Last week Newsday put out a hilarious new ad to promote its new iPad app, and now Apple has made them take down the most widely distributed version, according to an insider tip posted by by Network World. Maybe it was because the ad shows a guy who has replaced his newspaper with the iPad trying to swat a fly with the device and ends up smashing his iPad into shards. The tipster said Apple told Newsday had to get rid of the ad, or they would eject their app from the App store. Touchy, touchy. In case you missed it, here is the ad again (reuploaded by another user): [More]
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Newspapers Add Card Readers To Vending Machines In Vain Attempt To Sell More Ink
By 7.6.10
As newsstand prices continue to go up, and circulation numbers take the elevator in the opposite direction, newspaper publishers are looking for new ways to make it a little less daunting for customers to part with the money needed to buy their daily dead tree. One idea: credit card readers on vending machines. “Have you got eight quarters in your pocket right now?” asks Ian Jackson, VP for circulation at The Wall Street Journal, which sells for, yes, $2.00 at street level. [More]
HP And Yahoo Want To Put Ads On Your Printouts
By 6.21.10
Google’s not the only company that wants to put ads on everything you read. HP’s new web-connected printers will let you send pages or photos directly from websites or phones and schedule recurring printouts from content partners–and the company is pilot testing a program with Yahoo’s advertising network to deliver targeted ads on those scheduled printouts. [More]
The New York Times Doesn't Want You Accessing Its RSS Feed Via An RSS Feed Reader
By 6.8.10
Update: Apple apparently realized that losing 30% of revenue on sales of the Pulse News Reader wasn’t worth playing along with the Times’ weirdness, and put the app back up for sale before the end of the day–with the newspaper’s feed still included as a default. [More]
Get Ready To Pay For Your New York Times In 2011
By 5.14.10
New York Times Executive Editor Bill Keller announced that the paper will be charging for access to its articles early next year. [More]
Even Newspapers Are Going 3D Now
By 4.28.10
Newspaper mad scientist Rupert Murdoch is apparently jumping on the James Cameron bandwagon, because now his British tabloid The Sun is going to go 3D, Deadline Hollywood Daily reports. [More]
Are Newspapers Covering Costs By Gouging Readers Placing Obits?
By 4.19.10
Writing on his Reflections of a Newsosaur blog, Alan D. Mutter contends newspapers are sticking it to those who place paid obits in their pages. He said the San Francisco Chronicle wanted $450 for a 182-word death notice. Mutter says the gouging may be part of an industry-wide trend. [More]
The Good, Bad And Ugly Of iPad News Apps
By 4.6.10
Endgadget compares and contrasts some of the most visible newspaper and magazine iPad apps. The rundown: The New York Times sets the industry standard, the Wall Street Journal is slick but expensive, the Associated Press is clunky but free and USA Today is crash prone. [More]
Miami Herald Stops Asking For Handouts
By 2.23.10
After asking readers for donations late last year, the Miami Herald has given up on the program, Reflections of a Newsosaur reports: [More]
New York Times Announced Vague Plans For Metered Charging
By 1.21.10
Likely assuming no other newspaper will still be around in 2011, the New York Times announced its engagement with the bad idea that it will begin charging readers to check out its stuff online. [More]
Get Ready To Pay For Your NYT Fix
By 1.18.10
New York reports The New York Times is on the verge of charging for its online content once again, after abandoning its pay wall more than two years ago. [More]
Miami Herald Asks For Donations
By 12.17.09
Hurting for cash like all newspapers, the Miami Herald has found a way to scrounge up some extra cash — ask online readers to donate, NBC Miami reports. [More]
WSJ 1999: "If This Is A Bubble, It Sure Is Hard To Pop"
By 10.14.09
I just found this awesome Wall Street Journal front page from 1999 covering the first time the Dow broke 10,000. It’s full of unintentionally hilarious crap that gives keen insight into how we got into this economic catastrophe in the first place. Full-size inside.
Denver Start-Up E-Newspapers Failed Because They Ignored Consumers
By 10.7.09
There’s a lot of newspaper failure going around, well, everywhere these days, but particularly in Denver, where the Rocky Mountain News and its online offshoots the INDenver Times and the Rocky Mountain Independent have all either ceased publication entirely or drastically shifted their business models to become shadows of their former selves.
Last Remaining Human Who Actually Wants To Subscribe To A Newspaper Can't
By 10.5.09
Meet Michael. He likes to read the newspaper. Sadly, his attempts to resubscribe to the Washington Post have resulted in abject failure. Hmm, we thought that newspapers were sort of hurting for subscribers…
Newspapers Aren't Quite Sure Whether You'll Pay To Read Their Stuff Online
By 9.14.09
Alan Mutter, who pontificates about the print industry on his Reflections of a Newsosaur blog, cites a survey that says 51 percent of paper publishers think it’s a good idea to start charging readers for online content they’ve always given away for free
Some 71 Percent Of Newspaper Advertisers Stick Around
By 8.28.09
Enough with all the negative news about the newspaper industry. Let’s get positive, folks. For instance, instead of parroting this Bloomberg report that newspaper revenue plunged by 29 percent last quarter, let’s emphasize that 71 percent of advertisers stuck around.
Was Consumer Columnist's Demise Due To Editorial Cutbacks Or Advertising Interference?
By 8.20.09
The story of consumer columnist George Gombossy‘s departure from the Hartford Courant has become a “he said”/”company said” argument that seems like something out of a consumer affairs column. Was Gombossy let go for reporting on an advertiser, as he alleges, or was the elimination of his position simply part of the cutbacks taking place all over the Tribune Company?
