'05 Proving To Be Worst Newspaper Year Since Recession

Media Daily News ^ | 10-31-05 | Ross Fadner

[HangnJudge]

IT'S OFFICIAL: 2005 WILL BE the newspaper industry's worst year since the last ad industry recession. And things aren't looking much better for next year either, according to a top Wall Street firm's report on newspaper publishing. "Sadly, 2005 is shaping up as the industry's worst year from a revenue growth perspective since the recession impacted 2001-2002 period," says the report from Goldman Sachs, adding a warning that meaningful growth in 2006 is "very unlikely."

[HangnJudge]

And this is a bad thing because.....
Deafening silence, Crickets.....

[EagleUSA]

How unfortunate for the libs...

[feedback doctor]

It's W's fault, another reason I TRUST him.

[ncountylee]

Gee...that's too bad.

[VeniVidiVici]

When newspapers start distinguishing between propaganda and reporting, I may just purchase one again.

[Clintonfatigued]

Throughout the country, crocodiles are sobbing.

[nopardons]

They'll never admit why this has happened; however, all of know exactly WHY it has. LOL

[Vinomori]

Newspapers have EARNED their decline by being biased and out of touch and arrogant. There's more good,timely and important stuff on FR than in the nation's top ten papers every day.

[HangnJudge]

Until the press learns to report the news
instead of being the news

To place opinion in it's place and properly labeled
The editorial page

A increasing number of thoughtful individuals
will cease to care what they say

[cynicom]

Waiting for the day the NYT files bankruptcy.

[FormerACLUmember]

Gee, I wonder why the audience/readership is leaving?

[Fenris6]

Sorry, what was that? I was busy reading Powerline, Malkin and Micheal Yon...

http://powerlineblog.com/

http://www.michellemalkin.com/

http://michaelyon.blogspot.com/

[HangnJudge]

Waiting for the day the NYT files bankruptcy.

I'll break out the bubbly

[CFC__VRWC]

Am I supposed to weep about this or something?

How about if I don't and say I did.

[CyberAnt]

And yet .. the dems still don't get it!!

[SmoothTalker]

The internet will eventually kill the print media.

[sport]

Heres hpoing '06 will be worse than '05 for newspapers.

[msjhall]

Seinfeld - That's a shame.

[golfisnr1]

Couldn't have said it better.

[HangnJudge]

[Gondring]

And this is a bad thing because.....

Because the damage hits small conservative papers more than it hits the biggies, and much of the good hard reporting that is analyzed by bloggers still comes from the sources already in place. Conservatives have been active in instituting pajamadeen analysis, but not in getting a good unbiased front-line reporting network in place. :-(

[FreedomPoster]

[axes_of_weezles]

What about the wymmn and Chillins
What about the poor blue staters.
The sodomizers
the baby killers
the hoplophobes
the rats
the race baiters
the poverty pimps
the landfills full of newspaper pulp
The poor antimilitary, antiamerican moonbat left portrayed as mainstream
The antichristian
Socialist, communist, anarchist, anticapitalist
economically illiterate
and gramatically incorrect.

[tiki]

To think I used to actually buy those things and read them. What a waste!

[ConorMacNessa]

Why would anyone pay money for the fishwrap these print "journalists" produce when one can get not only their biased bs but real news on the net for free?

[HangnJudge]

Conservatives have been active in instituting pajamadeen analysis, but not in getting a good unbiased front-line reporting network in place. :-(



I've seen precious little of this
Good, unbiased reporting will not return until
The newspapers are hit where they live, advertising income

[Hank Rearden]

It's W's fault, another reason I TRUST him.

Be careful. Trusting politicians is for the feebleminded and Russians. After all, just look what he does or tries to do when he thinks we're not paying attention.

[Richard-SIA]

Distinguish between propaganda and reporting?
Heck, they can't even distinguish between news and advertising!

[Windcatcher]

Schadenfreude

[FMBass]

"Newspapers have EARNED their decline by being biased and out of touch and arrogant. There's more good,timely and important stuff on FR than in the nation's top ten papers every day."


You, my friend, have a very clear mind.

Couldn’t agree more!

[decal]

"Sadly, 2005 is shaping up as the industry's worst year from a revenue growth perspective since the recession impacted 2001-2002 period..."

At a time when the economy as a whole is growing at 4% a year in spite of two category-5 hurricanes within a month.

HOW CAN THIS BE????

[Rennes Templar]

Every single small NYT and W. Post reader lost is one giant leap for America.

[axes_of_weezles]

not enough bad "news" to report. hehe

[uncbob]

I always thought it ironic that newspapers -Playboy--Time--Newsweek etc etc continually bashed the big corporations and business that they rely for advertising revenue

And I always wondered why businesses continued to advertise in them

[clintonh8r]

schadenfreude...

[Mind-numbed Robot]

Good! Save trees and excite electrons. Long live the internet.

[M Kehoe]

Happy FR birthday, and happy Halloween.

5.56mm

[feedback doctor]

After all, just look what he does or tries to do when he thinks we're not paying attention.

Darn he's not trustworthy and I voted for him. Maybe you and the Kerry supporters were right. /sarcasm

[nopardons]

Many thanks and a HAPPY HALLOWEEN to you too. :-)

[rpage3]

I have taken to referring to news papers as "news paupers" which, I hope, is where they are heading...

[Dilbert56]

I submit Operation Iraqi Freedom killed them. The perfumed princes in their NY studios sat around all day telling us how terribly the war was going for us. Then the embedded reporters showed up in Baghdad after only three weeks. The general public had to conclude the MSM was incompetent (charitable) or hopelessly biased.

[Chode]

and with all the Circulation Hawks looking over their shoulders, revenue has dropped even farther since they can't inflate their numbers to bilk their advertisers as easy as in the past.

[HangnJudge]

and with all the Circulation Hawks looking over their shoulders, revenue has dropped even farther since they can't inflate their numbers to bilk their advertisers as easy as in the past.

Bingo

[HangnJudge]

World's smallest violin

Must save that image, my precious

[KamperKen]

"Conservatives have been active in instituting pajamadeen analysis, but not in getting a good unbiased front-line reporting network in place. :-("

Go take a look over at Powerline. They will now be accepting photos and videos (and presumably narratives) from actual people on the frontlines of breaking events. This will completely bypass the lying leftwing reporters.

Technology has always led to more human freedom.

[aculeus]

They kill trees, then waste gasoline transporting newsprint, waste lots more distributing their papers ... and call themselves "green".

[Secret Agent Man]

It makes a really good rabbit and cat litterbox filler - it's called "Yesterday's News" and its in pellet form.

It's the only way I get my newspaper, and my pets pee and poop all over them. It's a really sweet thing....!

[ForGod'sSake]

Because the damage hits small conservative papers more than it hits the biggies...

Can you back this up? Why would conservative publications' positions not improve as subscribers and advertisers leave the liberal rags?

...and much of the good hard reporting that is analyzed by bloggers still comes from the sources already in place.

What's to keep the real news from being picked up by conservatives, or anybody else for that matter and put on the web? Drudge may not be the best example, but he is a force to be reckoned with. It ain't exactly rocket science. Even the fishwraps and networks are trying to expand their web presence. But until and unless they get it "right", they won't be able to compete in this free-for-all. "Instant" analysis will kill 'em.

Conservatives have been active in instituting pajamadeen analysis, but not in getting a good unbiased front-line reporting network in place.

This raises a number of questions I've asked before. Are advertisers somehow locked into the the MSM? If not, why aren't there just as many, or more, conservative dailies out there? Are conservatives generally not as disposed as "progressives" to pressing their message, that is, pushing their agenda? How was the socialist driven media able to gain a near monopoly of the media; print, broadcast(save talk radio), and the silver screen? Conservatives have BUCK$ also, so something went awry somewhere, eh?

FGS

[HangnJudge]

They kill trees, then waste gasoline transporting newsprint, waste lots more distributing their papers ... and call themselves "green".

Geee.....
Never considered total energy cost of distributing the news
Anybody out there with estimates?