Times Online: Google backs local newspaper mergers in the UK
Tuesday, 19 May 2009, 10:27
"A Google submission to the Office of Fair Trading will say that the competition authority should relax existing rules that have prevented a coming together of any two of the big four' publishers — [Trinity Mirror, Johnston Press,] Daily Mail and General Trust and Gannett’s Newsquest."
Advertising Age: NNN’s Jason Klein: Newspapers Are Down but Not Out
Thursday, 23 April 2009, 06:58
"There are still too many newspapers in America. The newspaper industry will inevitably consolidate further. … The core reality is that economics heavily favor one large newspaper per city — one reporting staff, one advertising sales staff, one management and long, efficient printing runs. The surviving lead paper will pick up circulation and advertisers and get a boost in financial viability."
paidContent:UK: Trinity’s Bailey Still Fighting Google, ‘Unique Users Don’t Pay Wages’
Saturday, 18 April 2009, 08:21
Sly Bailey: "Move away from the general, commoditised packages of news and concentrate on our areas of content where we have unique and intrinsic value. It means rejecting the relentless quest for a gazillion unique users, focusing instead on delivering loyal valuable readers … Let me tell you, unique users don’t pay the wages.”
