With all the publicity surrounding the Star Tribune redesign and City Pages merger, here is something to consider from the MediaPost publications web site under the headline "05 Proving to Be Worst Newspaper Year Since Recession." ". . an industry besieged by flat ad revenues, falling stocks, and fleeing subscribers. Last week, Rishad Tobaccowala, chief innovation officer for Publicis Groupe, told a newspaper--the Chicago Tribune--"newspapers are at a tipping point," in which online media will start to take more readership and more ad dollars. He added that newspapers are in the worst situation of all news media for growth as "the least visually engaging and least youth oriented" medium." It will be interesting to see how the Star Tribune and City Pages respond to these challenges. The Strib redesign was a start but I maintain their web site is still too hard to navigate (but thanks for bringing back the "Politics" tab). The City Pages home page is too busy and their content could be better organized. But, I can get to a hot story on their web site much faster than trying to get the paper copy at my local coffee shop, book store or liquor store. I wonder what both publication will do about the ad revenue lost to Craigs List, Yahoo and Google? Will they rely only on banner ads and cede the classified stuff to Craigs List, etc? With Minneapolis wi-fi around the corner, how much news will the citizens of Minnepolis grab online? Here is the link to the rest of the story: _http://publications.mediapost.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Articles.showArticleHomePage&art_aid=35690_ (http://publications.mediapost.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Articles.showArticleHomePage&art_ai d=35690) Bill Dooley Kenny REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list.
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