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Online publications see a future in print

admin — Mon, 16 Dec 2013 10:15:45 +0000

There is a new trend in the media business. Some media born on the Internet decide to proceed with print editions. The Los Angeles Times gives some examples and draws on contributions from experts who explain the main motivations for passing from the online to the paper format.

Source: Los Angeles Times

284 media closed in Spain

admin — Mon, 16 Dec 2013 09:53:46 +0000

According to El Pais, between 2008 and 2013, already closed 284 media in Spain. The highest number of disappearances is found in the magazines (182 titles) and daily newspapers (31 titles).

Source: El Pais

Tech City News launches print magazine

admin — Thu, 12 Dec 2013 09:34:25 +0000

Created only a year ago, in digital format, Tech City News decided to create a magazine. Will be published 10,000 copies of each edition every three months.

Source: journalism.co.uk

Newsweek plans to return to paper

admin — Wed, 04 Dec 2013 09:14:30 +0000

Newsweek, the legendary American weekly magazine that ceased publication in printed format last year, plans to return to the paper format, according to a report of The New York Times.

After several months of experimenting with a new online format, will be published two paper editions in the months of January and February.

The model is based on a subscriptions system similar to The Economist.

Source: The New York Times

New York magazine changes periodicity

admin — Tue, 03 Dec 2013 09:31:13 +0000

New York magazine will no longer be published weekly from March 2014. The decision was announced by the columnist of The New York Times, David Carr.

The magazine will now be published every two weeks. Carr argues that the weeklies no longer make sense in a world in which information is shared in real time.

Source: The New York Times

Pitchfork bets on paper edition

admin — Thu, 28 Nov 2013 14:58:51 +0000

Pitchfork, one of the most influential publications in digital music, is set to have a quarterly print edition.

Fonte: The Pitchfork Review

Jeff Bezos will save newspapers?

admin — Tue, 12 Nov 2013 10:08:07 +0000

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Given the current crisis of the business model and the need for new strategies that are reflected in profit, the newspaper industry welcomes the purchase of the Washington Post by the Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.

The expectations that Bezos transform the Washington Post in a viable business go far beyond the newspaper itself. Many hope that by saving the newspaper, Bezos find the magic potion that others can copy.

However, Jeff Bezos knows that there is no magic potion and believes that there is a long way to make the business profitable again: “There is a map and draw a path for the future will not be easy. We’ll have to invent, which means that we have to try. ”

Source: Público

French erotic magazine of the sexual revolution back in the market

admin — Tue, 12 Nov 2013 09:40:46 +0000

The French men’s magazine Lui, founded in 1963 and which marked an era in the sexual revolution until its closure in 1994, will reborn in the digital age.

Twenty years after the disappearance, the magazine will be back by the hands of the advertiser Frédéric Beigbeder. The first issue came out with 200 pages, a price of 2.90 euros and a circulation of 350,000 copies, the same daily circulation of Le Monde.

Source: Estadão

Editor-in-chief of The Daily Beast doesn’t believe in the future of magazines

admin — Mon, 11 Nov 2013 10:07:51 +0000

The editor-in-chief of The Daily Beast and former director of several magazines such as Vanity Fair, Newsweek and The New Yorker, Tina Brown, doesn’t believe in the future of print magazines.

Speaking to journalists in Goa, Tina Brown said that she doesn’t read magazines anymore.

Source: Hindustan Times

The Onion will no longer be published on paper

admin — Mon, 11 Nov 2013 09:53:37 +0000

The U.S. satirical daily newspaper The Onion will no longer be published in paper, from December 12.

The President of the medium, Mike McAvoy, considers that the printed newspaper “is no longer a profitable business” and decided to just keep the digital version of the publication.

Thus, The Onion reaches the end of an era that started in 1988.

Source: The Business Journal