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Lazy Sunday afternoon evaporating for The Observer?
Posted in Media, Branwell Johnson, Latest reporters' blogs August 5th, 2009 by Branwell Johnson
No-one is writing the obituary of The Observer yet but owner Guardian Media Group has made it clear it is looking at all options for its publishing operations and it won’t shy away from tough decisions.
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(0)Down the tube
Posted in Latest reporters' blogs, Jim Prior April 8th, 2009 by Jim Prior
The other day someone asked me where I’d got an obscure piece of information, about Bhutan, from. “Metro,” I said, “the source of all knowledge.”
Tags Jim Prior, Metro, Recycling, Print, Underground
Can reminding people of the past secure the future?
Posted in Latest reporters' blogs, Russell Parsons November 17th, 2008 by Russell Parsons
What price a newspaper?
Posted in Media, Branwell Johnson, Latest reporters' blogs November 7th, 2008 by Branwell Johnson
It doesn’t seem to matter whether publishers slash the cover price or put it up – newspapers still ain’t selling.
Tags Print, Newspapers, ABC results, The Sun
The Indy takes a price gamble
Posted in Media, Branwell Johnson, Latest reporters' blogs September 12th, 2008 by Branwell Johnson
What’s a daily newspaper worth? Our chosen publications give far more in terms news, comment and entertainment than the few silver coins we cough up but I wager The Independent may be about to discover that readers can be cheapskates.
Tags Print, Newspapers, The Independent, Price
Why lads’ mags will survive
Posted in Media, Marketing, Branwell Johnson, Latest reporters' blogs August 15th, 2008 by Branwell Johnson
Maxim, Loaded, FHM and their ilk are struggling to stay afloat, even without the broadside from a Conservative MP condemning them for destroying family values.
Tags Maxim, Lad's Mags, Print, Loaded, FHM, ABCs, Dennis Publishing
Magazines under attack
Posted in Media, Arif Durrani, Latest reporters' blogs August 7th, 2008 by Arif Durrani
Who’d want to be a magazine publisher right now? With just a week to go before the industry’s biannual circulation report, which is expected to be bloody and already has commentators sharpening their talons, and the nation’s weeklies and monthlies are already fighting on other fronts.
Tags Magazines, Asda, Retail Newsagent, Print, Media Guardian, PPA, ABCs
The Sun’s going Polish – hurray?
Posted in Media June 6th, 2008 by admin
I was interested in reading that The Sun newspaper, which has run stories like “Polish criminals set free in the UK”, “Poles in benefits scam claims” and “Polish builders nicked my flat” is now bringing out a Polish edition called Polski Sun this Saturday for Euro 2008. Is this a case of, if you can’t beat them, join them?
Can DLKW reflect Mirror’s appeal?
Posted in Media, Marketing, Branwell Johnson, Latest reporters' blogs May 23rd, 2008 by Branwell Johnson
Read all about it - Delaney Lund Knox Warren is back in the newspaper business after winning the Mirror Group account but the challenges are going to be tougher than a Sudoku puzzle.
Tags DLKW, The Mirror, Print, Media
Will the Guardian still be here in 20 years?
Posted in Media, Digital, Arif Durrani, Latest reporters' blogs May 12th, 2008 by Arif Durrani
Irascible media commentator Roy Greenslade has been creating waves on the other side of the world this month, scaring Australia’s newspaper men silly with his gloves-off vision of media convergence and the future of the printed word, or rather the lack of it.
Tags Guardian, Observer, Print, national newspapers
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