into nuts, dried fruit and chocolate, all contained in two new Craisins Trail Mix varieties shipping this month. TV and print will tout the product as being healthy, fat-free, convenient and made with real fruit for those "fit-for-life consumers who work hard and play hard," said Romanzi.
adweek
http://www.adweek.com/aw/regional/new_england/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000799588
2/14/2005 - Daily Print Media Business News:
International Print Media News:
2/14/05 - Financial Times Publishes Special Report on Growth of World Ports Industry:
NEW YORK, -- The Financial Times will publish its first-ever special report on the fast-growing shipping port industry, entitled "World Ports". It will appear on May 23, 2005 in the FT's global edition with bonus distribution at the International Association of Ports and Harbors' conference and exhibition in Shanghai, China. This report will take a close look into the global transport industry that is enjoying unprecedented traffic levels, unprecedented revenues and runaway growth.
pr newswire
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050211/nyf113_1.html
2/14/05 - MediaCorp Publishing acquires licence to publish FHM:
SINGAPORE : MediaCorp Publishing will publish FHM, or "For Him Magazine" - Singapore's No. 1 men's magazine with a monthly readership of 142,000, under an agreement signed on 4th February. It will also publish two other magazines in Singapore and Malaysia:
yahoo
http://sg.news.yahoo.com/050214/5/singapore132436.html
2/14/05 - Highbury looks into Future's £100m offer:
Magazine group Future has made a near-£100m offer for Highbury House, which publishes men's mag Front and more than 70 other consumer titles.
media guardian
http://media.guardian.co.uk/presspublishing/story/0,7495,1412587,00.html
2/14/05 - Future snaps up Highbury for £96.5m:
Magazine giant Future has ended speculation of recent weeks by making a £96.5m swoop for beleaguered consumer group Highbury House.
mediaweek uk
http://mediaweek.co.uk/articles/folder2005/Feb05/future-highbury-buy
2/14/05 - Gardeners' World magazine gets £1m makeover:
BBC Magazines are digging deep into their pockets with a £1m investment in their Gardeners' World magazine. It's the biggest makeover the magazine has seen since its launch in March 1991.
media guardian
http://media.guardian.co.uk/presspublishing/story/0,7495,1412451,00.html
2/14/05 - Desmond's new launch risks angering Packer:
Express proprietor Richard Desmond is set to launch a weekly woman's title called Take 5, according to magazine industry sources. His media company, Northern & Shell, is expected to unveil the title on 28 February.
media guardian
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/business/story/0,6903,1411653,00.html
2/14/05 - January rises mask sluggish year-on-year sales:
Sales of all national daily papers and Sunday papers rose in January compared with December, with the exception of the Financial Times, the Daily Star Sunday and the Business, the Audit Bureau of Circulations reported today.
media guardian
http://media.guardian.co.uk/presspublishing/story/0,7495,1411019,00.html
2/14/05 - Computer Upgrade unveiled by Future:
Magazine group Future has expanded its consumer technology portfolio with the launch of Computer Upgrade, new monthly title for the PC market.
mediaweek uk
http://mediaweek.co.uk/articles/folder2005/Feb05/computerupgrade-futurepubs
2/14/05 - Highbury sells B2B titles to Ergo:
Magazine publisher Highbury House has offloaded its business magazine portfolio to the Ergo Science Corporation for £12.5m, as part of the company’s major restructuring of the business.
mediaweek uk
http://mediaweek.co.uk/articles/folder2005/Feb05/highbury-ergo-b2bsale
2/14/05 - Reuters launches interactive TV channel on the internet:
LONDON - Reuters has introduced an interactive television channel that will deliver video news stories online from its global news network.
revolution
http://www.revolutionmagazine.com/News/index.cfm?fuseaction=ViewNewsArticle&ID=235389
National Print Media News:
2/14/05 - Crain Communications Announces New Publishing & Editorial Director and New Publisher to Its Health Care Titles:
CHICAGO, -- Crain Communications has named Charles Lauer to publishing and editorial director and Fawn Lopez to publisher of Modern Healthcare and Modern Physician. While Mr. Lauer continues to lead the titles as senior director and advisor, Ms. Lopez assumes responsibility for the day-to-day operations of the publications.
pr newswire
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050214/dem006_1.html
2/14/05 - Gannett Co., Inc. Releases January Statistical Report:
MCLEAN, Va.-- Gannett Co., Inc. (NYSE: GCI) reported today that total pro forma operating revenues for the first period ended January 30, 2005 increased 2.9 percent, benefiting from solid advertising demand at the domestic community newspapers which offset softer results in its broadcasting segment and its UK-based Newsquest properties. Newsquest's results were negatively impacted, in part, by a shift in the calendar of the week after Christmas.
business wire
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/050214/145743_1.html
2/14/05 - Knight Ridder Digital Promotes Lem Lloyd to VP of Classified Advertising:
SAN JOSE, Calif., -- Knight Ridder Digital (KRD) today announced the promotion of Lem Lloyd to vice president, classified advertising and Knight Ridder corporate director of classified advertising. Formerly the senior director of classifieds for KRD, Lloyd succeeds Tom Mohr, who was promoted to KRD president earlier this year. In his new role, Lloyd will be responsible for driving Knight Ridder's classified initiatives in both print and online, reporting to Mohr and Knight Ridder VP of marketing Mike Petrak.
pr newswire
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050214/sfm059_2.html
2/14/05 - Lee Enterprises Reports Revenue Growth in January:
DAVENPORT, Iowa-- Lee Enterprises, Incorporated (NYSE:LEE), reported today that same property advertising revenue in January increased 9.4 percent over a year ago, a result of improved sales and an additional Sunday this year.
business wire
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/050214/145276_1.html
2/14/05 - It's in the blood: Ad men keep on creating after agencies close:
Herman Schnurr closed his full-service agency more than a decade ago, but he is still active on the local advertising scene. So are Kurt Pelton and Stewart Sacklow, who also ran large local agencies that ceased operation over the past decade. Today these men are working independently--and sometimes together--to provide clients with creative services and counsel.
biz journals
http://www.bizjournals.com/albany/stories/2005/02/14/focus1.html
2/14/05 - Condé nicer:
"They seem to be becoming not more, but much more fiscally responsible," Galotti continued. "Guys like Chuck Townsend and Tom Wallace fit very well in that company." It took the juxtaposition of Wallace and Townsend, who a year ago replaced Steve Florio as CN's CEO, for it to dawn on us: This is no longer a publisher run on a whim and by Si; this is a company cleaning itself up for a public offering.
the deal
http://www.thedeal.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=TheDeal/TDDArticle/TDStandardArticle&bn=newsby%2FMEDIAPUBLISHING.gif&c=TDDArticle&cid=1107993029263
2/14/05 - Hot properties: FCC Media Consolidation Rules
The Federal Communications Commission and the U.S. solicitor general's decision not to seek Supreme Court review of looser limits on media mergers has left the agency with the task of rewriting media ownership limits. But before it can get started on that assignment, agency officials have some unfinished business to complete.
the deal
http://www.thedeal.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=TheDeal/TDDArticle/TDStandardArticle&bn=newsby%2FMEDIAPUBLISHING.gif&c=TDDArticle&cid=1107993029301
2/14/05 - Fallon newspaper files complaint over fake inserts:
A Fallon newspaper publisher has filed a criminal complaint over a bogus insert placed in newspapers on the Paiute-Shoshone reservation east of town. The "tribal editorial" insert falsely uses the name of Lahontan Valley News and Fallon Eagle Standard newspaper reporter Josh Johnson, and charges four tribal council candidates with impropriety and immorality.
krnv
http://www.krnv.com/Global/story.asp?S=2939221&nav=8faOWJ7U
2/14/05 - Orvis Opens Door to Log Cabins in Co-Branding Effort:
There’s more than just the usual selection of fishing tackle, rods and hip waders in the spring 2005 Orvis fishing catalog. The book also features seven log cabins. Though the cabins can’t be ordered from the catalog, which mailed this month, they come equipped with Orvis fixtures and were designed with the Orvis customer in mind. Each cabin has a Sportsman’s Room with gun and fishing rod storage. Other features include a dog-care area for bathing, feeding and boarding dogs, a workbench for fly-tying and a natural rock hearth. The log cabins are the result of a co-branding effort with Rocky Mountain Log Homes that was signed in late 2004.
dm news
http://dmnews.com/cgi-bin/artprevbot.cgi?article_id=31836
2/14/05 - In Praise of Language and The Printed Word:
David Carey is one of those people who responds to e-mails sent to his Blackberry within minutes, regardless of what day it is or which time zone he's in. It's a testament to both his work ethic and his tech savvy. David Remnick is less of an early adopter, but presumably reads the articles Ken Auletta files for his magazine and is in any case well acquainted with the consequences of media consolidation and fragmentation. They're both fairly young -- Remnick is 46, Carey 43. So it's reasonable to ask the Davids -- who serve as editor and publisher of The New Yorker, and whose careers are still ascendant -- why they would choose, in the year 2005 in the city of New York, to earn their paychecks printing words on dead trees.
ad age
http://www.adage.com/news.cms?newsId=44311
2/14/05 - Marketing firms getting Inside TV:
TV Guide will allow marketing companies to pay to integrate brands into its new celebrity-based women’s weekly, Inside TV. Advertising Age reports in today’s edition that the move is the most audacious attempt to vault over the separation of advertising and editorial in a magazine.
crain's ny
http://www.crainsny.com/news.cms?id=9930
2/14/05 - Go West, Local Man: 'Onion' to Launch San Francisco Print Edition:
CHICAGO The deadpan satirical weekly The Onion is launching a print edition in San Francisco. It's not clear exactly when the new edition will be launched, but San Francisco Chronicle columnist Dan Fost reported that Onion executives have been looking for office space and advertising for advertising salespeople on Craigslist.com.
editor & publisher
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000799634
2/14/05 - Online News Sites Struggle With RSS Challenge:
AS INTERNET USERS DISCOVER CONTENT aggregation's merit, advertisers and publishers fear a loss of control over their content and how users experience it. Now, several newspapers have launched their own customized RSS readers, in an effort to solidify their relationships with online readers.
media post
http://publications.mediapost.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Articles.showArticleHomePage&art_aid=27194
2/14/05 - Carly's Nemesis: Fate or Fortune?
Carleton S. Fiorina has been to business magazines what Diana was to their general-interest counterparts: a princess. Put her on the cover and copies fly off the rack.
ny times
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/13/business/yourmoney/13suits.html?
2/14/05 - "Sports Illustrated's" 41st - Birthday "Swimsuit" Makes a Splash:
...Swimsuit," says Morris, has become a $50 million business (a sum greater than what many magazines produce in a year), and the timing now--coming barely a week after the Super Bowl--could not be better.
min online
http://www.minonline.com/topstory.htm
2/14/05 - Playing Rupert Murdoch:
"Pravda" means "truth" in Russian and for decades was the wholly unironic name of the Soviet Union's leading newspaper. "Pravda" also is the fully ironic title of a satire by English playwrights Howard Brenton and David Hare -- a play inspired by media mogul Rupert Murdoch and his transformation of the British press during the 1980s (when he also briefly owned the Sun-Times).
chicago-sun times
http://www.suntimes.com/output/weiss/wkp-news-stage11a.html
2/14/05 - Vibe Vixen: In Touch With Hip-Hop's Feminine Side:
The urban music and lifestyle title Vibe next week will give props to its large female following—and the advertisers chasing them—with the launch of Vibe Vixen. The 425,000-circ beauty, fashion and lifestyle book will be published twice this year, with spring and fall issues, and aims to go quarterly in 2006.
mediaweek
http://www.mediaweek.com/mw/news/print/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000799193
2/14/05 - Redbook: Sex and the City Meets Suburbia:
Before stepping into the role of editor in chief of Hearst Magazines’ vener- able Redbook last July, Stacy Morrison, fresh off a three-year stint as executive editor of the company’s Marie Claire, had distinguished herself as a “queen of the launches,” helping to create titles including Time Out New York, Condé Nast Sports for Women, Mirabella and the design magazine One. In college, she even penned a thesis on magazine launches pegged “Start-Ups: Reality & Fantasy.”
mediaweek
http://www.mediaweek.com/mw/news/print/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000799192
2/14/05 - Dressing Up Oscar - Mags That Cover It:
Be water-cooler cool and pick up a movie mag this week, as the pros handicap the likely winners and losers at Feb. 27's Academy Awards. A gob of Oscar glamour is the best remedy to treat the midwinter blahs.
ny post
http://nypost.com/business/21894.htm
2/11/2005 - Daily Print Media Business News:
International Print Media News:
2/11/05 - Zimbabwe Exiles Launch Underground Newspaper:
It's edited in a dining room in England and its writers work for free.
reuters
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=599&ncid=802&e=5&u=/nm/20050211/media_nm/zimbabwe_newspaper_dc
2/11/05 - Britain Hails Launch of New Zimbabwean Newspaper:
The House of Commons in Britain on Wednesday congratulated former chief executive officer of the Associated Newspapers of Zimbabwe, publishers of The Daily News and The Daily News on Sunday, Wilf Mbanga for launching a new weekly newspaper called The Zimbabwean.
all africa
http://allafrica.com/stories/200502100412.html
2/11/05 - Newspapers try to catch RSS Web surfing wave:
LONDON, - An increasingly popular technology called RSS is changing the way consumers get their news online, spurring several newspapers to launch their own customised software in an attempt to stay ahead of the curve.
reuters
http://yahoo.reuters.com/financeQuoteCompanyNewsArticle.jhtml?duid=mtfh18082_2005-02-10_17-17-34_l10288987_newsml
2/11/05 - Metro: 2004 Fourth Quarter and Full Year Results Conference Call:
BERTRANGE, Luxembourg, -- Metro International S.A. (``Metro''), the international newspaper group, today announced that it will announce its financial results for the fourth quarter and twelve months ended 31 December 2004 on Tuesday, 15 February at 1:00 pm (CET). The company will host a conference call to present the results at 3:00 pm (CET). The call will also be webcast on Metro's website at http://www.metro.lu.
prime zone
http://biz.yahoo.com/pz/050211/72547.html
2/11/05 - Academics call for end to use of women's bodies in advertising:
BANGKOK, - Academics today voted down the idea of legislation to control 'inappropriate' dress among young people, but called on the media to refrain from publishing images of scantily-clad young actors and adverts using images of women's bodies to sell their products.
tna
http://etna.mcot.net/query.php?nid=35670
2/11/05 - Saturday papers lead circulation slide:
A low unemployment rate and a cooling real estate market have severely dented Australia's classified-laden Saturday newspapers in the second half of 2004, the latest Audit Bureau of Circulations data shows.
the age
http://www.theage.com.au/news/Business/Saturday-papers-lead-circulation-slide/2005/02/10/1107890349797.html
2/11/05 - Men's Health pumps up performance:
Seven Network's Pacific Magazines has pumped up the performance of its Men's Health title, with the latest survey showing the magazine leading circulation growth in the men's lifestyle category.
the age
http://www.theage.com.au/news/Breaking-News/Mens-Health-pumps-up-performance/2005/02/11/1108061830621.html
2/11/05 - Australia's Seven Says Magazine Mkt Share 22.2% In 2H04:
SYDNEY --Australian broadcaster Seven Network Ltd. (SEV.AU) said Friday that audited circulation figures show it captured a greater share of the country's magazines market in the second half of 2004.
dow jones via yahoo
http://asia.news.yahoo.com/050210/5/1w4yn.html
2/11/05 - Indonesian man places newspaper ad to find unfaithful Dad:
Bambang Lesmana's ad in an Indonesian business newspaper had an unusual request: help me find my dad _ and the woman he ran off with.
ap
http://asia.news.yahoo.com/050211/ap/d886ae1o0.html
2/11/05 - United Kingdom: Wedding and Home Unveils Name Change:
IPC SouthBank title, Wedding and Home, is to change its name to Wedding as of its April issue.
publicitas
http://www.publicitas.com/display.asp?id=6.8&chp=6.3&foot=6.9&cpny=*&PARAM1=13547
2/11/05 - Belgium: New look for Libelle Lifestyle Magazines:
Libelle is constantly moving. And that is fully appreciated by the readers! Libelle can count on more than 1 million readers* of which 62.1% are responsible for purchases. A practical, modern woman who knows what she wants!
publicitas
http://www.publicitas.com/display.asp?id=6.8&chp=6.3&foot=6.9&cpny=*&PARAM1=13542
2/11/05 - International: Look to Asian Newspapers for Successful Mobile Strategies:
Most press groups now understand that providing content to mobile devices is going to be a significant part of their future publishing business. Many, however, are struggling to find a profitable development strategy. They ought to look to Asia.
publicitas
http://www.publicitas.com/display.asp?id=6.8&chp=6.3&foot=6.9&cpny=*&PARAM1=13541
2/11/05 - Africa: The International Herald Tribune To Start Printing In South Africa:
The International Herald Tribune (IHT) announced today (February 10, 2005) that it has signed a printing and distribution agreement with INCE (Pty) Ltd., the South African partner of OCE Digital News Network. According to the deal, the IHT will start printing in Johannesburg, South Africa, on February 14, and will now be available for early morning distribution to news outlets and subscribers in Johannesburg, Pretoria and Cape Town.
publicitas
http://www.publicitas.com/display.asp?id=6.8&chp=6.3&foot=6.9&cpny=*&PARAM1=13543
2/11/05 - Canada Post Helps Fetch Customers:
Canada Post, Ottawa, said yesterday that in the first two weeks of its pilot for fetch, its service that lets consumers interact instantly and anonymously with advertisers, more than 2,000 people have registered and 3,000 "fetches" have been processed.
dm news
http://dmnews.com/cgi-bin/artprevbot.cgi?article_id=31844
2/11/05 - Metro in love with Levi's for Valentine's Day:
Metro International has signed a major deal with clothing giant Levis to promote its new television commercial.
mediaweek uk
http://mediaweek.co.uk/articles/folder2005/Feb05/levis-jeans-metro-intl-deal
2/11/05 - Telegraph shows off virtues of broadsheet:
Telegraph Newspapers will attempt to re-position the broadsheet newspaper back into the minds of the agency creatives and account planners with a direct marketing campaign.
mediaweek uk
http://www.mediaweek.co.uk/articles/folder2005/01/telegraph-directmailcampaign
2/11/05 - Telegraph and Vodafone produce Voice for businesses:
The Sunday Telegraph has teamed up with mobile phone giant Vodafone to produce a new supplement targeting small businesses.
mediaweek uk
http://www.mediaweek.co.uk/articles/folder2005/Feb05/telegraph-vodafone-businessvoice
2/11/05 - January rises mask sluggish year-on-year sales:
Sales of all national daily papers and Sunday papers rose in January compared with December, with the exception of the Financial Times, the Daily Star Sunday and the Business, the Audit Bureau of Circulations reported today. But the only daily papers to record a year-on-year increase were the two tabloid converts, the Times, up 4.51% and the Independent, up 12.17%.
media guardian
http://media.guardian.co.uk/presspublishing/story/0,7495,1411019,00.html
National Print Media News:
2/11/05 - American Express's Magazines Grow, Eye Expansion:
American Express Co. , best known for its green and platinum credit cards, has long been a quiet player in the magazine business. Now, its little-known publishing unit is looking to expand as it enjoys booming advertising from luxury marketers.
reuters
2/11/05 - FCC Deal Blow to TV Broadcasters:
U.S. regulators on Thursday dealt a blow to television broadcasters by rejecting requests that cable operators be required to carry more than one of the stations' primary channels.
reuters
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=599&ncid=802&e=7&u=/nm/20050210/media_nm/media_fcc_digital_dc
2/11/05 - New System Model Scores Advertising Creative to Increase Response Rates:
ANNAPOLIS, MD-- Advertising PowerLIFT is a new service to raise advertising effectiveness and response rates by model scoring an ad's creative execution to measure the response power generation.
market wire
http://biz.yahoo.com/iw/050210/080755.html
2/11/05 - Hispanic Image Magazine, formerly "Nuestra Imagen Hispana Magazine," has been selected as the "Official Magazine of the Hispanic Summit" by the Orlando Regional Chamber of Commerce:
Orlando, FL -- NIH Publishing, Inc. is excited to announce that their Florida Edition of 'Hispanic Image Magazine' will become the "Official Magazine of the 2005 Hispanic Summit." Formerly known as "Nuestra Imagen Hispana," the new name raises the publication to a higher level of appeal among Hispanics and non-Hispanics alike, a keen move to establish its leadership in the State of Florida.
printadvertising
http://printadvertising.com/pressrelease_himag21105.html
2/11/05 - Knight Ridder Names Jerome Ferson Publisher of the (Aberdeen) American News:
SAN JOSE, -- Knight Ridder (NYSE: KRI) announced today the appointment of Jerome Ferson to president and publisher of the (Aberdeen, S.D.) American News. Ferson is currently vice president/administration for the Duluth News Tribune.
pr newswire
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050211/sff027_1.html
2/11/05 - E. W. Scripps Jan. Revenue Up 14 Percent:
CINCINNATI -- Newspaper and broadcast company E. W. Scripps Co. on Friday said its consolidated revenue for January rose 14 percent on a surge in its network segment.
ap
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/050211/e_w_scripps_sales_1.html
2/11/05 - The New York Times Company to Redeem 8.25% Debentures Due March 15, 2025:
NEW YORK-- The New York Times Company announced today its plan to redeem on March 15, 2005 all $71,909,000 of the outstanding 8.25% debentures due March 15, 2025, at the redemption price of 103.76% of the principal amount. The trustee, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. gave formal notice to registered holders of the debentures today.
business wire
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/050211/115117_1.html
2/11/05 - CareerBuilder.com Reports Record Traffic:
CHICAGO, Feb. -- CareerBuilder.com, the nation's largest online job network, announced a new record in traffic with comScore Media Metrix reporting over 21 million* unique visitors came to the site in January.
pr newswire
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050210/cgth066_1.html
2/11/05 - 'Billboard' magazine now includes downloads:
NEW YORK (AP) — The Hot 100 is going digital. For the first time, Billboard magazine will include songs sold by download in its weekly calculation of the nation's top hits. The change reflects the booming popularity of digital music players like Apple's iPod, which has accounted for dramatic increases in download sales.
usa today
http://www.usatoday.com/life/music/news/2005-02-11-billboard-downloads_x.htm?csp=34
2/11/05 - Newsday pulls ads from Hot 97 show:
Bowing to pressure from an Asian community group, Newsday is pulling its advertising from the controversial morning show on hip-hop radio station Hot 97.
newsday
http://www.newsday.com/business/ny-ethot0211,0,7041948.story?coll=ny-business-leadheadlines
2/11/05 - Andrade, Publisher of Meredith's New Shelter Magazine for Latinas:
Jon Andrade has been named publisher of ¡Siempre Mujer!, Meredith’s new Hispanic women’s lifestyle magazine launching in September 2005. Andrade joins Meredith from G+J USA Publishing's Ser Padres, the Spanish-language version of Parents, where he served as advertising director. Siempre Mujer! will be a bimonthly service oriented women’s magazine with a guaranteed rate base of 350,000.
portada
http://portada-online.com/HTML/WEBSITE/PAID/2005/01270501.ASPX
2/11/05 - NonProfit Times Settles Lawsuit With Former Publisher:
Business-to-business publisher NPT Publishing Group, Parsippany, NJ, announced this week the settlement of a lawsuit between its publication The NonProfit Times and former publisher Kevin Landers and North American Publishing Co.
dm news
http://dmnews.com/cgi-bin/artprevbot.cgi?article_id=31846
2/11/05 - Time Out Readies Chicago Edition:
British publisher Time Out Group next month launches Time Out Chicago, its second city magazine in the United States after an edition for New York debuted in 1995, and its 15th worldwide.
dm news
http://dmnews.com/cgi-bin/artprevbot.cgi?article_id=31837
2/11/05 - Seattle JOA Battle Arrives at State Supreme Court:
Attorneys for the owners of The Seattle Times and the Seattle Post-Intelligencer will appear before the Washington State Supreme Court Tuesday, arguing a final appeal on the question of whether strike-affected losses in 2000 and 2001 can count in the Times' effort to terminate their joint operating agreement.
editor & publisher
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000798787
2/11/05 - Southern Calif. and Las Vegas Papers Form Ad Network to Compete with Advo:
NEW YORK Six Southern California newspapers have joined together with one from Las Vegas, N.M., to start a regional network of preprint advertising to compete with Advo and other companies that offer consumer discounts through direct mail.
editor & publisher
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000798972
2/11/05 - Outdoor Moves Toward Consensus For New Ad Metric, Could Gain Vs. TV, Print:
IN AS SOON AS A few months, the outdoor advertising industry may have a new method of audience measurement in place giving it a higher standard than what is currently used for either electronic or print media.
media post
http://publications.mediapost.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Articles.showArticleHomePage&art_aid=27164
2/11/05 - Love puts a twinkle in publishers' eyes:
Paul Colford's Hot Copy: Suddenly, just in time for Valentine's Day, love is a growth sector. Two weeks after The New York Times said its Sunday Styles section would accept paid announcements of weddings, engagements and partnerships, New York magazine is adding paid wedding notices.
nydaily news
http://www.nydailynews.com/business/story/279726p-239668c.html
2/11/05 - Read (but Not All!) About It:
You may have heard that the circulation of The Washington Post is down, as it is at most newspapers. While more people are reading the work of Post journalists than ever before, they're doing it via the Web.
washington post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15588-2005Feb10.html
2/11/05 - FTC Ruling Favors Product Placement:
CHICAGO -- Consumers do not need to be informed that product placement in television shows may have been paid for and could constitute an "advertisement," according to a Federal Trade Commission ruling issued Thursday.
brandweek
http://www.brandweek.com/brandweek/headlines/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000798597
2/11/05 - Fairchild Pulls Prom Title Over Porn URL in Ad:
Two publishers today--Fairchild Publications and Hearst Magazines--are taking radically different approaches to the appearance of a child-porn Web site address that accidentally turned up in a prom-dress ad that is running in both publishers' newsstand prom fashion/beauty specials
mediaweek
http://www.mediaweek.com/mw/news/recent_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000798594
2/11/05 - Fairchild Reorgs Bridal Group:
Fairchild Publications announced today it has reorganized its Bridal Group under Modern Bride and Brides.
mediaweek
http://www.mediaweek.com/mw/news/print/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000799018
2/11/05 - LA Times, Orange County Register reach advertising distribution deal:
SANTA ANA, Calif. - Two rival Southern California newspapers are teaming up in an initiative to distribute preprint advertising in Orange County. The deal calls for The Orange County Register and the Los Angeles Times to distribute advertising inserts in Orange County's 87 ZIP codes, an area that includes 900,000 households.
ap via mercury news
2/11/05 - The New York Post: Profitless Paper In Relentless Pursuit - The tabloid may be in the red, but it's determined to beat the Daily News:
Once upon a time, the newspaper war was as common a ritual of civic combat as the mayoral election or the crosstown high school football game. The inexorable decline of newspaper reading has left even most big U.S. cities with a single daily. The glaring exception is New York City, home to four of the 15 largest papers. The huge circulation gain logged of late by the oldest of them -- the New York Post -- has escalated its archrivalry with the Daily News into the sort of apocalyptic struggle not seen since William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer locked egos a century ago.
businessweek
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/05_08/b3921114_mz016.htm
2/11/05 - Unbundle. Rebundle. What the new Washington Examiner tells us about the media gestalt:
Earlier this month, a free tabloid wearing the heraldic eagle logo made famous by William Randolph Hearst's San Francisco Examiner joined the newspaper heap that gathers on my suburban Washington lawn each morning.
slate
http://slate.msn.com/id/2113319/
2/11/05 - The New Yorker looks ahead at 80:
NEW YORK -- As The New Yorker celebrates its 80th anniversary this week, Editor David Remnick would rather look ahead than rhapsodize about the good old days. And why not? While Remnick, 45, appreciates the magazine's legacy, he believes that these are the good old days for America's most celebrated magazine -- and it's hard to disagree.
marketwatch
2/10/2005 - Who's Buying Print Advertising?
2/10/05 - Reebok Launches Largest Global Integrated Marketing and Advertising Campaign in Nearly a Decade: 'I Am What I Am':
CANTON, Mass., -- What do icons Allen Iverson, Jay-Z and Lucy Liu all have in common? They are all individuals who stand out from the crowd because they are true to themselves, challenge the status quo and do things in their own unique way. In short, they perfectly embody Reebok's brand position -- celebrating individuality and authenticity -- and its new global advertising campaign: "I Am What I Am." The multi-faceted campaign links all of the brand's marketing and advertising efforts under the "I Am What I Am" umbrella, and is supported by the company's largest advertising spend in nearly a decade. Created by New York advertising agency mcgarrybowen, "I Am What I Am" launches globally this month on TV, cinema, in key print publications and on billboards in target cities such as New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Paris, London and Tokyo. ... print ads hit in March publications.
pr newswire
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050210/neth010_1.html
2/10/05 - Keep USF Fair Coalition Places Advertisements in USA Today Opposing FCC 'Flat Tax' USF Proposal:
WASHINGTON, -- The Keep USF Fair Coalition is running a series of print ads in USA TODAY, Roll Call, Communications Daily, and The Hill calling attention to a FCC proposal that would change the Universal Service Fund's (USF) collection methodology to a flat, per number fee. The ads feature a cell phone with the text message, "Did U Hear the FCC May Raise Our Phone Taxes?" The ads highlight the negative impact a "flat fee" change could have on consumers.
pr newswire
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050209/dcw078_1.html
2/10/05 - Nautica(R) Charts Course With New Global Marketing Campaign 'Navigate Life(TM)':
NEW YORK, -- Nautica Enterprises, Inc., a division of VF Corporation, will launch its new integrated global marketing platform, Navigate life, this spring. After extensive consumer research, Nautica developed the Navigate life campaign to emotionally connect consumers to their brand through a message that celebrates the challenges of balancing life with its many adventures, responsibilities, escapes and relationships. Navigate life communicates the brand message through advertising, sponsorships, in- store environment and on-line experience. ... Created by New York-based agency Laird + Partners and shot by photographer Anders Overgaard, the Navigate life campaign takes an intimate look into the many facets of life, balancing family, friends, work and play. ... "In a bold move, we released teaser Navigate life ads in the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal on February 7th. On February 15th the "teaser" creative will appear in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue," said Chris Fuentes, VP Marketing at Nautica.... Following in March 2005, the Navigate life message is revealed through multiple page inserts communicating supporting themes such as, "Navigate Adventure", "Navigate Commitment", "Navigate Relationships" and "Navigate Freedom". The multiple page inserts and accompanying creative units will appear in publications including Details, GQ, In Style, Men's Health, O The Oprah Magazine, People, Travel & Leisure and Vanity Fair in addition to newspapers...
pr newswire
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050209/nyw136_1.html
2/10/05 - Bridgestone Rolls Out Effort:
NEW YORK -- Tiremaker Bridgestone will launch its first brand advertising campaign since the mid-1980's. The image campaign, aimed at younger consumers, offers a music-video take on tires, with five TV spots, a raft of print ads and Internet and outdoor elements. It comprises a full campaign for Bridgestone's Potenza, Turanza, Dueler, and Blizzak tire lines, plus a brand family TV spot. The effort, via Grey Worldwide, N.Y., and Gish, Sherwood & Friends, Nashville, Tenn., continues the brand's two-year old tactic of using Rosanne Cash's "The Wheel" as a musical theme in ads. ... Michael Fluck, advertising and internet manager for Bridgestone Firestone sais the company will run 16 print ads in over 100 magazines and newspapers this year, including Rolling Stone, People, Men's Health, and buff books like Car and Driver, Road & Track.
brandweek
http://www.brandweek.com/brandweek/headlines/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000797408
2/10/05 - B/O 'Whips' Up Interest in Men's Magazines:
ATLANTA Boone/Oakley will launch a print advertising campaign in the March issues of men's magazines to introduce a new program on the Speed Channel, the shop said. The full-page ads will run in Playboy, Maxim, MPH, Stuff, FHM and Maxim Blender from March through May. The show features luxury car customizing for celebrities and was filmed at Will Castro's Unique Autosports in Holbrook, N.Y. Castro's has customized cars for the likes of Jennifer Lopez, Spike Lee, Eminem, Busta Rhymes, Yao Ming and Latrell Sprewell.
adweek
2/10/2005 - Daily Print Media Business News:
International Print Media News:
2/10/05 - Rural Press surges on strong result:
STRENGTH in its printing and publishing operations spurred Rural Press to post a record half-year net profit yesterday, which it says will give way to six months of muted but continued growth.
the courier-mail
http://www.thecouriermail.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,12214072%255E3122,00.html
2/10/05 - Can a new title win lion's share of the market?:
IT IS an already crowded market that is about to get busier - by one. Alex MacLeod, formerly of the Sunday Mail, is counting the weeks until the first issue of Scotland's latest national newspaper - a pro-independence weekly tabloid, probably entitled the Scottish Standard - hits news-stands.
the scotsman
http://uk.biz.yahoo.com/050210/17/fc5vk.html
2/10/05 - Sales of papers slump in Sydney:
Australian metropolitan newspaper circulation continued to fall in the year to the end of December, with Saturday editions suffering some of the biggest declines, according to figures released yesterday by the Audit Bureau of Circulation. John Fairfax Holdings, publisher of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, said the declines were consistent with long-term trends affecting major metropolitan newspapers around the world.
smh
http://www.smh.com.au/news/Business/Sales-of-papers-slump-in-Sydney/2005/02/10/1107890344871.html
2/10/05 - National newspaper gains strongly:
NEWS LIMITED'S national newspaper, The Australian, has marked out gains in the latest survey of circulation, while figures for state-based papers were largely flat or falling. The 4.4 per cent gain in circulation, to 131,753 copies, enjoyed by the weekday edition of The Australian in the six months to the end of December 2004, contrasts with falls for the country's other national paper, the Australian Financial Review, which suffered a weekday fall of 3.6 per cent to 85,293.
au news
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,12215110-2,00.html
2/10/05 - Netherlands: Telegraaf group acquires publisher of door-to-door papers:
The Telegraaf group (De Telegraaf, Spits...) has reached an agreement with Bongers Groep concerning the take-over of Bongers Beheer B.V., a publisher of thematic door-to-door papers (living, employment, cars and leisure) in the south-east of the Netherlands.
publicitas
http://www.publicitas.com/display.asp?id=6.8&chp=6.3&foot=6.9&cpny=*&PARAM1=13532
2/10/05 - Soaring web use blots the Sun:
The Sun continues to struggle with the success of its own website, latest figures suggest. More than five million users visited the site in January 2005 - a year-on-year increase of 56 per cent. But the news site would not comment on its flourishing web audience, suggesting further concern about its declining print readership.
journalism uk
http://www.journalism.co.uk/news/story1246.shtml
2/10/05 - Financial Times to publish UK lunch guide:
The Financial Times will launch its annual Lunch With The FT promotion, sponsored by British Airways, on Saturday 12 February.
mediaweek uk
http://mediaweek.co.uk/articles/folder2005/01/FT-lunchingwithFT-05
National Print Media News:
2/10/05 - Belo profit rises on TV advertising gains:
NEW YORK, - Belo Corp. (BLC.N) on Thursday said quarterly profit rose as political advertising revenue at its TV stations during the presidential election campaign more than offset weakness at its Dallas Morning News newspaper.
reuters
http://yahoo.reuters.com/financeQuoteCompanyNewsArticle.jhtml?duid=mtfh12450_2005-02-10_13-54-00_n10258187_newsml
2/10/05 - Dow Jones & Company Reports January 2005 Advertising Volume:
NEW YORK-- Dow Jones & Company (NYSE: DJ) today reported January advertising volume for its leading print publications.
business wire
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/050210/105317_1.html
2/10/05 - Ten reasons why shoppers prefer newspapers:
1. Newspapers are the most used medium to check out ads (63 percent). The Internet is second with 9 percent with radio third at 7 percent. 2. Newspapers are the most valuable in planning shopping with 67 percent rating newspapers most valuable followed by catalogs at 10 percent. 3. Newspapers make it easiest to compare prices. Sixty-six percent find newspapers easiest vs. ten percent for catalogs and the Internet. 4. Sixty-five percent of shoppers report spending the most time reading newspapers vs. twelve percent for magazines and eleven percent for catalogs. 5. Sixty-four percent of shoppers report that newspapers are best for bringing sales to their attention vs. eighteen percent for television and ten percent for ads in the mail. 6. Sixty-two percent of shoppers rate newspapers as most convenient as compared to fourteen percent for television, thirteen percent for catalogs and ten percent for the Internet. 7. Sixty-two percent of shoppers rate newspapers as the most up-to-date shopping medium. Television and the Internet tied for second with fourteen percent. 8. Fifty-nine percent rate newspapers as the preferred medium for receiving advertising and shopping information as opposed to catalogs with fourteen percent and mail with eleven percent. 9. Fifty-six percent of shoppers feel that newspaper advertising is the most believable and trustworthy media choice followed by catalogs at fourteen percent. 10. Fifty-one percent of shoppers report looking forward to ads in newspapers more than all other media combined.
naa via ihn news via
http://www.inhnews.com/year05/feb/feb9/shopper.html
2/10/05 - After An '04 Turnaround, Magazine Ad Pages Dip Again In January:
IN A POTENTIALLY OMINOUS START to the new year, demand for magazine ad pages dipped in January, after posting a turnaround during 2004. The number of ad pages sold by consumer magazines in January fell 0.4 percent over January 2004, according to estimates released Wednesday by the Publishers Information Bureau.
media post (subscription)
http://publications.mediapost.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Articles.showArticleHomePage&art_aid=27133
2/10/05 - Sales Calls, Part II:
IF YOU ASKED A PUBLISHING sales director how much revenue they have booked to date, they can tell you down to the dollar. Ask them how much collective sales call activity has been generated and they will look at you quizzically before saying something like "we require a minimum of 10 calls per week." It is time for publishing sales managers to track sales call activity as closely as they track revenue.
media post (subscription)
http://publications.mediapost.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Articles.showArticleHomePage&art_aid=27113
2/10/05 - AMI Boss Avoids Enqueries on Move:
American Media boss David Pecker yesterday dodged questions on whether he was going to uproot the National Enquirer from its home in southern Florida and move it to New York City.
ny post
http://nypost.com/business/21797.htm
2/10/05 - Ny Daily News has biggest gains in advertising
The latest report from the most trusted ad-monitoring group shows that the Daily News is the fastest-growing advertising vehicle in its primary market. And as for the other guys...
ny daily news
http://www.nydailynews.com/business/story/279364p-239355c.html
2/10/05 - Martha: You're Hired!:
There were a few things I liked about last week's announcement that Martha Stewart and Mark Burnett were gearing up for a new version of the popular TV show The Apprentice. For starters, it gives me the satisfaction of knowing that something substantial will come of Stewart's association with Burnett, after a rather drab concept for a show was revealed back in December.
motley fool
http://www.fool.com/News/mft/2005/mft05020703.htm
2/10/05 - Online Publishers Foresee Dynamic Ad Spending:
Online publishers foresee an increase in the use of rich media, streaming content and behavioral targeting in 2005, according to an online survey conducted by interactive ad network Advertising.com.
mediaweek
http://www.mediaweek.com/mw/news/interactive/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000797161
2/9/2005 - Who's Buying Print Advertising?
2/9/05 - Coalition Launches Advertising Push in Support of Clear Skies Legislation:
WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- The Coalition for Affordable and Reliable Energy (CARE) today began running a series of advertisements to help promote the Clear Skies Act of 2005, a bill introduced in the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee last month. "There are 56 members of our diverse coalition -- from farmers and bakers to seniors and union workers -- who are advocating more progress on reducing power plant emissions without killing the economy," said Paul Oakley, CARE's executive director. "We must strike a balance between improved environmental protection and continued economic growth. The Senate legislation does the trick." The advertising, part of an integrated communications program, highlights that the Clear Skies Act will reduce key air emissions from power plants by 70 percent from 2002 levels, and for the first time set specific requirements for reductions in mercury emissions. Visit http://www.careenergy.com/news/cq_weekly_050208.pdf to view the print advertisement.
pr newswire
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=109&STORY=/www/story/02-09-2005/0002989450&EDATE=
2/9/2005 - Daily Print Media Business News:
International Print Media News:
2/9/05 - U.S. Judge Rejects Hollinger International Appeal:
A U.S. judge has let stand her dismissal of Hollinger International Inc.'s racketeering claims against ousted Chairman Conrad Black and other former executives, according to a court ruling made public on Tuesday.
reuters
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=599&ncid=802&e=5&u=/nm/20050208/media_nm/media_hollinger_lawsuit_dc
2/9/05 - Belfast Telegraph expands Saturday coverage:
That's the message from the Independent News and Media's flagship Northern Ireland newspaper, The Belfast Telegraph, today with the announcement of the imminent launch of a new compact morning edition for the Saturday market to complement its existing afternoon editions.
belfast telegraph
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/story.jsp?story=609307
2/9/05 - Advertising spending in Bahrain soars 35pc:
MANAMA: Advertising spending in Bahrain soared by 34.9 per cent last year to $117.27 million, surpassing all forecasts, it was declared yesterday. Of this, the lion's share went to the print media, at 60pc, with 49pc going to newspapers and 11pc to magazines, said the International Advertising Association (IAA) Bahrain Chapter.
gulf daily news
http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/Story.asp?Article=103916&Sn=BUSI&IssueID=27326
2/9/05 - International: Innovations for Increasing Advertising Revenues and Market Share:
Newspapers advertisers are becoming more demanding. Conventional advertising space sales strategies are not working as well as they used to. Television is taking larger advertising market share. Newspapers seeking new ways to combat these challenges would do well to follow the example of Turkey's leading daily, Hürriyet, which is taking an proactive approach to advertising sales.
publicitas
http://www.publicitas.com/display.asp?id=6.8&chp=6.3&foot=6.9&cpny=*&PARAM1=13530
2/9/05 - Highbury sells business publishing arm for £12.5m:
Magazine group Highbury House has sold its business publishing division, BCom, for £12.5m, the company said today.
media guardian
http://media.guardian.co.uk/presspublishing/story/0,7495,1409206,00.html
2/9/05 - 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://mediaweek.co.uk/articles/folder2005/01/18/thefreesheetformat
2/9/05 - INMA today released a new report titled “The Bottom Line of Broadsheet-to-Compact Format Change.”:
Profiling most of the 16 format change newspapers in the past 15 months, INMA examines: Why Change: The “tipping points” for newspapers to change formats today. Advertising Impact: How format change newspapers are convincing advertisers that the impact of advertising in compact format is equal to or better than broadsheet format. Consumer Perceptions: And, the effect on circulation and readership and the various methods to communicate format change to consumers.
inma
http://www.inma.org/bookstore/2005-formatchange.cfm
National Print Media News:
2/9/05 - Journal Communications, Inc. Elects New Board Members:
MILWAUKEE-- Journal Communications, Inc. (NYSE:JRN) today announced that Jonathan Newcomb and Jeanette Tully have been elected to Journal Communications' Board of Directors, effective immediately. The addition of Mr. Newcomb and Ms. Tully increases the size of Journal Communications' Board of Directors to nine members.
business wire
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/050209/95470_1.html
2/9/05 - Playboy Posts Fourth-Quarter Profit:
CHICAGO -- Playboy Enterprises Inc. on Wednesday said it swung to a profit in the fourth quarter as improvements in its television and online segments helped the company reverse a loss in the year-earlier period. The company also maintained its earnings and revenue guidance for 2005.
ap
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/050209/earns_playboy_1.html
2/9/05 - Weekly Reader Launches New Spanish/English Editions:
STAMFORD, Conn., -- Leo cada dia -- that means I read every day! That's exactly Weekly Reader hopes Spanish and English speaking students will adopt as their mottos this year. For more than a century, Weekly Reader has inspired millions of students to become daily readers. Now, Weekly Reader is offering kindergarten through second-grade teachers, new educational materials for Spanish speaking students. The materials were introduced to teachers nationwide at the National Association for Bilingual Education Conference in San Antonio.
pr newswire
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050209/nyw009_1.html
2/9/05 - Detroit Newspapers Names Interim President and CEO:
DETROIT, -- William E. (Ed) Humphrey has been named interim president and CEO of the Detroit Newspaper Agency.
pr newswire
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050208/detu048_1.html
2/9/05 - Slate starts over with Washington Post:
NEW YORK - These days, Slate's staffers can't disguise how happy they are that Microsoft sold the online magazine to the Washington Post Co.
investors
http://www.investors.com/breakingnews.asp?journalid=25835757&brk=1
2/9/05 - Launches, redesigns and brand Extensions in the new year...:
New York Dog serves as a high-end lifestyle magazine for dog owners...
circulation management
http://www.circman.com/Circulation_Management.446+M58cd7e8ff5c.0.html?&tx_ttnews%5barc%5d=1&tx_ttnews%5bpL%5d=2681999&tx_ttnews%5bpS%5d=1096603200&tx_ttnews%5btt_news%5d=99
2/9/05 - Midweek To Start Second Weekly Magazine:
Starting next month, people living on Oahu will get a second Midweek magazine mailed to their homes every week. The weekly shopper is benefiting from a growing economy. During the holidays last year, it had so many ads and inserts it reached the capacity of its printing press, 96 pages.
kitv via yahoo
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/kcra/20050209/lo_kitv/2575893
2/9/05 - Failure to Renew Domain Disrupts E-Mail at Post:
E-mail communication to and from The Washington Post was disrupted yesterday after its washpost.com Internet address was shut down because the company failed to renew its $35 annual registration.
washington post (subscription)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&contentId=A17148-2004Feb5¬Found=true
2/9/05 - Sappi Ads See Life for Print:
Sappi Fine Paper North America is expanding an ad campaign aimed at breathing new life into the print advertising business and helping it keep pace with the ever-growing broadcast media. The "Life With Print" campaign features two direct response magazine ads that show print media as an effective way to communicate. Print advertising as a whole has been slipping while broadcast advertising has grown, and Sappi is trying to bolster print, said Jeffrey Pina, director of corporate communications for Sappi.
dm news
http://dmnews.com/cgi-bin/artprevbot.cgi?article_id=31807
2/9/05 - OPA: Publishers Not Keeping Up With Demand For Online Video:
FUELED BY THE RISE IN high-speed Web access, the majority of Internet users view at least one streaming video feed per month, according to a study released Tuesday by the Online Publishers Association.
media post (subscription)
http://publications.mediapost.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Articles.showArticleHomePage&art_aid=27096
2/9/05 - Fortune Taps New Editor:
TIME INC. TUESDAY NAMED ERIC Pooley managing editor of Fortune magazine, succeeding Rik Kirkland, who is stepping down. Pooley was editor of Time magazine's European, Middle Eastern, and Africa editions.
media post (subscription)
http://publications.mediapost.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Articles.showArticleHomePage&art_aid=27086
2/9/05 - Publishers ask: Is it time for a new business model?:
At media investment bank DeSilva & Phillips’ recent M&A Conference, held Jan. 31-Feb. 1 in New York, Apprise Media CEO Charles McCurdy, said that for consumer and b-to-b publishers alike, the media business has changed. "Ancillary," McCurdy said, "is now central."
btob
http://www.btobonline.com/toc.cms?productId=7
2/9/05 - Tribune to Increase Dividend 50 Percent:
CHICAGO, February 8, 2005 -- Tribune Company’s board of directors today voted to increase the company’s quarterly dividend 50 percent, from $.12 to $.18 per share. The dividend is payable on March 10, 2005, to shareholders of record on February 24, 2005.
tribune press release
http://www.tribune.com/pressroom/releases/2005/02082005.html
2/9/05 - It's Anarchy Over Aniston:
THOUGH Brad Pitt may not want her, celebrity magazines can't get enough of Jennifer Aniston.
ny post
http://www.nypost.com/business/40227.htm
2/8/2005 - Who's Buying Print Advertising?
2/8/05 - DIRECTV Launches New Brand and National Advertising Campaign:
EL SEGUNDO, Calif.-- DIRECTV, Inc., the nation's leading and fastest-growing digital television service provider, announced today the launch of a new brand and national television advertising campaign, which made its debut on Super Bowl Sunday. The objective of this new campaign is to remind consumers that all TV providers are not equal. The campaign emphasizes that there is a difference among TV providers and where consumers get their TV from really does matter. Encapsulating the theme of the campaign, DIRECTV will launch its new tagline, "Rethink TV," along with a modernized version of the DIRECTV logo. Creative for the campaign was developed by BBDO, New York. ... Local print ads will begin on Feb. 11, followed by local radio ads on Feb.14 and continue through June 2005. Both radio and print ads will run in the top 20 local markets across the country.
business wire
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/050207/75883_1.html
2/8/05 - Texas Tourism debuts new branding campaign:
Texas tourism officials are set to launch a new national branding tourism campaign on Wednesday. The campaign, aimed at leisure travelers between ages 25 and 54 and seniors, presents Texas as the place to visit for unique, exciting and authentic leisure experiences. The campaign was developed by TM Advertising, Texas Tourism's advertising agency of record since 1998. The campaign consists of new television, print, radio and online, and is designed to capture Texas's diverse array of leisure activities and attractions, as well as the historical and cultural offerings. ... The campaign is about $15 million and runs throughout the year, although it's more concentrated from February through June when most leisure travel planning takes place. ... Nine print advertisements will appear in various March books, including Coastal Living, Cooking Light, Cottage Living, Cowboys & Indians, Good Housekeeping, Organic Style, Southern Living and Woman's Day and about a dozen other national publications.
biz journal
http://www.bizjournals.com/sanantonio/stories/2005/02/07/daily10.html
2/8/05 - Osceola County, Fla., tourism panel approves new advertising campaign:
Members of the Osceola County Tourist Development Council on Wednesday unanimously approved a new advertising campaign designed to lure tourists to Kissimmee with a simpler approach, discarding the bulkier "Kissimmee-St. Cloud" brand. ... The campaign's slogan is "Make More Dreams Come True." Its TV and print ads feature close-up shots of children's faces with blue skies and roller coasters in the background. ... Turkel, the Miami firm that created the $5.2 million campaign, has also worked on marketing for convention and visitors bureaus in greater Miami and the Mississippi Gulf Coast, along with several major hotel and health-care clients.
hotel-online
http://www.hotel-online.com/News/2005_Feb_04/k.OST.1107796967.html
2/8/05 - Sticky Grey, MediaCom Land Colo. Resort:
NEW YORK Grey Global Group's Grey Worldwide said it has won creative and media duties on Beaver Creek Resort, following a pitch in which it competed against independent Wieden + Kennedy and Omnicom Group's TBWA\Chiat\Day. ... Annual billings are undisclosed. The Avon, Colo., client, a division of Vail Resorts, spent less than $500,000 on advertising in 2003 and had no recorded ad expenditures last year, according to TNS Media Intelligence/CMR. The first work is expected to break in print in the spring.
adweek
http://www.adweek.com/aw/regional/east/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000791012
2/8/05 - Burnett Demonstrates HealthSmart Bed:
CHICAGO Simmons Bedding Co. is returning to national advertising for the first time in four years with new television and print ads from Leo Burnett touting the company's HealthSmart bed. The ads are part of a $15 million campaign for the new product, which features a zip-off mattress top that can be laundered or dry-cleaned, according to the client. ... In addition to the consumer television and print ads from Publicis Groupe-owned Burnett of Chicago, the campaign will also include trade advertising and public relations from Trone Atlanta and interactive marketing from 360i, also in Atlanta. Media is handled by Publicis Groupe's Starcom North America in Chicago.
adweek
http://www.adweek.com/aw/regional/midwest/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000790221
2/8/05 - H/P Gives Hitachi Tools Tough Personalities:
ATLANTA Hitachi Power Tools said it has launched a print advertising campaign to introduce three new products in the first work from its new agency, Huey/Paprocki. ... The work includes six different full-page ads that are appearing in magazines such as Popular Woodworking, This Old House, Tools of the Trade, Fine Home Building and Woodworker's Journal. The ads include photographs that illustrate the design of the tools with headlines such as "Takes other nailers' milk money" and "Steals the spotlight, then installs it."
adweek
http://www.adweek.com/aw/regional/southeast/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000791013
2/8/05 - Marketing a Gravy Train:
Marketing to pet owners has come a long way since the days when Gravy Train was promoted with pitches that proclaimed it to be the "world's only dog food that makes its own gravy (right in the bowl!)" ... The campaign, which describes Iams Savory Sauce as a way to "spoil your dog healthy," is composed of television, print and online advertising; extensive promotions in stores; sampling at dog shows and veterinary conferences; and e-mail marketing to consumers registered on the Iams Web site (iams.com). Saatchi & Saatchi in New York, part of the Publicis Groupe, is handling the mainstream parts of the campaign, which are scheduled to get under way next week. ... The introduction is being supported by a budget that Iams is describing as the largest for any new product since the company was acquired by Procter in 1999. As for specific amounts, alas, Iams is as shy as its parent about disclosing dollar figures for campaigns. In the first 10 months of 2004, almost $40.9 million was spent to advertise Iams and Eukanuba in major media, according to TNS Media Intelligence in New York, a division of Taylor Nelson Sofres that tracks ad spending. ... The complementary print ads show a dog enjoying its meal so thoroughly that its head has disappeared way, way into its bowl. Those ads will run in magazines like Better Homes & Gardens, Good Housekeeping and People.
ny times 'in advertising' by stuart elliot (subscription)
http://www.nytimes.com/mem/email.html
2/8/2005 - Daily Print Media Business News:
International Print Media News:
2/8/05 - PC World publisher IDG to invest $20 mln in India:
BANGALORE, - U.S. technology business publisher International Data Group (IDG) said on Tuesday it planned to invest $20 million in India and hire about 200 people over five years in content services and publishing.
reuters
http://yahoo.reuters.com/financeQuoteCompanyNewsArticle.jhtml?duid=mtfh43220_2005-02-08_11-20-39_del308767_newsml
2/8/05 - 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. Reference should be made to Status Update Reports and other press releases that have been previously filed by Hollinger and which are available on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.
business wire
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/050207/76079_1.html
2/8/05 - Advertising Association 'unable to accurately predict growth':
Media Research Group chairman Christina Hartley has criticised the Advertising Association's forecasting skills.
mediaweek uk
http://www.mediaweek.co.uk/articles/folder2005/Feb05/08/chrishartley-aafigures
2/8/05 - Dennis axes PC Projects mag:
Dennis Publishing computer title PC Projects has been scrapped after just seven months on the newsstands.
mediaweek uk
http://www.mediaweek.co.uk/articles/folder2005/Feb05/pcprojects-axed
2/8/05 - Is the entire newspaper world fighting for its survival?:
It's not every day that the chief executive of the UK's biggest quality newspaper comes out and admits that it is fighting for its very survival.
mediaweek uk
http://www.mediaweek.co.uk/articles/folder2005/Feb05/08/leader-newspaperworldfight
2/8/05 - SLOVENIA: Publisher Decides to Drop Flagship Business Weekly:
Gospodarski vestnik, the most distinguished business weekly in Slovenia, will be phased out this week due to dwindling circulation. The last issue will hit the stands on Monday, 7 February, said Slobodan Sibincic, the head of the publishing group GV Skupina.
see europe
http://www.seeurope.net/en/Story.php?StoryID=54662&LangID=1
2/8/05 - NEPAL: Newspaper publications resume in Nepalgunj:
P ublications of newspapers have resumed in Nepalgunj, a major mid-western town from Sunday. According to reports on Monday, chief of the regional division in central west Ranjha, Nepalgunj, Major General Dipak Bikram Rana, urged the journalists to resume their work. He however, asked them to keep in view the royal directives while publishing news.
asia media
http://www.asiamedia.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=20534
2/8/05 - The Telegraph's quiet revolution
Job losses at the Telegraph are to be followed by a major review of editorial policy.
independent
http://news.independent.co.uk/media/story.jsp?story=608316
2/8/05 - Grazia: Women's weakly:
Emap's new £16m women's weekly Grazia tries hard to mix high fashion with celebrity gossip but is in danger of failing on both count
media guardian
http://media.guardian.co.uk/presspublishing/story/0,7495,1407809,00.html
2/8/05 - Telegraph journalists to vote on strike:
Journalists at the Daily and Sunday Telegraph are to press ahead with a vote on industrial action over plans to cut about 90 editorial jobs.
media guardian
http://media.guardian.co.uk/presspublishing/story/0,7495,1407800,00.html
National Print Media News:
2/8/05 - Washington Post Vice President to Discuss Marketing Through the Media:
Consumer choice is exploding with technologies like TiVo, Satellite Radio, iPods, Blogs and the Internet. Newspaper circulation is down. Online news sites are up. TV stations are targeted to the monitors in your car. Convergence in your den. Tim Ruder will uncover the results of a new research project just concluded by Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive (WPNI), Nielsen/NetRatings and Scarborough on the changing media landscape. Tim will discuss how to understand and interpret the new trends in media usage and will share innovative ways to adjust your marketing campaigns based on this new knowledge. Located on the 11th floor of WPNI offices in Arlington, it is sure to be an event you do not want to miss.
pr newswire
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050208/dctu020_1.html
2/8/05 - SaVoy Magazine is Back!:
CHICAGO, -- SaVoy magazine is re-launching this month under the new leadership of Jazzy Communications, a division of Chicago based Hartman Publishing Ltd., after being out of publication for more than a year.
pr newswire
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050208/cgtu013_1.html
2/8/05 - Primedia's About.com up for sale-NY Times:
NEW YORK, - Publishing company Primedia Inc. (PRM.N) has put About.com up for sale and final bids for the Web site are due on Tuesday, The New York Times reported.
reuters
http://yahoo.reuters.com/financeQuoteCompanyNewsArticle.jhtml?duid=mtfh38256_2005-02-08_06-24-20_n08237842_newsml
2/8/05 - Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Inc. to Announce Fourth Quarter 2004 Results:
NEW YORK, Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Inc. (NYSE: MSO) will release its fourth quarter and full-year financial results for the period ending December 31, 2004, on Wednesday, February 23, 2005, before the market opens.
pr newswire
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050207/nym220_1.html
2/8/05 - Knight Ridder Names Jesus Diaz Jr. as Publisher of The Miami Herald and el Nuevo Herald, David Landsberg as General Manager:
SAN JOSE, Calif., -- Knight Ridder announced today that Jesus Diaz Jr. will become publisher of The Miami Herald and of el Nuevo Herald, and chairman of The Miami Herald Publishing Co. (MHPC). Diaz is currently general manager of MHPC.
pr newswire via hispanic business
http://www.hispanicbusiness.com/news/newsbyid.asp?id=20831
2/8/05 - Time Inc. cuts ties with some agents:
Time Inc., the Manhattan-based publisher of Time, Sports Illustrated and People magazines, said it has stopped dealing with some independent agents hired to sell subscriptions because their practices are "too difficult to monitor," a company spokesman said yesterday.
newsday
http://www.newsday.com/business/ny-bztimevr4138339feb08,0,3760788.story?coll=ny-business-headlines
2/8/05 - Inquirer and Mirror named Newspaper of the Year:
The Inquirer and Mirror received one of the top honors in regional journalism Saturday night when it was named the George A. Speers Newspaper of the Year in the weekly category, circulation under 10,000.
ack
http://www.ack.net/1625imstory.html
2/8/05 - CQ Press discontinues CQ Researcher en español:
CQ Press discontinued publication of CQ Researcher en español last December.
portada-online
http://portada-online.com/productdetails.aspx?productID=1221&cid=1
2/8/05 - Tribune breakup? Investors wonder...:
Low stock price creates pressure to boost performance or be considered potential prey
chicago business
http://chicagobusiness.com/cgi-bin/news.pl?id=15412
2/8/05 - New York Times, Wall Street Journal Encounter Woes:
The stocks of two of the world’s premier newspaper franchises, the New YorkTimes and The Wall Street Journal, have been sagging under a combination of advertising revenue slides, higher newsprint costs, slower earnings growth and competition from the Internet, according to analysts and investors.
ny sun
http://daily.nysun.com/Repository/getmailfiles.asp?Style=OliveXLib:ArticleToMail&Type=text/html&Path=NYS/2005/02/08&ID=Ar01101
2/8/05 - 2 Shareholders Sue to Scuttle Pulitzer Deal:
ST. LOUIS Two Pulitzer Inc. shareholders are suing the St. Louis-based publishing company, seeking to unhinge its planned buyout by Lee Enterprises Inc. on claims that the $1.46 billion deal is unfair to Pulitzer stockholders.
ap via editor & publisher
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000790331
2/8/05 - Print-on-Demand Brings Same-Day Papers to Cruise Ships:
NEW YORK Cruise-goers taking Radisson Seven Seas Cruises can now get same-day newspaper through print-on-demand services, repors the South Florida Business Journal.
editor & publisher
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/departments/ad_circ/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000790247
2/8/05 - NYTimes.com Starts Streaming Video Ads:
THE WEB SITE FOR THE New York Times Web, NYT.com, will begin pre-rolling video ads for Absolut Vodka in front of streaming video content from its technology section, Heather Keltz, director of ad operations at The NYT.com, said Monday.
media post (subscription)
http://publications.mediapost.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Articles.showArticleHomePage&art_aid=27034
2/8/05 - Jane Judging a book by it cover:
is generally a bad idea, but magazines practically beg would-be readers to do it anyway. Alas, this is why Jane's February issue may well be relegated to litter box detail before a single page is turned.
media post (subscription)
http://publications.mediapost.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Articles.showArticleHomePage&art_aid=27060
2/8/05 - Fortune Editor Kirkland Leaving:
The top editor at Fortune magazine is stepping down. Rik Kirkland, a John Huey ally and Fortune veteran who spent 26 years at the magazine — including the last four as managing editor — is insisting that the move is voluntary and has been in the works since just after Christmas.
ny post
http://nypost.com/business/40102.htm
2/7/2005 - Who's Buying Print Advertising?
2/7/05 - BP Turns Up The Heat with Crystal Clear Amoco Ultimate:
MIAMI -- BP North American heralded the arrival of newly formulated “crystal clear” Amoco Ultimate last week in the greater Miami area with media and street marketing, including radio and print advertising, a downtown wallscape and teams of prize patrols.
cs news
http://www.csnews.com/csnews/headlines/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000789976
2/7/05 - Simmons Launches $15 Million Ad Campaign to Promote Its New HealthSmart Bed:
ATLANTA- Simmons Bedding Company, one of the world's largest mattress manufacturers, launched a $15 million advertising campaign today for its latest innovation, the HealthSmart(TM) Bed, which features a zip-off mattress top that can be laundered or dry cleaned. The campaign, consisting of direct response television commercials and national print advertisements, marks the first time Simmons has advertised nationally since 2001. ... The bedding giant has employed three outside agencies to market the HealthSmart Bed: Chicago-based Leo Burnett USA is handling both television and consumer print advertising, TroneAtlanta is charged with trade and consumer public relations and 360i, also based in Atlanta, is managing the interactive. Starcom North America handles media.
business wire
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/050207/75384_1.html
2/7/2005 - Daily Print Media Business News:
International Print Media News:
2/7/05 - United Business Media buys The Publican:
United Business Media has announced a deal to acquire Quantum Business Media’s licensing division, including trade title The Publican, for £21m.
mediaweek uk
http://www.mediaweek.co.uk/articles/folder2005/Feb05/UBM-thepublican-buys
2/7/05 - Hollick's UBM buys up Quantum pub titles:
Lord Hollick's United Business Media (UBM) has acquired Quantum's pub trade titles and related businesses for £12m, leaving the Croydon-based publisher's other assets, including Media Week and Press Gazette, without a buyer. The Publican was considered the jewel in the crown of the Quantum portfolio and will now be added to UBM's United Advertising Publications (UAP) division where it will sit alongside Daltons Weekly. The deal also includes Flavour, the Pub Food Awards and the Pub Industry Handbook.
intellagencia
http://www.intellagencia.com/news.asp?siteid=4&id=66086
2/7/05 - Financial Times to publish UK lunch guide:
The Financial Times will launch its annual Lunch With The FT promotion, sponsored by British Airways, on Saturday 12 February.
mediaweek uk
http://www.mediaweek.co.uk/articles/folder2005/01/FT-lunchingwithFT-05
2/7/05 - Customer mags see massive revenue rise:
Research commissioned by the Association of Publishing Agencies has revealed a massive increase in turnover for the customer magazine sector during 2004.
mediaweek uk
http://www.mediaweek.co.uk/articles/folder2005/01/customermaqs-revenueMintel
2/7/05 - Cracked Magazine acquired:
KUWAIT CITY: Teshkeel Media Group, K S C announced yesterday that it has acquired Cracked magazine, an illustrated American humour magazine that has been in existence for over 47 years, for an undisclosed sum. Teshkeel chief executive officer and managing director Dr Naif Abdulrahman Al Mutawa said the company has also set its sights on entering the worldwide television, radio, print and film industries.
gulf daily news
http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/Story.asp?Article=103749&Sn=BUSI&IssueID=27324
2/7/05 - Germany: New frequency for Elle Girl:
Starting February 9, 2005, the German magazine Elle Girl will be issued monthly. The March edition will contain 148 pages of fashion, lifestyle and culture. Elle Girl targets young people aged 14 to 20 years old. Circulation is about 140'000 copies (publisher's statement).
publicitas
http://www.publicitas.com/display.asp?id=6.8&chp=6.3&foot=6.9&cpny=*&PARAM1=13504
2/7/05 - Netherlands: National daily Trouw switches to compact size:
The national daily newspaper Trouw appeared for the first time in compact size last Wednesday February 3, 2005.
publicitas
http://www.publicitas.com/display.asp?id=6.8&chp=6.3&foot=6.9&cpny=*&PARAM1=13503
2/7/05 - New paper dogged by controversy:
A SPORTS newspaper has been dogged by controversy even before it is due to hit the streets on March 1. It is learnt that financing of the paper will come from public funds. People familiar with the National Sports Council (NSC), a Government agency established in 1971 as guardian of the nation’s high-performance sports programme, said NSC has given an undertaking to allocate a sum amounting to RM5 million a year, or roughly RM400,000 a month, to help the previously Kuching-based Malaysian Today relaunch its nationwide edition.
m mail
http://www.mmail.com.my/Current_News/MM/Sunday/National/20050206110814/Article/index_html
National Print Media News:
2/7/05 - Massachusetts Paper Fires Reporter, Cites Plagiarism:
A Massachusetts newspaper said on Friday it had fired a veteran sports reporter after an investigation determined portions of his stories had been lifted from other people's work.
reuters
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=599&ncid=802&e=5&u=/nm/20050204/media_nm/media_plagiarism_dc
2/7/05 - U.S. Publishers Eye Growth Outside Newspaper Sector:
Merger activity is picking up in the newspaper business, an industry not typically viewed as a hotbed of deals, as publishers look for nontraditional acquisitions to battle a sluggish advertising market and sagging readership.
reuters
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=599&ncid=802&e=10&u=/nm/20050203/media_nm/media_newspapers_deals_dc
2/7/05 - Condé Nast Makes the Case for Old-School Advertising:
TALK about zigging when others are zagging: On the Monday after the biggest day of the year for television advertising (otherwise known as Super Bowl Sunday), a leading publisher will begin what it is calling its largest effort ever to promote the power of print as a medium. The effort comes from the Condé Nast Media Group in New York, a new unit of the Advance Magazine Group division of Advance Publications that oversees corporate sales and integrated marketing for more than two dozen titles. Among them are Architectural Digest, Bride's, GQ, Glamour, Golf Digest, Gourmet, House & Garden, Jane, The New Yorker, Parade, Self, Vanity Fair, Vogue and W.
ny times
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/04/business/media/04adco.html
2/7/05 - Buying an Ad to Defend, Rather Than Promote, a Movie:
It is not uncommon for large corporations to buy full-page newspaper ads to defend their reputations. For individuals to do so is rare, and for someone to do it in defense of a movie is practically unheard of.
ny times
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/07/business/media/07variety.html
2/7/05 - Eastport Publishing buys magazines:
Eastport Publishing Partners has purchased Midsouth magazine and three other annual publications from Midsouth Media Group, Inc. Midsouth Media Group, which is based in Olive Branch, publishes Midsouth, Trends, Flavor and HomeSource, and produces home and garden trade expos and a weekly television program.
memphis business journals
http://www.bizjournals.com/memphis/stories/2005/01/31/daily29.html
2/7/05 - Trib hits the streets to boost circulation:
In order to boost its community profile, twice-weekly Portland Tribune has hired seven people, put them in distinctive black uniforms and stationed them on street corners throughout the city. Their charge: Be the Tribune's "emissaries of news and community" by handing out about 4,000 copies of the newspaper.
portland business journals
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2005/02/07/story6.html
2/7/05 - First For Women Total Circulation Tops 1.5 Million in Second Half of 2004:
ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, N.J.-- First for Women, published by Bauer Publishing USA, today announced its second half numbers for 2004. First's total circulation increased from 1,448,415 in the second half of 2003 to 1,513,414 in the second half of 2004, an increase of 4.5 percent.
business wire
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/050204/45280_1.html
2/7/05 - Belo says audit bureau won't issue circulation report:
The Dallas Morning News publisher Belo Corp. said Thursday that the Audit Bureau of Circulation will not issue a report on the newspaper's circulation for the 12 months ended March 31, 2004 or the six months ended Sept. 30, 2004. Belo said that the bureau found that there was not enough reliable data to perform the audit.
dallas business journals
http://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/stories/2005/01/31/daily50.html
2/7/05 - RSSC adds newspaper service:
For those people who miss their morning newspaper when away on a cruise, Radisson Seven Seas Cruises will be offering print-on-demand service across its fleet. The Fort Lauderdale-based cruise company said same-day newspapers are available on the Seven Seas Voyager, the Seven Seas Mariner and the Seven Seas Explorer.
south florida business journals
http://www.bizjournals.com/southflorida/stories/2005/02/07/daily4.html
2/7/05 - As Journal Departs, News-Press Boosts Circulation Past 30,000:
With the Journal Newspaper organization abandoning Northern Virginia as its primary coverage area for the first time since its founding 70 years ago, the Falls Church News-Press announced this week its latest circulation increase, to go into effect immediately.
falls church news press
http://www.fcnp.com/448/newspress.htm
2/7/05 - Pulitzer owners 'thrilled' about Lee acquisition:
Finding the right word to describe Lee Enterprises came easily for Pulitzer Inc. executives and family members late Sunday night. "Impressive" was the word of the moment.
montana standard
http://www.mtstandard.com/articles/2005/02/07/newsspecialreports/hjjejhjijbhdhb.txt
2/7/05 - Alcohol Ads in Magazines, Stores Raise Teen Drinking:
Magazine and supermarket ads featuring alcohol, as well as beer concession stands at sports and music events, have an especially powerful impact in spurring teens to start drinking or increase the amount they drink, a new study suggests.
health day
http://www.healthday.com/view.cfm?id=523832
2/7/05 - The Great Spanglish Controversy:
The number of conferences dedicated to the topic of US Hispanic marketing has increased exponentially over the past two to three decades. When I entered this industry in 1979, there were about 8 million Latinos living in the United States and I could count the annual conferences on one hand. Today, there are upwards of 40 million consumers loosely defined as Latino or Hispanic and it feels like there may be as many conferences in a given year.
hispanic ad
http://hispanicad.com/cgi-bin/news/newsarticle.cgi?article_id=15902
2/7/05 - Cancela Launches Hispanic USA:
Our mission is to make it easy and profitable for our clients to understand and market to Hispanic USA, by providing direct insight accumulated over 25 years of hands on experience in the National Hispanic market
hispanic ad
http://hispanicad.com/cgi-bin/news/newsarticle.cgi?article_id=15912
2/7/05 - Sly Picks a Fight:
Rocky’s back, older and wiser and soon to grace a newsstand near you. Star and Men’s Fitness publisher American Media Inc. on Feb. 14 will roll out the Sylvester Stallone-themed Sly, a 125,000-circulation fitness and lifestyle guide for men who, as the company puts it, “believe that life begins at 40.”
mediaweek
http://www.mediaweek.com/mw/news/recent_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000789214
2/7/05 - Time Inc. takes on suspect subscriptions:
Time Inc. will dump more than a half-million suspect subscribers by ending ties with agents who sell questionable subscriptions, Advertising Age reports in today’s edition. The move by Time, the publisher of such titles as Time and Real Simple, is sure to reverberate through an industry plagued by circulation problems.
crain's ny
http://www.crainsny.com/news.cms?id=9872
2/3/2005 - Who's Buying Print Advertising?
2/3/05 - Staples Gets in the Game with New ''Easy Button'' Commercial:
FRAMINGHAM, Mass.-- In a major fourth quarter play, today Staples has announced it is in the game this Sunday. During the Super Bowl, Staples, Inc. (Nasdaq: SPLS - News) will showcase its new "Easy Button" campaign, which demonstrates how shopping at Staples is as easy as pressing a button. The campaign aims to bring Staples brand promise "we make buying office products easy" to life and support the tagline "Staples. that was easy.(SM)" ... The new campaign by McCann Erickson kicked of with the "Easy Button Launch" spot in January and is the first creative in an integrated cross-channel campaign. Over the course of the year it will feature additional national, spot market and cable television creative, national print, outdoor and online advertising.
business wire
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/050202/25793_1.html
2/3/05 - Nielsen Media Research Launches Ad Campaign:
NEW YORK, -- Nielsen Media Research will launch a branding advertising campaign in February to heighten awareness about who Nielsen is and how its TV reports accurately reflect the viewing habits of all different kinds of people. The campaign will focus on key media outlets in the Metropolitan Detroit area, along with other media markets across the country. Nielsen has partnered with Burrell, one of the nation's largest African American full-service communications agencies, to create and execute the campaign. It includes print, radio, online and cinema advertising, targeting Asian, African-American, Arabic, and Hispanic consumers and opinion leaders. The informational advertising campaign is also designed to inform multicultural audiences about Nielsen's role in television ratings.
pr newswire
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050202/dew027_1.html
2/3/05 - New York Begins Advertising Blitz For Olympic Bid:
The city on Wednesday kicked off the final phase of its advertising campaign to promote its bid to host the 2012 Summer Olympics. Mayor Michael Bloomberg was joined by former Olympians and paralympians for the unveiling at City Hall Plaza. The new print, television and radio ads tout the diversity of the city, with catch phrases such as “every country gets home field advantage” and “every neighborhood will celebrate.” ...The ad campaign will run until July 6, the day the International Olympic Committee will choose the 2012 host city.
ny1
http://www.ny1.com/ny/TopStories/SubTopic/index.html?topicintid=1&subtopicintid=1&contentintid=47815
2/3/05 - YWCA Debuts Anti-Racism Campaign:
With the tagline "Eliminating Racism. Empowering Woman," the YWCA launched a national advertising campaign January 31 that points out the subtle and not so subtle existence of racism in society and how it affects people. The campaign will include national television, online, radio and print. Created by Bozell & Jacobs and directed by Bronwen Hughes, two spots kick off the campaign.
adrants
http://www.adrants.com/2005/02/ywca-debuts-anti-racism-campaign.php
2/3/05 - RiechesBaird, Toyota Forklifts Call on 'Batman':
LOS ANGELES To craft a new print ad for Toyota Material Handling USA, independent brand-developing agency RiechesBaird turned to the comics for inspiration, an agency representative said. The full-page ad, breaking this week in the trucking and forklift trade press and on site at commercial lift-truck dealerships, draws attention to the manufacturer with a Batman-like scene: over a dark, industrial city, a spotlight calls out the Toyota logo.
adweek
http://www.adweek.com/aw/regional/west/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000787991
2/3/2005 - Daily Print Media Business News:
International Print Media News:
2/3/05 - Hollinger International sets pay for new chief:
NEW YORK, - Hollinger International Inc. (HLR.N) will pay its chief executive an annual base salary of $2 million, plus an estimated $2 million more in yearly bonus and stock compensation, according to a regulatory filing on Wednesday.
reuters
2/3/05 - West Australian Newspapers Expects Strong H1 To Continue Into H2:
PERTH, - West Australian Newspapers Holdings Ltd (ASX:WAN) said today it is well placed to continue its strong first half performance throughout the rest of the financial year. The Perth-based media group posted a A$47.4 million (US$36.7 million) net profit for the six months to the end of December.
asia pulse via yahoo
http://au.news.yahoo.com/050203/3/sw7y.html
2/3/05 - China prints world's first golden newspaper:
The world's first newspaper made of gold has been published in south China, selling for US$8,290 a copy.
abc radio australia
http://abc.net.au/ra/news/stories/s1295483.htm
2/3/05 - India: Hindustan Times confirms its position in Delhi according to ABC circulation figures ending June 2004:
The latest Audit Bureau of Circulation's (ABC) figures show that the Hindustan Times' Delhi edition is the largest English daily newspaper in Delhi, with a circulation of 1,066,852 paid copies (January-June 2004). The Hindustan Times has a paid circulation of 711'669 copies with its Delhi city edition.
publicitas
http://www.publicitas.com/display.asp?id=6.8&chp=6.3&foot=6.9&cpny=*&PARAM1=13481
2/3/05 - International: Using the Internet to Expand Print Advertising:
Free classified advertising publications have been hardest hit by the migration of classified advertising from print to the internet. But South Africa's biggest classified publishing company has benefited from the shift, and will share its strategy at the World Newspaper Advertising Conference, & Expo to be held in Rome later this month.
publicitas
http://www.publicitas.com/display.asp?id=6.8&chp=6.3&foot=6.9&cpny=*&PARAM1=13483
2/3/05 - Russia/Ukraine: SanomaWSOY’s Independent Media acquisition approved by competition authorities:
SanomaWSOY Group’s division Sanoma Magazines has received the necessary approvals from both the Russian and Ukrainian competition authorities for the Independent Media acquisition. The acquisition is still subject to the satisfactory agreements with certain licensors regarding the continuation of the respective license agreements. The deal is estimated to be closed in the beginning of March 2005.
publicitas
http://www.publicitas.com/display.asp?id=6.8&chp=6.3&foot=6.9&cpny=*&PARAM1=13474
2/3/05 - International: World Association of Newspapers and IFRA: merger off:
The World Association of Newspapers and IFRA have ceased talks about a potential merger, the two organizations announced today (February 2, 2005) Both associations agreed to continue close cooperation and expressed the hope that circumstances would allow them to re-open discussions on a merger at a future date.
publicitas
http://www.publicitas.com/display.asp?id=6.8&chp=6.3&foot=6.9&cpny=*&PARAM1=13473
2/3/05 - Future unveils gambling mag with 500,000-copy sampler:
Magazine group Future will launch what it has claimed is the world’s biggest online gambling magazine in March.
mediaweek uk
http://mediaweek.co.uk/articles/folder2005/01/future-onlinegambler-launch
2/3/05 - Telegraph shows off virtues of broadsheet:
Telegraph Newspapers will attempt to re-position the broadsheet newspaper back into the minds of the agency creatives and account planners with a direct marketing campaign.
mediaweek uk
http://mediaweek.co.uk/articles/folder2005/01/telegraph-directmailcampaign
2/3/05 - Sunday Times in TCM movie tie-in:
Times Newspapers has hooked up with Turner Broadcasting-owned cable television channel TCM to run a series of promotions to coincide with the 2005 Academy Awards in the US.
mediaweek uk
http://mediaweek.co.uk/articles/folder2005/01/times-TCM-DVD-sponsor
2/3/05 - Murdoch: Metro has hit the Sun:
Newspaper boss Rupert Murdoch admitted today the Sun's circulation had been hit by the huge success of the free newspaper Metro, and said he was watching the market 'keenly and apprehensively'.
media guardian
http://media.guardian.co.uk/presspublishing/story/0,7495,1404303,00.html
2/3/05 - New UK Trials Mag on the Way:
Trials magazine, a new specialist motorcycle title, will be launched in April this year by Extreme Publishing, the producers of Supermoto and Trailbike magazine.
insidebikes.com
http://195.224.59.217/news/archives_2000/news_details.asp?id=3676
2/3/05 - Newspapers to review switch to smaller formats:
The world's newspaper publishers will convene in London in three weeks for a global review of how more than a dozen broadsheets are faring in their switch to smaller formats. Eighteen months after The Independent in London triggered a rash of broadsheet format changes across Europe, Australia's two major newspaper groups, News Ltd and John Fairfax, remain tightlipped about the likelihood of changes here.
smh
National Print Media News:
2/3/05 - Journal Communications Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2004 Results:
MILWAUKEE-- Journal Communications (NYSE:JRN) today announced financial results for its fourth quarter and full year ended December 26, 2004. For the quarter ended December 26, 2004, net earnings increased 10.8% to $22.7 million compared to $20.5 million for the quarter ended December 31, 2003. In the fourth quarter of 2004, Journal Communications recorded a $2.2 million gain on the sale of properties, net of tax and a $0.6 million charge for voluntary terminations, net of tax.
business wire
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/050203/35333_1.html
2/3/05 - Battle Lines Are Drawn Over What Makes Kids Fat:
Armed with a six-figure budget in seed money from four Washington lobbying groups and the participation of three major food marketers, the Alliance for American Advertising now plans to approach at least 20 more companies and associations to beat back the public perception that advertising makes children obese.
adweek
2/3/05 - Stewart to Star in New 'Apprentice':
NEW YORK -- Martha Stewart, you're hired. The masterminds behind "The Apprentice" -- Donald Trump and Mark Burnett-- and NBC announced Wednesday that Stewart will host "The Apprentice: Martha Stewart."
ap
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/050202/tv_martha_stewart_2.html
2/3/05 - Times, P-I raising price at newsstand:
Seattle's two daily newspapers plan to raise their newsstand price to 50 cents, up from the 25 cents they have charged for the past four years.
seattle times
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2002168894_joa03.html
2/3/05 - Cody Ventures Corporation (CDYV) Prepares to Launch Additional Dallas/Ft. Worth, Texas Metroplex Tidbits Publications:
CEDAR HILL, TX-- Tarja Mees, Chief Executive Officer of Cody Ventures Corporation (Other OTC:CDYV.PK), announced today that the Company's wholly owned subsidiary, Cody Ventures, Inc., has successfully negotiated an agreement with Tidbits Media, Inc. for the publishing rights for the entire Dallas/Ft. Worth, Texas Metroplex area to publish and distribute weekly Tidbits publications.
market wire
http://biz.yahoo.com/iw/050201/080137.html
2/3/05 - Seattle street paper Real Change going weekly:
The Seattle-based street newspaper Real Change will move to weekly publication on Feb. 4 in a bid to double the paper's circulation to 36,000 in five years. Real Change, which employs 200 homeless vendors who sell the newspaper on the street, has been around for a decade and has published on a twice-monthly basis for five years. Its current circulation is about 18,000.
biz journals
http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2005/01/31/daily20.html
2/3/05 - El Sentinel chief moves to Hoy:
The publisher of El Sentinel, the Orlando Sentinel's Spanish-language sister publication, was named vice president and general manager of the New York edition of the Spanish-language newspaper Hoy on Wednesday.
sun sentinel
2/3/05 - Manage Expectations or It Will Manage You:
If you sell advertising, no matter if it's on a peanut whistle little radio station or a major market leading TV station, you share this same issue with advertisers. When they commit dollars to your station, many of them have an unspoken expectation of what kind of results they should achieve. Or more precisely, how quickly they should achieve those results.
hispanic ad
http://hispanicad.com/cgi-bin/news/newsarticle.cgi?article_id=15816
2/3/05 - Forbes Names Investors.com One of the "Best of the Web":
Forbes has named Investor's Business Daily®’s popular Web site investors.com one of the "Best of the Web" for "Stock Picking Communities." Praising the site for helping investors identify winning stocks, Forbes wrote that investors.com is "chock full of useful content" and "will help you identify [emerging growth] stocks and more importantly learn sound stock trading practices."
publicitas
http://www.publicitas.com/display.asp?id=6.8&chp=6.3&foot=6.9&cpny=*&PARAM1=13482
2/3/05 - Newspapers Are Hot Properties Again:
CHICAGO This week's blockbuster acquisition of Pulitzer Inc. by Lee Enterprises only confirms what became apparent during 2004: The market for newspapers has finally come back.
editor & publisher
http://199.249.170.220/eandp/departments/business/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000781124
2/3/05 - Analysts Give Thumbs Up to Pulitzer Deal, Stay Cautious on Lee Stock:
Merrill Lynch, Deutsche Bank, and Prudential Securities all agree that Lee's acquistion of Pulitzer was a good move for the company and a good cultural fit. But they see limited room for increased revenue at the Pulitzer papers.
editor & publisher
http://199.249.170.220/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000787968
2/3/05 - Publisher: Stalberg Wasn't Forced Out, and Paper Won't Soon Go Free:
Joseph Natoli and others at The Philadelphia Daily News say Editor Zack Stalberg just felt it was a good time to exit. Natoli also says rumors about the paper going free or being folded into The Philadelphia Inquirer are false, though Knight Ridder is looking at "many, many things and lots of ways to grow the business."
editor & publisher
http://199.249.170.220/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000787984
2/3/05 - 'N.Y. Times' Pays for Spots on Web Site:
PALO ALTO, Calif. (AP) Hoping to attract more online readers, The New York Times is paying to have its headlines featured in sections of Topix.net, an Internet startup that compiles news snippets from hundreds of Web sites.
editor & publisher
http://199.249.170.220/eandp/departments/online/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000788585
2/3/05 - Business Wire to Send Multilingual Releases:
NEW YORK Business Wire will transmit multilingual press releases to international news organizations and financial-information providers.
editor & publisher
2/3/05 - Is free news - seen in the rise of giveaway dailies and Internet news sites - the new normal?:
Since starting college three years ago, Katherine Toy has developed a new habit: reading a daily newspaper. But the paper that has become her regular companion on the Boston subway isn't a traditional daily. For one, the Boston Metro doesn't have the wingspan of a broadsheet. Its stories, mostly wire copy, follow the Sgt. Joe Friday School of Journalism ("just the facts, ma'am") by providing succinct summaries of the news. Most significant, the tabloid is free, given away at the city's "T" stations.
christian science monitor
http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0203/p12s01-ussc.html
2/3/05 - Leo Burnett USA Adopts Quickcut for Digital Advertising Production:
Quickcut (http://www.quickcut.com/), a leading international provider of digital production workflow solutions, announced today that Leo Burnett Print Management, the production arm of Leo Burnett USA, has selected and implemented Quickcut solutions for print ad verification and delivery as key building blocks in a highly efficient digital workflow.
business wire
http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20050203005373&newsLang=en
2/2/2005 - Who's Buying Print Advertising?
2/2/05 - Doner Breaks Initial Work In $15 Mil. Quaker State Flight:
NEW YORK Doner will break its first work for Quaker State, an estimated $15 million campaign that debuts Feb. 20 and supports the client's "Q" line of motor oils. The campaign from the independent Southfield, Mich.-based shop uses print and TV to tout the oils proprietary heat-activated technology. In one ad, the Q motor oil morphs into golden steeds galloping alongside a cruising car. A voiceover says, "New Q from Quaker State: Unleash all of your horses." Quaker State nearly doubled last year's spend for this line, with the media portion alone representing a 50 percent increase over last year, the client said. Quaker State spent about $10 million on media from January through October 2004, per TNS Media Intelligence/CMR. Ads break during coverage of the Daytona 500 on Fox, then air on race coverage throughout the season and on cable channels such as ESPN, Comedy Central and MTV.
adweek
2/2/05 - ER Urgent Care to Implement Advertising Campaign:
MIAMI-- ER Urgent Care (Pink Sheets:ERUG) is proud to announce that it will implement a new advertising campaign to increase brand awareness and recognition of the ER Urgent Care name. The company has contracted the services of producer John Richardson to create a television commercial to be featured in local and cable television networks. In addition to the television spot, the ER Urgent Care advertising blast will include local radio, print, billboards, bus benches, transit stations, movie theaters and direct mail.
business wire
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/050202/25168_1.html
2/2/05 - Microsoft plans splashy campaign for launch of MSN Search:
Microsoft Corp. said it plans an all-out advertising blitz for its new MSN Search service that will reach "at least 90 percent of consumers in the United States and several hundred million other consumers globally." The ads will run on television, the Internet and in print media, with the television ads running on high-profile TV events in the United States and other markets over the next several weeks. Redmond-based Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) didn't say what the campaign's budget is, or exactly which high-profile events it would choose for advertising.
biz journals
http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2005/01/31/daily9.html
2/2/05 - Zodiac Vodka Launches 'Everything' Campaign:
In this world of sports stadiums named after brands, product placements intruding upon content and logos affixed to everything including foreheads, Zodiac Vodka has decided not to up the anti. In a series of print ads, the distiller has positioned itself as the official sponsor of everything. The ads contains headlines such as, "Life is always half full" paid off with the tagline, "Zodiac Vodka. Official Sponsor of Optimism." Others include "If opposites attract, how come positive wants nothing to do with negative"? paid off by, "Zodiac Vodka. Official Sponsor of Physics.
adrants
http://www.adrants.com/2005/02/zodiac-vodka-launches-everything.php
2/2/05 - Russell Simmons Joins the ASPCA in Launching Anti Cruelty Campaign:
NEW YORK, -- Hip-hop mogul, entrepreneur, political activist, and animal lover Russell Simmons has joined The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) to launch a national campaign to help raise awareness of and eliminate animal abuse and neglect. ... The NYC pilot program will be promoted via a TV and print PSA campaign, ads in the New York City subway system, posters in targeted neighborhoods and the distribution of 100,000 magnets -- all featuring Russell Simmons.
us newswire
2/2/05 - Finish Line Revs Nike Turb Oz Push:
NEW YORK -- Finish Line and Nike will break a national TV spot this week to support the launch of Nike Turb Oz running shoes. TV, via Weiden + Kennedy, Portland, Ore., and Finish Line's in-house marketing unit, will break Feb. 1 and air on national cable including ESPN, ESPN 2, MTV, MTV 2, Comedy Central, Spike, BET, TBS, TNT Sports and Fuse. Print and Internet support. Spend was not given.
brandweek
http://www.brandweek.com/brandweek/headlines/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000781221
2/2/05 - Allstate Lines Up 3 on 3 Tourney:
CHICAGO Duke basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski and Syracuse University's Orangeman mascot provide solace to ordinary players in a new advertising campaign from Leo Burnett for Allstate's Alumni 3 on 3 classic basketball tournament. ... The campaign, which includes print, radio and online, are all mean to spur registration at the company's Web site, www.allstate3on3.com.
adweek
http://www.adweek.com/aw/regional/midwest/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000781587
2/2/05 - Denver Agency Splashes a D.C., East Coast Paper:
LOS ANGELES A free, six-day-a-week regional newspaper launched today in Washington D.C., supported with an ad campaign by independent Thomas, Taber & Drazen, the agency said. ... In an effort to draw readers and advertisers, TTD crafted a campaign featuring several print, outdoor and radio executions and two 30-second TV spots, Fink said. Ads revolve around the tagline, "The local paper with a bigger view of the world." Print executions began running last week, in trade publications and the Washington Business Journal. They will also be distributed by direct mail.
adweek
http://www.adweek.com/aw/regional/west/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000781601
2/2/2005 - Daily Print Media Business News:
International Print Media News:
2/2/05 - United Business Media Acquires Leading Paper-Industry Events:
LONDON, -- United Business Media (LSE: UBM, NASDAQ: UNEWY) announced today that it has acquired the Tissue World events and publication from Paperloop. The series of Tissue World exhibitions and conferences, currently held in France, the USA and China, are the premier events for the world's manufacturers, suppliers and buyers of tissue paper.
pr newswire
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050201/uktu013_1.html
2/2/05 - New daily newspaper launched in Belfast:
A new daily newspaper has been launched in Belfast. The Daily Ireland is part of the Andersonstown News Group. The paper says it will support the peace process and Irish unity and is aimed at a nationalist readership in Northern Ireland and border counties of the Republic.
rte
http://www.rte.ie/news/2005/0201/newspaper.html
2/2/05 - DMGT pulls plug on last TV channel:
The Daily Mail & General Trust has sold its last remaining TV channel, cable and satellite arts service Performance, to media company Eicom for £365,000. Today's deal ends DMGT's decade-long association with the Performance Channel, which it bought in 1994, a year after the service launched.
media guardian
http://media.guardian.co.uk/presspublishing/story/0,7495,1403370,00.html
2/2/05 - New presses squeeze News International profits:
Investing in new printing presses has dented Sun and Times owner News International's profits for the last three months of 2004. The publisher, which also owns the Sunday Times and the News of the World, reported a 25% decline in operating income in the final quarter of last year, according to financial results issued today by its parent company, Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation.
media guardian
http://media.guardian.co.uk/presspublishing/story/0,7495,1404171,00.html
2/2/05 - Tajik Tax Police Shut Down Independent Newspaper:
Jamshed Kasirov, a spokesman for the Tajik tax police, today told RFE/RL that the tax police shut down the printing house that publishes "Nerui Sukhan" on charges of tax evasion.
rferl
http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2005/01/299f09fb-99a2-4962-b611-9664af0ec307.html
2/2/05 - New Owners to Invest $40m in Daily Times:
The 78-year old Daily Times, the oldest Nigerian daily newspaper is to receive a massive capital investment of $40 million (about N5,280,000,000), over the next three years, its new owners, Folio Communications have said.
all africa
http://allafrica.com/stories/200501310843.html
2/2/05 - Welsh language local weekly to become a supplement:
The last Welsh language local weekly newspaper is to cease publication in its current form. Yr Herald will be published for the last time as a stand alone publication on February 25 - but will continue to appear as a supplement in its siter title, the Daily Post.
front page
http://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/news/2005/02feb/050201yr.shtml
2/2/05 - 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
2/2/05 - TV listings price war ‘decimating market’:
The publisher of the Radio Times has warned that the TV listings sector is being "decimated" by a price war between IPC and H Bauer – as speculation mounted that Trinity Mirror is preparing to launch a new paid-for entry into the fray.
mediaweek uk
http://mediaweek.co.uk/articles/folder2005/Feb05/01/tvlistingspricewar
2/2/05 - UPM secures price rises:
UPM-Kymmene, the world's third-largest paper maker, said yesterday an increase in print advertising in both Europe and the US will allow it to push through its first major product price rises since 2000. The Finnish group said it had already signed contracts with several large customers that gave an increase of "somewhat less than 10 per cent" in newsprint prices this year and about half this level for magazine and coated fine papers.
ft
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/b41a3974-74c0-11d9-a769-00000e2511c8.html
National Print Media News:
2/2/05 - Newspaper Helps Washington Homeless Gain Self Respct:
Alvin Dixon became homeless after suffering a nervous breakdown following the violent death of his son. He has regained a measure of self esteem by selling "Street Sense" -- a newspaper for, by and about the homeless in the nation's capital.
reuters
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=599&ncid=802&e=2&u=/nm/20050202/media_nm/life_homeless_dc
2/2/05 - Adweek Magazines and IAB to Help Launch Advertising Week 2005:
NEW YORK-- Today, Adweek Magazines and the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) have combined their unique influence and industry expertise to jointly produce what promises to be the pre-eminent Interactive advertising event of the year, MIXX (Marketing and Interactive Excellence) Conference and Expo. Scheduled for September 26 and 27, MIXX will help kickoff Advertising Week 2005. Held at the Millennium Hotel in New York, the two-day event culminates with a spectacular multi-media creative awards show, the MIXX Awards, dedicated to celebrating and rewarding excellence in interactive advertising campaigns. More information is available at http://www.iab.net/mixx-expo.
business wire
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/050201/15733_1.html
2/2/05 - News Corp. profit rises on DVDs, cable networks:
NEW YORK, - Media conglomerate News Corp. (NWS.N) on Wednesday posted a higher quarterly profit, boosted by strong DVD sales of the film "Day After Tomorrow" and advertising sales at its cable networks.
reuters
http://yahoo.reuters.com/financeQuoteCompanyNewsArticle.jhtml?duid=mtfh39839_2005-02-02_14-01-07_n02371379_newsml
2/2/05 - TNS Media Intelligence Forecasts Strong Ad Spending for 2005:
NEW YORK-- Advertising spending is expected to increase 5.1 percent in 2005 to $150.5 billion, according to full-year forecasts released today by TNS Media Intelligence, the leading provider of strategic advertising and marketing information. This increase follows the estimated growth of 10.6 percent in 2004, as the U.S. economy continues to show signs of stability.
business wire
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/050202/25102_1.html
2/2/05 - PORTADA’S February/March Issue is Hot Off The Presses with All The Latest News About Hispanic Print Advertising, Publishing and Direct Mail:
New York, NY-- February 1, 2005--In PORTADA(R) s February/March 2005 issue you'll find out the latest news and insights essential to publishing, advertising and direct mail professionals targeting Spanish-speaking audiences.
hispanic wire
http://www.hispanicbusiness.com/news/newsbyid.asp?id=20618
2/2/05 - Pay or Free?: Newspaper Archives Not Ready for Open Web...Yet:
Wouldn't it be great if Google searches brought up every past newspaper article? But publishers aren't interested in opening up old articles if it would hurt their value in lucrative after-market database sales.
orj
http://www.ojr.org/ojr/stories/050201/
2/2/05 - New Manhattan lifestyle magazine to debut:
The publisher of New York City's City Guide Magazine is launching a lifestyle magazine aimed at Manhattan residents, the first of its kind in over a decade. Davler Media Group will debut Manhattan Living in May, with a controlled circulation of 80,000 copies. It will be directly delivered to wealthy residents in more than 2,100 luxury buildings throughout the city and will also be available at select retail locations.
crain's ny
http://www.crainsny.com/news.cms?id=9841
2/2/05 - AirTran Airways Takes Inflight Entertainment to New Heights With New Magazine, Go:
ORLANDO, -- AirTran Airways, a subsidiary of AirTran Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: AAI), today announced that the newly redesigned inflight magazine, entitled Go, made its debut today, February 1st, on all AirTran Airways planes. Ink Publishing, of London, England, has assumed production responsibilities for the airline's inflight magazine.
pr newswire
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050201/nytu031_1.html
2/2/05 - State urges newspapers to turn down tobacco ads:
HELENA — The Montana departments of Justice and Revenue have asked newspapers in the state not to accept advertising from companies that illegally sell tobacco products as a way for residents to avoid increased tobacco taxes.
ap
http://www.mtstandard.com/articles/2005/02/02/newsstate/hjjejhjhjceifh.txt
2/2/05 - RMI Direct Debuts Golf Ride-Along Program:
RMI Direct Marketing Inc., Danbury, CT, announced yesterday the first-time availability of the Links Magazine ride-along program offering 1 million insert opportunities annually.
dm news
http://dmnews.com/cgi-bin/artprevbot.cgi?article_id=31698
2/2/05 - Direct Mail Remains Circulation's Lifeblood:
NEW YORK -- Direct mail is not dead. Take the word of senior circulation executives from Guideposts Publications, Meredith Corp., Time Inc.'s Southern Progress Corp. and the National Geographic Society. They were part of a panel discussion moderated yesterday by consultant Tom Corry at the Direct Marketing Association's 19th Annual Circulation Day.
dm news
http://dmnews.com/cgi-bin/artprevbot.cgi?article_id=31709
2/2/05 - Meredith Exec Talks Consumer Control, Fragmented Market:
NEW YORK -- Even Steve Lacy, president and chief operating officer of a magazine publishing giant like Meredith Corp., admits that today's consumer is firmly in control. He said society is becoming much more fragmented, and the media world, with its proliferating television channels and magazines, reflects that. He cited Procter & Gamble's analysis on the demographic and media changes over the past 20 years.
dm news
http://dmnews.com/cgi-bin/artprevbot.cgi?article_id=31712
2/2/05 - More Papers On Board for Coupon Service 'Boodle':
NEW YORK A dozen more newspapers have signed up for Consumer Networks' online coupon service, Boodle. The service lets consumers download coupons from major consumer-goods companies such as General Mills and Kimberly-Clark.
editor & publisher
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/departments/online/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000781513
2/2/05 - Back on the Radar, Again:
LOOKS like Maer Ro shan finally has a chance to spend some of Mort Zuckerman's money. And we mean that in a nice way. Here's what Roshan, editor-in-chief of the soon-to-relaunch Radar has done in recent weeks in a wild hiring spree: signed Vanessa Grigoriadis, one of the top feature writers at New York magazine, to a contributing writer gig; and also dispatched Bartle Bull, who has written for Harper's Magazine and the Financial Times, to the battles of Iraq on assignment.
ny post
http://nypost.com/business/39236.htm
2/2/05 - Martha Stewart has allegedly been talking shop from jail:
Is Martha Stewart skirting the rules in prison? The jailed domestic diva - who's just a month away from completing her five-month sentence for lying about her sale of ImClone stock - has allegedly been doing business over the phone from West Virginia by speaking in code that can't be understood by prison officials. Conducting business in prison is a big no-no. Us Weekly reports that the 63-year-old Stewart has been making frequent calls from Alderson Federal Prison Camp to a "senior staffer" at her magazine Everyday Food, and that the two have "pretend conversations about her dogs and her gardens that really relate to building and marketing the magazine."
ny daily news
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/gossip/story/276904p-237189c.html
2/2/05 - Media companies more wary about leverage:
With the return of more readily available financing, buyers in the b-to-b media mergers and acquisitions market now have more access to debt. For those companies seeking leverage, there are several companies that serve as cautionary tales on the dangers of debt.
btob
http://www.btobonline.com/article.cms?articleId=23131
2/1/2005 - Who's Buying Print Advertising?
2/1/05 - Signature Leisure Announces National Print Campaign:
MAITLAND, Fla.-- Signature Leisure, Inc. (OTCBB:SGLI) announced today that Parker Productions' client Bong Vodka has selected two Parker models for a photo shoot for use in a national print advertising campaign. Jimi Beach of Bong Vodka selected Parker models Alicija and Adriana to represent Bong Vodka in a national print ad campaign.
business wire
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/050131/316040_1.html
2/1/05 - Ad campaign for SUV safe driving is coming:
NEW YORK - State attorneys general announced a $27 million ad campaign yesterday designed to coax SUV owners to drive safely by challenging them to "master" the vehicles. The campaign, funded through a settlement with Ford Motor Co., is targeted at men 18 to 34, a group of drivers who are disproportionately likely to be involved in SUV rollovers. ... The campaign, which will also include print and online ads, is the result of a 2002 settlement between the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands and Ford, which the states charged with deceptive ads promoting the safety of SUVs.
tucson citizen
http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/index.php?page=business&story_id=020105d1_suv
2/1/05 - Visa Launches Visa Check Card Ad Effort For Hispanics:
Visa announced the debut of a new Visa check card campaign for the growing U.S. Hispanic segment, featuring Spanish-language national and local TV, print and radio advertisements. The campaign promotes the security and convenience of the Visa check card. The campaign, created by Lopez Negrete of Houston, features Visa check card users who remind their family and friends of the convenience of using Visa check cards over cash and checks. ... The print ads will start appearing in spring 2005 in Spanish-language long-lead entertainment, lifestyle and parenting publications.
hispanic ad
http://hispanicad.com/cgi-bin/news/newsarticle.cgi?article_id=15897
2/1/05 - Simmons' New HealthSmart'TM' Bed Earns the Good Housekeeping Seal:
ATLANTA-- Simmons Bedding Company's new HealthSmart(TM) Bed has been granted the Good Housekeeping Seal after an evaluation by the Good Housekeeping Institute. The HealthSmart(TM) Bed's unique combination of fabrics helps wash away moisture, germs, dust mites and bacteria in the mattress top just like when you clean your sheets. "We are excited that the HealthSmart(TM) Bed will proudly display the Good Housekeeping Seal," said Scott Whitaker, Vice President of Marketing at Simmons. "We view this opportunity as an achievement that underscores Simmons' continued commitment to excellence in the mattress industry." Simmons will incorporate the Seal in its television and print advertising campaign beginning in February 2005.
business wire
http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view`"wsId=20050201005382`"wsLang=en
2/1/2005 - Daily Print Media Business News:
International Print Media News:
2/1/05 - Nationalist Daily Joins Crowded N.Irish Market:
A new player entered one of the most saturated daily newspaper markets in Europe on Tuesday with the launch of the Belfast-based Daily Ireland.
reuters
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=599&ncid=802&e=3&u=/nm/20050201/media_nm/media_dailyireland_dc
2/1/05 - Customer mag publishers split on third party ads:
The UK's customer magazine publishers are divided over the role third party advertising should play in their publications. According to a survey published today by the Association of Publishing Agencies (APA), just over half of the respondents believe customer titles should not carry third party advertising, while the others are happy for them to do so as it helps offset production costs and generates revenue.
intellagencia
http://www.intellagencia.com/news.asp?siteid=4&id=66000
2/1/05 - Associated New Media leads websites in ad server audit:
LONDON - Associated New Media, the digital publishing division of Associated Newspapers, has become the first online media owner to audit its ad server to agreed industry standards.
revolution
http://www.revolutionmagazine.com/News/index.cfm?fuseaction=ViewNewsArticle&ID=233859
2/1/05 - Wallpaper eyes Russia for first foreign language launch:
IPC Media and European publishing giant Axel Springer are to join forces for the launch of a Russian language edition of design and lifestyle title Wallpaper.
mediaweek uk
http://www.mediaweek.co.uk/articles/folder2005/01/wallpaper-russia
2/1/05 - Archant expands mag portfolio with purchase of Romsey:
Regional press and local lifestyle magazine powerhouse Archant has snapped up Romsey Publishing, owner of English Garden and Heritage magazines, for an undisclosed fee.
mediaweek uk
http://www.mediaweek.co.uk/articles/folder2005/01/archant-romseypurchase
2/1/05 - CosmoGirl ups its frequency:
Leading NatMags teen title moves to boost circulation with unusual "tri weekly" schedule
mediaweek uk
http://www.mediaweek.co.uk/articles/folder2005/Feb05/01/cosmogirlupsitsfrequency
2/1/05 - Business doubles price and gives away mags:
The Business has signed agreements with publishing giants Condé Nast, Dennis Publishing and Time & Fortune to distribute copies of their titles.
mediaweek uk
http://www.mediaweek.co.uk/articles/folder2005/Feb05/01/businessdoublesprice
2/1/05 - Consumers Mags every seven days – great news for advertisers:
Previously regarded as ugly sisters to the more glamorous monthlies, weekly magazines are suddenly the hottest properties on the magazine circuit
mediaweek uk
http://www.mediaweek.co.uk/articles/folder2005/Feb05/01/consumerswantit
2/1/05 - Zimbabwe Exiles to Launch Weekly Newspaper in Britain:
JOHANNESBURG - The founder of Zimbabwe's ill-fated pro-opposition Daily News paper plans to launch a weekly newspaper for exiled compatriots in Britain and South Africa in time for elections in March.
reuters
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20050131/media_nm/media_zimbabwe_dc_1
2/1/05 - Greece: ELLE - Significant Increase in Audience:
ELLE Greece has seen a 12.6% increase in readers, with a monthly audience of 285 000 (Bari report Aug - Oct ’04) compared to 253 000 last year (Bari report Oct ’03 - Feb ’04).
publicitas
http://www.publicitas.com/display.asp?id=6.8&chp=6.3&foot=6.9&cpny=*&PARAM1=13452
2/1/05 - CosmoGirl! goes tri-weekly to keep up with teenagers:
CosmoGirl!, the younger sister of Cosmopolitan, has broken with convention to become the first magazine of its kind to publish every three weeks.
media guardian
http://media.guardian.co.uk/presspublishing/story/0,7495,1402748,00.html
2/1/05 - Troubled FT cuts 20 journalists:
At least 20 journalists are expected to leave the Financial Times following a voluntary redundancy programme at the loss-making newspaper.
media guardian
http://media.guardian.co.uk/presspublishing/story/0,7495,1403009,00.html
National Print Media News:
2/1/05 - Meredith ups dividend, OKs share buyback:
NEW YORK, - Magazine publisher and broadcaster Meredith Corp. (MDP.N) said on Monday that its board has approved an increase in the quarterly dividend and approved a buyback of up to 2 million additional shares of stock.
reuters
http://yahoo.reuters.com/financeQuoteCompanyNewsArticle.jhtml?duid=mtfh97628_2005-01-31_15-49-23_wen3929_newsml
2/1/05 - Bauer Publishing Announces 25 Cent Promotion for Life & Style Weekly:
ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, N.J.-- Bauer Publishing, the number one seller of magazines on the newsstand in the United States, today announced a 25 cent promotion for its newest title, Life & Style Weekly, the weekly style authority. The special issue will hit newsstands nationwide on Monday, March 14th.
business wire
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/050201/15254_1.html
2/1/05 - Media Ask That Ownership Rules Be Restored:
WASHINGTON -- A newspaper trade group on Monday joined Tribune Co. and the parent companies of CBS, Fox and NBC in asking the Supreme Court to restore the government's media ownership rules, which have been thrown out by a lower court.
ap
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/050131/media_ownership_3.html
2/1/05 - Hoy Appoints Javier Aldape Editor and VP/Product and Audience Development:
CHICAGO, -- Digby Solomon, publisher of Hoy, today announced that publishing executive Javier J. Aldape has been named editor and vice president/product and audience development, effective February 28. Aldape will be responsible for news and editorial direction, as well as product and audience development for Hoy nationally.
pr newswire
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050131/cgm049_1.html
2/1/05 - American Lawyer Media, Inc. Announces Tender Offer for Any and All 9 3/4% Senior Notes Due 2007:
NEW YORK-- American Lawyer Media, Inc., a leading media company focused on the practice and business of law, today announced that it has commenced a cash tender offer to purchase any and all of its $175 million aggregate principal amount outstanding 9 3/4% Senior Notes Due 2007 (the "Notes").
business wire
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/050131/316047_1.html
2/1/05 - Lee Enterprises reels in Pulitzer:
Lee Enterprises Inc. managed to beat Gannett Co. in the auction for Pulitzer Inc. by offering a mere 1.7% premium in an all-cash deal valued at $1.46 billion. But that doesn't mean the definitive acquisition agreement announced late Jan. 30 wasn't full.
the deal
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1498&ncid=1498&e=2&u=/thedeal/20050201/bs_deal_thedeal/leeenterprisesreelsinpulitzer
2/1/05 - Tribune Missing the Scoop on Growth?:
Tribune (NYSE: TRB) did not have the 2004 for which it had hoped. Instead of a rebound, the company fought sluggish sales and a circulation scandal at two publications. The media firm does not expect market conditions for 2005 to be much better, but it's working every angle to improve results. Some may be more worthwhile than others.
motley fool
http://www.fool.com/News/mft/2005/mft05013122.htm
2/1/05 - Anschutz Reaches Into D.C. With Free Paper:
DENVER - Billionaire investor Philip Anschutz is putting a free newspaper on the streets of Washington, D.C., Tuesday as his investment holdings expand into publishing against some of the nation's most respected papers.
ap
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050201/ap_on_bi_ge/clarity_media_newspaper_5
2/1/05 - National Guard Life, Cover to Cover:
Two years ago, Mitch Powers and Ed Brown were working with the Army National Guard on Internet projects and fell in love with the branch of citizen-soldiers. Although neither had served in the Guard and both had limited publishing experience, they decided that this service needed its own magazine.
ny times
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/01/arts/01guar.html?oref=login
2/1/05 - Tu Ciudad Los Angeles Magazine To Launch:
Embracing the growing strength of the affluent U.S.-born Latino market, Emmis Publishing L.P., a subsidiary of Emmis Communications Corporation, and Ciudad LLC, today jointly announced their plan to launch Tu Ciudad Los Angeles, an English-language magazine targeted to upwardly-mobile Latinos in Los Angeles, the city with the nation’s largest Hispanic population. The bi-monthly magazine, targeting three and a half million affluent Latinos, will debut in newsstands and reach subscribers in May 2005.
hispanic ad
http://hispanicad.com/cgi-bin/news/newsarticle.cgi?article_id=15883
2/1/05 - Reagan specials top mag sales:
Paul Colford's Hot Copy: Time and Newsweek responded to Ronald Reagan's death last June by running the same iconic portrait on their covers. Each got the same results. The commemorative issues, showing a smiling Reagan in a cowboy hat, were the magazines' top sellers on newsstands in 2004.
ny daily news
http://www.nydailynews.com/business/story/276539p-236878c.html
2/1/05 - ‘Franchise’ Issues and Their Newsstand Impact:
Magazines love to produce ‘franchise’ issues—Esquire’s ‘Women We Love,’ or Forbes’ Celebrity 100. How do these issues perform in single-copy sales? A look at several against their averages.
folio
http://www.foliomag.com/index.php?id=396&backPID=392&tt_news=420
2/1/05 - U.S. Newspaper Advertising Market Expected to Remain Stagnant
ft (subscription)
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/2d9b2216-6efb-11d9-94a8-00000e2511c8.html
2/1/05 - Opinion: G+J Deserves a Backslap, Not a Smackdown:
G+J USA Publishing can’t seem to catch a break. Over the past two years, the publisher’s business woes have played like a Greek tragedy. Now this: The Audit Bureau of Circulations reclassified 165,000 subscriptions for five of its six titles as nonpaid after Publishers Communications Services, a Florida-based subscription agent, failed to provide proper documentation for 80 percent of its orders. The move, which affects G+J’s circs for late 2003 and early 2004, will cost some $10 million in advertiser makegoods and refunds, according to CEO Russell Denson. That could rise if media buyers have their way; some may demand “goodwill” rebates or CPM adjustments.
mediaweek
http://www.mediaweek.com/mediaweek/headlines/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000780280
2/1/05 - 'Fair' of face, and Oscar-worthy:
Two are Oscar nominees, and all are beauties. In its 11th annual Hollywood issue, Vanity Fair gathers 10 gorgeous female stars for a cover shoot by Annie Leibovitz.
usa today
http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2005-01-31-vanity-fair-hollywood-issue_x.htm
2/1/05 - National Trade Publications changes name to NTP Media:
Lantham, N.Y.—National Trade Publications announced Monday that it has changed its name to NTP Media to better describe its various ventures. "This name change better reflects the nature of our business in the 21st Century," said NTP President Humphrey S. Tyler. "We no longer just publish magazines."
btob
http://www.btobonline.com/article.cms?articleId=23118
2/1/05 - Douglas Publications names Spector group publisher-magazines:
Richmond, Va.—Douglas Publications announced the appointment of Marc Spector to the newly created position of group publisher-magazines. Spector was most recently sales director of custom media-enterprise group at Ziff Davis Media. "With our recent acquisition of Briefings [Publishing Group] and internal growth, Douglas Publications needed to expand," said Douglas Publications president, Alan M. Douglas.
btob
http://www.btobonline.com/article.cms?articleId=23121
