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?
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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
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
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
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
Crisis of daily regional press in France and Spain
Some analysts point to the “local press” as a solution to end the crisis of the press, but the observation of particular cases shows that the reality is not so linear.
In Spain, El Correo de Andalucía, a title with 114 years is at risk of disappearing and are the journalists themselves who are trying to prevent the extinction of the newspaper.
In France, the regional press is passing through a dark period and, this year, two regional daily newspapers already closed: Le Pays and Dijonscope.
Sources: El Correo de Andalucía and Rue89
El Mundo moves forward with new development model
The Spanish daily El Mundo started a revolution at all levels, with particular focus on digital versions. The management considers that this transformation is “an earthquake in the tsunami”, which puts it few years ahead of the competition.
A reputed member of the Royal Spanish Academy, Luis María Anson, stated in his opinion column that “EL MUNDO is the first Spanish printed periodical that settles in the future.”
Source: El Mundo
Financial Times CEO belies end of the paper edition
In an interview with Reuters, the CEO of the Financial Times says that the effort that is being made in developing web does not mean that the print edition will disappear.
The newspaper, in a salmon-hued print, have already 125 years, and will continue to exist, according to CEO John Ridding.
“The irony is the right print format has a very good future” he said. The digital strategy, in his opinion, is not a step to the end of the print edition.
Source: Reuters
Portuguese Newspaper sales continue to fall
According to the latest data from the Portuguese Association for the Control of Circulation and Runs (APCT), newspaper sales continue to decline.
Correio da Manhã continues to be the best selling among the newspapers that are audited by APCT, the second place belongs to the weekly Expresso.
Among the generalist dailies, the newspaper with less readers loses is Diário de Notícias. The largest drop in sales was recorded in the weekly Sol.
In the sports segment continues to be led by the newspaper Record (A Bola is not audited by APCT), whereas in the economic segment – a segment that seemed able to withstand the crisis, but ended up giving in to falling sales – Jornal de Negócios is indicated as the leader although OJE, running in a “low-cost” model, is the real leader of the segment.
Source: Correio da Manhã
New monthly magazine Four Four Two
The publisher Goody is responsible for the Portuguese version of the football magazine Four Four Two. The Portuguese version will have a monthly periodicity and the first number is for the month of November.
Four Four Two, which in its original version is the best-selling football magazine in the world, promises “unique articles of high quality editorial with photographic record high level.”
Goody was already responsible for the magazines BGamer, TopGear, Empire and T3.
Source: Goody