Category Archives: Newspapers

Newsreel

Posted on May 4, 2011 by Michael Carney

Send to KindleFairfax and APN have both just released financial updates. The main points: Fairfax Media revenues for the second half of the July 2010-June 2011 financial year (measured on an as reported basis) are currently 4.5% lower than last … Continue reading →

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Every Eyeball Matters

Posted on March 17, 2010 by Michael Carney

Send to KindleWhile some newspapers globally are agonising over the killing fields of the internet and whether paywalls can solve the problem of fiscal death by click, others have joined magazines in a whole new approach to the digital dilemma: … Continue reading →

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Shock! Horror! Readership Results

Posted on February 15, 2010 by Michael Carney

Send to KindleSo the latest magazine and newspaper readership and circulation figures are out and most publications’ numbers are down. Quelle surprise! And with a recession on, too — go figure. Let’s put the bloodbath into some sort of context. … Continue reading →

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Readership Wrangle Across The Ditch

Posted on December 15, 2009 by Michael Carney

Send to KindleLittle bit of a stoush over in Oz, with News Limited chairman and chief executive John Hartigan accusing Roy Morgan Research of setting out to destroy an attempt by newspaper publishers to find an alternative readership measurement system. … Continue reading →

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Newspapers Debate: "What do we do about Google?"

Posted on November 25, 2009 by Michael Carney

Send to KindleThe World Association of Newspapers (WAN) asks the question — and offers a potentially fiery debate — at its upcoming World Newspaper Congress in Hyderabad India (December 1-3). Should we, asks WAN: Applaud our gains in web site … Continue reading →

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The Herald Sees Red (Bull)

Posted on November 17, 2009 by Michael Carney

Send to KindleComing in early January to the pages of the NZ Herald: The Red Bulletin. This self-described “almost independent monthly magazine” is, in case you didn’t pick from the cover shot, a lifestyle magazine powered by Red Bull. Want … Continue reading →

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Dear Mr Murdoch – Talk To Mr Jobs

Posted on October 25, 2009 by Michael Carney

Send to KindleThat little problem that Rupert Murdoch has — the one about the Internet tearing his business plan to shreds? Perhaps he should have a chat to Steve Jobs about selling newspapers through iTunes. Clearly Si Newhouse (publisher of … Continue reading →

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NZ Herald Goes Window-Shopping

Posted on July 27, 2009 by Michael Carney

Send to KindleThe New Zealand Herald has developed a new product that it’s been pitching to advertisers over the past week or so (but which will only proceed if there’s sufficient interest/dollars). The new title is called the NZ SHOPPING … Continue reading →

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NBR Battles Against The Tide

Posted on July 21, 2009 by Michael Carney

Send to KindleThe National Business Review (NBR), well used to looking at a variety of business models, is now trying out a new one of its own: a new paid online Subscriber Only Content service to augment its regular news … Continue reading →

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Where Do Journalists Get Their Ideas?

Posted on May 10, 2009 by Michael Carney

Send to KindleWe used to think that they just made stuff up! Turns out we were wrong. A survey of U.S. journalists by Brodeur, a strategic communications group, suggests that blogs are not only having an impact on the speed … Continue reading →

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