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Fortune via CNN  |  10-03-2007  12:55 pm  |  Industry News

Some Big Dailies Are Emphasizing Circ Quality, Not Quantitynew

"Driven by marketing and delivery costs and pressure from advertisers, many papers have decided certain readers are not worth the expense involved in finding, serving and keeping them," the New York Times reports. As ad buyers have become more cost-conscious and have succeeded to some extent in narrow targeting with online ads, they've expressed less interest in reaching the reader who doesn't match a certain profile. Some major daily papers have responded by curtailing advertising, cold-calling, and offering promotional discounts, while others are cutting back and refining their geographic reach, the Times reports.
The New York Times  |  10-01-2007  10:29 am  |  Industry News

Study Offers Surprising Numbers on Newspaper/Yahoo Dealnew

Deutsche Bank analysts estimate the advertising alliance between around 400 newspapers and Yahoo "could push newspapers into positive revenue territory a year earlier than originally forecasted," Editor & Publisher reports. The upswing could come as early as 2009, and papers involved in the deal could see a lift in year-over-year online revenue growth from 20 percent to 40 percent by the second half of 2008, the study says.
Editor & Publisher  |  09-27-2007  9:35 am  |  Industry News

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