mad.co.uk: Can Eros bring back the love for Evening Standard?

Posted on 9 October, 2007 by Martin Stabe

"The start of the freesheet wars in London between News International's thelondonpaper and Associated's London Lite has triggered a major rethink at the once-monopolistic Evening Standard...."

Howard Owens: Let’s stop putting the entire newspaper online

Posted on 5 October, 2007 by Martin Stabe

"[B]uilding a great local web site was is in no-way dependent on putting the entire paper online. The flip side, of course, is that it’s hard not to rely on that daily dump of shovelware if your newsroom isn’t engaged in your web operation."

International Herald Tribune: Why big newspapers applaud some declines in circulation

Posted on 1 October, 2007 by Martin Stabe

"Driven by marketing and delivery costs and pressure from advertisers, many [US] papers have decided certain readers are not worth the expense involved in finding, serving and keeping them."

The Observer: The Standard plays a smart card trick

Posted on 30 September, 2007 by Martin Stabe

Peter Preston on how Eros card could be a step towards UK newspaper publishers finally getting a better understanding of who reads their newspapers. The current "two-stage distribution system [is] notably short on useful data".

Times Online: Associated set to increase Metro run

Posted on 27 August, 2007 by Martin Stabe

"Associated Newspapers is to increase the distribution of its free newspaper Metro by 250,000 copies from the beginning of October."

Press Gazette: It’s no con about the internet – deal with it

Posted on 30 July, 2007 by Martin Stabe

Simon Waldman: "Right now, if you want to add up daily readers and revenues, print wins by a long mile. But every piece of research tells the same story. People are spending less time with newspapers and more time online. The trend is, of course, particul

How-Do: MEN circulation expected to stay constant in latest ABCs

Posted on 27 July, 2007 by Martin Stabe

"MEN Media is forecasting that the latest six monthly ABC figures to be published in August will show the paper’s total circulation remaining constant at around 180,000, with paid for sales falling by just 6,000 since last December."

paidContent.org: [US ABC] Will Include Online ‘Audience Engagement’ In Newspaper Circ Reports

Posted on 18 July, 2007 by Martin Stabe

The US newspaper ABC will for the first time include online audience estimates this autumn.

The Inksniffer: ABC is not our BFF: Why our former ally is now the enemy of newspaper innovation. Time to ditch it.

Posted on 11 July, 2007 by Martin Stabe

"I think the time has come for newspapers to abandon the ABC. ... [unlike print metrics, web metrics] changes when the content producers want it to, is inconsistent from one metrics supplier to another, and adapts as consumer habits change."

Netzeitung: Stellenanzeigen bringen Zeitungen Zuwächse

Posted on 3 July, 2007 by Martin Stabe

"Der Boom am Arbeitsmarkt macht auch die Zeitungsverleger wieder optimistisch. Die Auflagen fallen weiter – aber immerhin schaffen die deutschen Zeitungen ein Umsatzplus."

Independent: The Financial Times: ‘We believe they’ll be ready to pay for it’

Posted on 18 June, 2007 by Martin Stabe

"FT.com, has 90,000 subscribers paying a minimum of £99-a-year, a fact which no doubt helped convince Ridding that a £1.30 price for the paper was sustainable. FT.com now produces 60 videos a month, specialising in filmed interviews with business leader

Observer: Why the Sundays are still special

Posted on 17 June, 2007 by Martin Stabe

Peter Preston: Daily growth has not come on a weekday. It has arrived with the weekend, and reading time to spare. The five days of the toilsome week are crisis time for circulation managers. It's the 24/7 nature of rolling news that casts an immediate sh

Observer: If the net is killing newspapers, why are they doing so well?

Posted on 10 June, 2007 by Martin Stabe

Peter Preston looks at newspaper circulation figures: "Perhaps it isn't demonic digitalisation that's bringing us down, dear friends. Perhaps it's just us - and what we produce. And perhaps we're too damned morose about change."

New York Times: A Flood Begets a Paper Ark

Posted on 30 April, 2007 by Martin Stabe

The New Orleans Times-Picayune, which drop circ to nearly 0 during Katrina, is back up 185,000. Prestorm, it was at 270,000 -- but the city is also a lot smaller since much of the popualtion hasn't returned.

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