Business
Google’s Chief Economist: “Newspapers Have Never Made Much Money From News”
Google chief economist Hal Varian gave a presentation to an FTC workshop on the changing economics of the newspaper industry. (TechCrunch) Read more...
Financial Times Considering Placing Video Content Behind Pay Wall, Adding More Videos
Last week, we told you that the Financial Times was considering turning to PayPal as a means of allowing readers to pay for subscriptions to online content. (Source: MediaBistro) Read more...
Archant operating profits fall by one-third to £15m
Regional publisher reports improvement in second half year (Source: The Guardian) Read more...
Digital Lift-Off
We've been waiting for this: A study by Outsell, to be released Monday, reveals that U.S. advertisers are spending more this year on digital media than on print. (Source: Forbes.com) Read more...
UBM Shut Down 31 Magazines, Cut 479 Jobs in 2009
Earnings report shows print accounted for just 5 percent of adjusted profits. (Source:Folio) Read more...
Time Warner's Finance Chief Says Magazines Will Be Okay
The magazine business isn't so bad, says John Martin, chief financial officer at Time Warner, the parent company of publisher Time Inc.(Source:MediaBistro) Read more...
Future of BBC Magazines in doubt after Thompson sidelines print
The future role magazines will play in BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of the BBC, appeared to be sidelined by BBC director general Mark Thompson yesterday who told staff, and later an FT Conference, that he was backing "digital rather than in print" (Source: MediaWeek) Read more...
FT CEO says improving ad trend continues
The Financial Times has seen a positive trend in advertising sales continue into the current quarter (Source: Reuters) Read more...
Top Tech
12 publishing execs identify the technologies making the biggest difference. (Source:Folio) Read more...
RBI Sells Two More Magazines
Library Journal and School Library Journal bought by Media Source Inc. (Source: Folio) Read more...
