TAKEAWAY: Some links that give us a lift this Wednesday and point to progress and positive thinking.
I don’t know about you, but I usually smile and celebrate the little things that show that things are popping and happening for media houses worldwide.
So, a little celebration today, as I reviewed the daily WAN/IFRA Executive News Service:
– UK: Johnston Press Reports Cheering Financial Results
http://www.allmediascotland.com/press_news/26791/johnston-press-reports-cheering-financial-results
– UK: Future of Newspaper Advertising Brighter, says Industry Chief
http://www.allmediascotland.com/press_news/26789/future-of-newspaper-advertising-brighter-says-industry-chief
– UK: Paper.li: Guardian Technology – now available as a newspaper, online!
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/pda/2010/aug/24/paperli
– US online ad spend to jump 14% next year
http://digitalmedia.strategyeye.com/article/0tn1Ew4lWTU/2010/08/24/us_online_ad_spend_to_jump_14_next_year/?nsl=lMLZec7pLpnW
– South Africa: isiZulu papers’ success highlight gap in the market
http://www.biz-community.com/Article/196/90/51181.html
– India: IRS Q2 2010: Jagran, Bhaskar & Hindustan take lead again
http://www.mediasarkar.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=866:irs-q2-2010-jagran-bhaskar-a-hindustan-take-lead-again-&catid=113:print-media-&Itemid=515
– Forrester: iPad kicks off ‘tablet mania’
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-20014421-37.html
– Apple still dominates mobile ads despite Android surge
http://digitalmedia.strategyeye.com/article/JpmlLq9auFI/2010/08/23/apple_still_rules_mobile_ads_despite_android_surge/?nsl=7gtENBiOw1B0
– Fewer free papers close down
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/greenslade/2010/aug/24/freesheets-newspapers
– Is $10 The Magic Number In Online Publishing?
http://paidcontent.org/article/419-10-is-the-magic-number-in-online-publishing/
Congratulations to our friend, Rémy Dessarts, with whom we worked earlier at L’Equipe, the sports daily, as he becomes editor of France Soir.
Rémy replaces Christian de Villeneuve, who resigned last week as editor in chief. Alexandre Pugachev, owner of France Soir, made the annnouncement. Bloggers in Paris cliam that Pugachev was not very happy with de Villeneuve’s inability to increase sharply the newspaper’s circulation, which is approximately 88,000 daily. Pugachev is also denying reports that in appointing Rémy , he is trying to take France Soir to a more downmarket style, an assumption many make as Rémy was leader of a now defunct project to take Germany’s Bild Zeitung to a French version.
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