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Centaur sees 24% revenue dip, sacrifices 19 staff
Centaur Media, the publisher of trade magazines including Marketing Week and the Lawyer, has reported a 24% decline in revenues in the second half of 2009 but has
As papers wilt, a newsprint maker goes bust
TORONTO (AP) — The newsprint manufacturer White Birch Paper Company has filed for bankruptcy protection, citing declining demand for newspapers and the strength of the Canadian dollar.
The company's United States unit filed a
The company's United States unit filed a
State of journalism: Only 11% is original reporting
We often talk about the new news ecosystem — the network of traditional outlets, new startups, nonprofits, and individuals who are creating and filtering the news. But how is the work of reporting divvied up among the members of that ecosystem?
Down Under, the media scene is ... down under
APN News & Media, the Australian and New Zealand media business in which Independent News & Media has a 32% stake, has seen profits fall by more than a third.
The company, whose properties include
The company, whose properties include
Breaking jobs on TV: ABC News to shed hundreds
ABC News will sharply reduce its news-gathering staff through buyouts and possible layoffs, the company said on Tuesday. ABC employees said they expected the cutbacks would
For scribes, no-office scenario looms
From Joe Scaria, ToI:
Responding to my mail, 'For scribes, no-office scenario looms', Trivandrum-based (Kerala, India) journalist-entrepreneur Anil Philip had this to say: |
Lebedev eyes a buy as revenue crashes at Independent
In 1981, Rupert Murdoch paid the equivalent of £34m in today's money to buy the Times and the Sunday Times. By contrast, the Barclay brothers
The figures ain't arousing at Playboy
Playboy Enterprises' hopes for a planned sale were dashed during Q4, as its revenue troubles continued as well. As the company's loss narrowed
After classified ads, inserts may desert papers
Bad as 2009 was financially for newspapers, one advertising staple held up pretty well -- preprinted inserts and the accompanying coupons
Times biz production editor axed
Dennis Rink, the production editor on The Times business section, has had his contract terminated in what appears to be the first sign of a big
117 jobs at risk as Reader's Digest UK goes into admin
Publishing company Reader's Digest, has gone into administration
Sent Out 334 staff, Daily Mail Sees More Gloom Still
Daily Mail and General Trust today reported a 15% fall in revenue and that 334 jobs had gone
All the Quality Dailies in UK suffer circulation drop
The Daily Telegraph's circulation slipped below the 700,000 mark for the first time
Read this Advt, Salute fallen colleagues
A Newsroom's Salute to Its Departed
Newspapers occasionally publish ads congratulating themselves for various achievements. But a most unusual ad appeared last week
Need a week off? You Get it Only Without Pay
USA Today is forcing its staff to take an unpaid week off to help America's second largest newspaper cope with a persisting advertising slump.
Some sunshine for print, if you see it so
PV Harikrishnan of Thatsmalayalam.com, and Sarita Varma of Financial Express, have dug out a hopeful sign each for print media. Feel free to trust or distrust
After 30 years in biz a weekly paper ends print version
Weekly ceases printing after 30 years in business
Contagion spreads: TV journos feel the heat
CBS News Lays Off Dozens in New Round of Staff Cuts
Dozens of employees at CBS News were laid off in recent days amid a new round of budget cuts at the third-place network's news division.Some employees were reassigned and others were demoted in the process. Speaking on condition of anonymity because they feared further layoffs, CBS employees said
Pension indigestion: Reader's Digest UK may go belly up
Don't miss the penultimate paragraph
The future of Reader's Digest magazine in the UK – and the fate of its 135 employees – has been plunged into doubt after a deal to bail out its pension fund fell through.
The magazine's US parent company, Reader's Digest Association (RDA), said UK regulators had not approved a rescue plan to resolve "a longstanding and significant unfunded liability within its UK pension scheme".
"In light of this unusual and unexpected development, RDA has
Apple did not save Adam, may not save newspapers either
Apple's iPad has wow factor but is no rescue act for newspapers
Peter Preston, The Observer, Sunday 31 January 2010
There are two ways of wondering about the wonder of the iPad. One exalts Steve Jobs the creative core of Apple, and swoons a little over his "magical and revolutionary product". It looks great; it dances to the touch of your finger; it simulates the print-reading experience better than anything on the market. .
My second wondering way is much more
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