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![]() "Nickname unavailable" wrote in message ... On Jul 11, 10:15 pm, "David Eduardo" wrote: "Nickname unavailable" wrote in message ... because they were purchased, or infiltrated by hedge funds that drove up debts, so that the parasitical hedge fund could sit by their pools, and collect checks from the cash flow. they created such bland papers, that they drove almost everyone away, no matter the age. now they cannot pay their bills. to bad, the papers backed free market economics, and now its bite them in the ass. You are full of untruths today. that is your opinion. so far that is all i have seen from you, your opinion. Newspaper circulation is so trendable that charts are even in introduction to media books at the college level. Circulation has been falling for decades, and it is demonstrable. The loss of classified revenue, auto revenue and real estate revenue is in every publicly traded print company's annual reports and investor updates, with exact statistics. The ABC documents circulation, and similarly documented counts of column inches of advertising are readily available. Papers have been on the decline for 25 to 30 years, because younger people get their news and information from TV... and in the last decade, from the Internet. of course there are reasons for that. as i have stated. in europe, news papers and magazines are doing much better because they are not bland conservative doormats. I was just looking at the financials of Grupo Prisa from Spain, publisher of Spain's huge national daily... where revenues have been slipping for 10 years and the company is rapidly moving resources to new media instead. England has seen papers cease publication, and the business is just as bad there as the US, even though readership is enhanced by the huge use of public transit. Classifieds are so easy on the web, as is finding a house or selling one. Checking out cars and prices is also easy on the web... even buying one and then going to sign and pick it up. that is true. but that does not mean total failure as we have seen in america. the same things are happening in europe, yet papers are doing much better there, even thriving. No, they are not. They are losing ad revenue, losing younger demo circulation and costs are increasing. The most debt-free newspapers are still in trouble, because people under 35 or 40 don't read them, and many in older groups don't read as often or as much... and the three biggest sources of revenue, cars, classifies and real estate, have all but dried up. same in europe, yet, the european papers give people something to read. they are staying afloat, ours are not. people simply do not believe them anymore. they cover nothing that is important, or if they do, its milk toast that some right wing stink tank issues. Very, very few US papers have closed, save those that had a direct competitor. Two paper cities practically don't exist, but that trend started in the 50's with things like the News buying the Press in Cleveland, etc. But papers are still viable, but are shrinking. If costs are reduced, they will go on for years. |
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On Jul 12, 1:05*am, "David Eduardo" wrote:
"Nickname unavailable" wrote in message ... On Jul 11, 10:15 pm, "David Eduardo" wrote: "Nickname unavailable" wrote in message .... because they were purchased, or infiltrated by hedge funds that drove up debts, so that the parasitical hedge fund could sit by their pools, and collect checks from the cash flow. they created such bland papers, that they drove almost everyone away, no matter the age. now they cannot pay their bills. to bad, the papers backed free market economics, and now its bite them in the ass. You are full of untruths today. that is your opinion. so far that is all i have seen from you, your opinion. Newspaper circulation is so trendable that charts are even in introduction to media books at the college level. Circulation has been falling for decades, and it is demonstrable. The loss of classified revenue, auto revenue and real estate revenue is in every publicly traded print company's annual reports and investor updates, with exact statistics. The ABC documents circulation, and similarly documented counts of column inches of advertising are readily available. because they are bland conservative door mats. but in europe, its different. Papers have been on the decline for 25 to 30 years, because younger people get their news and information from TV... and in the last decade, from the Internet. of course there are reasons for that. as i have stated. in europe, news papers and magazines are doing much better because they are not bland conservative doormats. I was just looking at the financials of Grupo Prisa from Spain, publisher of Spain's huge national daily... where revenues have been slipping for 10 years and the company is rapidly moving resources to new media instead. England has seen papers cease publication, and the business is just as bad there as the US, even though readership is enhanced by the huge use of public transit. i did not say all was roses, however, they are doing better. because they are not bland conservative doormats. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/0...n_180621..html European Newspapers Thriving While Americans Struggle New York Times | Eric Pfanner | 03/30/09 New York Times: PARIS -- As the death toll in the American newspaper industry mounted this month, the German publisher Axel Springer, which owns Bild, the biggest newspaper in Europe, reported the highest profit in its 62- year history. At Springer's headquarters in Berlin, there has been no desperate talk of how to survive the recession and the digital revolution. Instead, Mathias Döpfner, Springer's chief executive, said he was looking for opportunities to expand, scouting around for acquisitions in Germany, Eastern Europe and maybe -- in what would be a first for the company -- the United States. Read the whole story: New York Times Classifieds are so easy on the web, as is finding a house or selling one. Checking out cars and prices is also easy on the web... even buying one and then going to sign and pick it up. that is true. but that does not mean total failure as we have seen in america. the same things are happening in europe, yet papers are doing much better there, even thriving. No, they are not. They are losing ad revenue, losing younger demo circulation and costs are increasing. some are, some are not. typical in the business world, however, as i have posted, some are doing really well ![]() support. they are bland conservative doormats that no one believes anymore. The most debt-free newspapers are still in trouble, because people under 35 or 40 don't read them, and many in older groups don't read as often or as much... and the three biggest sources of revenue, cars, classifies and real estate, have all but dried up. same in europe, yet, the european papers give people something to read. they are staying afloat, ours are not. people simply do not believe them anymore. they cover nothing that is important, or if they do, its milk toast that some right wing stink tank issues. Very, very few US papers have closed, save those that had a direct competitor. Two paper cities practically don't exist, but that trend started in the 50's with things like the News buying the Press in Cleveland, etc. But papers are still viable, but are shrinking. If costs are reduced, they will go on for years. they need to become the guardian, which just broke a huge story that made world headlines. except here of course. its why american news in general is losing readership, and viewership. |
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![]() "Nickname unavailable" wrote in message ... PARIS -- As the death toll in the American newspaper industry mounted this month, the German publisher Axel Springer, which owns Bild, the biggest newspaper in Europe, reported the highest profit in its 62- year history. Death toll? How many US papers have closed this year, to date? One in Tucson, one in Denver, one in Seattle... and a couple more. In 1967, we lost about 30 daily metro papers... all were either evening papers, which succumbed to the Huntley Brinkley Report and to TV evening news in general, or were the second paper in the morning in a metro. Guess what, the ones that I named were all second papers, and there is not enough money for them. So the article starts with an inaccurate statement, as if hundreds of papers had closed when it is barely a handful. And Axel Springer is expanding in things like controlling a major share of online classifieds in his markets, as well as profitable specialty magazines, radio, TV, the German equivalent of Amazon.com, etc., etc, etc. All the revenue growth is in electronic media and new media. |
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On Jul 12, 2:10*am, "David Eduardo" wrote:
"Nickname unavailable" wrote in message ... PARIS -- As the death toll in the American newspaper industry mounted this month, the German publisher Axel Springer, which owns Bild, the biggest newspaper in Europe, reported the highest profit in its 62- year history. Death toll? How many US papers have closed this year, to date? One in Tucson, one in Denver, one in Seattle... and a couple more. In 1967, we lost about 30 daily metro papers... all were either evening papers, which succumbed to the Huntley Brinkley Report and to TV evening news in general, or were the second paper in the morning in a metro. Guess what, the ones that I named were all second papers, and there is not enough money for them. then it shows you that concentration had to start somewhere. last time i checked, oslo norway, pop. a little over 3 mil. still has 3 dailys. So the article starts with an inaccurate statement, as if hundreds of papers had closed when it is barely a handful. nope, if there is only daily, and its gone, then cities have one less source of information. did you read the complete article? And Axel Springer is expanding in things like controlling a major share of online classifieds in his markets, as well as profitable specialty magazines, radio, TV, the German equivalent of Amazon.com, etc., etc, etc.. All the revenue growth is in electronic media and new media. did you read the article. they are looking for papers and magazines to purchase. |
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![]() "Nickname unavailable" wrote in message ... then it shows you that concentration had to start somewhere. last time i checked, oslo norway, pop. a little over 3 mil. still has 3 dailys. As I mentioned before, what sustains European papers, and will for a while longer, is the immense use of public transit systems. What percentage of newspaper users buy the paper to read on the train or bus? No US city, save New York, has anywhere near the use of public transit, and most of the use is by those who can't afford cars. What drives public transit in Europe is far denser population, resulting in an ease in creating transit routes very near each person's residence. Without public transit, the reading time for papers would be reduced enormously and many papers would fail. In Buenos Aires, the southernmost city in Europe, one major daily, Clarín observed that nearly half its daily circulation was bought at Subte (subway) stations and bus and train stops. And that is why in Europe and Latin America, Sunday circulation falls way off, while in the US it is much higher than the Monday-Firday press run. The US depends on home delivery for most circulation... in other parts of the world, there is often no home delivery... all copies are sold on the street. |
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On Jul 12, 1:02*pm, "David Eduardo" wrote:
"Nickname unavailable" wrote in message ... then it shows you that concentration had to start somewhere. last time i checked, oslo norway, pop. a little over 3 mil. still has 3 dailys. As I mentioned before, what sustains European papers, and will for a while longer, is the immense use of public transit systems. What percentage of newspaper users buy the paper to read on the train or bus? No US city, save New York, has anywhere near the use of public transit, and most of the use is by those who can't afford cars. What drives public transit in Europe is far denser population, resulting in an ease in creating transit routes very near each person's residence. Without public transit, the reading time for papers would be reduced enormously and many papers would fail. In Buenos Aires, the southernmost city in Europe, one major daily, Clarín observed that nearly half its daily circulation was bought at Subte (subway) stations and bus and train stops. And that is why in Europe and Latin America, Sunday circulation falls way off, while in the US it is much higher than the Monday-Firday press run. The US depends on home delivery for most circulation... in other parts of the world, there is often no home delivery... all copies are sold on the street. you go where your customers are. but in my case, i love the door to door service. but why buy a bland corporate paper that is a conservative doormat. in europe, papers still break stories faster than the internet. which menas people value them. letting madison avenue that is populated with conservatives and libertarians choose what we see, hear and read, has been a disaster. |
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