Posted by John Burke on August 30, 2006 at 4:00 PM
Newswatch quotes the Korea Times which reports that Internet advertising on the southern half of the Peninsula accounts for almost 10% of the entire advertising market, coming after TV and newspapers at 33.5 and 26.4% respectively. Online ads are expected to grow 30% a year through 2008 whereas TV, newspapers and radio lost 5 to 8% of their share over the 2003-04 period.
Source: Newswatch
Brass Tacks Design critiques the
New York Times' website redesign saying that it's "better but its not enough." Why? Because it still strays too far from the golden rules of print newspaper design. Brass Tacks shows screen captures of several exemplary sites which maximize content and advertiser impact. The underlying theme: simplicity.
Posted by John Burke on March 28, 2006 at 11:12 AM
One of the few national markets in which print circulations have shown positive gains in recent years, India's success doesn't seem like it will wane any time soon. But like the rest of the world, India's newspaper market is coming to grips with the Internet. So what's the future of print in India?
Posted by John Burke on November 28, 2005 at 3:15 PM
Mediapost reports that a Pew Internet and American Life Project survey shows that September's use of online classified advertising was up 80% year-on-year. Craigslist claimed 8.8 million visitors, a 156% boost from last year. With more consumers becoming accustomed to the Internet, free online classifieds will only cut further into newspaper revenues, which by some estimates are already down 75%.
Source: MediaPost
Posted by John Burke on November 15, 2005 at 8:00 PM
The speculative sale of American newspaper giant Knight Ridder, or break up thereof, does not only reflect years of newspaper circulation slides and huge profit margin demands by shareholders. More relevantly in today's new media world, it demonstrates the original carelessness of the newspaper industry in underestimating the effects the Internet would have as well as the difficulties newspapers currently face in racing to catch up.
