I have a longer term question. When there are no staffs of reporters investigating the news and reporting on it, who will write the stories that everyone links to?
On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 7:15 PM, David Kusumoto <davidmkusum...@hotmail.com>wrote: > * I agree with Richard that an international following, with > international editions published on every continent - matters. > > * But the more intriguing question for me is not the foregone conclusion > that daily newspapers will be dead within five years - or, as you say, in > less than 2 years. This phenomenon has been much debated among my journalist > friends for more than 10 years, many of whom are still out of work. No, > the more intriguing question is over WHICH newspapers and magazines will > die faster than others - and why. > > * It wasn't long ago that - excluding USA Today - that the NY Times > boasted the top circulation in America. During the past 7 years, the WSJ > has blown past both papers and is the ONLY daily paper in America that > has continuously posted circulation gains and profits in the face of an > industry-wide downward spiral for newspapers and magazines. This is beyond > WEIRD. Today, both the NYT and the WSJ have similar layouts and content- but > the WSJ is viewed > as a "different animal" that's essential to the average person as well as > to businesses, large and small. > > * What the WSJ has done during the past 10 years is dump its stock > listings printed in mouse type - and replaced them with business features > that are "green," that is, they aren't "time sensitive." It is the only > paper that from the beginning, embraced and stuck to the "paywall" model > - while finding ways to prevent the cannibalizing print sales, which > remain humongous, by selectively choosing what stays in print and what > goes online. > > * Of course, this can't last forever and I too, foresee the day when even > the WSJ will split 80-20 digital vs. print. But I'm optimistic that the > WSJ will maintain a print edition longer - because of its consistent > "news you can use" framework, jammed with *undated* features about > careers, office politics, brown-nosers, tyrants, office and personal > relationship tips, alimony, small business do's and don'ts, spotlighting > trends > in every industry sector, throwing in gobs of movie, theater, book, food > and restaurant reviews, etc. It's no longer just a financial paper. I > wrote at length about the "weirdness of the WSJ" on my blog: > > > http://davidkusumoto.blogspot.com/2009/11/why-is-wsj-1-newspaper-in-america-its.html > > * When Murdoch bought News Corporation, I feared the worst for the WSJ. > Predictions of doom and gloom and extreme-right-wing tirades on the front > page haven't happened. I still enjoy the WSJ because to me, it still has > an old-school discipline that hews more closely to CNN - than to the > polarizing Fox News Channel, which Murdoch also owns. *In sum, daily > newspapers and weekly magazines are dying, but I don't **yet believe that > ALL of them will be wiped off the face of the earth. *In my view, digital > will indeed dominate, but so long as papers like the WSJ continue to charge > north of $200,000 for a full-page ad - and they keep getting it - some > form of the print edition, however abbreviated, will survive. > > ------------------------------ > Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2012 00:30:19 +0100 > From: evan...@mac.com > Subject: Re: R.I.P. Movie Collector's World 1976-2012 > To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU > > 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 > > ------------------------------ > Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2012 18:22:18 -0400 > From: posteropo...@bell.net > Subject: Re: R.I.P. Movie Collector's World 1976-2012 > To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU > > 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 > > ------------------------------ > Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2012 16:54:29 -0500 > From: brucehershen...@gmail.com > Subject: Re: R.I.P. Movie Collector's World 1976-2012 > To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU > > A few years ago I boldly predicted that *ALL *magazines and newspapers > would go out of business, and that all other hard copy media (books, CDs, > DVDs, etc) were sure to follow. > > Back then a *LOT *of people told me that that they could *NEVER *imagine > not reading a paper every day, and that no computer could ever replace it. > > And a good number of those people have already quit getting a paper! > > Also doomed are "live" auctions, because they are 18th Century technology > that makes no sense in the present day. > > ------------------------------ > Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2012 14:25:36 -0700 > From: davidmkusum...@hotmail.com > Subject: Re: R.I.P. Movie Collector's World 1976-2012 > To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU > > 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 > * > > ------------------------------ > Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2012 18:05:56 -0700 > From: davidmkusum...@hotmail.com > Subject: Re: R.I.P. Movie Collector's World 1976-2012 > > To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU > > Terrible news but I'm with everyone else - Brian Bukantis should be > commended for squeezing as much as he could out of MCW for so many glorious > years - even as people continued to flee to the Internet. I was proud to > have been a monthly contributor many years ago, writing columns about the > hobby, covering auction results and the occasional unsavory scandal. I know > Brian suffered through many headaches trying to get my controversialopinions > into print > - while trying not to offend his advertisers. I got to meet a lot of > names in the hobby through that column, including Bruce H. and Jim Halperin > and Grey Smith, etc., as well as some big-time buyers and consignors like > Stephen Fishler, Claude Litton and Marty Saltzman. Over the last decade, > Bruce > H. continued to be MCW's biggest champion, marketing it on his own site. > Three-cheers to Brian B. for giving his all to a magazine - whose legacy > in the poster collecting world - is forever etched in stone. -d. > > ------------------------------ > Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2012 17:54:52 -0500 > From: brucehershen...@gmail.com > Subject: R.I.P. Movie Collector's World 1976-2012 > To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU > > 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 > > 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. > > -- Bruce Hershenson and the other 26 members of the eMoviePoster.com team P.O. 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