Massive old media restructuring coming
John Malone, chairman and controlling shareholder of Liberty Media Corp., said Friday that he expects “massive restructuring and consolidation in old media,” but that change is unlikely – at this point – to include his company purchasing NBC Universal via UPDATE: Liberty Media’s Malone Predicts More Media Upheaval (Apple Computer Inc. (AAPL), Comcast Corp. (CMCSA), [...]
Magazine readers awaited with great anticipation
This article describes the anticipation of a new generation of magazine readers that will allow a full magazine experience that goes beyond Amazon’s Kindle and its competition. These readers, combined with technologies like issuu (which is used by this magazine) and new ways to design magazines like FLYP will provide new ways to enjoy magazines [...]
Frankfurt bookfair photogallery
The Frankfurt Bookfair has closed with the handover of this years’s guest of honour, China to next year’s Argentina. The fair had over 7.000 exhibitors from more than 100 countries. It also adressed businessmodels of the (immediate) future in a number of the 2.500 events that have taken place. The fair had 290.000 visitors which [...]
Bloomberg buys BusinessWeek
Goodbye, BusinessWeek. Hello, Bloomberg BusinessWeek. BusinessWeek acquirer Bloomberg L.P. plans to slap its name on the venerable business title as it seeks to bolster its B2B assets with the power of the iconic consumer weekly. The privately held business information company on Oct. 13 announced that it had agreed to buy the struggling title from [...]
Conde Nast closing magazines
“Gourmet, the food and lifestyle magazine edited by former New York Times restaurant critic Ruth Reichl, is shutting down after owner Condé Nast determined it could no longer sustain the publication’s losses.” Gourmet was a flaghsip title for Conde Nast. The closures come after cost reduction programs of -25% and the folding of 2 other [...]
Magazine publishers plan digital storefront
Following many discussions and Googles’ introduction of Fast Flip for newspapers, magazines are starting initiatives to package their content differently online in an effort to add value. “Time Inc is leading an industry-wide joint venture to create a digital store for magazines as a way for publishers to avoid surrendering their digital future to the [...]
Sorell supports Murdochs’ pay for content plan
The Telegraph reports on the latest Speech of WPP CEO Martin Sorell where he supports Ruper Murdochs heavily publicised plans to start charging for content online. Speaking today in Athens at Stream 2009, the annual invitation-only technology and media conference organised by WPP Digital, Sir Martin said: “[Rupert] Murdoch is absolutely correct to try and [...]
Rupert Murdoch against the internet
Rupert Murdoch’s decission to start charging for online content of his newspapers has received a lot of attention. This in-depth article by Michael Wolff in Vanity Fair analyses Murdoch’s attitude to the internet, his past ventures and the likelyhood of his approach being correct or not. “In one of my favorite Murdoch stories, his wife, [...]
Brutal market needs new revenue streams
In the ongoing debate about paying for content online the Guardian talked to the CEO of the Financial Times, a newspaper that has experimented with online pay models and is allready charging for content. Newspapers can and should find ways to charge for online content if they are to safeguard the future of quality journalism, [...]
New York times still undecided on online model
On Wednesday, Sept. 30, Arthur Sulzberger will host his annual “State of The Times” meeting for Times employees, which is generally a sleepy and awkward affair with lots of corporate cheerleading. But for this year’s meeting, there’s one giant and vital question Times reporters and editors have rolling around in their minds: What’s going on [...]
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