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Rupert Murdoch’s statements on paid-for content generated hundreds of column inches, and a Google search throws up the best part of 1,000 stories. All the ones I’ve had time to look at have been free,...
View ArticleGood news day
Today is something of a red-letter day for new launches. The first national newspaper launch for umpteen years (24, actually) has hit the streets in the shape of i. Crazy name, and no doubt some will...
View ArticleLong Eaton: a hotbed of hyper-local publishing
How many column inches have been written in print, and online, about the supposed terminal decline of printed newspapers? Too many. In the face of so much negative comment (including this ‘newspaper...
View ArticleHyper-local hoorah
I spotted the hashtag #loveyourlocalpaper on Twitter this morning, it seems to be gaining a bit of momentum although it’s yet to trend above Harry Potter and the Deathly Vagina (don’t ask). This...
View ArticleSun on Sunday in rush job shocker
Yesterday Rupert Murdoch proudly tweeted that the first edition of his new Sun on Sunday had sold 3m copies. How many of those purchases will turn out to be driven by curiosity, or a desire to have a...
View ArticlePlenty of time to take in print panoply
Last night I queued for two-and-a-half-hours at the Royal Academy of Arts in London. This was a form of self-inflicted penance for being a complete maroon and not acting immediately upon the “must book...
View ArticleNewspapers in a spin
Newspapers. Big numbers, big problems. Unfortunately some of the specific problems related to the newspaper business reflect badly on print as a whole. The world outside of the industry tends to...
View ArticleHybrid future for newspaper printing?
I’m wondering if Axel Springer is providing some clues to the likely future shape of successful newspaper printing operations. It was super-interesting to visit the German publisher and printer’s...
View ArticleNewspaper evolution
Newspapers. Massively challenged, yet still massive. News that News International will pay Johnston Press £10m to facilitate an early exit from its printing contract with the latter is an indication of...
View ArticleHave Swedes cracked on-demand newsstand?
A fact-finding trip to Sweden is required, in order to try out this new print-on-demand newsstand concept for newspapers and magazines. It’s giving me a flashback to my unsuccessful trip to Blackwells...
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