3/21/2005 - Daily Print Media Business News:
International Print Media News:
3/21/05 - Canada regulator says Hollinger Inc diverted funds:
TORONTO, - Canada's top securities regulator took its first action against Conrad Black on Friday, alleging the fallen press baron oversaw diversion of funds at his Hollinger Inc. (HLGc.TO) holding company as well as "misleading or untrue" financial reporting.
reuters
http://yahoo.reuters.com/financeQuoteCompanyNewsArticle.jhtml?duid=mtfh07733_2005-03-18_23-19-19_n1826659_newsml
3/21/05 - Metal Bulletin posts strong results:
Business publishing and data group Metal Bulletin has posted strong results for 2004, including a 23.7% increase in adjusted profit before tax of £9.4m.
mediaweek uk
http://www.mediaweek.co.uk/articles/folder2005/Mar03/metalbulletin-2004results
3/21/05 - Metro International flexes muscles in Italian market:
Global free newspaper pioneer Metro International has unveiled a massive programme of expansion in Italy with five new editions launched in a single day.
mediaweek uk
http://www.mediaweek.co.uk/articles/folder2005/Mar03/metrointl-alylaunches
3/21/05 - Indy and Bel Tel push revenue to new high:
The Independent and the Belfast Telegraph have seen revenues rise to record levels during 2004 on the back of an improving advertising market and the success of the switch to a compact edition.
mediaweek uk
http://www.mediaweek.co.uk/articles/folder2005/Mar03/INMresults-2004
3/21/05 - How a local paper keeps giants at bay New Feature:
SCHWARZACH, Austria In Vorarlberg, the westernmost state of Austria, Vienna is a strange and distant place, a day's drive east across the Alps. The nearest airports are in Switzerland. The closest cultural hubs are Zurich and Munich. And the dominant national newspaper, the Neue Kronen-Zeitung, which has perhaps the greatest market share of any paper in any country with a free press, struggles in vain against a local daily, the Vorarlberger Nachrichten.
iht
http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/03/20/business/side21.html
3/21/05 - Axel Springer to launch tabloid newspaper in Western Europe in 2006:
HAMBURG - Publishing group Axel Springer AG (Xetra: 550135.DE - news) is planning to launch a new tabloid newspaper in Western Europe in 2006, chief executive Mathias Doepfner told Financial Times Deutschland. He said he could imagine launching the newspaper in 'all big markets: Spain, Italy, France and Scandinavia', adding that Springer is currently in negotiations with potential local partner companies.
afx
http://uk.biz.yahoo.com/050321/323/fenlt.html
3/21/05 - Norway: Aftenposten Morning increases readership every day of the week:
Aftenposten is the one among the leading Norwegian dailies which has the highest growth this past year. On average, Aftenposten’s Morning Edition has an increase of 10.000 new daily readers from March 2004 to March 2005.
portada
http://www.publicitas.com/display.asp?id=6.8&chp=6.3&foot=6.9&cpny=*&PARAM1=13856
3/21/05 - Singapore: SPH AsiaOne.com revamps news content – and all for free!:
Readers looking for the latest Singapore, regional, and world news, ranging from technology, finance, business, health, sports and show business, can find it all on the newly-revamped SPH AsiaOne news , which went live on Wednesday 16 March.
portada
http://www.publicitas.com/display.asp?id=6.8&chp=6.3&foot=6.9&cpny=*&PARAM1=13852
3/21/05 - Netherlands: Autopodium to cease publication:
21 Mar 2005 Autopodium, the car magazine for men aged between 20 and 45 years of age, has ceased publication. The magazine, purchased by Audax in 2003, had a circulation of 10'000 copies.
publicitas
http://www.publicitas.com/display.asp?id=6.8&chp=6.3&foot=6.9&cpny=*&PARAM1=13850
3/21/05 - Price rise for Sunday Times:
The Sunday Times is putting up its price for the first time in two and a half years to £1.50.
media guardian
http://media.guardian.co.uk/presspublishing/story/0,7495,1440985,00.html
National Print Media News:
3/21/05 - The Wall Street Journal Announces Largest Residential Real-Estate Advertising Presentation in Its History:
NEW YORK-- The Wall Street Journal, the world's leading business publication, announced that today's paper carries the largest residential real-estate advertising presentation in its history--in both revenue and page count. Revenue was 13% greater than the previous high and page count increased 9%.
business wire
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/050318/185393_12.html
3/21/05 - Newspapers battle Web sites for classified ads:
SAN FRANCISCO, - Not so long ago, the classified ad section of the local newspaper was the best place to sell a car, rent an apartment or post a job opening. Now the Internet is shaking up this once-staid and lucrative business. Newspaper publishers that once enjoyed a virtual monopoly on the classified market are facing increasing competition, including from Web sites like eBay Inc. (EBAY.O: Quote, Profile, Research) , for this rich piece of turf.
reuters
http://yahoo.reuters.com/financeQuoteCompanyNewsArticle.jhtml?duid=mtfh23488_2005-03-20_15-49-52_n20237756_newsml
3/21/05 - Dow Jones CEO gets higher salary, bonus in '04:
NEW YORK, - The chief executive of Dow Jones & Co Inc. (DJ.N) got a 31 percent increase in salary, bonus and other compensation last year, according to a regulatory filing on Friday. Peter Kann, who is also the media company's chairman, received about $2.82 million in salary, bonus and other compensation in 2004, according to a proxy statement filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. He also received stock options.
reuters
http://yahoo.reuters.com/financeQuoteCompanyNewsArticle.jhtml?duid=mtfh06772_2005-03-18_21-58-37_n18612474_newsml
3/21/05 - Belo February Sales Decline:
DALLAS -- Media conglomerate Belo Corp. said Friday that February revenue declined for both its newspaper and television businesses because of one less Sunday and one less day and lower revenue from Super Bowl and political ads.
ap
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/050318/belo_sales_1.html
3/21/05 - The New York Times Company and PRIMEDIA Complete About.com Transaction:
NEW YORK-- The New York Times Company and PRIMEDIA Inc. announced today the closing of the sale of About, Inc. to The New York Times Company.
business wire
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/050318/185356_1.html
3/21/05 - The New York Times Magazine Introduces ''T: Travel'':
NEW YORK-- The New York Times Magazine announced today the introduction of "T: Travel," a new travel publication that joins the popular "T: The New York Times Style Magazine" collection of magazines. The first issue of "T: Travel" will be published on Sunday, March 20 and will feature cover photography by Raymond Meier that captures the romance and the esthetic of travel. "T: Travel" will be published quarterly and replaces "The Sophisticated Traveler."
business wire
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/050318/185284_1.html
3/21/05 - Bluff Magazine Hits the Airwaves:
ATLANTA- America's #1 poker magazine has announced that it has taken over the airwaves. Upstart poker radio show, Poker Night Radio, has been re-launched as the Bluff Magazine Poker Hour and, every Wednesday at 6PM PT/9PM ET, brings news, insight and interviews from the thrilling world of poker, America's fastest growing sport.
business wire
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/050321/215483_1.html
3/21/05 - Business magazines booming:
If you're an over-achiever determined to read every local business publication, you'd better take a speed-reading course. The business magazine market in Dane County is booming.
capital times
http://www.madison.com/tct/business/stories/index.php?ntid=32499
3/21/05 - Bush's Re-election Lifts Circulation at Liberal Magazines:
Sheepish though they may be about profiting from George Bush's re-election, some liberal magazines have seen subscriptions rise during the recent political season. "We had a huge spike in orders beginning the day after the election," said Art Stupar, vice president for circulation at The Nation, which comes out weekly. "In fact, our Web site, in the week following the election, generated 2,600 subscriptions." Typically, The Nation gets no more than 500 subscriptions a week through its Web site, he said.
ny times
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/21/business/media/21mag.html?adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1111417620-jz08+oOSF3xWlqrPSa3JPw
3/21/05 - The News Is Big. It's the Papers That Are Getting Small:
The daily brew in The Jersey Journal is the stuff of tabloid heaven: a gambling boss bribes a cop; two robbers mistakenly gun down their 15-year-old accomplice; a police dog searches for the body parts of a dismembered woman whose head was found inside a bowling bag. Now the editors have decided it is time for form to match function. Today, they plan to announce they are taking the 138-year-old Jersey Journal from a broadsheet format to a tabloid.
ny times
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/21/business/media/21tabloid.html
3/21/05 - A German-Jewish Publication Adjusts to Changing Times:
ZURICH - A few weeks ago, a publication that its loyal, if small, group of readers had given up for dead began appearing in mailboxes from New York to Caracas, Venezuela. Printed on glossy stock, with a sophisticated layout and now issued as a monthly magazine, the German-Jewish publication Aufbau bore little resemblance to the storied newspaper (originally a weekly but later issued every two weeks) that until one year ago had chronicled and helped influence New York's Jewish population for more than 70 years.
ny times
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/21/books/21zine.html
3/21/05 - The Power of Print:
Good news can come from unexpected places. Weary from fighting circulation declines and competitive media battles back home, newspaper executives in Dallas today will hear some uplifting news about the power of print, and it will come from the leader of the world’s largest magazine company.
naa press times
http://www.naa.org/newspapers05/live/sunday/power-print.html
3/21/05 - Digital Edge Awards Honor Newspapers' Top Online Effots:
Dallas – The most enterprising examples of newspapers’ online content and advertising programs were honored this evening with Digital Edge Awards by the Newspaper Association of America’s New Media Federation. The tenth annual presentation of the “Edgies” took place at a reception held during Newspapers ’05, NAA’s comprehensive newspaper industry mega-conference, March 19-22 at the Hyatt Regency at Reunion and Dallas Convention Center.
naa
http://www.naa.org/utilartpage.cfm?TID=NR&AID=6818
3/21/05 - Create Communications will launch a Create Magazine syndicate of publications...:
Create Communications will launch a Create Magazine syndicate of publications--a network of metropolitan trade journals for the advertising and creative production industries.
cm
http://www.circman.com/Circulation_Management.445+M5c3ef04753f.0.html?&tx_ttnews%5barc%5d=1&tx_ttnews%5bpL%5d=2678399&tx_ttnews%5bpS%5d=1088654400&tx_ttnews%5btt_news%5d=171
3/21/05 - Racing Fan magazine set for debut this week:
Racing Fan, a magazine for the passionate NASCAR enthusiast, celebrates the 75 million fans that have made NASCAR the fastest-growing sport in America.
nascar
http://www.nascar.com/2005/news/headlines/official/03/20/racingfan_debut/index.html
3/21/05 - 'Women's Health' hopes to flex as much mag muscle as its older brother:
Rodale Inc. launches a women's counterpart to Men's Health that looks like a mirror image. It's a girl! Seventeen years after giving birth to the popular Men's Health magazine, Rodale Inc. is launching Women's Health.
star telegraph
http://news.search.yahoo.com/news/search?p=magazine&ei=UTF-8&fl=0&b=31
3/21/05 - La Opinión strikes deal with Eli Lilly:
Los Angeles Spanish-language daily La Opinión will publish supplements sponsored by pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly.
portada-online
http://portada-online.com/HTML/WEBSITE/PAID/2005/03210503.ASPX
3/21/05 - Papel Media looks beyond print:
Mexico City based Trainor Publicidad and Chicago based Papel Media Network have formed Kreativa, a full service Hispanic advertising agency with a strong grassroots approach.
portada-online
http://portada-online.com/productdetails.aspx?productID=1243&cid=1
3/21/05 - Mundo Hispánico-AJC to Test Pilot Ad-Sales Project:
Mundo Hispánico acquired last year by the Atlanta Journal Constitution, will launch the first coordinated ad-sales project in collaboration with the Atlanta Journal Constitution
portada-online
http://portada-online.com/productdetails.aspx?productID=1242&cid=1
3/21/05 - 'Jersey Journal' Switches to Tabloid; Some KR Papers To Follow?:
As tab trend continues, Tony Ridder says he will announce soon a similar shift at two or three KR metro papers. He still prefers broadsheets but admits that what he likes and "what sells newspapers are two different things."
editor & publisher
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000846897
3/21/05 - Newhouse Rules Mag Award Nominatinos:
They say the National Magazine Awards, also known as the Ellies, are all about the editors and the stories, but inside each corporation is an imaginary gauge tallying how it has fared against its rivals.
ny post
http://nypost.com/business/41427.htm
3/21/05 - The Source Revamps, Adds Latino Edition:
While hip-hop has become as all-American as McDonald's, music magazine The Source has struggled to cue up readers and advertisers. The monthly's rate base of 500,000 was slashed to 430,000 in January, and ad pages have plummeted 20 percent through April to 245 compared to the same period in 2004, reported the Mediaweek Monitor. Conversely, urban lifestyle book Vibe, which has a 860,400 circ and has seen its ads jump 10 percent year to date, is successfully reaching readers eager for news on Jay-Z and Lil' Jon.
mediaweek
http://www.mediaweek.com/mw/news/print/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000846556
3/21/05 - Men's Startups Get Tweaked to Bulk Up Sales:
Already steeped in testosterone, the newsstand last year became even more muscular, with new launches targeting specific male archetypes: men who love gadgets and fashion, men who love music and men who love…themselves. And while such new books--Condé Nast’s Cargo, the independent Giant and Ziff Davis Media’s Sync--have tried to stand out from their general-interest brethren, single-copy sales have been a tough challenge with sell-through averages ranging from single digits to high teens. Now, to remedy this, as well as to surely help boost advertising, all three are tweaking their editorial formulas.
mediaweek
http://www.mediaweek.com/mw/news/recent_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000846587 3/21/05 - Weathers Steps Down From Essence:
More turmoil from Time Inc.'s Essence Communication Partners. In the wake of the sudden closing of urban fashion magazine Suede after publishing just four issues, Diane Weathers, editor in chief of Essence, is stepping down.
mediaweek
http://www.mediaweek.com/mw/news/recent_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000846998
3/21/05 - The Week to Launch Web Redesign, Target Online Ad Dollars:
The Week, the three-year old aggregate of news and opinion briefings, is in the process of redesigning its Web site, www.theweekmagazine.com, set to go live in April.
folio
http://www.foliomag.com/index.php?id=396&backPID=392&tt_news=596
3/21/05 - LBM Journal Partners With TV For Ad Swap:
Lakeville, MN-based LBM Journal has partnered with the producers of Business & Beyond, a nationally-aired television program covering business industry trends, in an advisory role. As part of the deal, LBM will promote the show in its ad pages, and the journal will get commercial spots on the show.
folio
http://www.foliomag.com/index.php?id=396&backPID=392&tt_news=596
3/21/05 - Newspapers may be big loser in Macy's buyout of Robinsons:
If Robinsons-May department stores convert to Macy's, the biggest losers might be daily newspapers across the country.
msn
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/7254026/
3/21/05 - Marchex's TrafficLeader Express to Power Houston Chronicle's Local Merchant Search Engine Marketing Program:
EUGENE, Ore.-- TrafficLeader, a subsidiary of Marchex, Inc. (Nasdaq:MCHX)(Nasdaq:MCHXP), today announced that it has signed a local search engine marketing agreement with the Houston Chronicle, one of the nation's largest daily metropolitan newspapers. The agreement will enable the Houston Chronicle to directly sell its local business advertisers comprehensive search marketing programs utilizing TrafficLeader Express, a fully outsourced and customizable search engine marketing platform that dynamically creates, fulfills and manages search engine marketing campaigns. The offering is expected to be available to Houston Chronicle's local advertisers during the second quarter of 2005.
business wire
http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20050321005073&newsLang=en