Shaping the Future of the Newspaper Blog - Circulation and Readership http://www.sfnblog.com/ en Copyright 2010 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Globe and Mail to publish special Sunday editions for Olympics Globe and Mail.jpgThe Globe and Mail will publish three special Sunday editions for the British Columbia market to provide more coverage of the Vancouver Winter Olympics, making it the only seven-day newspaper in the region, MarketingMag reported Friday.

The special editions will be published Feb. 14, 21 and 28. They will be delivered to subscribers, sold at more than 1,000 retail outlets in Vancouver, Whistler and Victoria, and be available to the rest of Canada as an online e-edition. ]]> http://www.sfnblog.com/printing_and_production/2010/02/globe_and_mail_to_publish_special_sunday.php http://www.sfnblog.com/printing_and_production/2010/02/globe_and_mail_to_publish_special_sunday.php Circulation and Readership Printing and Production specialty product Sunday papers Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:27:02 -0600 Free Russian papers partner on advertising venture Thumbnail image for metro.jpgree Russian-language newspapers Moi Rayion, distributed in Moscow and St. Petersburg on weekends, as well as Moscow's daily Metro, announced a joint advertising venture titled "Seven Days a Week," Slon.ru reported today. The publications claim that fusing two separate distribution systems (the subway for Metro and large supermarket chains for Moi Rayion) would provide advertisers with maximum access to a desired audience on any day of the week.

According to Lenta.ru, the combined audience of the two outlets amounts to 1.2 million. Moi Rayion has 557,000 readers in Moscow while Metro has 775, 300. The average cost per thousand (CPT) adds up to RUB 595 (US$ 19.7). Metro has a CPT of RUB 603 (US$20.0) while Moi Rayion of RUB 480 ($15.9).
]]> http://www.sfnblog.com/advertising/2010/02/free_russian_papers_metro_and_moi_rayion.php http://www.sfnblog.com/advertising/2010/02/free_russian_papers_metro_and_moi_rayion.php Advertising Circulation and Readership Advertising Advertising trends free daily free papers Thu, 04 Feb 2010 15:03:58 -0600 Belarus further jeopardises press freedom, restricts foreign publications' distribution Ejednevnik reported Monday. Officials met to bring about alterations in the decree governing the availability of foreign media.

Modifications were made to the types of "foreign sources of mass information" that were to be imported. Banned will be content that may harm national safety with war propaganda as well as mention of rape, cruelty, extremism, and drug use. In addition, material that isn't available in Belarus or that doesn't correspond to the state's laws is to be prohibited.]]> http://www.sfnblog.com/circulation_and_readership/2010/02/belarus_restricts_distribution_of_foreig.php http://www.sfnblog.com/circulation_and_readership/2010/02/belarus_restricts_distribution_of_foreig.php Circulation and Readership Internet Press freedom print Wed, 03 Feb 2010 12:39:46 -0600 U.S. newspaper sites receive 72 million uniques in Q4 reported WebProNews today. The data was obtained through Nielsen Online research that the Newspaper Association of America (NAA) published. Newspapers.jpg







Newspaper Web sites stopped attracting new users, according to Editor & Publisher. According to the Nielsen figures, the number of unique users dropped from 73.2 million to 72.3 between November and October 2009, and plunged to 70.3 million in December. ]]> http://www.sfnblog.com/circulation_and_readership/2010/02/us_newspaper_sites_receive_72_million_un.php http://www.sfnblog.com/circulation_and_readership/2010/02/us_newspaper_sites_receive_72_million_un.php Circulation and Readership Internet traffic Newspaper Association of America Nielsen Online online newspaper Wed, 03 Feb 2010 11:44:09 -0600 Gannett sees profits and circulation increase in 4Q
According to The Wall Street Journal, Gannett swung to a profit in the fourth quarter following US$5.6 billion in prior-year write-downs. Lower declines in advertising sales combined with much lower expenses helped the newspaper publisher show improvement. Lower expenses seem to stem from Gannett's aggressive job cuts. In the summer of 2009, Gannett slashed over 1,000 jobs, adding to the 4,600 jobs cut in 2008. USA Today's newsroom was reduced by about 20% in only two years. Last December, Gannett executives remained pessimistic about the state of the company, citing a drop in travel and a decrease in circulation as the two biggest problems.

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]]> http://www.sfnblog.com/circulation_and_readership/2010/02/gannett_sees_profits_and_circulation_inc.php http://www.sfnblog.com/circulation_and_readership/2010/02/gannett_sees_profits_and_circulation_inc.php Circulation and Readership Financials Gannett Co. quarterly gains Tue, 02 Feb 2010 16:22:08 -0600 Study: Dutch youth not interested in mobile news or citizen journalism
Whilst initially surprising, the results of the study "Youth, news media and civic engagement," are in line with findings of a new study by IBM's Media and Entertainment Group, which shows that online news consumption has dropped among young adults, but risen among older consumers, calling into question the assumption that young people read more online news and older people favour printed publications.

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]]> http://www.sfnblog.com/circulation_and_readership/2010/01/study_dutch_youth_not_interested_in_mobi.php http://www.sfnblog.com/circulation_and_readership/2010/01/study_dutch_youth_not_interested_in_mobi.php Circulation and Readership Young Reader Wed, 27 Jan 2010 11:44:05 -0600 NewsCred helps users create custom online newspapers NewsCred.pngNewsCred launched in 2008 aiming to use algorithms combined with users' votes to rank news sources by credibility. That didn't work out, and the site is now manoeuvring in another direction, this time offering users a platform to build professionally-looking customised online newspaper sites in just minutes, TechCrunch reported last week.

Users can pick topics they are interested in or choose from a list of categories provided. The stories are then drawn from popular news sites and blogs, aggregated and listed in their appropriate sections.
]]> http://www.sfnblog.com/launches_and_closures/2010/01/newscred_helps_users_create_custom_onlin.php http://www.sfnblog.com/launches_and_closures/2010/01/newscred_helps_users_create_custom_onlin.php Circulation and Readership Launches and Closures editorial online content Wed, 20 Jan 2010 16:21:07 -0600 Study: Media use by teens up to over 50 hours a week Chicago Tribune reported today.

Five years ago, the country's eight- to 18-year-olds used media one hour and 17 minutes less than today. When considering that they are multitasking for some of this time, such as watching television and using the computer at the same time, hours increase to 10 hours and 45 minutes per day. ]]> http://www.sfnblog.com/circulation_and_readership/2010/01/study_media_use_by_teens_up_to_over_50_h.php http://www.sfnblog.com/circulation_and_readership/2010/01/study_media_use_by_teens_up_to_over_50_h.php Circulation and Readership Media trends study Young Reader Wed, 20 Jan 2010 16:09:49 -0600 Austrian newspapers vie for no. 2 spot Newspaper Innovation reported today.

Heute's circulation is at 470,000, and Österreich is at 123,000 free copies and 143,000 paid copies. However, readership wise, both papers reach abou the same number of people - 684,000 for  Österreich and 680,000 for Heute. Readership data for all of 2009 will determine the winner. ]]> http://www.sfnblog.com/circulation_and_readership/2010/01/austrian_newspapers_vie_for_no_2_spot.php http://www.sfnblog.com/circulation_and_readership/2010/01/austrian_newspapers_vie_for_no_2_spot.php Circulation and Readership Free Dailies Mon, 18 Jan 2010 14:23:38 -0600 British Airways targets growing niche audience BATheCollection.jpgNewspaper publishers aren't the only ones looking to better capitalise on target audiences. British Airways will take advantage on the growth of the premium leisure traveller audience by launching a quarterly luxury magazine devoted to premium holidays.

The Collection will be published by Cedar Communications, which debuts this month as an exclusive mail-out to 60,000 BA Executive Club members and existing valued customers of BA Holidays, MarketingWeek reported.

]]> http://www.sfnblog.com/circulation_and_readership/2010/01/british_airways_targets_growing_niche_au.php http://www.sfnblog.com/circulation_and_readership/2010/01/british_airways_targets_growing_niche_au.php Circulation and Readership Financials Niche publications targeting Fri, 15 Jan 2010 16:30:01 -0600 ABCs: No bulk sales lower UK Sunday papers' circulation MediaGuardian reported.

The Sunday Telegraph's December circulation slid by about 26,000 to 525,088, as it stopped selling bulk copies to airports and gyms for a nominal fee that they then give away for free. The paper's bulk copies total about 77,000 fewer than the previous year, which made circulation go down 8.72 percent year on year, according to the Audit Bureau of Circulations.]]> http://www.sfnblog.com/circulation_and_readership/2010/01/abcs_uks_sunday_quality_papers_dropped_d.php http://www.sfnblog.com/circulation_and_readership/2010/01/abcs_uks_sunday_quality_papers_dropped_d.php Circulation and Readership ABC data Sunday papers Fri, 15 Jan 2010 15:16:11 -0600 Using Google Wave to engage readers Fast Flip enables users to flick through different news sources. Living Stories collects all the developments about a single story on a single URL. And of course Google News aggregates news, and has been a source of ongoing conflict between Google and news publishers. But Google Wave notoriously confuses its first time users. There's even a gently mocking Web site dedicated to things that are easier to understand than Google Wave.

First launched as an invitation-only preview, Google Wave is billed as both a conversation and a document. It's a little like email, but also real-time and collaborative. One potential use of the tool is as a platform for collaborative journalism: different participants could add notes, information and images to a story.

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]]> http://www.sfnblog.com/circulation_and_readership/2010/01/using_google_wave_to_engage_readers.php http://www.sfnblog.com/circulation_and_readership/2010/01/using_google_wave_to_engage_readers.php Circulation and Readership Google Tue, 12 Jan 2010 10:16:36 -0600 Google News no longer hosting AP articles AP Source.jpgGoogle News has stopped hosting new Associated Press articles, which implies contract negotiations between the search giant and news service "may have broken down," CNNMoney.com reported today.

As of this posting, a search for the AP as a news source does not bring up any articles dated after Dec. 23, 2009; however, AP stories licensed by other news sites do appear. The licensing agreement between the AP and Google is "believed" to be up for renewal at the end of this month, but AP is not withholding its content, TechCrunch reported.


]]> http://www.sfnblog.com/circulation_and_readership/2010/01/google_news_no_longer_hosting_ap_article.php http://www.sfnblog.com/circulation_and_readership/2010/01/google_news_no_longer_hosting_ap_article.php Circulation and Readership Associated Press Google Mon, 11 Jan 2010 15:33:29 -0600 Study: Newspapers still top in local news PewStudy.jpgMost local news still originates from newspaper reports, according to a review of 53 media outlets - including newspapers, TV, radio and Web-only news operations - by the Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism. Sixty-one percent of original reporting and new information on six top stories came from print newspapers and their Web sites in the week of July 19-25 in Baltimore, according to the content analysis study.

The "modern news 'ecosystem'" in the average U.S. city overwhelming relies on newspapers, while "much of the 'news' people receive contains no original reporting. Fully eight out of 10 stories studied simply repeated or repackaged previously published information. And of the stories that did contain new information, nearly all, 95%, came from traditional media - most of them newspapers. These stories then tended to set the narrative agenda for most other media outlets."


]]> http://www.sfnblog.com/circulation_and_readership/2010/01/study_newspapers_still_top_in_local_news.php http://www.sfnblog.com/circulation_and_readership/2010/01/study_newspapers_still_top_in_local_news.php Circulation and Readership Editorial sharing local content local reporting Local trends readership Mon, 11 Jan 2010 14:46:23 -0600 Times Online blocks NewsNow aggregator according to MediaGuardian. The aggregator said it was told Friday that it can no longer link to any content on Times Online.

"News International has for some time been indicating to us that it would like us to refrain from linking to their content," according to Struan Bartlett, managing director and chairman of NewsNow, Media Guardian reported.]]> http://www.sfnblog.com/circulation_and_readership/2010/01/times_online_blocks_newsnow_aggregator.php http://www.sfnblog.com/circulation_and_readership/2010/01/times_online_blocks_newsnow_aggregator.php Circulation and Readership aggregator News International Times Online Fri, 08 Jan 2010 16:34:06 -0600