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]
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Print Edition Of TV Guide Tells Me To Go Online To Read Most Of Cover Story
By 3.30.10
Scott bought a copy of TV Guide — yes, apparently that still exists — because he was intrigued by the TV’s Top 50 Families story. He was dismayed to page through the magazine and discover the list stopped at 20. The article prompted him to go online to discover the remaining 30 families on the list. [More]
Big Media To Crack Down On Copyright Pirates
By 3.5.10
On his Reflections of a Newsosaur blog, Alan Mutter says a company called Attributor has rounded up several big media companies and is set to go after sites that hock their content for free. [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]
After 3 Months, Only 35 Paying Customers For Newspaper's Web Site
By 1.26.10
Newsday is a Long Island newspaper. Some people bought it for $650 million and put it behind a pay wall. Three months later, they’ve got 35 subscribers. Yes, 35. [More]
Borders CEO Quits After A Year On The Job
By 1.26.10
Borders CEO Ron Marshall has decided to move on to better things after only a year. The troubled bookseller is currently in the process of closing 182 of its Waldenbooks stores (more than half of them), and is generally being frowned upon due to its lack of initiative in getting into the e-reader market. (Amazon has the Kindle, B&N has the Nook, and Borders has um…hmmm…) Now they’ll have to find a new CEO to turn things around. [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]
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?
Hartford Courant Consumer Columnist Fired For Pissing Off Advertiser
By 8.15.09
Consumer affairs columnist George Gombossy has worked for the Hartford Courant since 1969—longer than most Consumerist readers have been alive. Yesterday was his last day at the paper, but he wasn’t caught up in one of the rounds of buyouts and layoffs hitting the newspaper industry. Gombossy claims that he was “was fired for doing [his] job,” after his last column exposed the bedbug-infested mattresses sold by a major Courant advertiser.
If Print Is Dead, Is TV Next?
By 8.13.09
Newspapers and magazines aren’t the only media suffering from dwindling advertising. The TV industry is also readying for a downfall, reports The Atlantic.
You Like Video Games? Clearly, You Also Like Scantily Clad Women
By 6.19.09
Electronic Gaming Monthly magazine shut down earlier this year, leaving many disappointed fans. It’s what has happened to subscribers in the wake of the magazine’s death, however, that is problematic.
