Lauren Rich Fine: Cutting Headcount Is Only Part Of The Solution For Newspapers
The rate of dire announcements coming from the newspaper industry is only being exceeded by broad stock market declines, and, in fact, might…
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Lauren Rich Fine: Micropayments? Won't Work. Here's A Better Plan For Newspapers
Lots of news in newspaper land recently, with both Journal Register and the Philadelphia Newspapers filing for bankruptcy. And then, there i…
Sure, Newspapers Could Just Die A Painful Death; But Here’s Another Option
If you want to watch news travel fast, make sure it
Why The Latest Online Ad Figures May Be Misleading
The overall panic that has taken hold of the financial markets made its way to online advertising yesterday with the release of the Interact…
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Local TV Stations Are Facing Severe Cost Pressures — Here’s How They Should Cut
NBC Local and Fox announced last week their plan to pool resources to cover local news in certain markets, an encouraging sign that TV stati…
Lauren Rich Fine: Saving Newspapers By Pushing Readers Online
Over the last six months, we have noted several newspapers that have decided not to print one or two days a week. Then last week’s news that…
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ContentNext Special Analysis: Online Fantasy Sports: Growth Outlook Intact
Tired of the doom and gloom in the financial markets? Looking for growth? It’s fantasy football time of year. Sports content is still an are…
@ FOBM: ContentNext’s Fine: Rein In Worries On Future of Business Media — A Bit
Business media, used to up-to-the-minute coverage through wire services, has been opened up. That will place pressure on “closed” business m…
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Lauren Rich Fine On Newspaper Circulation
Not surprisingly, the circulation figures for the six months ended Sept. 30, as compiled by the Audit Bureau of Circulations, were pretty ho…
Lauren Rich Fine: Newspapers Should Come To Terms With Lower Margins — Then Go Private
Newspapers are still profitable! In a seasonally small third quarter, McClatchy Co. (NYSE: MNI), against all odds, still reported positive n…
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Lauren Rich Fine: ‘Online No Longer Safe Haven’ But Might Be Only Category That Can Still Post Gains
Despite an amazing day in the stock market on Monday, it’s still safe to assume we are on the precipice of an economic slowdown. Ad forecast…
Our Latest Hire: Lauren Rich Fine Joins Us As Research Director
We’re very pleased to announce that Lauren Rich Fine has joined our company’s executive team as our Research Director, a new position for Co…
Lauren Rich Fine: Hard To Find The Silver Lining; Possibilities Include Bankruptcies, Funding Woes
The recent turmoil in the financial markets would not appear to have any particular silver lining for the media industry. While local newspa…
Weekend Video: Kent State-Poynter: Whose Rules?
Our contributor Lauren Rich Fine is also practitioner-in-residence at Kent State University’s College of Communication and Information. In t…
Lauren Rich Fine On Tribune’s Changes And The Newspaper Industry
The Tribune announcement to measure journalists based on their productivity and move to a 50-50 ad-news ratio came midway through the Florid…
Lauren Rich Fine On Dropping Print: ‘Tremendous Difficulty’ Regaining Lost Ad Rev
Many in the newspaper industry were stunned by the Capital Times’s decision to move to an online-only edition. IDG Magazines decision to dro…
Lauren Rich Fine: Newsday And Other Musings
My former associate was laid off from Merrill Lynch earlier this week as part of its job slashing. I can assure you it wasn’t a comment on h…
