International following seen as key to survival. The Guardian (which I really hope will be a survivor) has 2/3 of its online readership outside the UK, and half of that is the US. Unfortunately, it's our Daily Mail with highest international online readership having recently overtaken NY Times. Feels like a good thing to me that I'm now in the habit of following various foreign news sources.
I believe the news source that gets the lion's share of my time are the emovieposter club messages. Doesn't feel right that I can't have a manservant iron them before reading. Sent from my iPad On 18 Oct 2012, at 23:22, Posteropolis <posteropo...@bell.net> wrote: > Hate to disagree David, but I think the print edition of the NYT will be gone > long before that. I wouldn't even give it two years. > > I believe we've finally hit the tipping point for the disappearance of most > print media and, in my opinion, the catalyst was the introduction of the iPad > and the flood of tablets that have followed. > > Yesterday there were rumours (reported by the Telegraph) that the Guardian is > considering going all-digital as well. My bet is that virtually every major > newspaper and magazine will follow suit in the next twelve to eighteen months. > > That's neither a good thing nor a bad thing, it's just the way things are. > > Dave > ----- Original Message ----- > From: David Kusumoto > To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU > Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2012 5:25 PM > Subject: Re: [MOPO] R.I.P. Movie Collector's World 1976-2012 > > Hate to make predictions, but I think the print edition of the New York Times > will fail and they'll go all-digital within five years. Its parent > company is bleeding red ink every day despite the fact that its website is > among the most visited on the entire Internet. To stem the bleeding, it > recently put up a paywall that limits readers to 10 articles a month, but > there are many workarounds for that. When people have a choice with their > pocketbooks, they won't pay for something - no matter how liked - that they > can get for free. > > Conversely, the WSJ, which has always had a paywall - continues to post gains > with its print AND digital editions - and remains the largest circulation > daily in the U.S. with a whopping 2.1 million print subscribers and growing. > It's puzzling to see the fortunes of the 2 most dominant papers in the U.S. > moving in opposite directions. However one feels about the infamous Ruper > Murdoch, the WSJ - to my eyes, anyway - has not changed into a tabloid filled > with screeds and diatribes - like you still find in other Murdoch papers in > the U.S., the U.K. and Australia. The character of the WSJ has changed > visually, with color pages throughout and way more features about movies, > auctions and the arts; but its political biases are firmly stuck in its > editorial and letters-to-the-editor sections, (which I tend to skip) - and > not in places like Arts and Leisure in competing national papers. I think > the only other daily national newspaper that "may" survive five years from > now - will be USA Today, which strikes me as a "headline service" (sort of > like TV) - for travelers and people on the go. -d. > > Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2012 07:12:14 -0500 > From: brucehershen...@gmail.com > Subject: Re: R.I.P. Movie Collector's World 1976-2012 > To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU > > On the heels of MCW ending comes the end of Newsweek, One by one they will > all go. Time is next, and then The New York Times (yes, The New York Times). > > http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/10/18/a-turn-of-the-page-for-newsweek.html > > On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 1:03 PM, Tom Martin > <dreamfact...@hollywooddreamfactory.com> wrote: > >so you started reading MCW when you where 5 years old Sue?? ok thats > possible....I guess. > > > > > >---- Original Message ---- > >From: filmfantast...@msn.com > >To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU > >Subject: Re: [MOPO] R.I.P. Movie Collector's World 1976-2012 > >Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2012 17:11:59 +0000 > > > >> > >>So much of my own collection are items I bought from dealers I met > >through MCW. I was there at the beginning and for many years, as a > >collector, couldn't wait for the latest copy to get to me. It was a > >genuine thrill to open it up and see all the fun stuff for sale. > >Brian and family are great people and, later as a advertiser, they > >helped me immensely making sure every detail was covered. I wish them > >all the best of luck and extend enormous thanks for their > >contribution to our hobby. MCW was way more than a newspaper, it was > >a part of our history.. > >> > >>Sue Heim > >>www.hollywoodposterframes.com > >> > >> > >> > >> > >>Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2012 19:08:29 -0400 > >>From: douglasbtay...@hotmail.com > >>Subject: Re: [MOPO] R.I.P. Movie Collector's World 1976-2012 > >>To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU > >> > >> > >>I attribute at least half of my Best Picture Collection, the most > >complete private collection of AA best picture OS’s in the world, to > >Brian and MCW. My NM Plum-style GWTW, my VF Mutiny on the Bounty, > >and many others were found in this great publication. > >> > >>Thank you Brian, very much. > >> > >>Regards > >> > >>DBT > >>Profile > >> > >>From: MoPo List [mailto:mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU] On Behalf Of > >Bruce Hershenson > >>Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2012 6:55 PM > >>To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU > >>Subject: [MOPO] R.I.P. Movie Collector's World 1976-2012 > >> > >>I am so very sad to announce that "On Monday, October 15 two of the > >most highly respected film buff publications, Movie Collector’s World > >(MCW) and Classic Images (CI) announced that they had come to an > >agreement on the sale of MCW. Classic Images has agreed to buy Movie > >Collectors World, a Michigan based newspaper published by Brian > >Bukantis since 1985. The agreement was made on Friday, October 12. > >The two papers, serving movie buffs around the world, will be merged > >into one monthly publication. Under the terms of the agreement, > >currently active paid MCW subscribers will receive each monthly issue > >of CI, beginning with the December issue, for the length of their MCW > >subscription term." > >> > >>Those of you who only joined this hobby the past few years only know > >of MCW as a thin magazine, filled mostly with auction announcements > >and ads for the foremost dealers. > >> > >>But for those of us who have been in the hobby for decades, we > >remember so well those pre-Internet days when a large portion of the > >collectors and dealers subscribed to this then bulging publication, > >because it was THE number one way to buy and sell, and pretty much > >the most important day of the month was the one when MCW arrived! > >> > >>This really IS the "end of an era". I want to publicly thank Brian > >Bukantis for publishing it the past 27 years, and for doing a superb > >job throughout that time (of course, the ONLY thing he couldn't > >overcome was the Internet, which is rapidly putting EVERY newspaper > >and magazine out of business, and Brian should be quite proud that he > >was able to continue publishing as long as he did). He is a great > >guy, both personally and professionally, and he added immeasurably to > >our hobby. The ONLY silver lining to this is that Brian's life now > >won't be spent going from one urgent deadline to another! > >> > >>I will have more about this (and a farewell message from Brian) in > >my next weekly e-mail club message on Sunday! > >> > >>Bruce > > > > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature > database 7601 (20121018) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > http://www.eset.com > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > ___________________________________________________________________ > How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List > Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu > In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L > The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > ___________________________________________________________________ > How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List > Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu > In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L > The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. 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