by Herman Manson. The ABC has released newspaper-circulation statistics for the period January–March 2017 (ABC Q1 2017).
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In the undeclared war between printed and digital media, there are many dates that will live on in infamy
by Arthur Goldstuck (@art2gee) In the undeclared war between printed and digital media, there are many dates that will live on in infamy.
28 October 2008: The Christian Science Monitor closes its daily print edition.
13 March 2012: The end of the Encylopaedia Britannica as a set of printed volumes.
And 18 October 2012: Newsweek announces it will cease publication of its weekly magazine, and become a digital-only publication.
The announcement last Thursday sent shock waves through the print media industry, representing a capitulation to the inexorable rise of digital media. Newsweek said it would lay off a portion of its staff, and those who remain will produce a paid-for online magazine called Newsweek Global. It will continue to exist alongside Newsweek’s online sister publication, the startlingly inappropriately titled The Daily Beast.
In an interview with the New York Times, editor-in-chief Tina Brown confessed: “You cannot actually change an era of enormous disruptive innovation. No one single person can reverse that trend. You can’t turn back what is an inexorable trend.”
It’s hard not to panic…
Finally SA’s big financial institutions are waking up to the fact that South Africans are also being impacted upon by the global financial crisis.
Christian Science Monitor drops print for the Web
The 100 year old Christian Science Monitor will abandon its daily print edition next year in favour of its website and a weekly print title.